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Scotland Road 1960s

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I remember the tall mill chimney (on the left) going on fire in about 1965/66, we kids all raced along from Virgil Street because we could see the huge clouds of smoke billowing out all over Scottie. We got a good spec by Wilbraham House (on the right of the pic) and watched as the fire brigade engines arrived and the road was packed, especially on St Anthony's side. ©2020 Pete Ryan

St Sylvester's RC Church

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St Sylvester's RC church, Silvester Street. I remember attending the funeral of my grandmother, Mary Kennedy, at this church in 1977, she lived in Hopwood Gardens.

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Rachel Street

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(©2020 Pete Ryan) Rachel Street looking west from Great Homer Street up to Cazneau Street/Scotland Road. Note one solitary car parked in the street and an 'an'cart's' fresh produce stacked immediately to the right of the picture.  These are the tenements in which William and Jane O'Donnell lived at No. 51, which was located at the very top of the street, next to the haulage company - LF Briggs.  Below, Rachel Street as it is today - a mere shadow of its former self. (©2020 Pete Ryan)

The Blitz

BBC - Liverpool Local History

Scotland Road & Victoria Square

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Scotland Road Library

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Schoolchildren gather outside the Scotland Road library for this 1930s picture.  The library was at the junction of Scotland Road and Collingwood Street.

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