Comments on: Postcard posers – January

By: Ancestry_Kelly

Ancestry_Kelly — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:31:56 +0000

Wow well done all! Elaine was the first to guess correctly that it is Castle Street and the Town Hall in Liverpool. We don't actually know the date for sure but our guess was the same as ftmfamily481 and Joy Stocks - early 1900's. Did you know we have over 19,000 old postcards on our site? Have fun searching our UK & Ireland historical postcards database!

By: Joy Stocks

Joy Stocks — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:50:27 +0000

Looking up Castle Street towards the Liverpool Town Hall. As the trams were electrified between 1898 and 1901 the date must be then or later. I agree with ftmfamily481 that the date is probably between 1901 and 1910. The Penlington family had been making clocks in Liverpool since the 1830′s, and were best known at the turn of the century for Marine Chronometers and fashion watches.(information found via internet search)
I used to work in the building behind the Town Hall 30 years ago.

By: ftmfamily481

ftmfamily481 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:55:12 +0000

The shop on the right is Penlington & Batty, St George’s Crescent, Liverpool, watch and chronometer makers of repute, by 1930 were mostly importers and retailers.
The same view (different photo) appears on Flickr dated 1904. As there is no mechanised transport in Kelly’s p/c I suggest that it is probably also circa 1904.

By: tigra54

tigra54 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:43:38 +0000

Sorry!!The Town Hall Liverpool around 1930

By: tigra54

tigra54 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:29:54 +0000

The Liver Building in Liverpool taken around 1930.

By: Elaine wareham

Elaine wareham — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:15:57 +0000

Castle Street, Liverpool