Rob Bremner’s black-and-white photographs of Liverpool’s Pier Head were made in 1989, around the bus station, café and ferry terminal.

Alongside his better-known colour work, Bremner photographed extensively in black and white. At the Pier Head, his attention turned to the people who used the area every day: passengers waiting for buses and ferries, older residents meeting friends, and regulars spending time in the café.

The Pier Head was then a practical, well-used transport interchange rather than the redeveloped waterfront it would later become. Bremner remembered the café as somewhere people could sit for hours over a single cup of tea without being moved on. For some older visitors, it was also cheaper than heating a home.

The photographs document everyday life around the waterfront: waiting, talking, drinking tea and passing the time of day in a place that served as much a social space as a transport hub.