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A PIECE OF HISTORY - I RECOMMEND INTRODUCING THESE BACK TODAY -
Looking upwards back up Everton Valley ( from near the old Post Office) ---
To the left of the Derby Arms pub are 2 shops (a sweetshop and a travel agents)...then a back street, and then the Black Bull pub.
Just round the corner in the back street , was the simplest men's urinal toilet I have ever seen .
It was just 3x pieces of slate (say 2 to 3 inches thick and 7 foot high )...there was a long factory wall (which i think may have been
Rainford's Demolition back wall)---and the street urinal toilet used that wall as its back wall,
and coming off it was one piece of slate (forming a dead end inside ) , which then joined the long front piece of slate at right angles,
the third piece then provided a shorter side to the first side, which allowed a gap "entrance" between the slate and the wall of
about a yard width.
Inside the front wall was a brown gutter drain in the floor, so men could wee on the front slate and it ran down into
the sloping gutter drain in the ground and then away down a hole.....
I think the whole thing was open to the elements, especially the rain ...which keptthe whole place "washed" and clean ...
It was a life saver for men coming along with beer in them or just desperate to go...
No sit down of course...just a urinal...
How on occasions through my life as more and more councils close toilet blocks / facilities I wish these were dotted around the country..
It did its job simply, with modesty maintained for all, and with an absolute minimum of cost maintenance.
If anybody with Council clout is reading this, please give it some thought...
A very welcome public facility at practically No cost after the cheap set up cost...
you KNOW it makes sense ....?:-))...
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GEORGIE...
You mentioned Yardumium died soon after moving to the new Wessie Road surgery from the closed Everton Valley surgery.
I know for a fact that Young Yardumium was there in 1996, so you must be referring to Old Yardumium.
They were Father and son Doctors. both served in Everton Valley surgery..cheers, Tomk.
The red brick build next door but one from the pub up is or was the Lyra or Lydol? Theater at one time
"Lyric"???
The men`s toilet was the norm in those days on the dock road, and there was one in Sandhjlls Lane by the entrance to the canal
How's this for the simplest of street bogs.
This is William Moult Street (Between Scottie and Greaty) in 1965.
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Originally Posted by Ged
Digressing slightly
that reminds me that there was a 'Gents' at the bottom of Silvester Street by the 'Swings'
On the opposite side was an EWS Facility on the site of the bombed pub the 'North Pole'.
Ah, memories.
I decided to put my memories of Everton Valley and the surrounding district on paper
here they are :-
sites.google.com/site/
evertonvalleyliverpool/home
Hope you like them.
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ellergreen -- it was The Lyric bombed and destroyed in the blitz of 1941.
I have that in pristine condition. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
http://sites.google.com/site/everton...liverpool/home I've book marked it for later :PDT11
Thanks Tom and Lindy.
Tom, you may use any of the Liverpool Records office photos I have posted up as they have assured me they don't mind a wider circulation of them as long as not for financial gain.
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Originally Posted by Ged
I might see you down there sometime Ged.. :)
I plan on filling my new little portable A4 photo scanner 8gb memory card to its capacity..
for my website Liverpool 'then and now' changing animation scenes...
I plan on getting stuck into my website with hundreds more of these...
and new sections on Old Liverpool..
purely for non financial gain of course... :PDT11
Glad to hear it Gerard. I'm sure you'll be amazed at some of the finds. If you have any then and now ideas where you may want any 'then' shots you haven't seen that I may have, just let me know.
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Originally Posted by Ged
Cheers Ged, I went about 3 years ago and got a few pics of old images..
they're what I've already made the 'then and now' scenes from..
(I'd like to show some on here...its not possible though..)
I stopped going as I couldn't be arsed with all the messing about..
setting tripods and cameras up.. too much messing about..
this little scanner thingyo stops all that...
Once I start I'll never be out of there....
That wont be a bad thing as I've done nothing at all on my own website for about 4 months..
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Originally Posted by Ged
Thats very kind of you...I really appreciate that Ged...
Thank you... :PDT11
The frustrating thing was only being able to submit 3 slips every 20 mins and when a file came out and you had the gloves on ready, there was one stinking pic in it lol. Also, you'd be lucky to get any of the staff to go and get any around lunchtime :) Very laborious but worth it as you know if something good crops up.
Why don`t you do what I do visit the online catalogue ,admitedly there are not the same quantity but there is still quite a lot
Gedro,to scan through the online catalogue in yer spare time,see whats worth havin? then go the LRO and ask em for those what you have seen on line and work like that everytime. :)
Anyway can anyone browse on line? or der yer have to pay? cos I'll help yer out here. :)
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I can't see any pics on the LRO's online catalogue....what me problem?
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Heres one I did just now George, Tarmac being applied on Whitechapel in 1950.
In the old days any one with a bad chest was supposed to breathe in the fumes it was said to help
PM me the link,Joseph....see if its my end at fault?
Not every line has a pic George ,although it says photograph, the photo only appears when some lines are clicked on
Oh humbugs,av yer gorra sig up or summat?Quote:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Just send me the link yer got that one from Joey...please ter see if I can see it on site before I do me nut.
Try this George
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/dser...39;)&dsqPos=51
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That access is for when you visit the record office George,as you work you way through the catalogue some pics will appear which you can download as I do,you can then make the pic more presentable
P S IF YOU CLICK ON THE PIC IT BECOMES BIGGER
Yer I can see the pic,I must lookin for pics that ain't there lol
But I've tried a few and still no pics even when it says "print available".
Yay,its a hit and miss situ,yer either get a pic or yer don't.....courtesy of LRO...Lord St
Got those Joe but 95% of the online catalogue is text only, advising you that a pic is available to see at the LRO so you still have to go down and get them. I did do, for months - had to get a 64gb pen drive lol. They're still archiving their pics now so it's an on going programme.Quote:
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I have frequently been down to the record office Ged,I was just advising that there are some pics available on the catalogue.for instance there are a few of my old street available.
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How do you use a pen drive in the records office Ged..?
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The pen drive is only for me to upload them on when back at home Gerard as a back up in case I ever lose them from my pc, sorry for the confusion, it's the way I worded it.
Knowin Geds expertise on computers,I guess he means a 64Mb mem card for his camera. :)
See above George. Have you figured out how to upload pics yet? ;) :PDT_Piratz_26:
Do NOT rely on a pen drive as a means to back stuff up as the're fallible...for instance if a pen drive is in the USB port and you go to format the computers HD it will destroy all the contents on the pen drive and make the pendrive unreconisable.Quote:
The pen drive is only for me to upload them on when back at home
Been there done that. :)
Back your files up to a CD or DVD,yer know it makes sense.
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Oh yes was doing it ages ago, till Yo became the problem...yer see when I go to add files it keeps taking me to Yo's home page and keeps on searching for files that ain't there ie looping the loop.Quote:
Have you figured out how to upload pics yet?
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Originally Posted by Ged
A 64gb pen drive..?..to back up..?
You have all your images backed up on one 64gb device.. ?
I would have thought like me you have thousands to back up..
I've 2 500gb external hard drives...full..
I'm now on a 1tb external hard drive....
Its just that I'm wondering Ged how you get such clear images
of the LRO pics....I've been told today that I can only use a digital camera...
Yours are too good for a camera on its own...too sharp.. no camera shake..
and you dont use a tripod, do you..?
I`m a belt and braces man myself, I back up every months pics on a C D and also on a 250 GB hard drive.
Got an unseen pic of Eldon St,Ged...and I can't see it on yer website. :)
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And LimeKiln Lane 1927
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One for Mart,Hoult's Corner old swan 1937.
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Hatton Garden 1937 too. :)
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Originally Posted by Gerard Fleming
I have thousands on the 64gb Gerard and it's not my only one as I started out with a few 32s but I like to take them with me in my pocket as you'd be surprised the number of times i've used it outside of the home in peoples houses etc and the external hard drive is a bit bulkier aren't they. I may get one though eventually. Also I have the LRO Pool cd with thousands of pics and a couple of documentaries on it so I didn't have to duplicate them.
The pics are with just my digital camera. I just make sure I haven't still got the shakes from the night before lol. The biggest bugbear are the ceiling lights in the place reflecting off some of the images.
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If they're from the online catalogue - anyone can see them lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
Yes, got them. There's about 20 of Eldon st clinker flats getting built in my 2nd book - the green one - but not all are on my site. I've loads that aren't on my site as lately, i've been concentrating on getting streets out for people requesting them either on forums or by email after not finding them on my site.
Thanks Gerard. I don't know the technicalities like you, I just point, hold as still as possible then click lol.
Bladdy hell, you've lost me but I believe you 100% ha ha.
The writing around the perimeter of the lens says 3xf=5 7-17.1mm 1.2 9 5 2 (it's very small, it appears to say that)
Thanks for that. I remember my green flash lasting longer than my somewhat more expensive gansgear mitre memphis. It's good you know what you're talking about.
I bought my grandaughter a compact ,a Canon Sureshot £59 this is what she does with just point and shootQuote:
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A dripping tap
Wow Joe. Another fine photographer in the making. It takes a good photography mind just to think of capturing that.
My camera is a Panasonic Lumix with a Lieca lens about 6 years old now ,I also have a Canon
S L R with a 70/300 mm lens and a 50 mm lens, but 95 percent of my pics are with the Lumix.
My son has downloaded some software to use with my grandaughter`s Canon enabling her to take very long exposures or very fast shutter speeds. Here`s one of her night shots
a level crossing.
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