A Day in Liverpool (1929)

[@ScouseAa]

I really loved seeing this upload. Thanks so much for putting it online. I enjoyed it so much. I'm a born and bred Scouser myself and I'm immensely proud of this great city with it's amazing architecture and the Scousers' famous sense of humour. There really is nowhere in the world like my home town of Liverpool - of course I'm extremely biased by the fact that I adore Liverpool and simply wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Id never seen this film and it was brilliant to watch. Once again, thanks very much for putting it up for us all to enjoy. I've subscribed too.🤗👍🥰

[@fisherpeter695]

What a magnificent legacy the Victorian and Edwardian Liverpool Society left for future generations. This marvellous window into the past says more than the history books Having worked in Liverpool City Centre mid 1960s the mode of dress was near the same as these images Even men who worked on the docks and warehouses often wore suits and ties. What would these forefathers of Liverpool make of Lord Street today compered to 23.24 images here? And the once bustling Victoria Street with its law offices, commerce, restaurants, publishers and main post office. All now gone.

[@Nansen1981]

This film is absolutely fantastic,thankyou 👏👏👏👏👏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@hariseldon2577]

Best short film on Liverpool I have seen so far.

[@ZZ-su8ph]

Inspiration for the film Liverpool Story, premiering Thursday 21st Nov at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

[@scousepie2]

My Grandad was born in 1900, he went to sea at the age of 14. trained on the HMS Vivid 2 in Plymouth as a ships Trimmer. He sailed from Liverpool to the west Indies on the Banana Boats, FIFE I believe... Liverpool was a thriving city back then. great upload.

[@stephenmack-t4q]

I read somewhere that the fruit ships sailed from and into Garston they were known as the skin boats.

[@gentlegiants1974]

As someone who still works heavy horses it was interesting to see the use of horses in an indoor warehouse environment. Horses are quite useful in any environment where there is a risk of fire, such as an indoor lumber or cloth or chemical storage facility, a horse shod with rubber caulked shoes has no chance of striking a spark, and no chance of a spark from engine exhaust or even electric motor or battery sparks if flammable vapours are possible.

[@Guitar6ty]

They were used for shunting railway wagons at Edgehill Sidings right up to the 1960s. The Big wagons were also horse drawn.

[@78a67h]

Historical film, absolutely amazing!

[@nidgeb2256]

My grandparents came to Liverpool from Ireland in 1929 (to live). I have been doing my family history for a while and right now I am focusing on Liverpool around this period - just gathering information about the streets they lived in, which are all long gone now. So it's fascinating to watch how it all would have looked when they first arrived.

[@telboyynwa699]

My dad was born in 1929 - 2000 RIP dad. His father was the caretaker of the Union Cold Storage Depot on Williamson Square. Dad was one of 9 children.

[@shizueleighhicks6174]

Liverpool people? In this American’s eyes and ears, down to earth, kind, funny - even the kids and elderly. To me everyone was born to sell the city with their warm hearts🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 A dozen red roses to you all for leaving me with the happiest memories🌈☀️.

[@ZZ-su8ph]

My grandad was a timekeeper at the docks. Copperplate handwriting. My dad was born 1928 - 1986. He was a crane driver until redundancy. He climbed to the top of his crane carrying his metal box. Own clothing. No safety harnesses. In all weathers. Too many 'Woodies' ❤

[@telboyynwa699]

@@shizueleighhicks6174 Fabulous sentiments, Thank You my friend 👍

[@ormsk954]

Fab!

[@frankward8336]

I remember in the Sixties, the ferries were 'chocker' and the Pier Head had double-decker gangways so that passegers could disembark quicker from both decks.

[@francis3221]

That was amazing

[@pertwee9376]

My grandad was a carter in Liverpool all of his life, he died in 1961 aged 71 and may well have been one of the carters seen in this video. Though that is probably unlikely given the number of carters in Liverpool back then.

[@michellejacob5708]

Brilliant footage of our city. Thanks!

[@Fishycheese99]

Some of ships featured at the White Star pier (that I could identify) at the Gladstone docks are the SS Zealandic and SS Doric. The White Star Liner arriving is one of the Big Four.

[@davids8449]

Who remembers the label machine at Woodside, that made labels from a small strip of aluminium, it had a large pointer arrow with the alphabet on a dial

[@ZZ-su8ph]

I've got one on my fridge. My parents made it.

[@Truthwise]

Thank you for sharing your video.

[@Moonrunner58]

Some great shots of the Overhead Railway aka the Dockers’ umbrella.

[@eddiecarlton7581]

Class! Liverpool

[@peterdudley7507]

great film and great clarinet playing, my grandad was a carter in liverpool.

[@skadiwarrior2053]

My great grandfather was also a Carter as was most of the family.

[@michaelorenstein9165]

Absolutely fascinating! To look at the women's attire, it could be almost any big city in Europe or America in the 1920's "flapper era".

[@John-xi9pl]

Thank you, what a great video

[@suecox2308]

A wonderful glimpse of a time long gone and nearly forgotten except for films like these. This is terrific. I'd never heard of the floating roadway--what and where was it?

[@Moonrunner58]

I remember it at thePier Head. It allowed vehicles to get onto the Princes Landing Stage and access the IOM boats as well as the ferries. It started off the Strand in between the Atlantic Tower Hotel and St Nick’s church.

[@frankward8336]

I think it's still there

[@Guitar6ty]

At the Pier head where the boats came in it also was used for trains.

[@ZZ-su8ph]

​@Guitar6ty . Yes the London boat train took Canadian Pacific passengers direct to London. I had to jump on the train as it pulled into Princes Parade, before it stopped to put the passenger lists on the carriage doors. 1968.

[@audreysimon696]

Me to brilliant our city x

[@PaulWilliams-w1c]

The year my lovely mum was born. She passed away in April 2022 with dementia bless her.

[@sarakionga-kamau7370]

Love the smart attire and shoes. These were the days before hoodies n faded jeans took hold. Bet those clothes were all made from natural fibres too. Interesting video worth saving. Thanks ❤

[@grahambeastall6301]

who has this and other films like it ? Liverpool City Archives ? Excellent

[@Guitar6ty]

It was still like that in the 1950s/60s. The tram system ran off 2 diesel engines which powered the entire system and was the biggest in the country.

[@Hacienda_27]

I can't watch it cause I should be living it, what i'm doing here in this day and age is beyond me

[@paulaenyia7146]

Year my Nin was born ❤️

[@jimmypostlethwaite]

What a classy city my beloved Liverpool was in its hey day so smart and well behaved , then social gerrymandering and we have ended up in this mess .

[@clairemcdonald6358]

How many of us watching this are descendants of the people in the video? 😎

[@neilboyd904]

So Britain’s population was 15,000,000 in 1929. Bit more now

[@Savingforlife]

Back to times the ferries were packed with workers not tourists.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

I expected to see a horse up on blocks.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

LiverKool

[@alvzugo4166]

Boinas. ...

[@briansmith-l1q]

just the name 'liver-pool" is so disgusting

[@MerseysideBall]

there is always that one person. we dont care bro

[@WTF-pn7zt]

It's NOT meat, liver pool means muddy pool named when the river Mersey used to reach up water Street before it was silted up, dredgers still keep the Mersey channel clear to this day to allow the big ships to enter the Mersey channel. You can look up the word Mersey, you may learn something instead of making uneducated comments.

[@WTF-pn7zt]

Yeh! Making comment's that show his ignorance.