Liverpool City Council’s Municipal Building in Dale Street suffered some bomb damage in World War II, leading to the rear wall having to be rebuilt. Some 80 years earlier, a wall of the building was damaged on a much smaller scale, leading to a youth ending up in court. Designed by the Corporation Surveyor John […]
BRITAIN’S FIRST JUVENILE COURT
The first Juvenile Court in Britain opened in Liverpool in 1925, situated in a former chapel that is now student accommodation. The Victoria Chapel, a Welsh Calvanistic chapel opened in 1880, being built to replace one in Pall Mall that was demolished to allow Exchange Station to be extended.It was in use for forty years […]
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