Stories and locations of every blue plaque building in Merseyside
Liverpool has the largest number of blue plaques outside of London
The Childhood home of John Lennon in Woolton is among buildings with a blue plaque (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
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Union Street s blank weeks when the LGBT+ community would meet for a drink
During the 1950s and 60s, an underground subculture was forming on Union Street
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In the 1950s and 60s, an infamous Plymouth street became a hub for an underground subculture where LGBT+ people could come and let their hair down.
After the Second World War, Plymouth undertook a mammoth rebuilding project and had somewhat of a rejuvenation. As a port and a naval city, we were a target for German bombers and suffered catastrophic destruction during the Blitz.
After the war ended, Plymouth rose from the ashes. Renowned architect Sir Patrick Abercrombie published his Plan for Plymouth in 1943, which cleared the city of buildings that survived the bombing in 1941. The vision was for a radically different, modern city with boulevard-style central roads running east to west, linked by a striking north to south avenue, Armada Way, connecting North Road railway stati