Kiss my ....ooeerr sorry, I meant Kiss me Hardy.
Kiss my ....ooeerr sorry, I meant Kiss me Hardy.
I would be proud to be called a captain
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
remember those Airfix planes and the packs of tiny little Airfix soldiers that always ended their lives going up the hoover
I used to spend ages glueing those planes together for my brothers cos they wanted the planes/tanks but never had the patience to assemble them
Some old Liverpool pics I found
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Take a closer look at the photo. I have been in the building game on and off for most of my life. It seems they have laid straight over the old cobbles.The surface hasnt held, suprise, suprise.Well as a tarmac man myself I know it wont as the cobbles could never be even and never sound. Sureley the best method would have been to dig up the road put down hard core. Vibrate it create a level and a sound base and then Tarmac it. Then you dont have to keep coming back. I mean you could use the cobble stone for your hardcore. Cowboy council work I say.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Yes, the trams lines are still there too, as were the ones in Whitechapel outside the Met Quarter I saw recently when they were digging up - or was it digging down
Yes, Scouse, the diagonal door on the corner had Games above it too.
I think the toy shop in the precinct Zappa, was called Beatties and is now modelworld. City models has been in Elliot st, Stanley Street in the basement next to the barbers and also when the Ace Place moved from Dale street for a short while. There was also a model shop at the top of Bold st.
Does anyone recall a large toyshop at the top end of London road ? It was there in the late 80s.
I bought a TCR racing car set there for the lad
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Can we expand this to computer games shops too ?
I remember City Software on Lime St and the one in central, but can't remember the name of that one.
Last edited by scouse smurf; 05-10-2009 at 03:24 PM.
Some old Liverpool pics I found
My Flickr Pics
Latest Additions:
Wolfmother @ O2 Academy
Spin Doctors @ O2 Academy 2
Sefton Park
Liverpool Cathedral Tower Experience and St Georges Hall
Chester Zoo
Wirral Egg Run 2011
Check out the Yo! Liverpool Flickr Group
Stretch it too far we could end up with adults playthings
Last edited by Paddy; 05-11-2009 at 10:17 AM.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
Does Ann Summers supply models,I wander?
In brief - No!
Getting back to toys did you ever see something in a shop you really really wanted but could not have it for some reason? I remember a shop in Crosby and there was a Roman Helmet in the window just for display. I would dream about wearing it. The shop was not a Toy shop I think it might have been an opticians. Well my desire for the helmet never waned and I would look at the desired object everyday.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Dylan Thomas
A nostalgic and memorable look back at hobbies toy shop. Great picture of the olde days. I remember the meccano my brother was mad about and was always hanging around outside hobbies. He used to ask me for pocket money so he could buy his next set.
My favourite shops:
Hatton's Model Railways used to go there a lot until mid 1970s then switched my allegiance to City Models.
By the mid 90s my interest switched more to photographing transport rather than making models.
Then City Models disappeared!
Isn't it sad though that there are no quality toys now made in the UK?
There are some nice scale models bearking UK names but most come from the far east even if they are designed here
Dinky, Meccano, Hornby ......
John
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