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Opened in October 1977 as the first purpose-built centre of its kind in Britain, the African Caribbean Centre in Toxteth served for decades as a focal point for Liverpool's Black community. Plans were first put forward in 1972, and after a two-year campaign approval came in 1974 with an Urban Aid grant funding the building work. Known locally as the Merseyside Caribbean Centre, it stood on land off Upper Parliament Street and operated for some forty years as a community space, hosting family ev...