Can anyone sorce any pictures of Gray St. Bootle? In particular 'Marriotts' shop.
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Can anyone sorce any pictures of Gray St. Bootle? In particular 'Marriotts' shop.
I can post pics of what it looks like now. I live at the bottom of Gray St. Got a couple of pics on my pc I'll post them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheilsy
do you know which corner the shop was on?
I have 3 local history books specifically about Bootle, but there's no info in there.
went out at tea time and took these...
first lot all 'little' Gray St - no idea why little, as it's longer than the bit the other side of Knowsley Rd
these are the 2 most obvious ex-shops
corner of Warton Terrace/Warton St/Gray St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1396.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1394.jpg
corner of Prior St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1398.jpg
possible
corner of Pope St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1399.jpg
view from Akenside St towards Knowsley Rd
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1395.jpg
half way up there are houses missing , bombed during the war. A shop may have been here...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1397.jpg
other side of Knowsley looking towards Peel Rd. no obvious signs of a shop along here. there is a swathe of old houses missing, again bombed during the war.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1401.jpg
Peel Rd towards Knowsley
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1403.jpg
if I spot any v old residents I'll quiz them, see if they lived around there at the time the shops were in use.
hope that's of some interest to you
Thank you so much for taking the time to take the pictures and post them, I was actually asking on behalf of a friend, so I will get bacjk to him and ask exactly the location of the shop.
Many thanks much appreciated
Regards
you're very welcome. I can see Gray Street from my front door, so it was no bother really.
:)
Hiya Quincy I spoke to my friend about the pictures and he replied
The shop as I believe it is still open called 'Lesley's' and apparently has graffitti on the wall by someone called Rachel. The significance of this is that my mate - surname Marriott- used to live there when a child. His wife is called Lesley and his daughter's name is Rachel - - wierd coincidence !
do you know what shop he is talking about?
Hope that makes things a bit clearer
oh there, that's on Knowsley Rd corner of Gray St. will do a pic on my way out today.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheilsy
sorry it's taken an age to upload pix tonight. Finally got the scan up I needed.
Right then here we go, shop today
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1450.jpg
Knowsley Rd 1930. No idea if it was Marriotts then. it's at the top middle on right of shop with white awning
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...owsley1930.jpg
tried a close up but name isn't clear, can just make out Blackledges bread sign. the John Hughes store is now the post office.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../shopclose.jpg
that's the best I can do at the mo
{old photo from Bootle archive photographs book}