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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ian Croll & Aaliyah Rugg

Life at the summit of Liverpool's lost 'mountain street'

A Liverpool street which was so steep that residents needed a handrail to reach the top has since been consigned to history.

Havelock Street in Everton will be remembered by many for its steep ascent and the fun this often presented for local children.

The joke went that you needed an oxygen mask to make the climb up the street, according to Ken Rodgers, author of the 2010 book ‘Lost Tribe of Everton & Scottie Road’.

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