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I was never off the space invaders in there. That other one too where the asteroids or rocks came at you from different angles and when they went off the screen to your left, they'd reappear from the right. You had to be on your guard. You could also press a button that'd put a shield around you and they had a tabletop version in Scarlets bar.
Would that have been the video game commonly known as asteroids ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/arc...=play&gameid=1
The link is disabled but since you're in the know, i'll take your word for it. Very addictive game. :)
The link is to one of the Yo Arcade games which would bring back lots of memories. Works for me
Chancery House, (formerly The Gordon Institute) Paradise st.
Church House, Hanover st.
Chancery Corner.
The building with no name in background, Hanover st corner.
Stanley Buildings, Hanover st.
Great pics Lindy keep em' coming. :handclap:
Thanks Ged :)
Is it Vicinity house Linda ?Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...500d988d_o.jpg
This is the interior
Wonderful pictures ! :handclap:, Liverpool have some lovely buildings which we should be very proud of !
Couldn't say GD. Maybe one of our buildings experts might know. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/...b80993ef_o.jpg
Dwellings in Percy Street,datestones read 1835
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Blackburne House on Hope St and Blackburne Place
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Thanks Joe,one of my favourite streets!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/...a0fa6184_o.jpg
Warehouse in Atlantic Street,Bootle,with nice looking balconies, notice the handshake sculpture in the right corner.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/...37c34074_o.jpg
Zoomed in on the handshake,it looks like it was added in later times
It sort of looks like the handshake was removed from another building (a demolished one?) and transplanted to this building.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
The bricks are a different size and the workmanship isn't the finest on the addition...
Is there any special significance to the handshake "logo"?
Is it something to do with the Co-op. I passed a building on Eaton Road yesterday that had the same handshake on it.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...71.47,,0,-3.53
I remembered this on the side too, so it must be a co-operative.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...,0.037808&z=15
another photo from flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24187030@N03/2631873007/
Ah... I remember my mum and "the divi" from the 60's...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by JMLE
But the local Booker Av. Co-Op is now the Post Office - if my 40 year memory is correct...
I was surprised last year that the Somerfield (sp?) Supermarket sold Co-Op brand stuff.... I guess they got bought out...
Mark. What was your mum doing with ScouseMouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by az_gila
It's ok - he doesn't look in here :)
Hello AZQuote:
Originally Posted by az_gila
It sounds like we are from the same part of Liverpool. Do you remember Cyril at the Co-op butchers, Pye's newsagents at the corner of Booker Avenue and N. Mossley Hill Road, Bousfield's greengrocers, Cousins bakery with the lady with the purple hair, and Mr Hull the chemists, plus Mr MacDougall, the chandler, a former LFC fulback, whom I reference in this poem,"The Bombers of Mossley Hill"?
All the best
Chris
Yep...some of them vaguely... but we lived half way between the Booker Ave. shops and the Garston Old Rd. shops. I remember usually going to Garston Old Rd. unless the Post Office was needed...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
The Chemist is the only one still there that you mention, I think.
I believe our street was the dividing line between Booker Av. primary school and Duncombe Rd. - our street kids seemed divided between the two schools.
My sister still lives on one of the roads behind the Booker Av. Post Office, and mum is still in the same house (since 1950!!)
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The old engine works on Regent Rd and Brunswick Place
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/...3173d9ed_o.jpg
The old Harland and Wolfe engineering works on Regent Rd and some boxes that changed the world
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The old Harland and Wolfe foundry in Strand Rd,now a storage depot
Good pic's Joe! When I took some,of this, last year,I was told that the warehouse is used to store architectural remnants,salvaged from various buildings! The hands logo was taken from a co-op in Dingle,I think,but I'm not sure about those balconies!! The building is supposedly up for demolition,along with others in the area?!Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
I love this building the way it curves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Midland_Goods.jpg
Do you have a close-up of the artwork on the blue doors? It looks interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
The blue doors also set off the building bettter that the doors shown in the wiki link.
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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/...032270f9_o.jpg
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The old "Florrie" looking the worse for wear, anybody know whats happening to it
What beautiful brickwork GD and not a movement joint in sight!
The building seems to be running a temperature. Seriously though, it's a real shame. Liverpool council should be ashamed of itself.
Hi Joe,
the good news is,the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £3:7 million for it's restoration,in January ! I dont know much about the "Florrie", except it's held dear by the many people who went through it's doors!
I hope they reinstate the spire.Quote:
Originally Posted by wsteve55
Fab pics of the Florie, Joe. Thanks for sharing them with us. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/...f0b0dc02_o.gif
I do hope something will be done to preserve this important building.
Chris
Sounds like you are talking about Derby Road. If so do you remember the Caulfields?Quote:
Originally Posted by az_gila
Chris
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/...a53d671a_o.jpg
The old Toxteth Town Hall in High Park St, built in1865 and named then, the Township of Toxteth Park Public Offices. It is now a citizens advice bureau and a listed building.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/...57994a77_o.jpg
The tower of the old water reservoir in High Park St which served the districts of Dingle and Toxteth till the conversion to Wales.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/...7ed9feca_o.jpg
The doorway at the bottom of the tower with the liverbird looking a bit worn down
Nice pics Gregs dad, of Toxteth Town Hall & also The water tower and its doorway.
It would be nice as a 'visitor attraction' the water works, real history. I asked United Utilities some time ago, and they were't really interested. The Everton water tower would be interesting to see as well.
Yep... Derby Rd. where Garston Old Road does a turn at a funny almost roundabout...Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
The Booker Av. shops where at Brodie Av.
The Caufields had one of the Garston Old Rd. shops, right?
Caulfields shop? wasn't that opposite Garston Hospital? (Pet shop) I used to deliver dog food there. Caulfields also had a haulage business,
all the wagons were an unusual shape (rounded roof)
Was this where the haulage was - now new housing in a gated courtyard?Quote:
Originally Posted by smudger95
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...312.2,,0,-1.45
I think this is the Caulfields shop you mention Smudger! corner of James St & Chapel St. Empire Cinema on left. sorry pic isn't too good, taken about 1954. Also the Red Lion Pub at right of photo, now demolished I believe.
I have been up on that reservoir. That is Mt. Carmel school playground next to it and our balls used to end up there so once in a while they let us go up and collect the balls, very exciting.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Hi Norm NZ. Yes that's the shop. The Empire cinema is also sadly lying empty and looking a bit worse for wear.