Face the changes: Photographs of 1970s Liverpool

27 March 2015

In the early 1970s, as close-knit communities were being fractured by inner city development, young photographer Tricia Porter set out to document the changing face of Liverpool.

She was advised not to embark on the project in the area, in the decade before tensions between police and the black community erupted in the Toxteth Riots. But Porter gained the trust of the residents, who welcomed her into their lives, businesses and homes.

Along with future husband David, a student at Liverpool University who interviewed the locals, they capture a personal picture of eveyday life in 1970s Toxteth. Unseen for 40 years, Tricia Porter's photographs are at The Bluecoat, Liverpool from Saturday 4 April until 5 July 2015.

Men in Myrtle Street by the Bedford Buildings 1972

Street football team 1974

Shopping 1974

Football Final party at the Davies's 1974

Father Crowley in the overgrown garden at St Philip Neri Church 1972

Girls at the Youth Club 1974

Boy at lunch 1974

Mrs Long at home 1972

Snooker at Jim Hart's 1974

Street market stall near Myrtle Street 1972

Couple at the Belvedere 1972

Long's Chippy in Falkner Street 1972

All photographs copyright ©Tricia Porter 2015

Tricia Porter: Liverpool Photographs 1972-74

At the Bluecoat, Liverpool from Saturday 4 April to 5 July 2015.

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