Both Church Street and Lord Street have seen a huge amount of change in their times. Take a look at some of the history of these Liverpool streets here.
This is what Lord Street was like in
The Penny in the Pound building, formerly home to medicash and the Lord Street arcade
The Lord Street arcade
The Lord Street arcade
in 1986 plans were drawn up to save the Lord Street arcade. This fell by the wayside, and our guess was it was dismantled for a huge sports shop in the early-mid 90’s.
Looking down Church Street
The hustle and bustle of Church Street in the lead up to Christmas
St Peter’s church, where Church Street gets it’s name from
Inside St Peter’s church
The Henderson’s department store buildings before and after the deadly fire
Looking down Church Street
Val Smith’s
The beautiful Bon Marche building
Looking down Church Street
The Compton hotel, now Marks & Spencers department store
Blitz damage to the Cathedral works meant demolition for this building
Bunny’s department store and the Forever 21 building of 21st century Liverpool
Looking down Church Street
Looking down Church Street
Russell’s cathedral works made timepieces for Queen Victoria, as well as creating all the ornate items for the Anglican Cathedral – fourth biggest in the world!
This cinema later became the Tatler cartoon cinema
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