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Guess what ?
I think we've managed with some help from Yvonne & Neil to locate the mystery of the siren , they're 99% certain of the location .:handclap: ( Hello & welcome to you both if your looking in )
Do you all want to carry on guessing ? or putting out of your misery ?
It's not from over the water
Luv Karen xx
I want to kill you for that post. I am desperate to know now.
LOL ,
It is in the area i thought it was , but not the place if that makes sense.
Love Karen xx
your a tease.
Where? :PDT_Aliboronz_11:
He hee ,
Sent ya a PM ,
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I think we should be told!
I've been told that it's an alarm connected to Kev's wallet.
I believe it only goes off once a day, normally when he's giving Mrs Kev some dinner money.
haha, very funny :PDT10:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by chrismarsden
the suspense is killing me - where is it?
so, now we're back online - are you going to spill the beans, gorgeous?
The local Fire Station used to sound off a siren once a week to test civil defence procedures. Dont know if they still do it. It's been 40 years since I last worked on a fire stationQuote:
Originally Posted by Aunty J
thanks, Tom Jones - this isn't a Fire Station, the siren goes off every day at 0845, and is audible across a large part of South Liverpool. Tens of thousands of people must hear it, and it's been this way for at least 30 years. And yet, NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT COMES FROM. I, for one, find that spooky.
I heard this last week, and still do frequently. We're in Aigburth Vale. It's really weird. I'll probably hear it again in 10 mins time.
I don't how I missed this thread for so long. I too recall the many sirens and hooters that used to fill the air in Garston and South Liverpool as well. We lived in the tenements at Speke Road Gardens in the 50's and our day was dominated by the whistle/siren of Bryant and Mays. That would go off at about 0800 hours and it would trigger a tidal wave of Green and White,the white turbans and green overalls of the hundreds of women who poured across the road to work from the "Tennies". My mother and elder sister were part of that wave and it seemed to give life a sense of order,after that wave would come the sleepy headed crocodiles of schoolchildren dawdling their way to the many schools that kept them off the streets for the day until their Mums got home from work. Every time I saw Chigley on childrens T.V. I was reminded of our time in Garston.
Come on Gorgeous inform tpoo22 and put the poor member out of there misery.
Only thing is Tpoo22 it actually opens up more questions.
what questions, No-ones_Princess?
heard it again this morning - Sunday, and the clocks have gone back, but still went off at 8.45am.
i live off rose lane and heard it last week ive heard it off and on for 30 years now . id love to know where it came from ,asfar as i can remember this thing went off as i walked to work in the 70's at various times then down park avenue ,it seemed to be coming from the aiogbuth/garston area .iwas told by a local resident many years ago it was kelton .?? i dont hear it every day poss due to traffic and double glazing .does someone hear it every day?
its almost a case for .tom slemen ........mystery siren .
someone must live close to it . i saw one in an antique shop and if cranked it was LOUD, i wish id bought it now .
Once gorgous tell you tpoo22 then next question is WHY ?Quote:
Originally Posted by tpoo22
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Originally Posted by gorgeous
Are you ever going to tell? :)
As most people have noted that this siren is more audible in south Liverpool.
It is the emergency siren for the oil refinery complex around Ellesmere Port.
It used to be tested at 09:00 every morning but for some time now sounded at 08:45 every morning.
I'm pleased that someone has asked this question as I had forgotten about it. I heard it the last time I stayed in Liverpool and wondered why it had sounded. I stay near the Asda supermarket on Smithdown Road and the siren sounded as if it was fairly far away.
It sounds a lot closer than that from Garston area.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishseashipping.com
Could it be this one then. Sirens warn over large distances at Stanlow: News from Klaxon SignalsQuote:
Originally Posted by irishseashipping.com
If it is they have a website with sound files you can try out! http://www.klaxonsignals.com/technic...ype=Soundfiles
Unfortunately there is a problem with the Sirens ones and the links don't work. :disgust:
It sounds as if the mystery has finally been solved. I am always surprised at the distance covered by these sirens.
Look on the map and you will see Ellesmere Port & Stanlow are not that far from Garston - plus there is the open expanse of river for the sound to blow across.Quote:
Originally Posted by AntiPathos
The other item which mentions the installation of the Klaxon sirens in 2006 must correspond to the time when the daily test was changed from 09:00 to 08:45.
In the 60s when I was a youngster there was the siren at 09:00 which my mother used to call the 9 o'clock siren I think she thought there was some connection between that and the 1 o'clock gun.
I was only much, much later that I discovered the 9 oclock siren was at the oil refinery / terminal.
Mini mono p in miscellaneous section sounds a bit like 'The 9 o'clock buzzer'.Quote:
Originally Posted by GingerTheCat
I've heard this for over 30 yrs. My nan used to refer to it as 'The 9 o'clock buzzer.'She told me that it had been going for years and that was back in the 70's.
Helen
They have just replied to say they have fixed the sound file links. I still can't get them all working though and the ones that do don't sound like the siren to me. So perhaps its still open to debate?Quote:
Originally Posted by GingerTheCat
I've just put myself through listening to about two thirds of those tones... Can't say the ones I listened to sound like the 8.45 am siren. I've given up and need a lie down:mad:
See if it something like this.Northamptonshire Police - Page Not Found
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Try This. World War II Police Air Raid Siren - 1939 to 1945
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Originally Posted by edwardo
That's the bugger! Though not quite as deep maybe?!
thanks, irishseashipping.com. I think we're close to the answer. Stanlow / Ellesmere Port seems reasonable, though this site claims it's at Eastham Lock
it comes from eastham _ if you look across the mersey from otterspool prom you can see eastham country park and 2 pubs _ the siren is in a brick hut and at present goes off around 8.47 am every morning .hope that helps you !
thanks, mathewarnold! I'm going to have to get up and stand next to that hut one morning...
ok, well can i throw in the sound that ive heard 2 or 3 teams over the years around woolton that sounds like some sort of ships horn style?
or is this your mate playing with his air raid siren?
The perfect place for a forum meet up. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by tpoo22
We have the same here in Spital every day about the same time !, it comes from the "Lever soap factory" now Unilever in Port Sunlight !.
Yes!! Finally someone has the answer to this long-running yoliverpool mystery. I'm pretty sure it must be from Eastham. From Aigburth Vale it definately appears to be coming from the direction of the river. Now, who's going to find out why it is sounded every morning?....
....and has it's accuracy reduced over the years? I remember it during the 80's sounding around 9am!