1980s & 1990s Liverpool.

[shoney]

I'm gonna' edit it then !! ....... 'ang on ............

, good on yer

[Ged]

Plink plink, only i'm confused now because I thought his name was Mary Christmas because it's what all the people were saying to him.

Pics by Joe Devine and reproduced with permission.

[shoney]

judging by the nicotine on his tash i bet he never seen much action under the mistletoe

[Mark R]

That's him!! Great Ged!

[PhilipG]

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[lindylou]

he's still alive then !!

fantastic Ged- thanks for finding those pictures - it saves me the job of searching for them.

[ayjaykay]

This shows that the arcade had three levels.
The upper two are shown in my 1984 photo at #144 in this thread.
The sketch shown here is almost a carbon copy of an Edwardian postcard that I've seen.
When the sports shop opened it had an escalator up to the shop, so it'll be surprising if much of the 1901 arcade survives.
Anybody go to that sports shop?

The sports shop (all:sports) had a small amount of ground floor space and then a large space on the 1st floor. It had quite a low ceiling though and all of the walls were boxed in so you couldn't see any windows or original features.

[Ged]

I've got about 60 or 70 Liverpool characters saved to a folder all of their own but it's possibly not correct to post them on the web unless they're well known and street stars like plink plink.

[Ross08]

Yes, he's still there. Still playing. Here's a photo of him from last year that I've put on the forum before.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...rch2007062.jpg


In the past, his guitars (I think he changes them quite often) have always been plain, but last week I noticed the new coloured one with strings painted on.

Have you all heard John Dolan's song about him on the My Liverpool CD?
If you haven't, then you need to get to Paul's CD shop in St Johns Market. There are 3 My Liverpool CD's and I think Plinkety Plink is on CD1.

[Mark R]

Does anybody remember the black man who used to sell the echo outside what would now be HMV on Bold Street? I'm sure his name was Chris. He was a really great bloke. I remember when we finally saw the back of Thatcher in 1990 he was singing "Maggie Maggie Maggie - out out out!!" Then I think he passed away sometime in the mid 90's (but I could be wrong about the date). Apparently he used to save his money up so he could give kids presents at Christmas - he used to wear a Santa outfit as well when he was selling the echoes. I thought they should have put a plaque up to honour him - but I suppose that is too much to ask with this council...

[PhilipG]

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[Steven]

That's him!! Great Ged!

He's still around. Myself and another member 'boxed him off' with a few bob only a week ago.

[Sir Keith]

Hi everyone

New to all this used to live in 57 Enid st Lpool 8

and was wondering if you wanted to go and take a typical 1980s Liverpool
building picture were would you guys go

Thanks for your help

Sir Keith,

[robbo176]

Does anybody remember the black man who used to sell the echo outside what would now be HMV on Bold Street? I'm sure his name was Chris. He was a really great bloke. I remember when we finally saw the back of Thatcher in 1990 he was singing "Maggie Maggie Maggie - out out out!!" Then I think he passed away sometime in the mid 90's (but I could be wrong about the date). Apparently he used to save his money up so he could give kids presents at Christmas - he used to wear a Santa outfit as well when he was selling the echoes. I thought they should have put a plaque up to honour him - but I suppose that is too much to ask with this council...

I remember him,I used to bye my echo off him when I was in town & he'd always give my son a sweet
one year at christmas he gave my son a little teddy
I agree there should be a plaque or something to remember him by maybe the Echo should honour him in some way

[Mark R]

Great story that Robbo. Nice to hear that