Picture This: St George’s Place, 1961, by Joe Neary

Picture This.

Picture This: St George’s Place, 1961, by Joe Neary

Sam Bytheway chooses a picture from Liverpool’s past that’s barely recognisable as the 21st Century Liverpool

Picture This: Reactions to La Princesse by Pete Carr

As Liverpool has been invaded by giants, this week’s photo is from the last huge piece of street theatre that took over the city back in 2008 when the mysterious La Princesse appeared on Lime Street. There are thousands of photos to choose from - epic scenes of the huge mechanical spider making her way [...]

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Picture This: Snatch Squad by Dave Brownlee

Dave combines a wicked sense of humour with the willingness to point his camera where few would dare, in order to capture some truly memorable shots. He’s in his element at Ladies’ Day, as this shot from last year shows. As always, I’m looking forward to seeing what he comes up with this year. flickr.com/photos/themoronicinferno [...]

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Picture This: Launch of Mauretania II at Cammell Laird

Sam Bytheway picks a timely maritime-themed image from Liverpool’s past this week.

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Picture This: Untitled by Marion Pope

This week’s photo is by a woman who, along with her shooting buddy and partner in crime, has inspired my own occasional evenings out to document Liverpool’s vibrant nightlife. My own efforts will always pale in comparison to hers though. I love this one in particular - a great moment when the car’s headlights create [...]

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Picture This: Liverpool Children 1975 by Paul Trevor

Sam Bytheway selects an image that didn’t make Paul Trevor’s wonderful Like You’ve Never Been Away exhibition this week.

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Picture This: Alexandra Carabine by Pete Carr

A picture - as we’re all aware - is worth a thousand words. And we enjoy writing with the best of them. But when Liverpool is blessed with so many wonderful snappers it seems a shame not to give them a platform on SevenStreets. We are, after all, about people, places, things - what better [...]

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