1. Mathew Street in Liverpool. Mathew Street was home to the famous Cavern Club, where The Beatles played their early shows. December 8, 1981

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2. Queen Square, Liverpool. September 18, 1981

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3. Aerial Views of Liverpool, Merseyside, June 11, 1987. The Cunard Building. Port of Liverpool Building. The Three Graces

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4. Church Street, one of Liverpool’s shopping areas. Church Street, Liverpool, Merseyside. October 3, 1984

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5. George Henry Lee’s building in Church Street. Marks and Spencer is occupying the next block. Church Street is one of Liverpool’s shopping areas. Church Street, Liverpool, Merseyside. October 30, 1989

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6. General scene of Lord Street Liverpool. July 24, 1989

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7. Blacklers Department Store shortly after it was announced that the store was closing. The decline of Liverpool’s answer to New York’s Macy’s has been customers favouring shopping centres over the old-fashioned department stores. As the store closes the new Clayton Square shopping mall takes shape on the corner of Elliot Street and Great Charlotte Street. January 7, 1988

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8. Clayton Square. Liverpool. January 6, 1981

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9. Church Street, one of Liverpool’s shopping areas. Church Street, Liverpool, Merseyside. December 12, 1980

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10. A giant brick structure in Liverpool’s Church Street. Some local residents called them Britain’s most expensive plant pots – they were still unfinished in this picture taken on April 21, 1981

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11. General scene of London Road. February 26, 1989

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12. General scene of Bold Street. October 2, 1986

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13. General scene of Bold Street. October 31, 1989

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14. An aerial view of the Pier Head, Liverpool. August 1981

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15. Church Street, Liverpool. Sweeping up the litter. December 9, 1985
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17. Roe Street, Walkway, Sky Bridge, Liverpool. Picture shows pedestrians using the walkway, also known as the sky bridge. October 12, 1981

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18. Blacklers Department Store seen here Circa January 1982 – one of the city’s lost department stores

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19. The first day of the sales after Christmas, Liverpool. Queues at Cavern Walks. December 7, 1985

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20. Church Street, Liverpool, Circa 1980

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21. Hepworths Tailoring, on the corner of Church Street and Paradise Street in Liverpool, Circa 1980

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22. Aerial Views of Liverpool, Merseyside. October 6, 1987

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23. Aerial Views of Liverpool. October 6, 1987. Royal Liver Building. The Cunard Building. The Three Graces

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24. Aerial Views of Liverpool. October 6, 1987. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

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25. General scene of Lord Street. October 15, 1986

These fascinating images capture life and people at work and play in Liverpool city-centre in the eighties.

Unearthed by our archives, Mirrorpix, many will remember how the area looked in these images, taken between 1980 and 1989.

Some images show popular shopping streets such as Church Street and Bold Street, whereas others show the skyline above Liverpool captured during the decade