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FLATS NEARLY DEMOLISHED AFTER FOUR YEARS

June 3, 2015 By Steven Horton

There have been plenty of housing schemes that pleased the planners far more than those who had to live in them and were knocked down after just a few decades.  However there was one development which is passed by thousands of motorists every day where the residents were more than happy to see it saved […]

LIVERPOOL’S OLDEST STATION

June 19, 2013 By Steven Horton

LIVERPOOL’S OLDEST STATION

It looks just like any other suburban local railway halt but Broadgreen station, situated a stone’s throw from the end of the M62 motorway, is one of the oldest in the world and has a history of famous visitors and tragic events. Opened in 1830 as one of the stations on the Liverpool & Manchester line, […]

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