Creepy footage still exists online of the lost subway that allowed people to walk underneath Lime Street.
Recently, the ECHO published an article on the subway which will have been remembered by all 1980s and 1990s shoppers. Work on building the subway began in 1967 during a period of considerable redevelopment of the city centre.
The work included the building of St Johns Shopping Centre, which city planners wanted to create access to straight from Lime Street Station. Because tunnelling under the street while traffic continued flowing overhead was deemed impracticable, the subway was cut out of the roadway in sections and later covered over.
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Many names were suggested for the new city centre feature which included King John's Way, Whackers' Way and Judy Jigger. However, the council decided to name it Market Subway, a name that really didn't catch on.
The new underpass lead underneath the flowing traffic of Lime Street straight where pedestrians could take an escalator straight up into St John's Shopping Centre. Originally, the subway itself was designed to an interesting walk and not just a tunnel, with spaces for shops to occupy.
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However, with less people using the subway than anticipated, many of the units remained empty. There was also a problem with vandalism and theft, with some people, especially women, saying they felt unsafe using the subway after the shopping centre had closed for the night, leaving it in semi-darkness.
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The subway was eventually closed as many areas of Liverpool city centre were transformed during the Capital of Culture in 2008. As the Lime Street Gateway was remodelled, the underpass to St Johns was shut and filled in.
But the chance to experience what the subway was like still remains in the form of a video posted online. Ray Morgan, who shot the video, uploaded his walk through the subway to his Scouse Times YouTube channel.
Ray's channel serves as a fascinating record and repository of old videos of Liverpool, from documentaries to historic footage of what the city was once like. You can check out more videos on the Scouse Times YouTube channel by clicking here.
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