Step back in time and experience Bold Street from days gone by…
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This warehouse building no longer exists on Bold Street
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Women of the 1950s crossing from Bold Street to Church Street.
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Shop fronts in the 1970s
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An untouched St Lukes church before bombing
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A ghost sign at the bottom end of Bold Street over a shop
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Lots of photography studios were on Bold Street at one time
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A postcard of the Lyceum
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The Boots branch on Bold Street took up what is now 3 units – Central Perk, Pop boutique and Bold Street Bakehouse.
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The bottom end of Bold Street
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The cover of an album by Liverpool band The Icicle Works at Cafe Berlin
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War damage to Bold Street
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The Kardomah coffee house
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Showing the bottom of Bold Street in the 1970s
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Dawn French filming an episode of Swank in Cafe Berlin, 1985.
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A very important building at the top of Bold Street
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The Lyceum, complete with a branch of Reeces – Liverpool’s premier bakery of the time.
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Bold Street fruit market was a favorite in the 2000s and remained even after the adjoining buildings were demolished for RopeWalks Square/FACT
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Shop fronts in the 1950s
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An old OS map of the Bold Street area
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The building adjoining the Lyceum is the Waterloo hotel
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The Yamen opened in 1910 and was the first vegetarian eatery in the city. It is now Leaf.
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A comparison shot showing the street leading to a famous gymnasium
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The Liverpool savings bank during WW2
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An etching showing the Bold Street area at the turn of the 1900s, as seen from a hot air balloon
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Cafe 53 is now Raggas
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Bold Street celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953
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An old postcard
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Postcard of Bold Street
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Bold Street had some strange businesses
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Waterstones book store was at home in the old Cripps building for many years until HMV, it’s owners scaled back operations
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The Lyceum complete with a coating of grime from industry
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The radiator building was home to the Liverpool gas company, and was built in the shape of a radiator of the day
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This stretch of Bold Street replaced an earlier one hit during the war
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Celebrating the coronation in 1953
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Bold Street with horses and carts.
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Bold Street still looked like this at the start of the 2000s
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This image shows the corner of Slater Street.
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Jayne Casey of Pink Industry at Cafe Berlin, 1985
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Coopers moved here from it’s Church Street store where it once had a huge department store noted for it’s fresh ground coffee
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A view form Church Street
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Cripps was a womenswear specialist which created corsets and more on site.
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Upstairs in the grand ballroom of the Yamen.
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Celebrating a royal visit at the beginning of the 1900s
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A motorbike sales room on Bold Street in the 1930s
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An early Edwardian photo of Bold Street
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Virgin records opened their 3rd ever shop on Bold Street. These days they’re sending people into space!
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Cafe Berlin in the mid-eighties. The owner Paul and his brother are in shot
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During the 1940s
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The grand staircase of the Yamen hotel
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A photograph featuring the Palatine building, which was demolished in the 1970s
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A shopfront showing a photography exhibition by Hardman
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Punks gather for a photograph at the bottom end of Bold Street
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Motorbike parts being displayed at a showroom on Bold Street
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This building housed the Cabin Club for 50 years before becoming a restaurant
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Upstairs at the vegetarian Yamen cafe, now Leaf
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This bank is now home to Mr Chips and Pizza pronto takeaways
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Shoes bought from Lewis’s department store
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The music hall on Bold Street featured performances of opera and the like. Here you can see it’s back, where people stood waiting for their horse and coach after performances. It is still there today.
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Sebastian De Ferranti, born at the top of Bold Street
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This is an old branch of Lloyds which sits on the corner of Slater Street and Bold Street
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A comparison of the Lyceaum reading rooms from old and modern day
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Christmas lights on Bold Street C.1960s
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An image of the Palatine building
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At the bottom end of Bold Street
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St Lukes church before being hit during the war
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I remember watching the Tube and Thomas Lang at the Cafe Berlin. All my friends in London asked who us he and where is that,,,, Thomas Lang @ the Berlin on Boldy.
Fascinating!
Are there any photographs of the four seasons wine bar in bold street circa late 1970s
I really do remember Bold St like that
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