Life: a lottery

Remnant at rear of once magnificent

Art Deco Littlewoods Building Liverpool.

Football pools betting was their start in life.

Littlewoods Liverpool Football and retail , now a shell of former self

Tags: Art Deco, Betting, Deserted buildings, Football Pools, Littlewoods Liverpool, Liverpool City of Culture, Lottery, Mono, Nostalgia, Photography, Romance

16 thoughts on “Life: a lottery”

Jane Lurie on June 6, 2017 at 02:51 said:

I love the color of the tones you’ve you chosen, Paula, and your composition. Sad to see these great old buildings wasting away.

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Poet Rummager on June 5, 2017 at 11:09 said:

I love the angle of your photo. It appears as if the smoke stack has pierced the sky and punctured through the clouds.

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Cornelis Verwaal on June 2, 2017 at 20:21 said:

On the positive side, decay makes for a fabulous photo opportunity and you know how to take advantage of that 🙂

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joshi daniel on May 30, 2017 at 15:13 said:

beautiful and loved the tones 🙂

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Otto von Münchow on May 30, 2017 at 14:29 said:

Such a visual strong photo. I like the deep tones and the split toning.

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Adrian Lewis on May 29, 2017 at 14:07 said:

Love the toning you’ve used here! It greatly enhances the derelict effect.

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- themofman on May 29, 2017 at 15:06 said:
  
  Me too, nice colour choice for the tone. It works with the industrial subject.
  
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sheldonk2014 on May 28, 2017 at 20:22 said:

Beautiful shot

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Mary Brearley on May 28, 2017 at 19:53 said:

Amazon picture!

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- paula graham on May 29, 2017 at 10:00 said:
  
  Thank you, sounds nice, but not quite sure what is meant by ‘amazon’? forgive me..I a foreigner, what can you expect! Googled it but did not get a lot better informed . I know about amazon women of course, but doubt that is what is meant in this instance. Please, I am intrigued!
  
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  - Mary Brearley on May 29, 2017 at 15:28 said:
    
    Know what – I think it might be a typo and I meant amazing!!!
    
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- paula graham on May 30, 2017 at 09:24 said:
  
  Ha, ha, thank you for your explanation of the interesting use of the unusual adjective ‘amazon’…It might just start a trend, I shall try it out soon!! I thought it very suited in this case as that chimney is worthy of being called ‘amazon’!
  
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  - Mary Brearley on May 31, 2017 at 06:52 said:
    
    🙂 definitely!
    
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Sue on May 28, 2017 at 19:07 said:

Interesting image…

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Ogden Fahey on May 28, 2017 at 17:43 said:

I wonder why people stopped doing the pools? It was so popular years ago, strange, cos everyone still loves football, so why no pools?

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- paula graham on May 28, 2017 at 19:44 said:
  
  Later Littlewoods became a retailer I believe, probably other better shops started up. Littlewoods sold the business, you can find it all on the internet. The building is stunning, more posts about it will trickle by .
  
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