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  1. Pryors

    Pryors changed owners a couple of years ago, sadly ending the Pryors family buisness after many years and heirs. Its a completely different shop now although the new owners like to use Pryors good...
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    Burroughs baths

    Thanks Ged and nice talkin with yer the other day.
    Wasnt there a building close to the baths called Arden House,a massive red brick job,owned by the Sally army? Used to put homeless men up,or is...
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    Cavern and Somali

    i used to go the Cavern on Friday nights when it was soul music upstairs and rock n roll downstairs ,first off me and my mates would meet up in the Grapes in Mathew st. (always full of postmen) and...
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    Burroughs baths

    Ged do you have any info / photo of Burroughs baths? My old feller taught me to swim there and I recall that there was a communal shower where everybody piled in shivering under luke warm water! I...
  5. Thread: Childhood Games

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    thanks lindylou,I asked my sister about the...

    thanks lindylou,I asked my sister about the chants but she`d forgotten them..

    A bit more of a dangerous "game" was to go down "over the bridge" to a
    big old warehouse where they used to barrel...
  6. Thread: David Kershaw

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    David Kershaw

    David Kershaw (died 1987) was one of "the Originals" .This is the name given to the 66 men who were recruited and trained by colonel David Sterling to form the SAS in WWII.David Kershaw was a fervent...
  7. Thread: Childhood Games

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    we used to get lolly ice sticks and interlace...

    we used to get lolly ice sticks and interlace them to make a six pointed star using hot tar on hot days as adhesive. when slung properly those stars skimmed through the air good style...
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    Childhood Games

    There used to hang good quality ships rope around the bars on the top of the old iron lamposts around Scottie there was a loop at the bottom of the rope which the girls ,me sister included ,would...
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    we used to "skip leggers" that was jumping on the...

    we used to "skip leggers" that was jumping on the backs of lorries as they came up from the docks heading towards scotland road and the world beyond..the best leggers were the big blue sugar tank...
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    Ged thank you ...this photo lad just got me.All...

    Ged thank you ...this photo lad just got me.All the blocks looked pretty much the same but I think that this was mine ,even remember the sign above the arch,"Ball games not allowed" thats a good one.
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    And just seen the photos of Portland gardens Ged...

    And just seen the photos of Portland gardens Ged ...thank you ,we used to climb out of the second stairwell and sling ourselves around to the landing using a "hanging washing out iron stanchion"...
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    Anyone remember a pub called Arthurs ? It was the...

    Anyone remember a pub called Arthurs ? It was the name of the manager,I used to wait for my mam and dad of a Sunday sitting outside with the classic bottle of lemo and smiths crisps(the packet with...
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    well all I can say is thanks for a great day lads...

    well all I can say is thanks for a great day lads and Im made up with all Ive seen and learnt ,will check out the forum tomorrer , :celb (6): :celb (6):
    light and life......
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    fantastic... thats the ale house my dad drank in...

    fantastic... thats the ale house my dad drank in ,Greenys,He was a docker like his dad before him,I was back home a few months ago and went to visit one of my relatives that still lives there in...
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    god bless us I think that pic from Ged is our...

    god bless us I think that pic from Ged is our block!That rounded arch was used as the goal for our impromptu matches with the other blocks,these would be marathon affairs,the first team to score 20...
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    and just seen those ones from Ged, thanks

    and just seen those ones from Ged, thanks
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    Burly and Portland gardens

    Thanks Gerard those pictures were great ,thats the first time Ive seen Porty like that and Im a bit gobsmacked...tar lar
  18. Thread: Dixie Dean

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    keepin dixie,properly

    did I say meeker? meant of course the less madder
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    keepin dixie

    does his name have anything to do with the Dixie we used to use as a warning when we were "raidin bonnies" or getting up to mischief in Scotty in the 50s? Someone ,usually the meeker lads were given...
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    gardens of stone

    Alright everyone.Im new to all this.Does anybody have any photos or memories about Portland gardens
    we lived in the 3rd block up from Vauxhall road and I was born at home delivered by Janey Ashton...
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    Lutyens model

    He designed the government buildings of New Delhi too,they are in daily use and magnificent buildings.The model of the cathedral that never was is impressive ...but was it worth all that coin and...
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