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THIS is the final piece from this week's guest blogger Old Postcards. A big thank you to her for sharing so many fascinating images with us.

Do you have a special interest in local history and would like to become a Pool of Life guest blogger, contact me at lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk

IN THIS part we will show you more samples of our current stock of Merseyside and Cheshire vintage postcards.

An example of a scene which you may not recognise - take a look at this one of Acre Lane in Heswall - this was posted in 1907.

THE second guestblog from Old Postcards looks at the different types that exist and how valuable they can be.

OBVIOUSLY not all postcards command the same worth. Some are worth coppers, some change hands at up to £100. Different ways of producing the cards play a big part in determining the card's worth as well as the scene they depict.

Real photo postcards, (usually black and white) based on an actual photographic process, are worth more than printed cards which tended to be more mass produced with less definition than RP cards.

VINTAGE postcards are often a good source of information on how life used to be. This week, our guest blogger Old Postcards, who sells them in her online store and who also writes a her own blog on the subject, shares her expertise...

COLLECTING vintage postcards goes by the very flash name of 'deltiology' and is second only to stamp collecting as the world's most favourite hobby. We all like taking a peek into the past... with vintage postcards you can tap into a world that has gone forever; some locations have totally changed, particularly those of streets and town centres.

ANOTHER great guest post from Kev Keegan of Yo! Liverpool, this time on the structures and buildings that used to stand on the site of the Liverpool One shopping zone...

THE arrival of the 42-acre, £1bn Liverpool One shopping development has catapulted the city back of the shopping league tables and, along with smaller retail developments around the city centre, has restored Liverpool's reputation as one of the UK's premier shopping destinations.

Custom House in the background. Both images courtesy of Liverpool Records Office.

In addition, the redevelopment has also brought back into use a hugely historically significant part of Liverpool City Centre that has largely remained neglected for many decades, mainly Paradise Street (named by Thomas Steers, who lived in Paradise Street, London) and Hanover Street (named after the Hanover family and is close to the Ropewalks area).

THIS month's guestblogger, Kev Keegan of Yo! Liverpool, asks how new technology has impacted on the city's image, particularly around the time of its 800th birthday...

It's difficult to imagine life without the World Wide Web. A resource so rich and varied that has made a huge global impact, a digital revolution that has impacted upon every inch of our daily lives. Without it, we feel disconnected from our social networking site friends and associated communities that we have invested time and effort to become a valued part of.

The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the way we collaborate, interact and develop relationships online. It's been a recent phenomenon that has seen an explosion of internet use by individuals who previously wouldn't have spent so much time in front of a keyboard - 1.463 billion puse the Internet according to recent internet world stats. The amount of information out there is staggering!

Has this revolution changed how people view the city of Liverpool? Has the internet played a vital part in showcasing two of the most important years in Liverpool's history?

A BIG welcome to Kev Keegan from Yo! Liverpool who has agreed to write a series of guest blogs based on some of his favourite old images of the city.

If you are interested in becoming a Pool of Life guest blogger, email me at laura.davis@liverpool.com

Over to Kev...

The Moorish Arch Chatsworth Street, Edge Hill, image courtesy of Liverpool Records Office

THE recent explosion of interest in the city of Liverpool brought about by the build up to 2007 and 2008 has seen Liverpool's historical legacy and achievements embedded firmly in the public mind.

If there is one area that's been of particular interest to me, it has to be the investigation of those little known facts and achievements that have shown Liverpool to have been at the forefront of international significance and importance throughout its history.

It was whilst working around the Edge Hill area of Liverpool that I became interested in what was below our feet as Edge Hill has a labyrinth of undiscovered tunnels and railway cuttings. The most significant discovery for me has been the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and Edge Hill cutting.