A Liverpool ghost sign which thousands of people have walked past remains intact today.
In the midst of nightclubs on Eberle Street in the city centre, including GBar, Haus and former favourite Garlands, lies a window to Liverpool's past. Ghost signs can be found across the city and thousands of people over the years will have walked down and partied on this street in particular.
However, it can't be said how many will have cast their eyes upwards and downwards for long enough to notice this piece of history. Next to nightclub Haus is a ghost sign directing people to an "emergency exit" from a WWII air raid shelter.
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Alongside the sign is an arrow which points downwards to what would have been a cellar staircase. However, this can no longer be accessed and has been blocked up since the war.
In November last year, the removal of hoardings revealed a mysterious building on the corner of Dacy Road in Everton and Oakfield Road, Anfield. Many believe it was built as a shelter or storage during the war.
With the outbreak of WWII in 1939, the local authorities began to build air raid shelters. Anderson shelters, which people assembled themselves in their gardens, were given out. They also built brick and concrete street shelters and dug larger underground ones.
Air raid wardens enforced nightly "black outs" so German bomber crews could not easily see their targets. People were also forbidden to allow any light to escape from their homes.
Apart from air raid shelters, several other structures built in response to the war can still be found on Liverpool's streets, perhaps most notably pillboxes, concrete fortifications built as defence outposts in case of invasion.
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