Frank Green

Frank Green has spent more than 3 decades recording with pen, pencil, chalk, water colours and oils the changing face of Liverpool.  He was a pupil at Florence Melly Primary and Evered High School followed by 5 years study at the Liverpool College of Art in the 1960's.

      In the foreword to his 1975 Liverpool Academy Exhibition Catalogue Frank wrote, 'Early in the 1970's I began a series of drawing of Aubrey Street Water Tower, St Chrysostom's Church and the surrounding streets which were rapidly being demolished.

The obvious bulbous shape of the Everton Water Tower dominated the first picture but later I noticed the richness and variety of the less imposing buildings with their intricate use of different coloured brick to enliven their facades - no scruffy ochre  brick here'.

'Shops, churches, pubs and clubs in abundance, this was an area with a wide choice of facilities.  Whilst realising that many streets were beyond repair the remainder could have provided a marvellous framework on which to revitalise the district.  Almost none of the buildings have been spared, nor has sufficient thought been given to rehousing the people'.

      Frank's work over the past 30 years is a unique record of the changing face of Liverpool and he has through his pictures made many people aware of the beauty that is here on our own doorstep.