Drugs are sold in broad daylight on an "idyllic" street once home to John Lennon.
Separated from Hope Street by a wall, trees and hedgerow, Gambier Terrace had a clear line of sight to the Mersey when it was built in the 1830s to house some of Liverpool's wealthiest families. Many of them were merchants or had profited from the transatlantic slave trade, as did its namesake, Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier.
By the 1980s, some of the four-storey houses were derelict and the terrace had gained a reputation as Liverpool's red light district. One longtime resident, who we're calling Ann to protect her identity, said she was "mugged and beaten up on the terrace" early one morning en route to the airport before two sex workers heard her screams and alerted police.
