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hmtmaj
06-21-2009, 02:40 AM
I have been trying to get a website together on Old Swan and surrounding area's,
why... :eek:
because there isn't one :rolleyes:
anyway, here's the link below.
I still have quite a bit to add, but I'd like to see if anyone thinks I'm wasting my time or, by chance thinks it's going OK...

Martin.

http://oldswan.piczo.com/?cr=5
JMLE
06-21-2009, 02:56 AM
We're blocked from viewing any social netwoking sites here in work so I'll have a nose later at home.

We wont be at the quiz next Thursday Mart so you might have a chance of winning :)
M6AJJ
06-21-2009, 08:57 AM
Well I for one think that you are off to a superb start, really interesting and easy to navigate. Please keep it up Martin.

Best of luck,

Tony
scouse smurf
06-21-2009, 10:07 AM
It'll never be a waste of time if u're enjoying making it and it's always good to have a resource where everything on ur area can be found.

Good luck :o)
Ged
06-21-2009, 02:07 PM
Well done Mart, it's coming along nicely.
hmtmaj
06-21-2009, 02:24 PM
Thanks to all, I'll be adding some more tonight ( fingers crossed ) :PDT11
or should that be thumbs up !
Spike
06-21-2009, 02:37 PM
Fantastic site Mart, well done :handclap:

You can see how much work you have put into it. Im loving it mate I really am.
My wife is a Swannie Girl and she is made up with this site. She remembers the Christmas day flood very well.

Looking forward to you adding more.

Great work :PDT11
Waterways
06-21-2009, 03:23 PM
Keep going. V good. The new defunct Toxteth.net site was excellent and one which you could style it on. I don't know if you ever went onto that site.
hmtmaj
06-21-2009, 04:28 PM
Can't say I did W.W.
I take it, it's gone now ?
Thanks all, for the encouragement, :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Martin
scouse smurf
06-21-2009, 04:43 PM
Can't say I did W.W.
I take it, it's gone now ?
Thanks all, for the encouragement, :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Martin

u shouldn't have time to post on here now, u should be working on ur site :p
Kev
06-21-2009, 04:48 PM
well-done mart :)

thanks for the link at the bottom too.

best of luck with its development.

kev
Ronijayne
06-21-2009, 05:53 PM
Really good site Martin, I stayed in there far too long and visited Ged's site yet again. You would think I had nothing to do the amount of time I spend in here!
Spike
06-23-2009, 03:54 PM
Just read the Broadgreen Road section. Bloomin brilliant Mart. Im loving your site :PDT_Piratz_26:
ItsaZappathing
06-23-2009, 10:59 PM
Really good site Martin, I stayed in there far too long and visited Ged's site yet again. You would think I had nothing to do the amount of time I spend in here!

These lads sites should come with a health warning...
Geds,Marty's and Spikes sites all in one day cause a very numb bum.:PDT_Xtremez_42:
hmtmaj
06-24-2009, 08:38 PM
Added Queens Drive, from The Jolly Miller to the Fiveways today. :002:

Mart
hmtmaj
06-25-2009, 09:42 AM
Got some newspaper cuttings from Fortinian, added them today.
Cheers Fortinian. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Mart
Hutch
06-29-2009, 12:23 AM
A very good site. I used to live in Swan Hill Villa in the 1950/60's. A very damp old house, long ago demollished. I believe that is was the farm house for Swan Hill Farm. It was owned by the Scraggs Tripe family, the tripe works being to the rear.
hmtmaj
06-29-2009, 11:22 AM
Where was this house sited Hutch ?

Mart
Spike
06-29-2009, 03:31 PM
Got some newspaper cuttings from Fortinian, added them today.
Cheers Fortinian. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Mart

Brilliant Mart and well done Fortinian for passing them on :handclap:

Sad story about the Washerwoman ( see scallies around back then )

Dodgy place to be in those days. Mr Glitherow Beckham of his day- Ha Ha I love it :PDT_Piratz_26:

Great stuff keep going :PDT11
Kolchak
06-30-2009, 03:49 PM
Thats a really good site, I'll be having a good look at it again.

Well done and thanks for all that hard work!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Hutch
06-30-2009, 05:34 PM
It was on Rathbone Road, on the corner with Borax Street. It was originally built of sandstone, but in the fifties it was coated in concrete to keep the damp out. It appears on the 1830's map on your site, very close to Elms House.
robbo176
06-30-2009, 11:44 PM
great site hmtmaj,:PDT_Piratz_26:
my grandfather was born in Ronald Street & his family lived in Prescot Rd,Etna Street & Derby Street on various census
wsteve55
07-01-2009, 12:44 AM
Hi Robbo,
long time no see!:nod:
robbo176
07-01-2009, 01:20 AM
Hiya Steve,
how are you? I've been a bit busy since the birth of my daughter 3 weeks ago :PDT_Piratz_26:

Mandy
ItsaZappathing
07-01-2009, 11:02 AM
Thats a really good site, I'll be having a good look at it again.

Well done and thanks for all that hard work!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Me too,been looking and got the numb bum!!
Keep up the hard work and well done once again :PDT11
hmtmaj
07-01-2009, 11:50 AM
Cheers All :PDT_Piratz_26:
PC at home is kaput, so sending this from work :ninja:
will be uploading more soon,

Mart
lindylou
07-01-2009, 12:02 PM
Hiya Steve,
how are you? I've been a bit busy since the birth of my daughter 3 weeks ago :PDT_Piratz_26:

Mandy

you'll have your hands full now ! :PDT_Xtremez_42: .. in the best possible way :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
ItsaZappathing
07-01-2009, 12:04 PM
Cheers All :PDT_Piratz_26:
PC at home is kaput, so sending this from work :ninja:
will be uploading more soon,

Mart

Excuses excuses....
Get to work:PDT_Piratz_26:
Ged
07-01-2009, 12:41 PM
Congratulations Mandy. I take it you'll have plenty of time on your hands as baby sleeps all day n' night ;)
wsteve55
07-01-2009, 11:23 PM
Hiya Steve,
how are you? I've been a bit busy since the birth of my daughter 3 weeks ago :PDT_Piratz_26:

Mandy

A little birdy told me, a while ago,that you were expecting! Congratulations, but how come Ged knows so much about little? :unibrow:
Steve.
Hutch
07-07-2009, 10:21 AM
View from front bedroom window 316 Rathbone road. Elms House in middle distance. Queue at the number 60 bus stop. Prefabs on Rathbone park. c1954
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3696660335_e9f4e8a3d6.jpg?v=0


Swan Hill Villa, shortly after being coated in cement. 1956
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3697469008_4737765c77_m.jpg

A couple of old photo's of Old Swan.
Hutch
07-07-2009, 10:30 AM
Martin, your site is coming on excellently. Nice to see my old watering holes, Rose and the Rathbone, featured.
Have posted a couple of photos on site, don't know if you will be able to use them. Hutch.
hmtmaj
07-07-2009, 11:30 AM
Martin, your site is coming on excellently. Nice to see my old watering holes, Rose and the Rathbone, featured.
Have posted a couple of photos on site, don't know if you will be able to use them. Hutch.

Would be only too pleased to put these up, Thanks Hutch. :PDT_Piratz_26:
Spike
07-07-2009, 03:33 PM
Great pub pics Mart :PDT11
fortinian
07-14-2009, 11:24 PM
View from front bedroom window 316 Rathbone road. Elms House in middle distance. Queue at the number 60 bus stop. Prefabs on Rathbone park. c1954
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3696660335_e9f4e8a3d6.jpg?v=0


Ooh, a pic of Elms House... this is the only one i've seen so far. Does anyone else have a better pic?
hmtmaj
07-15-2009, 02:09 AM
Got Edge lane Hall, that's not it though is it ?

Will try the LRO , next time I'm in there,

Mart
fortinian
07-15-2009, 11:27 AM
Thanks hmtmaj, I've searched the online catalogue and there doesn't seem to be a picture there but you never know!
hmtmaj
07-15-2009, 08:42 PM
I'm looking for pics of Broadgreen Station if anyone can oblige...
I've searched the LRO and got pics showing part of it or the bridge etc but none of the station !
I have pics etc on Stanley, Knotty Ash, Tuebrook and West Derby, but very little on Broadgreen :disgust:

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez

thanks, Martin
hmtmaj
07-16-2009, 09:49 PM
Holding off on the stations as I can't find any of Broadgreen ! ! ! :PDT_Xtremez_42:

Added some of Rathbone Rd tonight :034:

Mart