however there is the economic infrastructure -- just look at all the new build - and look how much of that money is going to sub contractors from outside the cityI was 11 years old when this was happening and it was very scary. Do you think the area has improved in the last twenty five years? Okay there's the the odd scally around causing mischief but on the whole this area of toxteth is on the up.I was 11 when the Toxteth Riots took place, for me it was an exciting time. Toxteth Riots 1981; Bruche; Transport Strike 1911; Police Strike Gallery 1919; LFC Homecoming 1965; LFC Homecoming 1975; Miscellaneous; Old Photos of Liverpool; Police Recruitment Gallery; Miscellaneous Newsreel; Vintage Newsreel; Chief Constables Background to the unrest in Toxteth during July 1981Make a splash by signing up to the Liverpool Echo's newsletterTHE Toxteth riots were sparked on a muggy evening in July 1981, when police intercepted a motorcyclist in Selbourne Street.A crowd gathered, name-calling grew into jostling and within minutes there was a full-scale fracas that saw three police officers hurt and a young local man, Leroy Cooper, arrested on assault charges.It did not stop there. Margaret Thatcher had routed the Labour party and swept the Tories back into power just two years earlier, but in Liverpool and similar cities the Conservatives were struggling for survival.With an economic crisis to deal with and the combative Mrs Thatcher in charge with a thumping majority, honeyed words for those trapped in Tory-free zones were a long way down the list of priorities.On the ground in Toxteth the worst of the violence took place on July 5 and 6 as mayhem broke out in Upper Parliament Street and Lodge Lane. Add your comments here.The BBC reserves the right to edit comments submitted.The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websitesI was 11yrs old when the riots started, at the time there was alot of tension between the police and the local black youths. Well done to all you rioters. It is hard to imagine a day when the name 'Leroy Cooper' won't be linked to the 1981 Toxteth riots. "This idea of managed decline, that you can simply let one of the country's great cities slip into the River Mersey and opt for decay rather than renewal, shows an ambivalence to the north of England which still affects politics to this day. They were not acting in a racialist fashion. There is still huge povety and poor homes" Well more shame on us that things have not changed - the platitudes, photo opportunities and broken political promises continue to address poverty issues whilst they turn the city centre into a yuppie luxery apartment ridden lifestyle playground.I lived in Wavertree at the time of the riots and remember them well. The Merseyside officers' treatment of 20-year-old Mr Cooper on the evening of Friday 3 July 1981 led to a fracas in which three policemen were injured. "Lord Howe, who had been MP for the Wirral seat of Bebbington from 1964 to 1966, said he was only warning about depriving other areas of resources which might go to Liverpool.He added: "Liverpool had been undergoing an unmanaged decline and we had to see if there were any devices to begin turning the decline around. At that time I was unaware of the reasons for the riot but realised that there seemed to be a lot of baiting going on from both sides. )The main problem is people just do not want to live in inner city Liverpool - it has always had a poor reputation and since the docks decline very high unemployment. Merseyside Police officer recalls 1981 Toxteth Riots I was 16 and had just finished at Alsop Comp. Granted, billions of £ has been spent in the subsequent 25 years, however many of the new builds have been destroyed or ruined by inconsiderate people, some may call low-life. Sending more money to Liverpool was like making "water flow uphill", the chancellor had said There is a large non-white community in L8 but you wouldn't know this from walking aroung the city centre!John H is right when he says that in some ways Toxteth is no different than other areas in terms of decline - especially when you talk about local infrastructure and retail etc etc.
I went to school in L8 during the riots and have lived in Falkner Square, Toxteth - L8 for the past 5 years. Government papers from 1981, made public for the first time today, show that Margaret Thatcher's government considered allowing the "managed decline" of Liverpool in the wake of the Toxteth riots.The documents show the then Chancellor, Geoffrey Howe, saying that regenerating Merseyside would be like "making water flow uphill". I grew up in Walton (County Road - one of the places that rioted). Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. We must not expend all our limited resources in trying to make water flow uphill. "It would be even more regrettable if some of the brighter ideas for renewing economic activity were to be sown only on relatively stony ground on the banks of the Mersey. In hindsight something had to blow in Liverpool and those riots were inevitable. "We do not want to find ourselves concentrating all the limited cash that may have to be made available into Liverpool and having nothing left for possibly more promising areas such as the West Midlands or, even, the North East. The whole of that is based on some misunderstanding of some short letter with specific objectives. Police officers were accused of his manslaughter, although they were eventually acquitted.Lone policeman with riot shield on Park Road during the Toxteth riotsWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. THE Toxteth riots were sparked on a muggy evening in July 1981, when police intercepted a motorcyclist in Selbourne Street.
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