“The images reveal the town’s former fountain, brutalist in design and a somewhat imposing feature within the public gardens. “These were of Southport in the seventies and revealed a world of Ford Cortinas, flares and questionable facial hair. “Amongst this random miscellany was a folder of negatives, along with a number of actual black and white photographs the size of a supersized stamp. “Hand-written notes from the days before computers, glass slides of images around the borough, photocopies of old books with various parts highlighted and scans of historic postcards which at one point were no doubt relevant to some planning application or local appraisal. He said: “When I first took on the post of Heritage at Risk Officer with the council I was shown to an area of the office where years of conservation-related paraphernalia was stored. Sefton Council Heritage at Risk Officer Daniel Longman has unearthed some fascinating pictures of Southport in the 1970s, which he is delighted to share with LancsLive. When you could park right in front of Southport Town Hall and Southport Arts Centre?Īnd when we had a huge concrete fountain in the Town Hall Gardens.? DO you remember businesses on Lord Street in Southport like Boothroyds, Cafe De Luxe, TR Highton, Stoniers, Russell & Bromley and The Orchid - ‘the florists who lead the way’?
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