Great Orford Street Liverpool

[Blue70]

Sarah Heyes, visitor, 45, widow, charwoman
Maria Heyes, visitor, 18, single,
Sarah Heyes, visitor, 16, single,

No place of births recorded.

Yes you're right the blackie or black e is a different building located near Chinatown. The Wellington Rooms or old Irish Centre are the right names.

Blue

[Heyesie]

Sarah Heyes, visitor, 45, widow, charwoman
Maria Heyes, visitor, 18, single,
Sarah Heyes, visitor, 16, single,

No place of births recorded.

Yes you're right the blackie or black e is a different building located near Chinatown. The Wellington Rooms or old Irish Centre are the right names.

Blue

Thanks Blue,,your a star

[patmar]

Herself and meself arrived home from Liverpool 4 hours ago, went on Monday. Great few days and we fell in love with the city after been very uncertain before going. Bustling city with lots to see and do and the obvious success of the Albert Dock regeneration was a pleasure to witness. We will be back there at first opportunity.

We stayed at the Adelphi Hotel which was only about 10 minutes walk away from Great Orford Street. That was first surprise, second was how presentable the whole immediate area is around Great Orford Street. The Metropolitan Cathedral is an extraordinary building and the University buildings really make the area a special part of Liverpool. Pity for me Great Orford Street and adjacent Duckingfield Street were demolished to make way for the College of Art and Design. Would have been nice to get a photo of No 53 where mother was born or one of any house on the street. However, we have plenty of info gathered from leaflets we obtained from the central Library that just might lead to the desired photo.

Anyway, what we loved most about Liverpool was the people, friendly, chatty and willing to help if at all possible. Special thanks to Blue as your comments were a spur to head for Liverpool. I was finding it very hard to get around fact my mother was born in Liverpool, simply didnt add up to the mother I knew. A piece or two has been filled on the jigsaw that is the family tree so thanks also to this great site.  Pat Monks

[Blue70]

Hi Pat

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to Liverpool. There's been a lot of redevelopment in Liverpool in recent years returning Scousers can't believe all the changes. Most of it is for the better. The port is going to be given a new lease of life with a new cruise terminal and there are plans to redevelop more of the waterfont.

The Mathew Street festival in August is a great time to visit if you like live music there's live music at several open air stages in the city centre. Lots of tribute bands not just Beatles ones there's lots of other tribute bands too.

Cheers,

Blue

[Gibel]

Liverpool Record Office holds many photos of streets. They have an index to which streets they have photos of. The index is at the temporary office at Sandhills. It might be worth an email to them to see if they have the streets you want and the cost of a copy of any photos.

[SusieKelly]

http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=((text)='Great%20orford%20street')&dsqPos=14

The above link if it works!! shows that the record office does indeed have a photograph of Gt Orford St, however not #53 but a terrace of houses on the opposite side #38-42.


http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/archives-local-and-family-history/

[ALAMO2008]

My Mother in law lived at 47 in 1941 came home to this :-
Taken from the ruins of the Workhouse looking across the Street at the Irish Centre the night after the 3rd May 1941 Blitz on Gt Orford Street.

[ALAMO2008]

She lost her Mother and Father and Six siblings while she was working a night shift at the Parachute Factory down at the Blackie in Chinatown.

[patmar]

Might be 78 years ago but still a shock to read of such horrible loss of life in one family