Crozier’s Row, 1912 (Boundary Street Area, Belfast)

When i was a little girl my mother would get upset if I didn’t wear shoes. Now I’m talking about being in the front garden on a hot sunny day, but it was a real trigger for her. She said people would think we were poor, I thought she was bonkers. My mother grew up in a rough part of Liverpool in the 1930s and tragically like the kids in this photo not everyone could afford shoes. I see photos like this and it’s hard to imagine the poverty

This is the same year the Titanic sunk

doesnt appear to exist anymore, that place.

Wonder was the little fellow up front placed there to show off the footwear . There’s posh!