Littlewoods

[@karenburns3368]

Thanks for posting this video Jeff, it bought back a lot of happy memories for me. My mother used to take me to the park as a child and I started working in the Littlewoods Pools in 1972 at ages 15 and stayed there for 13 years. Made some great friends there.

[@leanne3088]

Love all the history you talked about in this video. Thanks 😊

[@practice2391]

Thanks for the video - spectacular building lets hope that it can come back life as a studio.

[@rockprincess7864]

Another great video Jeff. I used to play with my cousins in the park at the end nearest the Littlewoods building. At night I used to walk with my Nan and her dog through the park. Away from the streetlights you could see every star in the sky! When I heard about the fire in 2018 I was in tears. So many of our iconic buildings are being lost to negligence. The Littlewoods building has given me a life-long passion for Art Deco and Liverpool has so many great examples. Keep up the good work Jeff! Your videos and your telling of our history is so important xx

[@Jeff1photo]

Thanks very much Karen, Let's hope this one at least, gets a second life.

[@TerryMurrayTalks]

Thanks for an excellent video, well researched and presented. Passed it many times and was unaware of the intreating surroundings. It's sad to see how much time can deteriorate buildings as well as us mortals.

[@raymilan5307]

I used to live further down edge lane towards town - Durning road / Holt Road area. My ma used to work in Littlewoods in the early 60's, I remember Wavertree park was always packed on a sunny weekend with families just relaxing, we used to take sugar sarnies & a bottle of water ! The slight hill in the park that bordered the railway sidings was always popular. There was a dog shelter at the very end of the Littlewoods Building, which was accessed by the road that runs in front of the building ( park side ). They used to have parks police in those days as well. I do hope that Littlewoods is restored, it's so sad to see the condition the building is in now., but your video brings back some happy memories.

[@Jeff1photo]

I remember sugar sarnies as a kid.

[@simonhives2592]

Great video as always 😀 Thanks for posting Jeff

[@oceanbeachsteve1619]

Hi Jeff loved looking at littelwoods building, was only young when use to play around there in the 70s great vlog cheers Jeff

[@stevebell6057]

Fascinating. The ‘workers’ entrance was through a gate adjacent to the main building off edge lane (dropped the wife off there many a time when she worked there). Fun fact - the checker who found the winning ticket received a bonus of £50 (more than a weeks wages back in the ‘70’s).

[@Jeff1photo]

Wow that was a nice little bonus, thanks for the comment.

[@free..to..air..]

Edge Lane was a hive of successful business in the early to middle 20th century....famous companies manufactured and distributed from premises here...Meccano...Crawford...Ferranti...Hornby.....

[@stephencollier453]

Yes Terence and Plessey - now look at it - retail sheds galore all selling mostly the same products. A once great thriving and enterprising area now gone. The world owes a huge debt to what was created and produced in Edge Lane those years ago. Hopefully, it will never be forgotten.

[@anthonymoore6801]

I worked in that building for 25 years

[@stephencollier453]

This art deco building could of been converted into a Hollywood Burbank style film/tv studio many years ago when it was in very good condition. At the time (late 90s) many people wrote letters in the local press expressing that this was the way to go. Sadly, it fell on totally deaf ears. Several years later our established order and business sector found themselves more preoccupied with The Capital Of Culture venture. Capital of Culture? These people wouldn't know what culture was if they fell over it. Well done Jeff - great video.

[@Jeff1photo]

Totally agree. Still no movement on the building as I can see.

[@uingaeoc3905]

The 'wasteland' next to the Littlewoods building is in fact the site of what was the Liverpool Corporation Transport HQ which was not only a bus depot but actually where they built the Green Goddess Trams for themselves. That was huge, and could certainly have been repurposed but instead was 'cleared for redevelopment' in I think 1990!!

[@arthurschofield2752]

Hi Jeff just a little something about the building you are about toshow ?I Two years or so , I watched an antique furniture collecters show( from Bangor) He had gone south of England to check on some items being sold off by one of the dealers of ( Flog It ) arriving at the place he noticed a rather large clock which he recongnised as one of the clockc off the Edge Lane building in question. just a point of interest. Sorry the names of the dealers in question I cant recall at this moment.

[@mikecarr3877]

Hi Jeff just watched your post the bunker is alongside the building the grass verge you walked up

[@trevstreasurehunts9701]

I been in the ww2 bunker the video is on my channel but I need to go back as I messed up filming

[@Jeff1photo]

Looks like a maze down there. Really interesting 👍