June 28th 2010 - Well Worn Steps In York Street

Just tucked behind Liverpool One shopping centre there is this magical piece of Liverpool. It is like stepping back in time; the old doorways, steps and brickwork still survive and it is not hard to imagine life here 250 years ago. One company who established themselves in York Street in 1758, were Fawcett Preston. They made pans, kettles, guns and other iron goods. They also produced sugar boiling pans and sugar cane crushing machinery and steam engines for use in the Caribbean sugar plantations around 1813.