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    Was in Liverpool recently, being driven up...

    Was in Liverpool recently, being driven up Sleepers Hill, reminscing with my cousin about how, in winter, the trams sometimes couldn't make it up the hill because of the ice. This led on to a...
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    Was in Liverpool recently, being driven up...

    Was in Liverpool recently, being driven up Sleepers Hill, reminscing with my cousin about how, in winter, the trams sometimes couldn't make it up the hill because of the ice. This led on to a...
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    Get outta here!!! I wish I still had that...

    Get outta here!!!

    I wish I still had that suit. It was such a beautiful outfit I might just have held onto it.

    Within eighteen months of getting that suit, thanks to a dodgy girl-friend, we...
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    Thanks for that Ged ? just spent a long while...

    Thanks for that Ged ? just spent a long while trolling through your images.
    Any chance you might have one of the area in Kirkdale Road, number 29, where the tailor's shop was? That would be the East...
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    Samp, What can I say ? you're a prince. The...

    Samp,

    What can I say ? you're a prince.

    The 'Really nice gentleman' referred to was obviously my Uncle Wally.
    He really was one of the old school. He made me a three-piece suit in the early...
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    Thanks Samp, Unfortunately I'm down in London,...

    Thanks Samp,

    Unfortunately I'm down in London, don't get up to the 'City of Dreams' as often as I'd like. Next visit I intend to explore records office.
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    W. & G. Harrison, Tailors

    My father and his brother had a tailor's shop from before the last war (39?45)
    till sometime in the 1960's. Situated at 29 Kirkdale Road. Any memories/details/photographs would be most appreciated....
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    Mills in 1790's

    Came across these on:?


    Which has more similar, and pics of Liverpool from the same era.
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    Continental cinema

    Hi Philip,

    Thanks a lot for the info and the pic — shame about the overprinting, but I fully understand, and sympathise with, your wish to protect your photographs.

    I"m amazed it didn't start...
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    Continental. Liscard Road

    Thanks Phil,

    Liscard Road seems about right, in my memory box. Look forward to seeing the pic — hopefully it will dredge up the old nostalgia bug.

    Cheers
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    Continental Cinema

    Hi Gang,

    Just plugged into this thread and it brung up some memories about what I think was the Continental in the Wirral.

    I used to frequent this place in the fifties. Can't remember the name...
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    Sticky: "***** Street"

    Yes! You're right Marky. Well interpreted.
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    Sticky: "***** Street"

    Why is "***** Street" reproduced with a set of asterisks? It's a perfectly acceptable use of the phrase and surely cannot be interpreted as offensive. Isn't this just a ***** example of PC...
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    Sticky: To answer my own query, after some more...

    To answer my own query, after some more research,— "Carey Street" was a recognised euphemism for bankruptcy, and poverty, not often used these days seemingly. It derives from the establishment of the...
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    tram lines in Park Road

    Don't know if these are any help — found them on the record office site.
    Couldn't see the pic on Scouser Dave's link.
    The second pic is titled "Laying tramway in vicinity of Alfred Place, Park...
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    Sticky: Gotcha!

    Gotcha!
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    Sticky: Hi Phil, Do you need my email address? pm me...

    Hi Phil,

    Do you need my email address?
    pm me if so.

    ?? pm me ??

    Mail me on:— jogebgood@googlemail.com

    Cheers
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    Sticky: Hi Phil, As you seem to be the "Map Man", do...

    Hi Phil,

    As you seem to be the "Map Man", do you want a copy my map?
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    Sticky: Hi Phil, Impressive research!!! Maybe you...

    Hi Phil,

    Impressive research!!!

    Maybe you can shed some light on this, though I'm not sure this is the right thread to broach it.

    When I was growing up in L,pool my family often referred to...
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    Sticky: How's this?

    How's this?
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    Sticky: This is what the cover and the map look like, if...

    This is what the cover and the map look like, if it's any help.
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    Sticky: Thanks Phil, no offense please. I just wasn't...

    Thanks Phil, no offense please. I just wasn't sure about the provenance of the map, the only info given is c.1890, so I guess S&n Genealogy Supplies aren't too sure about the date either. In future...
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    Sticky: Hi Xkopite, I put this in the Liverpool...

    Hi Xkopite,
    I put this in the Liverpool Past>Housing>Ashfield Cottages thread but have just come across your post here, maybe you can help.

    When my Granny married in 1887 she was living in Carey...
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    When my Granny married in 1887 she was living in...

    When my Granny married in 1887 she was living in Carey St. This was next to Abstinence St. in the area renowned for the poor quality of its health, sanitation and life expectancy. These streets were...
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    hi, Phil, I'm in London — thanks for the Alan...

    hi,
    Phil, I'm in London — thanks for the Alan Godfrey ref., I'm investigating that.

    One other puzzle you, or your cohorts, may be able to help with — I keep coming across references to...
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