Victorian Liverpool - old footage enhanced with colour and sound

A collection of films from Liverpool 1896-1901. Painstakingly colourised and enhanced with sound. My eternal debt to the great people who filmed it originally. It contains Mitchell & Kenyon's "Arrest of Goudie" film, considered to be the world's first-ever crime re-construction. This sequence now has added music and captions. Enjoy. www.historyofl...

[@acesigma06]

They’d never have thought that people would be watching them 121 years later on devices, small enough to fit in the pocket

[@MaxPowers]

People will be reading your comment on a hologram TV in a few years.

[@thescallytrader]

Just imagine what people will be doing 121 years from now in the Year 2142.

[@dalechetto9692]

@@thescallytrader probably laughing at our very own accents lol

[@phillipwalk3r]

@TheCov IsALie They are making foldable phones now

[@hamzahussain1933]

@@thescallytrader world will probably end by then

[@jordanfarnsworth6510]

It's crazy that we still have footage like this so many years later. Amazing to look into the past, so to speak, and I love that you can still see little human moments. Much has changed, but much remains the same, too.

[@DanHlrzr]

Beautiful. I wish city centres would look like they did back then! It’s incredible to think those places we walk past have so many stories behind them, and have witnessed so much.

[@jesuspobre88]

Fantastic view into the past. To see buildings we've grown up with and know so well, used a lifetime before we were born. Gives you the feeling that this great city doesn't belong to us, we're just passing through. Thank you.

[@fisherpeter695]

What a wonderful collection of images from the Victorian period in Liverpool and the marvellous legacy of buildings you can still walk past today. At 7.38 North Castle Street that ran into South Castle Street to join Canning Place. I walked this route many times when I worked in Liverpool City Centre in the mid 1960s. Sadly many of Liverpool's main thoroughfares like Scotland Road, Great Homer Street, Netherfield Road and Park Road were lost by the 1970s, while there were Court houses that were overcrowded and unhealthy, a lot of large Victorian houses some with gardens were lost. If only a mix could have been included in new developments. in recent years those marketing refer to the 3 major buildings at the waterfront, as the 3 graces. Seldom is it mentioned they were a legacy of the Victorian Society in Liverpool all those years ago. What would those people make of these areas today.? Victoria Street in the 60s 70s, 80s was a thriving place for business commerce restaurants and small business today it seems soulless.

[@Mgt461]

What a brilliant video compilation and so expertly done showing old Liverpool and the people who lived there. As a boy I remember going on the overhead railway and also going to see with my dad the Empress of Canada sunk and on its side in the Gladstone Dock in 1953. Liverpool was such a big, bustling and prosperous international port but many of its citizens lived lives of poverty and lack of opportunity. Thank you for this video filmed during the days of my parents and grandparents. It is both fascinating and educational.

[@Tenko2007]

I really cannot put into words how amazing watching this nor can I fully express my gratitude and appreciation for all the effort that went into this film . Truly astonishing and amazing. Thank you to all involved

[@annlonsdale9396]

just amazing

[@nancyholland6846]

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks. I grew up in Liverpool and my grandparents were around 20 in 1901 - Interesting to see the city they lived in and to match the pictures with the stories I was told as a child. As someone said in the comments 'We are all just passing through'

[@steddie123]

I love the way sound as been added, obviously the sound wouldn’t be accurate to that time, all film would’ve been silent, they would’ve had to guess maybe what the sound would’ve been like, but it’s brilliant how it has been done with new sound and colour👍🏻

[@highlander1194]

My amazing hometown! Thank you for this.

[@scouse9687]

Totally mesmerising well done to you

[@irenedavo3768]

@Chairman Of The Bored hello

[@cheryllawless6605]

Amazing, so atmospheric. Well done!

[@dianapierre9163]

So much of Liverpool has been destroyed, my area 100 yrs ago had gardens , ornate lighting, 3 and four storey Georgian houses all been replaced by cardboard council estates, Now they have destroyed Islington and London Rd it really is a crime.

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

Totally agree. You can bet your life the vandals who designed the horrific, brutalist 1960s estates didn't live anywhere near them!

[@andrewdaley3081]

@@historyofliverpoolwebsite do you have any idea how old the Church was before it was destroyed. Please

[@andrewdaley3081]

@@historyofliverpoolwebsite its ok i Googled it thanks

[@thescallytrader]

Imagine having a Time Machine and we could travel there for a while. I couldn't think of anything better.

[@williamwhitcombe6487]

I could think of a MUCH better & safer place than Victorian Liverpool to travel to. Like 1980s/90s Beirut

[@Breeze1]

@@williamwhitcombe6487 ay Victoria Liverpool wasn't that bad 😂

[@ronaldcustard4636]

@@Breeze1 Was you there?

[@Breeze1]

@@ronaldcustard4636 and you were in beirut i presume

[@ronaldcustard4636]

@@Breeze1 No I wasn’t

[@daveduff9152]

Absolutely brilliant and brought to life with the sounds and colour. Spotted a young Steven Gerrard lookalike at 9: 40 bottom right hand side .

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

Gotcha!

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Was there a jackal living there at that time?

[@Gettyphotographer]

Time traveler?

[@GBPaddling]

Yeeeeaaay.....obviously.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Was he beating up on someone with ten of his mates?

[@DrLisa7]

This is brilliant! Thanks for posting x

[@shauntbarry]

Absolute gold this.. Thank you so much for putting this up. I'm from Bootle and found the ending hilarious!!!

[@coyoteroadkill]

Fantastic job on the sound! If I didn't know better I would think it had been filmed with the sound.

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

You don't want to know how many hours it took to find / create the sounds. Let alone synch them all up! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@shield543]

@@historyofliverpoolwebsite the exchange flags sounds were mind blowing. Felt like I was there

[@dac545j]

@@historyofliverpoolwebsite I would like to add my thanks. The Echo boy and the Nelson Speech, in particular - top class!

[@jellybean3731]

My old Road and school have been demolished, Salisbury Road, Granton Road school, Anfield, but the fond memories live on... Happy days 🙂

[@thepofmeister]

Wonderful labour of love. Every second, appreciated. Thank You.

[@tungstenkid2271]

Magnificent colourisation, I predict the next big advance in old film restoration will be to make them pin-sharp instead of blurry. It can currently be done very easily with still photos by using enhancement software but doing it with moving images is in the future.

[@thereunionparty]

Trafalgar Day sure was a big deal back in 1901. How times change. I love the two policemen "in hot pursuit" ie strolling leisurely, in the final film. They look just like the Thompson Twins from The Adventures of Tintin!

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

You have to consider how important shipping was to the city, but yes, it was a huge event.

[@davidaddison3688]

Absolutely 💯 Amazing I'm from Preston but I have always had a love for Liverpool and I am currently working there a city taxi 🚕 driver Proud to work in the city I love Liverpool

[@davidclarkson2591]

Absolutely brilliant love watching that . Thank you.

[@garrywalker6646]

Love these films of way back when Liverpool was a big city in them days 1890s great to see the city as it was then,, im a Middlesbrough lad born n bred i love watching these films i would of loved to be born in the victorian era,, things were so different back then hard life but not like today,, nice to see old liverpool.

[@angelanunesangela8513]

A beautiful historical document!!!

[@paigeleigh2554]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you!

[@atombomb31458]

Stellar Channel.Stellar production .thanks.

[@jota3732]

If you haven’t got a moustache your not coming in , and that’s just the woman . I love these clips well done and thanks for letting us see this .

[@annlonsdale9396]

😂😂😂

[@BecomeConsciousNow]

Its amazing to see everyone so smartly dressed in a suit or dress, it makes them look so much more civilised and respectable.

[@billbimson2408]

I have pictures of my grandfather in the 1950's sitting on New Brighton beach wearing a suit and tie and he wasn't the only one.

[@modernista6056]

Casual clothes didn't really exist in those days though. My grandad wore shirt n tie every day wether just sitting at home or going out. Tshirtz etc didn't exist, if they did sure he would have worn them,at least sometimes.

[@seansands424]

I prefer the old clothes

[@FilmbuffWSussex]

The window displays are amazing, what work went into them. Another cinematic gem. thank you…

[@TommyBahama84]

I’ve stood in places where those people stood, it feels eerie! Amazing footage

[@magic1968]

Loved this thanks for all your hard work. 😉👍

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

A pleasure - check out my other 1930s footage

[@magic1968]

@@historyofliverpoolwebsite already have mate and subbed looking forward to more uploads in the future 👍

[@jjwatcher]

Wonderfull footage of a bustling city. pedestrians seem to walk in every direction amongst the traffic, how sad to see thall those young cadets knowing that many of them would be killed during WW1.

[@annlonsdale9396]

thankyou for uploading this little gem🙏🙏😊👍👋❤

[@jeanwells7232]

So clever are your sound effects and very effective and evocative. This is is one of the best presentations on YT. Brilliant. Riveted and subscribed. Thankyou.

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

Cheers! I really appreciate that. It took days and days to do.

[@JohnBruceGuitars1]

Oh my goodness what a find, this is amazing how can I thank you enough awesome!!

[@stewy4075]

wow love it ,great footage thanks for sharing

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

A pleasure - check out my other 1930s footage

[@bobwallace9814]

Great job! As a reference point, these folks are from 120 years ago and would be like them observing folks from the American Revolution period.

[@keithprice4711]

That's actually insane really

[@Mike-jl2kp]

this is an incredible video - thank you for sharing

[@paulgriffiths6404]

What amazing footage. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@normalwisdom4048]

Astoundingly stunning, having grown up in a pub in Liverpool City centre in the 70's (Old Fort) myself & my brothers know every inch of the city, in the 70's the whole place was closed on a Sunday, what a playground for us! How funny, the 1st ever Crimewatch reconstruction was about a scouser stealing.🧐😜

[@annlonsdale9396]

😂😂

[@petermcardle2031]

Fantastic film,well done👍thanks for sharing👋👍

[@sophiehoward6112]

It all looks so different now. Its upsetting really.how.much has been changed

[@aguilacalva2625]

this film archive is a real gem 👍👏👏

[@andrewdaley3081]

Thanks for doing this. 🇬🇧👍

[@tonylewis3472]

Amazing. Thanks so much.

[@thedoctorofallmen]

my Grandad was an old Scouse with Parkinson's. I tried so hard to understand him but he sounded like he was speaking gibberish. Love ya Grandad, maybe we'll talk someday

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

I think a lot of us feel like this. In that we will connect with our ancestors again.

[@gavinbutler5219]

Fantastic footage, my great grand father was a customs officer in Liverpool at the time.

[@modernista6056]

I bet he was kept busy with the docks at their height. I always remember going into many of the numerous pubs that were on every corner All along the dock road there was absolutely everything getting bought and sold. Every pub packed full of life all day, all night long before they could open any hours they wanted. Doors locked and a tap on the window with a little knock and you were in. Sadly most of them are long gone now.

[@audreysimon696]

It’s amazing how time flies nice looking at old pictures x

[@deanotaggo9788]

Thank you for this. Closest to a time machine we'll get.

[@HeadMasterCheez]

Find it fascinating watching all these people going about their daily routines and wondering where they're going and what they did for a living. To think that these people were part of our history and the evolution of technology/money/policing etc etc is just crazy. I wonder what they'd make of the world they helped build the foundations of.

[@DS-fk7ed]

My gt grandparents lived in Liverpool for 8 years during the late 1890's. They could have been among the people walking past!

[@siwoods-m5n]

This is am amazing!!!Thankyou

[@SteveStevens-sp7ly]

thumbs up for not adding loads of music

[@johntyjp]

My aunt and hubby emigrated to Australia from here in 1926

[@michealtom5453]

Hard times mate,,,great video

[@media3213]

Very impressive!

[@user-xc7gb8gj6r]

Brilliant, a step back in time 👌

[@annereidy7981]

That was fun, thank you!

[@terrymccann2937]

Can't help but notice how much taller the policemen were, compared to the general public.

[@timefortea1931]

Fascinating! I know Liverpool well and this is the nearest I'll get to going into a Time Machine. The colour and sound make it very vivid. It's very noticeable how much shorter the men in this time period were compared with men today ( who generally range between 5'10 to 6'). Most of the men in this film look to be in the range of 5'5-5'8. Not tiny ( medium height) but I only noticed one six footer here. Interestingly the women don't look much shorter than women today ( although some of the young uns in their 20s can be 5'8 or above, but mostly they are 5'3-5'7).

[@catonehere]

The clock tower on the Albert Dock is something to behold 3:36

[@gavinkaufmanworld]

Truly wonderful! Thank you for sharing 😄

[@JohnSmith-nr6zn]

Walk around Liverpool or any where else in England and tell me we've made 'progress'.

[@mattd6085]

Alright misery guts, back to the local to drink your ale and grumble to yourself.

[@dalechetto9692]

Maybe not socially

[@justhannah3960]

I know! Who needs indoor toilets and the NHS, eh?

[@dalechetto9692]

The art of conversation is dying out due to phones,lack of tolerance and an ability to communicate The past should be shown how we as a people communicated and interacted ,people knew their neighbours and as a community celebrated and commiserated together ,let hope we have not gone to a point of no return and communities are no a thing of the past

[@mattd6085]

@@dalechetto9692 we are a global community now. Or we would be if old farts weren't so scared of brown people and teenagers. The isn't a loss of communication, people are just xenophobic cunts that still think we can succeed by isolating ourselves to little towns or even as single countries. The world is modern and fast, either catch up or fall behind

[@Keith_1975]

The "Dockers Umbrella". Did you know Liverpool had the only underground station for an overhead railway. Head out of the city centre on Sefton St. Carry on until you get to the roundabout with Hatfields Jaguar on it. Go left into Nuffield Health car par and you'll see the archway up in the wall with "L.O.Ry Southern Extension" on it.

[@davewoodworth1762]

That was brilliant, the 2 plods in hot pursuit , made me laugh. The days of the hat and the tache.

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

Ha! Yes, i added that ironic caption for a laugh. They'd have me in the stocks if they could see it now.

[@raymondsawyer8626]

The wonderful technology of film where we can look back into the distant past thanks to the pioneers of film back in the day and the marvelous modern day restoration of these wonderful films

[@nix4pool]

Totally fascinating, and every single person not with us anymore.

[@jonblackmore6228]

I love seeing the old Over Head Railway. Or locally known as The Dockers Umbrella

[@Robertonnz]

Imagine traveling back in time and showing them your iPad

[@davidrasch3082]

These are the folk who fought WWI!

[@Nansen1981]

I have a photo taken of my old nan in 1896 in Exchange flags where my great grandfather had a printing business. This film has brought it all to life for me thanks. Just as an aside, did you know Derrick Guyler’s family owned Bunny’s?

[@henryb160]

His family owned a jewellers at the top of London Road. Just before you turned the corner into Moss Street. it was called 'Green & Guylers.'

[@peterb5]

I love how they all notice and are encapsulated by the camera, I’m not surprised though, probably a Titan of a machine compared to how tiny you can get them today!

[@markbenjamin1703]

Really great video, with such a weird and wonderful feeling to it. Btw is this the same Lee Rymill who taught at West Derby School in 2018?

[@historyofliverpoolwebsite]

The very same. The very same socks too.

[@jamesgallagher4655]

I was brought up in Bootle and know the Goudie arrest locations well. The pub at the bottom of the stone stairway was known as Mick Healeys in the late 50`s early 60`s presumably after the landlord of the time. Just under the bridge to the left was my infant school. known as the huts a temporary set up for buildings damaged during the war.

[@keegan773]

Read the book ‘Secret Liverpool’ by Mike Keating. Very interesting look at the City.

[@moominmay]

Love spotting the little human moments like 6:20 where the young maid is transfixed by the camera and doesn’t depart with her group until nudged by her colleague 😄

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

For anyone thinking the sound was recorded with the original film, it wasnt.

[@elias7748]

This is year 1901! 2 Years before my great grandad was born

[@mikedrown2721]

My grandmother was 10 years old

[@klaudiokolsetti970]

Where England was England. What is it now?

[@ResonantRTS]

That literally means nothing

[@klaudiokolsetti970]

@@ResonantRTS It simply means that now England is not England anymore, and the situation will get worse over the next decades. The rapid demographic shift changed England beyond recognition. Don't take my word for it, go and check yourself London, Birmingham, Leicester, Bradford, for example, and you'll see that the only English thing remained is some of the architecture.

[@wattyler9806]

I was down there today on a bus going past the exact place that's spooky my nan was born in 1904 and I'm 65. I was born in 1957.i was told when I was as kid there was a church at the back of St Georges hall but never saw it. Until now I remember when St George's Hall was the crown Court. I got a few years in that place. The good old days I think not. Haha. I'm retired now.

[@clareobrien3265]

Yeah my mum often used to mention it. I think it was called either St Johns or St Peters.

[@TruthMattersAlways]

@@clareobrien3265 St Johns - St Johns gardens

[@ScampKidzTv]

brilliant video

[@metaphysicalmigraine694]

How times change but it's funny even back then people were suspicious of the greedier media.

[@JAK-v1k]

Everyone was so slim!

[@view1st]

No corporate agribusiness back then to adulterate the food with GMO's, or poison people with pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers and other chemicals. That and members of the working classes not having the luxury of being able to eat as gluttonously as their richer counterparts.

[@paulthetallsigma1552]

I have done restoration work on liverpool court house i had to reset a gasoline chandalire to electric and restored the old horse tying rails..

[@Supergeologist]

I was expecting the thief to be wearing a black and white stripey jumper, an eye mask and carrying a sack with 'swag' written on it.

[@generalinternet8787]

Insane to think some of the very old people in this video could have been born almost 200 years ago

[@uingaeoc3905]

One particular myth about St George's Hall is that it was 'built back to front' and this is so because the steps do not lead into the garden. You can point to the garden being called 'St John's Gardens' and that it was the churchyard of St John's and the market next to it is likewise called 'St John's Market' and in this video you see the church itself. There was a proposal that the Anglican Cathedral be placed there.

[@rachelcorson3555]

It’s crazy to think that every single person on these films is now dead, 😞

[@MASTERATCOD4]

Strange that I just compared watching this to watching ghosts. How many disappear in ww1 etc.. good content tho.

[@vassabatielos4740]

It’s crazy to think that people feel the need to make this comment every time they watch old footage

[@MASTERATCOD4]

@@vassabatielos4740 we'll class you among us then eh 😱

[@davidnoelfranks1124]

Very Impressive restoration.......Just thought All those boys in the band would be Perfect Gun Fodder a few years later in 1914 !!

[@joannethompson8393]

Brilliant .. so many moustaches obvs men didn’t like their top lip in those days 😂

[@rocker-barrel4786]

Maybe thats where Stiff upper lip came from 😆

[@christianoliver3572]

That's just funny!!

[@rocker-barrel4786]

@@christianoliver3572 thought i'd get that in there 😊

[@dashoverton1963]

Sign of masculinity and manhood. Separates them from the boys.

[@christianoliver3572]

@@dashoverton1963 SO YOU'RE STILL A BOY?? Facial hair has nothing whatsoever to do with manhood!!

[@andrewdaley3081]

My dogs ears pricked up when the cat sound came on lol

[@gary1961]

The very first episode of Crimewatch. And remember, don't have nightmares.

[@angelaknowles8189]

Fantasic video well done. but I know we didnt have engines but those poor horses must have had a hard time.

[@garetcrossman6626]

I have a theory that I think is true which is that when you die you're then born again into a fresh body in the same city that you lived in in your first life. So for example take a ten year old boy as seen in this film in 1901. Let's say he lives until he's 58 which I'm guessing was about the life expectancy at the time. So he will die in 1901 - 10 + 58 = the year 1949. Then he'll come again in someone else who's really the same person, in the same city in this case the wonderful Liverpool. So he'll now be 73 watching this in 2022. So if you're 73, you may well be him, say a 50-50 chance

[@RevivePromotions]

your comment is more or less word for word what ive just said while i was watching it, absolute madness how youve wrote this 10months before i watched it haha

[@John-mz8rj]

Grandad worked on the trams, got thrown off for drinkin. Think I have one of the last tram tickets to run in Liverpool.

[@eringemini7091]

A couple things noticeable right away; no really old or overweight people.

[@ploppyploppy]

That's not the first thing I noticed. Have you seen Liverpool now?

[@patrickfortune3057]

No African/ Asians in general population.

[@gooner3681]

@@patrickfortune3057 and there it is

[@alecgurney9305]

@@patrickfortune3057 you're scared of them arent you?

[@patrickfortune3057]

@@alecgurney9305 extremely scared of them.

[@rybolfc]

It's actually mind-blowing and airey seeing bootle town hall 15:30 120 years from then, we used to sneak under it and play there, pretty sure a part of the building used to be a mental hospital at one time...

[@kylesanders9]

They should reopen it for a certain section of the community!

[@user-sh2rc5kc7x]

11:15 I wonder who the black guy marching in the navy is? This is an incredible video

[@julieshepherd5989]

Thought I saw someone with a cellphone 😏,..... just kidding. Very interesting footage, thanks for sharing. 😎

[@robertaccornero7172]

i just spotted Paul McCartney's grandfather ...he was the guy with the hat.