May 19, 2010
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Streets of Liverpool Blog
Colin Wilkinson, managing director of Bluecoat Press also has a popular blog, Streets of Liverpool.
Colin says about the blog:
The idea for a site dedicated to photographs of Liverpool came out of my work as a publisher. I set up The Bluecoat Press in 1992 and have published over 200 books on local history and related themes. My particular interest is the visual image (I have been involved in photography for many years and set up the city’s Open Eye Gallery in 1977).
Over the years, I have collected a substantial archive photographs documenting Liverpool in the 19th and 20th centuries and have attempted, through Bluecoat Press’s books, to bring them to a wider audience.
One of my main aims as a publisher has been to create awareness of the thousands of images that are stored in archives, public and private. Liverpool is fortunate in that so much of its history has been documented photographically but, all too often, it is difficult for the public to access collections.
The internet is a tremendous (and free) way of opening up archives to a wider readership and Streets of Liverpool is my contribution towards encouraging a better understanding of Liverpool’s great history.
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12 Comments
May 31, 2010
sir
please forgive me for using this method of communicating with you but i have not been able to find an alternative
i will be brief -
i am trying to find (and am willing to pay for) an acceptable copy photograph (not a sketch) of the borough gaol, which stood in great howard street, liverpool, and was not demolished until in/about 1875 – and the same applies to the toxteth reformatory school for girls, parkhill road, off park road, dingle, liverpool 8, which closed in/about 1927
many thanks
john callaghan
June 1, 2010
Hi John,
I have never seen a photograph of Kirkdale Gaol. Maybe some of the blog readers might have but it is a long shot. I’ll look out for photos of the Reformatory – again I have not seen any.
June 21, 2010
My friend Margaret is desperately trying to get a copy of Liverpool City of Architecture by Quentin Higgins, please could you tell where I can buy a copy, although I appreciate you don’t sell directly to the public, but my friend want to send a copy to her elderly friend in America.
thanking you in anticipation
Alison Moore
June 26, 2010
i am trying to find out about my nans house it was haunted years ago and it is actually in a book in the libary but i cant find any info about it, the number of the house is 82 winborne road huyton but the house is no longer there i was wondering if you could shed some light on the subject and possibly give me some info about the hauntings that happend there as i am a big fan of strange things and the paranormal could you possibly get back to me yours sincerly c j chadwick
July 18, 2010
sir.
I was looking for a photograph of the Commercial Temperance Hotel number 1, Islington. My wife’s relatives owned or ran this establishment around 1864. I have tried everywhere for one but to no avail hopeyou can help. Regards.
Charlie.
July 25, 2010
colin
many thanks for your reply
ive only just noticed a misunderstanding – the borough gaol, to which i refer, was in great howard street,about 100 yards or so north west (that is, towards bootle)of leeds street – in other words, just north west of the present site of the bmw garage
the entrance of the gaol was directly opposite neptune street
but the gaol to which you refer was kirkdale gaol, which, at that time, was not in liverpool, but was within the jurisdiction of lancashire
hope this helps
best wishes
john callaghan
August 3, 2010
Hi Charlie, I will see what I can do – but it is unlikely there will be any photographs pre-1900.
August 3, 2010
Hi Charlie, I will see what I can do – but it is unlikely there will be any photographs pre-1900.
August 3, 2010
Hi Christopher – sorry for the delay in replying but I have forwarded your email to Tom Slemen. I’ll get back to you.
August 3, 2010
Hi Margaret – the book by Quentin Hughes is out of print and needs considerable work before being republished. It won’t be out this year.
August 23, 2010
Hi, I’ve been researching my Grandfathers Company for over ten years now and wondered if you have any interest or information. It all started with the unfortunate death of my sister in 1997. The company catalogue came to me. I never new my grandfather or grandmother as they both died when my father was 5 years old.
The Company was formed in 1912 and operated only until 1924 Whiteley Tansley & Co of Beech Street Liverpool. the factory is still there, now a sweet factory on the corner of Edge lane & beech street. The company made tin toys Cars, trains, Spining tops, Tanks etc etc. Trade name ‘Whitanco’ the largest now forgoten toy company in Britain in 1919 producing and selling 1.5 million toys that year. In my research I’ve found to date over 50 pieces of their charming toys also Adverts in papers & magazines in England,USA and New Zealand.Invoices & Patents. Currently I’m trying to put pen to paper but I not that good at writing this sort of thing. The Catalogue shows pictures of the inside of the factory and the people working in the hand Press room, the Power press room, Assembly area and the dispatch & packing area. Regards,
C.R.Whiteley
Poole
Dorset.
September 2, 2010
Hi Carl,
The catalogue sounds fascinating. I must admit I know very little about the company but would love to know more. Of course Liverpool had Meccano but I didn’t realise there were other companies in Liverpool with an international reputation.
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