William Henry Street

William Henry Street and Stitt Street

An intriguing colourised version oa William Henry Street terrace with its landing at first floor level.

A more modern view (2020) of William Henry Street and Jenkinson Street.

Miltons pawn shop of William Henry Street.

Man at work on William Henry Street, 1970s.

William Henry Street 1960s. Have those two figures got bags/ masks over their heads?

These three tower blocks, once proud homes for hundreds of Everton families, would later get the unhappy tag ‘The Piggeries’ as the council of the day’s so-called so called High Rise Heaven and ‘Streets in the Sky’ project turned into High Rise Hell. The blocks were Crosbie, Canterbury and Heigh Heights, seen here at William Henry Street off Netherfield Road South in the 1980s. This image shows the building of the kind of houses below that the local community really wanted.

William Henry Street 1967.

The corner of William Henry and Jenkinson Street.

Looking down towards Haigh, Canterbury and Crosbie – the three tower blocks on William Henry Street that unhappily became known as the Piggeries, but which were simply part of the High Rise Hell that residents suffered after the council’s so-called streets-in-the-sky experiment failed to deliver the community cohesion that had been a feature of the old streets.

Mr and Mrs Hatch outside there home, no 6 William Henry Street.

Off to Morrison’s for groceries maybe. Could be fish from Drings, for tea.

Many items where sold from hand cart, on the corner of Streets in Liverpool. Mary Ellen’s

The windows bricked up , to save on window tax.

Some chilling tales of SpringHeel Jack, jumping from roof to roof in this area, do not venture out late of a night, all the children where told.

William Henry Street ran from Soho Street to Shaw Street with many side streets off it. If you have a picture of William Henry Street, please upload here, and/or leave a memory of William Henry Street.