REMEMBER CHURCH ST LIKE THIS?

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

Do you remember Church St like this?

A mid 70s shot from The MTT archives

Regards

Rob

[wallasey]

Chuffin Heck! What a view!

Many Thanks for sharing this!

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

Who said they all come at once?
and another of Church ST but a mid 60s shot ,sorry I'm bus biased LOL

Rob

[Kev]

Brilliant pics :PDT11

[Max]

My mum remembers the no 10 when she lived on Prescott Road.

[Lady]

Yes, i remember it like that - Great pics :handclap:
On the 1st pic, there is a woman legging it across the road, :eek:
and on the 2nd pic there is a fella legging it too :eek:
There seems to be more traffic than people !!!!!
Jacky :)

[lindylou]

I remember it being so busy like that with the traffic. I can remember getting off the bus somewhere by Woolworths - I think there was a stop by there.

I'm wondering what year WH.Smith opened in Church st ?? There is a Stylo shoe shop there on that photo - and I can't remember it.
I presume the pic was taken in very early 1970s.
I worked in WH.Smith from 1977'ish
WH.Smith was where Coopers was.

[Linda A]

great photo's,

my abiding memory when I was little of going to town with my Mum is the noise of the bus brakes, now I can understand why looking at all that traffic !

sometimes when I'm in a different town or city and I hear those bus brakes it takes me right back to being 5 years old holding my Mum's hand in town.

Linda

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

Glad i brought back some memories!

I remember crossing the road outside woolies with a poiceman there in his little box directing the traffic!

The bus brakes screeching were always a feature of Church St/Lord St... It got worse when Church St was pedestrianised and the buses went along Whitechapel , everyone running across the road in front of them outside Mothercare , anyone remember the Crosville bus that ended up in a shop front somewhere round where Wade Smith is now.

Rob

[eddie french]

Crosville bus's seemed to be totally different to 'Normal' bus's, and I don't just mean the shape and style. I am sure that they had the loudest brakes too.
Not only that but they could take you to far away places that a normal bus just couldn't.

[Ged]

Great pics there MTT. Check these out too.

http://www.20thcenturyimages.co.uk/trolleyed/9/33/transport-buses(1).html

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

WOW Ged what a fantastic link !

Many thanks

Rob

[knowhowe]

Yes, the couple who run 20th Century Images have an unbelievable archive of glass plate negatives from Ellis Mann and other vanished photographic companies, all available as reasonably priced prints. Liverpool, Wirral, Chester, transport, work, all sorts of fascinating stuff and the quality is unsurpassed. A mooch around their 'Reflections' website is highly recommended-
http://www.20thcenturyimages.co.uk/
They used to live up here but inherited property in Hastings and run the business from there now.

[shoney]

Who said they all come at once?
and another of Church ST but a mid 60s shot ,sorry I'm bus biased LOL

Rob


Not really a bus expert but it looks like a crosville bus to me, an H3 went thru a house in Rainhill early 80's I remember

[shoney]

Yes, i remember it like that - Great pics :handclap:
On the 1st pic, there is a woman legging it across the road, :eek:
and on the 2nd pic there is a fella legging it too :eek:
There seems to be more traffic than people !!!!!
Jacky :)

and theres an advert for busdrivers on the back window in the pic, you wouldn't see that in england these days

[shoney]

I remember it being so busy like that with the traffic. I can remember getting off the bus somewhere by Woolworths - I think there was a stop by there.

I'm wondering what year WH.Smith opened in Church st ?? There is a Stylo shoe shop there on that photo - and I can't remember it.
I presume the pic was taken in very early 1970s.
I worked in WH.Smith from 1977'ish
WH.Smith was where Coopers was.

M reg cortina in the pic so was from 74 onwards if i'm right, i may be a year out

[kevin]

WH.Smith was where Coopers was.

Do you remember the smell in Cooper's food hall? Predominantly ground coffee but intermingled with a variety of food aromas.
Nectar for the nose!

[shoney]

the buildings were known as "coopers buildings" as long as I ever knew, they were hit in the war by bomb damage, an old tutor of mine at tech was an apprentice assigned to fix up ther bomb damage

[Max]

Wish Church Street was still like that, I could cycle through It easier then.

[Johnny Seven]

Yes some very vivid memories of Coopers walking around with me Dad as a kid in the sixties mmmmm ... the coffee smells and all the german sausages!

[merseywail]

Yes, the couple who run 20th Century Images have an unbelievable archive of glass plate negatives from Ellis Mann and other vanished photographic companies, all available as reasonably priced prints. Liverpool, Wirral, Chester, transport, work, all sorts of fascinating stuff and the quality is unsurpassed. A mooch around their 'Reflections' website is highly recommended-
http://www.20thcenturyimages.co.uk/
They used to live up here but inherited property in Hastings and run the business from there now.
I have some of these framed prints on my walls. Did they used to trade as Oxton studios ?

[gregs dad]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/433711635_030d640f74_o.jpg
Not sure whether I`ve posted this before but some members might not have seen it. On the left is Hendersons store which had a massive fire.
Taken at Xmas time in the 1960`s

[PhilipG]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/433711635_030d640f74_o.jpg
Not sure whether I`ve posted this before but some members might not have seen it. On the left is Hendersons store which had a massive fire.
Taken at Xmas time in the 1960`s

Beautiful, GD.
I don't think you've posted this one before.
There's the Tatler, and the Kardomah (they were everywhere!) on the left.
Thank you.

[kevin]

Ah, the Tatler. Used to go in there with mates but several strange individuals used to frequent the place and you had to keep a tight hold on your nuts!

[MerseysideTransportTrust]

Yes some very vivid memories of Coopers walking around with me Dad as a kid in the sixties mmmmm ... the coffee smells and all the german sausages!

remember going up in a lift in Coopers to the restaurant as a kid , amazed when the lift door opened on the other side to the one we got in!

[Waterways]

M reg cortina in the pic so was from 74 onwards if i'm right, i may be a year out

It was pedestrianised in 1975.

[knowhowe]

I have some of these framed prints on my walls. Did they used to trade as Oxton studios ?

Yes, that's right. Not certain, but i think they changed the name when they moved south. They're very amenable so if you're looking for specific material, don't hesitate to contact them. They'd be the first to admit that only a small fraction of their collection has made it to their fab website yet.

[mrs zappa]

hi can anyone help,
john(zappa) and i were trying to figure out when church street became pedestrianised, we can both remember trying to cross a hectic lord street in the late 80's but are at a loss when it comes to church street.
debz:PDT11

[Ged]

See message 26 above Debz.

[mrs zappa]

durrr it always the same your in asda and you ask for the assistant to show you where the beans are and they're right infront of you:retard:
thanks ged

[Ged]

Church street yesterday - buzzzzin' lar...


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And the Williamson Square continental market, though with an Indian stall or two, perhaps it was a World market?


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[lindylou]

Ged, it's funny you should say that because my son came in from town yesterday and said it was heaving and dead busy. 'buzzin !' :) :)

[quincyg]

Lord St and Bold St where the same. Nice to see crowds all the way up not just at L1 :PDT11

[Ged]

And so many foreign voices too and cameras and videoing going on.

[quincyg]

And so many foreign voices too and cameras and videoing going on.

I heard some Mancunians! Who needs the Trafford Centre eh?
I think it's great that people come here to see for themselves what it's like. :PDT11

[John(Zappa)]

And so many foreign voices too and cameras and videoing going on.

And that's just the locals:handclap:

[lindylou]

I was in town with my mum the other day and I commented that I'd never seen so many people taking photos. There seemed to be cameras everywhere. So much for this thing about not being able to photograph things - everyone was doing it!

[quincyg]

I was in town with my mum the other day and I commented that I'd never seen so many people taking photos. There seemed to be cameras everywhere. So much for this thing about not being able to photograph things - everyone was doing it!

that's the beauty of being in town, we can pretend to be tourists lol. it's the burbs where I tend to get most odd looks...as well as when I'm photographing :ninja:

[Norm NZ]

And that's just the locals:handclap:

"Very Good"! John(Z), That was exactly my thoughts when I last visited the UK!:PDT_Aliboronz_11: Cheers to All!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[Ged]

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You'd think her with her arms folded was posing but they were all walking along, look at her next to her with her leg in walking mode :)

[Max]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/433711635_030d640f74_o.jpg
Not sure whether I`ve posted this before but some members might not have seen it. On the left is Hendersons store which had a massive fire.
Taken at Xmas time in the 1960`s

I think I shall have to build a time machine to take pics of Liverpool In the past when there was more classy architecture not getting smashed down.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Before the 70s/80s, there looked like there was cool stuff to photograph like In Chambre Hardman's stuff.

[skgogosfan]

Aww what a lovely b/w shot of Church St. If only one could walk into it... ;)

Dave.

[Klaatu]

Church street was fabulous then, I remember it well...I wish I could walk into that photograph, turn left down Tarleton street and walk into Hobbies Toy and Model shop....Then go and have a "ride" on the escalators in Lewis's...The only store in town who had them I believe and such a novelty to an 8 year old. Great and wonderful memories indeed.

[Mark R]

Yes Klaatu. I remember Hobbies...I used to love going into that shop. It was great back then...I remember going into Lewis's as a kid and it seemed massive - like Macy's or Harrod's or something :)

[Klaatu]

Yeah, spot on Mark...I thought that too.
Woolies on Church street seemed to be massive too.

[burkhilly]

Just read through this thread. I only vaguely remember the buses in this part of Church Street, although I remember Woolies vividly.

What I really do remember is the corner of Church Street, where Mothercare used to be. This is where the buses turned, after the first part of Church Street was pedestrianised. God - that was a scary and dangerous crossing. Even now I feel a bit sick at what I used to see there - I'm sure there were loads of accidents at this junction.

[Mark R]

Yeah, spot on Mark...I thought that too.
Woolies on Church street seemed to be massive too.

Yes Klaatu Woolies as well...I think that shut about 1982?? Wasn't that somewhere by where Keys Court is now? I remember C&A as well...

[Mark R]

What I really do remember is the corner of Church Street, where Mothercare used to be. This is where the buses turned, after the first part of Church Street was pedestrianised. God - that was a scary and dangerous crossing. Even now I feel a bit sick at what I used to see there - I'm sure there were loads of accidents at this junction.


Yes, you're right Burkhilly. Bad junction that. Horne Bros was where MacDonald's now stands. I think I remember someone getting killed at the junction there :shock:

[edwardo]

Remember seeing Tommy cooper in Lewisis about 59 ish he was selling little rolling machines like fag rolling machines only you put a blank paper into it and rolled it out came a pound note.good old tommy made me laugh for years.rip.