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  1. I remember the pillbox in Kirkby very well,...

    I remember the pillbox in Kirkby very well, located at the back end of that piece of greenery near the Industrial estate.

    The ground near Simmonswood lane was pretty flat and there used to be...
  2. No mention of Norris Green Baths...or Noggsy...

    No mention of Norris Green Baths...or Noggsy Green as we used to call it?

    I lived in Kirkby, and before we had our own baths we used to travel in to Norris Green to use those baths there.

    I...
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    Being a Kirkby lad, that was a regular thing to...

    Being a Kirkby lad, that was a regular thing to do every time the National was on...

    We used to walk along the canal, and there was a narrow lane which had the railroad tracks on one side, and big...
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    We used to play around this fountain as kids all...

    We used to play around this fountain as kids all the time back in the 70's - I used to be mesmerised by it, could sit for hours just watching it. It had a very hypnotic quality to it...
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    Hi Lindylou! So...does anyone on this forum...

    Hi Lindylou!

    So...does anyone on this forum remember the name of the cinema in Granby Street? I can remember going there in the mid 60's as a kid, it was a very old fashioned cinema even then, and...
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    I can remember going there twice. My very...

    I can remember going there twice.

    My very first visit when I was a nipper was to watch a cartoon show. I got threepence off my mum and went in with my sister. I sat at the front, and they used to...
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    I...probably did. Can't really remember much...

    I...probably did. Can't really remember much about the school, it was a very long time ago.

    I do however have vivid memories of a cinema in Granby Street, can't remember what it was called.
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    Ahhh...that's interesting. It is still there,...

    Ahhh...that's interesting. It is still there, sort of. It's now a Close instead of a Street.

    When I lived there it used to run from Granby Street to Kingsley Road.
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    Harrowby Street?

    Anyone remember Harrowby Street? It's no longer there but it used to run off Granby Street.

    I lived there in the mid to late 60's as a kid, just wonder if anyone else remembers it...?
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    Kirkby/Knowsley Pavilion.

    Does anyone else remember the proposed Kirkby/Knowsley Pavilion project from some time in the early 70's?

    This was supposed to be a huge sports/entertainment complex somewhere in Knowsley - I...
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    Blimey - is that the Mill pond where the...

    Blimey - is that the Mill pond where the adventure playground used to be near Tower Hill?

    Used to spend a lot of time there as a kid in the early 70's, and I can remember building all sorts of...
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