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Hartley Avenue, LIVERPOOL, L9 7DB

The chimney remains as an icon of the former jam factory. William Hartley opened his factory here in 1886 but it closed some time in the late 20th century and is now an industrial estate with several businesses. See Image for the original main factory building and Image for Hartley's later factory in London. The buildings in the foreground are those of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School.

This is part of the Hartley Village Conservation Area which was established in 2011 to protect this example of Victorian philanthropy. The grade II listed jam making factory was founded in 1886 and built together with workers’ houses and recreational facilities nearby.

The ruin of Hartleys Jam Factory built in 1886, twelve years after William Hartley made his first jam at Aintree. The factory employed 1,200 workers, many of whom took advantage of the purpose built houses let on the hire-purchase scheme, a similar project to that of Lord Leverhulme in Port Sunlight. Hartley was a philanthropist who pioneered profit-sharing, pensions, health service and recreational facilities for his employees as well as giving huge sums of money to charity.

These are the forlorn remains of Hartley's jam factory which was completed in 1886. The carving in the stone pediment over the arch reads "W P Hartley" after William Pickles Hartley.

The electrified route to Kirkby, with Long Lane road bridge.

When William Pickles Hartley moved his jam-making business to Aintree in 1885 his philanthropy extended to constructing houses for his workers. The jam factory may now have gone but the houses survive. This terrace is in Spice Street.

A railway bridge once carried the former Liverpool Extension Line over the electrified route to Kirkby. This present, narrow bridge is obviously not the original and is part of the Sustrans path that now follows the route.

The Blessed Sacrament Junior School was on this site until recently. In the background are houses on Cedar Road.

This substantial, multi-arch bridge crosses the site of Fazakerley Junction. The main arch crossed what is now the Sustrans path and was the main line to Aintree; to the right one smaller arch covered sidings to nearby factories (including Hartleys Jam, hence the name of the road); and to the left, the LMSR goods lines to Bootle Docks. There is virtually no trace of the railway today.

This substantial, multi-arch bridge crosses the site of Fazakerley Junction. To the left of the photo a flat span crossed LMSR goods lines to Bootle Docks. The nearest arch in this photo looks too narrow to have crossed a railway track, but further arches crossed the main CLC line to Aintree and sidings to nearby factories (including Hartleys Jam, hence the name of the road).