Report - Deaf Institute - Liverpool - Jan 20

[Bikin Glynn]

Deaf Institute

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Wow look at me smashing the old reports out

another classic Iv never posted but Im guessing you may of seen it before anyway.

In May 1864 the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established. It was founded by George Healey, a Deaf man. He set up the Society initially to give Deaf People equal access to the Scriptures. They started with just one room in the School for the Deaf and Dumb in Oxford Street. In 1877 the Society started a building fund. The Mayor of Liverpool then took an interest in the fund and through him her Majesty Queen Victoria made a donation of £5. In 1886 the committee got a lease from Lord Sefton for the land of Princess Avenue and Parkway. This lease was given for 2000 years.

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On 16th May 1887 H.R.H Princess Louise formally opened the Institute. The building at Park Way also had the women’s room where women could go to socialise. The lecture hall was used for lectures, meetings, dances and social gatherings. The chapel in the building was used for services every Sunday at 11am and 6.30pm. In May 1931 the Society opened the George Healey memorial hall. This would be used as a men’s club where men could play snooker, chess, cards and other activities.

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The Institute closed in 1986 and for the following twenty years was used as a very successful community centre for the local African Igbo community, but the poor conditions of the building and rising repair costs forced them to vacate it in 2007, and it has sat derelict ever since.

The architecture is simply stunning in this place

Is this what happens when your computer crashed?

Thanks For Looking


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[Sewage_waste]

Great set of photos mate, love how you shot the paint peeling turning something most people wouldn’t even notice into an awesome shot.

I also got curious as to the actual value of the £5 donation and it would be worth around £650 in today’s money, the compounded effects of inflation are crazy.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Great set of photos mate, love how you shot the paint peeling turning something most people wouldn’t even notice into an awesome shot.

I also got curious as to the actual value of the £5 donation and it would be worth around £650 in today’s money, the compounded effects of inflation are crazy.

thanks, gotta love a peely paint shot.
yes thats a hell of a donation if thats right

 

[Sewage_waste]

thanks, gotta love a peely paint shot.
yes thats a hell of a donation if thats right

Yeah although that would’ve been pocket change to her majesty she was worth 2-5 million at the end of her rule lol