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Those houses in the photos were made from prefabricated materials, a frame then concrete blocks then pebble dashed, a typical cheap way of construction, many Councils throughout the Country built them. the materials soon perished and caused a million problems , cracking, damp, cold and mold.
If they came up for sale the building societies didnt want to know, a Mortgage was almost impossible. The best thing for them is demolishion.
Thanks stewy and ged.I know that the houses on the other side from mum have gone but as luck would have it her side (the odd numbers) are ok and people are still in them.the other side of the road have new private?houses.but i have not seen them.lewisham road is gone.porchester is gone.but are they going to keep the names and configeration with the old road.or not?...thanks for the offer of a photo I can wait.seeing it like that is depresing.living under tho's condisions must be very bad.its all ban news isn't it.
If you go down Broad Lane,one side of the street is derelict and the other side is lived in. I asked a resident about this and was told that on one side the houses where built with with very low damp proofing. The other houses opposite where built by a different company who built the damp course a good height.
Cobalt Housing along with other housing projects have modernised and built some houses around Norris Green but then there's many areas nearby that are just forgotten about. :PDT_Xtremez_42:
Photos from January 2009...
The old houses on the left hand side of Wandsworth Road (if you go down from Lorenzo Drive) and the new ones opposite:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...x/SDC10122.jpg
New houses just off Wandsworth:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...x/SDC10125.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...x/SDC10123.jpg
And a close-up of what the new houses look like:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...x/SDC10126.jpg
ROSS08.Sorry only just this min seen the photos.Thank you very much for them.edwardo.
Me too. A mate lives in Wandsworth in the old houses. He was chuffed when they built him a new brick wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by edwardo
Anyway good pics again Ross.:PDT11
Zappa....
You going to start that N.G. website then ? :PDT11
Will start collecting some pics for you to add,
Mart
I too have just seen the Norris Green pics ! Born & bred in Stalisfield from 1931-1957 , reminiscing with my older bro recently he commented that in general our neighbours were all good people with a communal spirit, not a bit like what has occurred recently with the moral decay that appears to have set in . Someone complained about dampness & ice on the inside of windows ! that was an improvement to the average slums that most of the original tenants came from & we were grateful for that & I for one bless the day my young parents left the city environs for what appeared to them as an outpost . Sadly as stated some builders cut corners but the original planners & desighners of the estate & the duplicate Dovecot/Huyton were men of vision & ability & should be immortalized . Ron
Sounds like hard work but you know me..I'll have a go at anything:unibrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by hmtmaj
Ron. Sir Lancelot Keay was ahead of his time and it's sad there's nothing to commemorate him. Though a lot of what he designed and built remains to this day.
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Originally Posted by ItsaZappathing
Round your stray dogs up :shock::002:
Norris Green
I lived in Wandsworth and Lorenzo Drive,,,
I go twice a week to see Me Mum,,,,Take her to Broady and the Asda,,,
Heres some pics,,,
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...orthRd-1-1.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...rthRd2-1-1.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...xteth3-1-1.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...urstRD-1-1.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...oadway-1-1.jpg
Good pics Billy.:PDT11
I wonder why (second pic down) someone was left with a fence ?
LMAO. Nah,just keep the squirrels,magpies and crack heads away:PDT_Piratz_26:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Billy D nice photos.it seems all the odd numbers are ok(I Lived at 85 bottom of the rd in your photo)John peel a mate of mine lived near the top end (21)his sister maried the everton goal keeper 1950 something.thanks fror pics.Ted