Sackville Street

My grandfather Thomas Waller and his step daughter Margaret McCormick lived at 40 Sackville Street according to the 1939 electoral register.

Lovely images of the street where I was born - Sackie - at number 47. I’m the little nurse, aged four, at the May procession which was organised by my sister Norma who is peeking out from the back and who would have been eleven at the time. My cousins Ray and Terry Lunt are there with Dolly Cook, Elizabeth Mc Bernie and I think, Brenda Platt. Any money collected bought lemonade and biscuits from Mrs Sefton’s - Seffos, and we had a picnic in our back yard using the upturned tin bath as our table. Sadly, our Norma, who also features with Bunty Silcock playing on the pavement in one of the images, passed away last September, aged 79. Lovely memories of living in Sackville Street surrounded by my mam’s sisters and mother. PS it’s St Peters school, not the church on the demolished photo.

I could have picked on any street for this wonderful picture of Everton's hillside landscape, but Sackville Street jumped out in terms of the steepled church on the left. You can see a picture of it in all its former glory further down this reel. It's hard to see, but four horizontal main roads cross this image . . . Scotland Road, Great Homer Street, and Netherfield Road beyond St Peter's Church. This image was originally uploaded to the excellent Netherfield Road & Surrounding Area Facebook platform and made the pertinent view about the number of steeples and towers that can be seen. A familiar local building with nits two towers on the right was the Anne Fowler Home for Women. To the left of that can be seen another tower, that of St Ambrose Church on Prince Edwin Street. Top centre with the prominent steeple is, I believe, Emmannuel Church which was close to the Grafton entertainment complex on West Derby Road. Images like these tell you so much about the great old district we lived in before demolition took it all away.

Thanks for the update info below, Tony. Many people will remember the shop in the picture further down the reel.

In the photograph captioned "Sackville Street ladies chat on the corner", to the left of the frame, can be seen Sefton's sweetshop with a Walls ice cream sign outside.

This is Sackville Street, now surrounded by high rise tower blocks post the Sixties clearances. Irene Blakemore-Wiiliams identifies that Mazzini House is just out of shot on the left hand side, the other two high rise buildings being Cavour and Garibaldi. Irene lived in Mazzini House

An unusual view over a Sackville Street chimney, new versus old.

Mary Thornton reflects on the old St Peter's Church in Sackville Street which was directly opposite her house.

Mary Thornton highlights that Sackville Street and Dorrington Street are all gone. The only thing left is the historic St Peter's Church on the right.

Mary Thornton submitted this lovely picture of a Sackville Street May procession in 1954 which appeared in the Liverpool Echo.

Sackville Street, sadly demolished. From Gerard Fagan's inacityliving site.

Swinging on the lamp at the bottom of Sackville Street. I love this picture which almost looks like a work of art rather than a photograph and captures a favourite terraced street pastime.

Contrasting houses in Sackville Street, both two storey and three storey. The doorways with their impressive Victorian fanlights indicate how special this street was. Sadly, broken windows and a tinned up door to the left highlight that the clearances were not far away.

Sackville Street ladies chat on the corner.

An intriguing view towards Sackville Street.

Looking towards Sackville Street

A great image of Sackville Street from the Netherfield Road & Surrounding area Facebook platform.

Sackville Street, courtesy of Brian Rea. What wonderful houses they were in their day.

Fantastic picture of life in Sackville Street, Bunty.

This is me with the dark hair playing shop on the oller in the ruins of St. Peter’s church

Sackville Street, in heartland West Everton, would soon be overshadowed by the new High Rise blocks.