Nice one Ian, I wonder if we know each other ? I lived at the very end of Warrenhouse Rd which almost adjoined Mariners Rd prior to the construction of the new baths in 1963 and played all along that...
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Nice one Ian, I wonder if we know each other ? I lived at the very end of Warrenhouse Rd which almost adjoined Mariners Rd prior to the construction of the new baths in 1963 and played all along that...
Thanks mate, yea I'd heard a similar story although it was the guys dog that was called Wally. I know that when we all went "abroad," to festivals or gigs then we used to shout it on the train or...
Thanks Guys. I remember as a 8 year old running up the stairs you can see in the first photo onto the top of the wall and "defending" it agaist my mates attacking from the dunes. It was surprisingly...
Yea thanks Ged it's a great bit of nostalgia...but a bit sad when reading that half of the old Stadium crew are dead or infirm. The Stadium on a Saturday was ace.....then Sunday night everyone would...
Wally juice very funny.....don't know whether you remember Ged but back in the early to mid 70's everyone used to meet at Probe before going on to the Stadium (yea to stock up on patchouli oil) for...
Right here they are....I hope !
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Nice one Steve. Here is the info and photos which came from Andrew Lee-Hart, Local History Unit of Crosby Library.
Fort Crosby: building began 1906. It had a cinema, church, hospital & football...
Sattertwaits Bakery used to be on Coronation Rd opposite the park on the corner of York Avenue. The had a retail shop next door and also in Moor Lane and College Rd. Great pork pies and Coffee Gateau...
Nice one Ged and wsteve55. It's funny how many people now in their 50's like me have vivid memories of the old Fort. It was a great place to play. During and immediately after the war POW's were...
[QUOTE=anti dock;167813]that area used to be called the black rocks. { by the locals }
were you see the sea wall by crosby baths down to were the rubble is
was loads of big black stones and anti...
I was facinated to read this thread as my old man (now sadly departed) sailed on the "old Franconia," many times during the war. He signed up as a scullion in 1942 aged 14 and served on her and...
Thanks for that mate, it must of have been a dream.... nay nightmare, I aint been back since 1986 and I was sure an old mate had told me that Higsons was no more. We used to drink at the boozer...
The old Higsons Brewery and that ace pub next door !!
I aint been to New Brighton since the 1960's. Is the funfair still there ?
I remember back in the late 1970's seeing a very ghostly looking elderly woman in perfect 19th Century dress walking past the right side of the Adelphi at the bottom of Mount Pleasant opposite the...
Thanks so much Ged and Philip G. You would'nt believe I've been searching for months trying to find the information that you fellas have let me have in a few minutes. I'm just printing them off now...
Hi,
I 've just found this ace forum while trying to locate images of the Victoria Square Dwellings. (Nash Grove) liverpool. My mam ( S Gallagher) lived there from 1926 before moving to (new)...