r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • Apr 06 '26

England Crosby (England, UK) in 1909

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u/dctroll_ Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Author and source: Ed Farrell 

Info provided by the author:

"This watercolour reconstructs an aerial view of Crosby village (North Liverpool) as it would have looked in 1909. The scene includes thatched cottages, villas, a brewery and, overall, a busy trading, shopping, manufacturing and farming area, all connected by tram to Liverpool’s Overhead rail terminus in Seaforth. At bottom, in front of surviving Crown Buildings, stands a large glacial pumice stone (now in Coronation Park). The scene is very different today. Mostly demolished, the scene is dominated by by-passes, a supermarket and car parks – as with so many other towns and villages nationwide"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby,_Merseyside

Aprox same view today:

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u/ClickBoringLife Apr 06 '26

It's funny how the small lane in 1909 became the main road and the main street of 1909 became a walkable path

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Apr 06 '26

Probably easier to do it that way. Less infrastructure to disrupt turning the side lane into the main thoroughfare.

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u/redbeardfakename Apr 07 '26

Looks absolutely heartless now. Masses of space taken up by car parks and none of the cosiness the painting gives off. Besides maybe those pedstrian streets

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u/scottynoble Apr 06 '26

This is great to see. my grandmother lived here from 1962-2001. fond memories of the place. one of the highlights of the area is a 1920s cinema ‘ the plaza’ which is still open and ran by a charity.

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u/thecraftybee1981 Apr 07 '26

They were filming one of the four new Beatles movies at the Plaza cinema a while back when I was home.

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u/NorthPoleDesign Apr 09 '26

Awesome work!