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How It Used To Be

Vibrant characters captured in 80s and 90s pictures by the 'Photie Man'
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Tom Wood photographed the region for 25 years
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'I started repairing bomb damage in Liverpool at the age of 14'
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Ernie Gaskell, 97, has seen many, many changes in the city throughout his lifetime
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Liverpool's 'quirky' fishmonger shop loved in the city for 146 years
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The family business dates back to the late 1800s
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Haunted house giving away '900 bags of sweets' on Halloween for years
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Frankii and Dave have decided to stop the tradition after over 20 years
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'Iconic' building that became 'its own little village' turns 125
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The site first opened in 1898
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Legendary nightclub was 'instant success' when it opened 52 years ago
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It's still remembered fondly today
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Liverpool restaurant 'inspired by New York' celebrates 25 years
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It now has three sites in Merseyside
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Staircase leads to 'pioneering' Liverpool café loved for decades
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The business is loved by artists, students and locals
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Life living in the back bedroom of John Lennon's childhood home
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Colin was Mendips' custodian for almost 20 years
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'Old date stamps' and 'no computers' as librarian celebrates 50 years
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Gill answered a vacancy in the paper and never looked back
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Grandad, 90, returns to Birkenhead 40 years on to see place he grew up
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Thomas said he "didn't see what he thought he would" when he returned to his old childhood street
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Liverpool shop that became an 'Aladdin's Cave' where you could request stock
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It started out as an ex-catalogue shop
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I met my best friends 87 years ago and we're still going strong
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The friends all met in primary school in the 1930s
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Legendary 'teacher of the year' Mr Tickle remembered by generations
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Maurice Tickle, now 74, said he always wanted to be a teacher
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Legendary Liverpool shop that was 'a rite of passage' for years
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Few clothing shops have left such an indelible mark on Liverpool fashion
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Lost Liverpool factory where workers became friends for life
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Workers from the factory still meet up 40 years after its closure
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Chippy institution has been serving families for nearly half a century
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The Defty's took over the site in the 70s
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Liverpool man cutting keys on the markets for almost 60 years
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Frank welcomed many customers through the generations
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Life behind famous red gates where hundreds of children once lived
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Its name is now known across the globe
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'City of Liverpool is up there with Barcelona, Rome and Paris'
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The city is ever evolving
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Liverpool life through the eye of an 'old fashioned gentleman'
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Renowned film maker Angus Tilston MBE captured Merseyside for decades
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Owners of Chinese restaurant set to close 'didn't think they were that loved'
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The business has been open since the 1990s and people are sad to see it go
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Liverpool's 70s music scene, lost nightclubs and 'Ziggy haircuts'
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"I loved liverpool people from the start and that hasn't changed one bit"
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'Long-standing tradition' at plant where generations have worked
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The site has been open for over 50 years
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