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Liverpool circa 1913, when there were two Graces. The third, the Cunard Building, was yet to be constructed. That came a year later. The Liver Building is a gleaming new edifice have been recently completed.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This morning I took a wrong turn at the Maccies and somehow found myself on late 19th Century Church Street. Still, got some nice clobber out of it. Oops, another time slip for @theGhostofLiverpool Get THE AMERICANS OF ABERCROMBY SQUARE here: amzn.to/44y6ooy

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

London Road c1910. On a quiet Sunday morning in June 😉

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Liverpool Town Hall, Mansion House and Cotton Exchange, from the early 19th Century to early 20th Century.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends! Henrietta V, Queen of County Road and her battalion take on the EDL vampires outside Spellow. #EntertheScousepeare follow and subscribe. Billy Shakespeare presents a gothic, alternative Universe Liverpool.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Aboard a Liverpool Overhead Railway train heading South towards Dingle.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

West Derby Station - the Loop Line/Pennine Way 2026 and as a functional railway in 1901.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

West Derby Station 2026 and 1960.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Flag sh*gger and patriot Macca talks about tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow, eats too much cheese and feeds his pet to a Liver Bird. Just another day in the #Scousepeare

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Summer’s Day in Dark Fantasy Liverpool ☀️⚔️ A BMX ride into town, dodgy dealings beneath brutalist towers, and a lad watching the girl he fancies from the comfort of a Bentley estate. Shakespeare reborn through Scouse chaos, satire, football casuals and creatures of the night. YouTube.com/Scousepeare

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Teaser reel for my new short film, SEVEN MINUTE SHINE. Full film available here: youtu.be/1NQylwTIXmk?... If The Adelphi Hotel did Stanley Kubrick's The Shining...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

1870s Liverpool, balloon's eye view booming down.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Port of Liverpool Building Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Pier Head. Views of the landing stage and Overhead Railway.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The Elevated Line or 'Third Avenue El' running through the Bowery in New York and Liverpool Overhead Railway.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

South Castle Street looking towards the Customs House. Before the Victorian monument so likely around 1890.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Slavery & the Founding Wealth Behind Bluecoat Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Liverpool's Strand looking South, circa 1880.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The view up Lime Street. 1950s

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Overhead on The Strand, c1949.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Customs House from Salthouse Dock c1922

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Lark Lane reel and article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

West Derby Village: Liverpool Before Liverpool Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Palaces of Light, now Dark Liverpool was once a city that went to the pictures like it went to the docks, in vast numbers, with ritual, noise, and appetite. From the 1910s through to the 1960s, cinemas rose across the city. Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

👉 Get the book here: amzn.to/44y6ooy Available as audio book, Kindle and print versions.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The Fort Beneath the Dunes: Fort Crosby Liverpool’s Forgotten Front Line. Read the full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Everton FC: origins to the The Old Lady Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Come and have a look at what you would have won. Three sites in the city and how they might look had they survive bombs and culls; Lime Street from St George's Plateau, St John's Market and Central Station.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Lime Street c1890 (pre Vines/Big House) and recently.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Step off the grand theatre of St George's Hall, cross the plateau, and you are standing in a part of the city where Liverpool’s civic self confidence once posed for photographs. It was called Commutation Row. Read the rest of this article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

James Street Station. Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Mathew Street: From warehouses to jazz, merseybeat to post-punk Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

St John's Beacon aka The Radio City Tower shoots off into outer space. We always suspected it.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Liverpool, May 1941. From St Lukes and Lewis's to the Customs House and my Dad, this is the tumultuous moment that changed the city forever. To read the full blog: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Liverpool before the Luftwaffe, before the barmy city planners post war, before the Beatles, before me and before most of you. #LiverpoolHistory #LiverpoolbyAir #VintagePanoramas

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

With nothing but the clothes on my back, I crossed from Liverpool in Black '47. Check out the full post exploring immigration into New York before Castle Garden and Ellis Island: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Gin Palaces and Picture Palaces: Liverpool’s The Futurist Cinema and Lime Street Read the full article here: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

St Nicholas Church: Liverpool’s Sailors’ Church and the History Beneath Its Stones

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Exchange Station in Liverpool began life as Liverpool Exchange railway station, opening on 13 May 1850 on Tithebarn Street to serve the city’s booming rail traffic in the Victorian era. Closed in 1977, demolished except for the façade. @wildtwin.bsky.social

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS from The Ghost of Liverpool. Here are some images from Christmas past. My little card to everyone. Places listed in the alt text :)

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

In 1863, something happened in Liverpool that changed the world. Get JP Maxwell's Civil War thriller THE AMERICANS OF ABERCROMBY SQUARE here: amzn.to/44y6ooy Available as audio book, Kindle and print versions.

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