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Ray Smyth:
Looking down Water Street in Liverpool in the late 1950s. Some interesting vehicles, including an Austin Taxi, a rigid flat lorry with a sheeted load, heading to the docks, also carrying what looks like a punctured tyre & wheel. The AEC Mk3 Regent is on route 73 to Woolton, and the BRS Parcels Scammell Scarab artic, parked on the bus stop. The tram lines are still in place, but the overhead electric cables have gone.
Ray Smyth.Interesting picture for me. The street where I started work in 1963 - immediately on the left National Provincial Bank which merged with Westminster Bank to become Nat West. In the distance you can see the overhead railway - which had gone by 1963
Very interesting - thank you
Ken bOne carriage and one section of the Overhead Railway ‘bridge’ were recovered for retention during the demolition.
They were stored for a long time in the Liverpool Museum’s large exhibit store. With the recent construction of the new Museum of Liverpool
on the waterfront, (at the end of Mann Island), they had an ideal place to create a display using the restored carriage and overhead bridge.Two photographs taken during a visit earlier this month:
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Great pictures Geoff, The location couldn’t be much closer to where the Overhead Railway operated. Cheers, Ray.