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Throughout this week we're exploring the history of our Original Redbrick University campus by sharing photos from our @LivUniSCA University Archive!
We would love you to get involved and share your photos and memories of campus with us by tagging #OriginalThenOriginalNow
We would love you to get involved and share your photos and memories of campus with us by tagging #OriginalThenOriginalNow
First up: Can anyone guess where this photograph was taken? #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The answer is... Abercromby Square! It was originally conceived as a private garden and the gates were open only to the surrounding residents who paid an annual rent of 1 guinea for its upkeep! #OriginalThenOriginalNow
During WWII the railings were taken for use in the munitions industry. The current gates, erected in the 1950s, bear the coats of arms of Sir Sydney Jones and the University of Liverpool! #OriginalThenOriginalNow
[First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]
![During WWII the railings were taken for use in the munitions industry. The current gates, erected in the 1950s, bear the coats of arms of Sir Sydney Jones and the University of Liverpool! #OriginalThenOriginalNow [First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfoRDAEXgAMVpVE.jpg "During WWII the railings were taken for use in the munitions industry. The current gates, erected in the 1950s, bear the coats of arms of Sir Sydney Jones and the University of Liverpool! #OriginalThenOriginalNow [First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]")
![During WWII the railings were taken for use in the munitions industry. The current gates, erected in the 1950s, bear the coats of arms of Sir Sydney Jones and the University of Liverpool! #OriginalThenOriginalNow [First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfoRglLXYAAHr7D.jpg "During WWII the railings were taken for use in the munitions industry. The current gates, erected in the 1950s, bear the coats of arms of Sir Sydney Jones and the University of Liverpool! #OriginalThenOriginalNow [First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]")
[First image shows Abercromby Square East in 1952]
After the University acquired Abercromby Square for its own use, the garden has been open to students and the public. Do you have any photos in Abercromby Square? Share them with us using #OriginalThenOriginalNow
[Image of students at the gates of Abercromby Sq in 1980s]
![After the University acquired Abercromby Square for its own use, the garden has been open to students and the public. Do you have any photos in Abercromby Square? Share them with us using #OriginalThenOriginalNow[Image of students at the gates of Abercromby Sq in 1980s]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfoWzuRX0AA5oML.jpg "After the University acquired Abercromby Square for its own use, the garden has been open to students and the public. Do you have any photos in Abercromby Square? Share them with us using #OriginalThenOriginalNow[Image of students at the gates of Abercromby Sq in 1980s]")
[Image of students at the gates of Abercromby Sq in 1980s]
Abercromby Square Gardens has since become a favourite spot for students and staff 
Do you have any photos on Abercromby Square like these from the 1980s-90s? #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Do you have any photos on Abercromby Square like these from the 1980s-90s? #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Good morning! We're continuing our #OriginalThenOriginalNow series @LivUniSCA
First question today: Which Halls of Residence pictured here - originally accommodation for 24 students - now forms part of Tudor Close student residences which has accommodation for 100 students?
First question today: Which Halls of Residence pictured here - originally accommodation for 24 students - now forms part of Tudor Close student residences which has accommodation for 100 students?
Here's a photo of the School of Medicine on Ashton Street completed in 1957 - now the Sherrington Building #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Question: Where are these ponies pictured? #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The original University Library! You can still take a tour online â but what has taken the place of the Library books in the @VictoriaGallery? https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/about-us/tate-hall/
Look familiar? Another room in this building is @LivUniSCA Twitter profile picture! #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Look familiar? Another room in this building is @LivUniSCA Twitter profile picture! #OriginalThenOriginalNow
When the Tate Library ran out of space in the 1930s this new building, our very own Harold Cohen Library, took its place thanks to a very generous gift. You can read about it here: https://manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk/?p=2160 #OriginalThenOriginalNow
It is of course the Sydney Jones Library! Work began in 1973, and the building opened on 24 May 1977, by the Right Hon Lord Briggs. The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence.
[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow
![It is of course the Sydney Jones Library! Work began in 1973, and the building opened on 24 May 1977, by the Right Hon Lord Briggs. The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence.[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfyRVbOXgAAlsaz.jpg "It is of course the Sydney Jones Library! Work began in 1973, and the building opened on 24 May 1977, by the Right Hon Lord Briggs. The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence.[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow")
![It is of course the Sydney Jones Library! Work began in 1973, and the building opened on 24 May 1977, by the Right Hon Lord Briggs. The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence.[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfyRVbOWoAAC9lv.jpg "It is of course the Sydney Jones Library! Work began in 1973, and the building opened on 24 May 1977, by the Right Hon Lord Briggs. The building was designed by Sir Basil Spence.[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow")
[Images of the SJL on the day it was opened and the service desk in 1977] #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The library was extended in 2007 by annexing the former University administration building, which now forms the Abercromby Wing, and refurbishing the original building, now the Grove Wing. The project was completed in 2008 #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The building is named after Sir Charles Sydney Jones, an important benefactor to the University. You can find out more about him here: https://manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk/?p=2207 @LivUniSCA #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The Guild began as the SU Building. Completed in 1913, it held Gilmour Hall and students were separated by gender. This is now the façade facing the student administration centre.
Pictured on an Ernest Coffin postcard during the appeal for funds in 1920 #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Pictured on an Ernest Coffin postcard during the appeal for funds in 1920 #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The 1935 extension was added by Sir Charles Reilly who designed the original building. The extension removed the partitions between the gendered spaces. #OriginalThenOriginalNow
The 1965 extension, formally opened by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, introduced Mountford Hall which seated 1,200 people, now accommodating up to 2,500 people. The open courtyard seen here was covered in the 1990s #OriginalThenOriginalNow
Do you have any old or recent photos of @LiverpoolGuild ? Share them with us, we would love to see them! #OriginalThenOriginalNow
