Michelle and Mike have created a brilliant addition to Penny Lane. Now open for just one year, the shop fits right in. Plants, homeware, jewellery, coffees and cakes; it’s everything you could want on a Sunday afternoon. The shop has a relaxed and beautifully scented...
Brian from B.Shrigley & Sons has worked at the fishmongers since he was 17, and the business has been open on Allerton Road for 50 years. He talks about the many other businesses that have come and gone. The shop is the epitome of a...
Ray’s is a family bakery that started back in 1920 in Prescott. Mrs Ray is the grandmother of the current Mrs Ray - Michelle - who took over from her father in 1987. The business has evolved and expanded over the years, and eventually in...
Pets Corner is a cosy shop with a quirky twist: at one end you might spot a dog being groomed, while at the other end you might see someone sitting in the window with a coffee and a cake. The exterior is beautiful; with a...
While Odd Bins is not technically an independent, Mike is a huge part of the local business community and so it felt right to include him. He cares so much about the community and has been chairing the local Traders Association meetings, trying to help...
Rachel owns Lifestyle Collective, which opened 5 years ago on Allerton Road. It’s mainly a nail salon, but it’s more than that. The place has a really great atmosphere (partly due to the lovely plants sourced from Slower Space, another one of the local independents.)...
Doug (or Dougie to most of his regulars) opened the business with his brother back in 1969 in Maghull. The shop on Allerton Road is the last of their shops (Doug’s favourite) and has now been open for 35 years. When asked about the business...
The old garage is set back just off the high street behind the bakery, so if you’re not paying attention you might not notice what is really a beautiful old building. The garage opened in 1930 and the current owner (Dave) has worked there since...
My Home Liverpool When I think of Liverpool. I think of,Strength,Courage,Unity and Creativity. I see this in its Landscape, Buildings and in its People.It has its very own Unique character.This draws people from all over the world.People come here for visits and stay.People come for education...
“In Calderstones Park on this field is where me and my brother learnt to ride our bikes while our dad ran behind us and our mum cheered us on and videoed” “In Calderstones park I would spend the most time on the ‘spinny bowl’ when I...
For my submission I wanted to look at the urban art around Liverpool, there has been a growth of it over the last few years and it seems to “accepted” rather than seen as a form of vandalism - graffiti. Street Art really interests me ,the...
Stay Local I used to work full time and got out to take photos once every 2 or 3 weeks. I took photos of many things; motorbike racing, landscapes and buildings to name a few. I went part time in November 2019 thinking this would leave...
S63 to L15. Home over the years i've found is a feeling not necessarily a place. Although places can certainly hold where the feelings are kept. I moved to Liverpool 19 month ago and this is the longest I've stayed in one place since being 20....
Were we are from is not the only place we go, It's friends we make through our lives. Meet from other places we visit, Which helps us grow. Tosh G These photos show my sister, myself and my younger brother. Growing up on the Ford Estate in birkenhead. The photographs...
Pen Y Groes This series is from a day I spent being shown around the town of Pen y Groes, North Wales, being taught about its history. The series is a starting point for a project working with young people, making art about the things they...
Teenage Kicks “I need excitement oh I need it bad/ And it’s the best I’ve ever had” The Undertones -Teenage kicks During summer 2020 we had a period of less restrictions that coincided with a heatwave, bringing everyone out to enjoy what little freedom 2020 had to offer. Finding...
Somewhere For this series, I have selected these images as a link to lockdown and appreciating the world around us. The spontaneity, the beauty, the stories. Walking aimlessly, watching how things blow, rise, rest. The calmness of the world during these certain times. Noticing so many...
Headin' into town? Photos of the people and environs of Liverpool City Centre. A place I grew to love when I lived and worked there while partying through the vibrant and hedonistic 1980’s. That love for the city centre, the city centre that I came to belong...
Heswall and Memories These are some photos of my home town Heswall, taken recently during the daily lockdown walk. I’ve lived here for 20+ years, and during that period as all people will have to at some time in their lives, I’ve experienced loss. Not everybody...
I’ve seen many people documenting their own lockdown stories since the pandemic began last year, so I guess I’m a little late with my own personal record. As an artist I’ve always take photographs but these ones are especially deep to me. Deep in meaning. Deep...
Image 1: My own front door. A place of safety. No one abusive has the keys. I have found my place of sanctuary. Image 2: Home. Is not always your own home. In this Poang chair, I can relax. I can be me. I can feel safe. It feels like home. And...
Born in Warrington I have watched it develop into a New Town when young, and now older I am watching it being demolished as the town sprawls outwards into the Green Belt with the town centre re-developed into apartments with ambitions of a future city...
The vision towards hometowns is we want the world to view Soweto as we view it but don’t want to change their perspective, just to show people that there’s a different side to what they often see. Our village is Soweto, based in Johannesburg South...
This partially illuminated sign was on the side of an old pub called ‘Mulvany’s Lounge’, it was mostly home to locals and always had a collection of old fellas teasing the last out of halves of mild in the doorway while smoking roll ups. In...
Newcastle Tyne Bridge and River. 2.00am. 1976. Wherever I move this goes with me. By Andrew Muse...
B Clarke’s and Family is the butchers right next door to our greengrocers. It was started in the 1950’s by Brian Clarke and his uncle. It has been open on Allerton Road since 1987, now the shop is managed by Vicki, Brian’s daughter. They describe...
Chandlers is another family business with a great old-school vibe - it feels like a shop straight from Gilmore Girls… This shop is a hardware store of sorts, though it sells anything and everything. I love visiting this shop and the highlight has to be...
Like many of these local businesses, Candice is an active player in the community. She’s excited about the area and keen to put it on the map. She often comes up with great local initiatives such as the recent ‘Tenner Festival’. Whenever I see her...
Claire and Marie are both colourful and upbeat women with a friendly attitude that lights up the clinic. This is reflected in the great relationships they have with their clients. When I came to photograph them, they were sitting together laughing over a cup of...
