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Heyworth Street, LIVERPOOL, L5 4LA

Everton Village was, in the 18th century, a pastoral village, set upon Everton Brow, some distance from the increasingly prosperous Port of Liverpool. With unsurpassable views across the River Mersey to the Welsh hills and over the city to the as yet unspoilt rolling countryside, it must have been a desirable place to live. With the onset of the Great Irish Famine and the Industrial Revolution, immigrants from Ireland and Wales, as well as the impoverished victims of enclosures in rural England, poured into the city to attempt to make a living in the burgeoning factories serving the manufacturing industries. The demands of such a population upon the area changed the landscape dramatically. To accommodate this influx, densely packed rows of back to back houses were built on the hills surrounding the village. The village was quickly subsumed into the industrial conglomerate. With the arrival of the 60s came the demolition of terraced streets, which had become such a landmark, visible as they were from the river, to be replaced by high rise blocks of flats and the green and pleasant hills of Everton were just a distant curiosity to be wondered at in antiquarian prints and books. It took merely a decade or two to realise the disaster that was 'sixties built' high rise dwelling. The 1980s brought a return to a more sociable style of housing development and with this the creation of the open green space that became Everton Park.

View from Everton Park.

Looking towards Liverpool city centre and the Radio City Tower, as it is currently named.

Part of the panoramic view across and out of Everton Park.

Stagecoach Merseyside 24168 (PO59 MXB) ADL Enviro 300 single decker bus on Breck Road in the Everton District of Liverpool.

Showing position of Postbox No. L6 3. See Image] for postbox.

The Liver Building, on the left, now dwarfed by the skyscrapers built in recent years.

At the north end of the terrace shown in Image The park gives a fine view over the city.