55 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Liverpool in the 1980s

   

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is the tenth largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom.

 
In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean liners RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, RMS Queen Mary and RMS Olympic.
 
In 2019, Liverpool was the fifth most visited UK city. It is noted for its culture, architecture and transport links. The city is closely associated with the arts, especially music; the popularity of the Beatles, widely regarded as the most influential band of all time, led to it becoming a tourist destination.
 
Natives of Liverpool, and some longtime residents, are formally referred to as Liverpudlians but are often called Scousers in reference to Scouse, a local stew made popular by sailors in the city, which is also the most common name for the local accent and dialect.
 
These amazing black and white photos were taken by David Sinclair that show what Liverpool looked like in the 1980s.
 
Athol St

 

Back of Great Homer St

 

Berni Inn, Pier Head

 

Birds Eye, Kirkby

 

Birkenhead Kwik Save and Iceland


Birkenhead

 

Boys on Grifters, Vauxhall

 

Boys on rubble

 

Boys with loaves

 

Braddocks swing

 

Car boot sale

 

Chucking rock in Leeds Liverpool Canal

 

Church Rd, Walton

 

Claudia St

 

Coal collector, Formby

 

Cortina and Capri on Love Lane

 

Croxteth

 

Demolished flats, Vauxhall

 

Dingle footy

 

Dingle gas, Grafton Street

 

Everton Brow

 

Everton council flats

 

Everton park

 

Five Vauxhall kids

 

Fontenoy Gardens

 

Four boys on Beetle, Vauxhall Rd area

 

Granby St

 

Gypsy kids on the Dock Road

 

Kid in Belmont Rd flea market

 

Leeds Liverpool Canal

 

Lightbody St

 

Liverpool Town Centre

 

Mk3 Cortina outside the Merseybeat, Dingle

 

Mobi in Kirkby

 

Mobile shop, Croxteth

 

Nine Dingle lads

 

Old cars off Scotty

 

People's Festival

 

Piggeries shortly before demolition

 

Piggeries

 

Queens Arms, Old Swan

 

Radcliffe estate

 

Radio 1 at Pier Head

 

Sefton Park pirate ship

 

Shipbreaking at Garston

 

Six boys on rubble

 

St Anthony's on Scotty Rd

 

St Georges, Everton

 

St Oswalds, Old Swan

 

The Flying Picket

 

Trinity Vaults on the corner of Athol St and Latimer St

 

Two boys at Bronte

 

Two kids smiling

 

Vauxhall Rd

 

Walton

 

(Photo ©. David Sinclair)