Northumberland Street
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1912

At the time of the photograph these were newly opened balcony dwellings in Northumberland Street.

Liverpool records office state that this picture is from the Medical Officer of Health's annual report. This is thought  to relate to the demolition of older slum houses which were replaced with these new, dwellings, with proper water and sanitation.

These properties replace those on the map - the maps used  here date from 1905. However they are now placed on the south side of Northumberland Street,  just beyond the junction with Mill Street. The two letters on the left hand edge of the shot are on the side of the Two Lions public house which sat at the actual junction.

I have been told that this block lasted until the late 1960s by which time they were vandalised and uninhabitable.

 Records courtesy of Liverpool Record Office Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk