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Bold Street is a street in Liverpool, England. It is known for its concentration of independent businesses and for the Church of St Luke (locally known as the "bombed-out church"), which is situated at the top end of the street. The bottom end leads into the area surrounding Clayton Square, which is part of the main retail district of central ...
The church was known as "the doctor's church" because of its location close to Rodney Street, the home of many doctors. [1] It continued to be used as a concert hall as well as a church until the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street opened in 1849. [3] [5] Between 1864 and 1873, minor alterations were made to the church by W. & G. Audsley. [3]
In the 19th century, the street was later renamed to Bold Street after Jonas Bold, a slave merchant, sugar trader and banker, who became Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1802. At the bottom of Bold Street stands The Lyceum Building, a historic landmark constructed in 1802, originally as a news room and England’s first subscription library. In 2001 ...
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News From Nowhere is a bookshop in Liverpool, UK. Founded in 1974, it is a not-for-profit bookstore and since the early 1980s has been run as a women's co-operative. [1] [2] It is named for the 1890 utopian socialist novel by William Morris. [3] Since 1989, the bookstore has been based on Liverpool's Bold Street. [4]
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The Lyceum is a Neoclassical Grade II* listed building located on Bold Street, Liverpool. It was constructed in 1802 as a news-room and England's first subscription library (1758–1942) and later became a gentleman's club. After the club relocated in 1952 the building was left unoccupied for many years, eventually falling into a state of ...