Thanks Dave, glad u got this one too:
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...tel1004068.jpg
Seen that design all over Liverpool recently :RAP_1:
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Thanks Dave, glad u got this one too:
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...tel1004068.jpg
Seen that design all over Liverpool recently :RAP_1:
This one's spooky:
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...el10040635.jpg
I like that last pic. Immediately had me imagining who the last person to sit on the chair was. :o
It's great isnt it? Howie have you ever seen this site? The old assylum pics are very spooky.
I never liked history at school (kings, queens, dates, etc.) but I have come to want to understand the history of organisations and institutions that I encounter. Such photographs just make you really want to know their past.
and here's what happens after people move out (see attachment) :
Wonder how long before it gets into the state that the Garston Hotel is in now, Kev?
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I thought that was still open?
So it got closed down after all! :mad:
Aye! Closed down and by the look of it soon to be burnt down as well!!!
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Some fellas were boarding the windows up again this avvy :rolleyes: Give it 'till the weekend.
Liverpool South Parkway due to open 11th June :PDT_Piratz_26:
'bout time!!
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It will be busy but a much needed boost to the regeneration of the area - next stop on the regeneration train, Garston Under The Bridge.
Taken today - 5th May 2006.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...ark0505061.jpg
5th May 2006.
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Last one - 5th May 2006.
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Great pics Dave :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
For those not from Garston, 'under the bridge' is a part of Garston down under the railway bridge down by the docks.
There are a number of people on the site from 'under the bridge', what are your earliest memories, what things do you remember about UTB, Do you know any good sites/photos of Garston 1900+ ?
I remember being taken by my dad with my brothers to the barbers just down the alley under the bridge on Banks Road, he was always called 'the pole', I thought for years it was because he had a barbers pole outside, it was years later that I found out that he was called that because he was polish.
John
My memories of Under The Bridge, being in my very early 30's and a child of the late 70's early 80's, it has to be Window Lane, the docks and playing around on what I thought was a footy pitch, which I know was not. Using Bankfield House too for recreational activities. The Cinder Path comes to mind again.
I lived in Garston a couple of years back (Moss Street, of St Mary's Rd) and went for a walk to Speke Retail Park, via GUTB. I can't remember what the road is called, but when you go under the flyover from St Marys it curls around past the church by the gas cylinder and past a school, all the way to a new estate near the old airport(a couple of Brookside-esque streets). I think we came out next to the old fire station and walked to Borders Was a fascinating walk. Also applied at the housing association but was told GUTB residents had priority (fair enough) as the entire estate was being levelled.
Thanks for the replies so far, Bunnyman you walked along Banks Road down to old fire station.
My GF lived on that road in the mid 60s.
Cheers. What's that area like generally? Old Garston was a desolate hole in parts (with enormous potential, mind), but I felt uneasy on that walk. There were quite a few muggers' alleys from what I remember and I walked through with my keys wrapped around my knuckles (In my pockets. Did the same when living in downtown Bootle). Not to say it's a bad area, but it wasn't the most inviting. Is that where the Birdman came down? :confused:
Drove past today, the Garston Hotel was almost gone! Any pics folks? There was a fire last night according to reports.
"Another one of my memories gone"!! I used to stop and have a quick beer there, on my way up to see a movie at the Lyceum!Quote:
Originally Posted by kev
There's a picture of the Garston Hotel in the Liverpool Pictorial web-site.Quote:
Originally Posted by kev
20th May 2006.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...tel2005062.jpg
20th May 2006.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...tel2005066.jpg
20th May 2006.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...el20050611.jpg
Now u see it, now u don't. Cheers :celb (23):
Someone done us all a favour there.
20th May 2006 - last one.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/sout...el20050615.jpg
Opens up the village nicely
Was not a good sky day for picture taking, but I have added the rest of the photos I took here.
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The Yellow Lamb Banana is moving to Garston - thats official
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At the South Liverpool Business Leaders meeting on Thursday Garston Artist Alex Corina presented Council Leader Councillor Warren Bradley with a picture produced to Celebrate Liverpool Capital of Culture. The print Trojan Lamb Banana by artist Chris Vine is one of twelve Chris is working on for the Culture Capital of Culture Collection. The first four can be seen at 33-45 Parr Street.
Alex Corina who has led the campaign for the Lamb Banana to be returned to it's spiritual home asked Councillor Bradley when is it coming home to Garston?
Councillor Bradley respondedProfessor John Ashton Director of Public Health for the North West and supporter of the campaign said,Quote:
I think it's a great idea. I will go away and work on it with colleagues. We recently moved the Yellow Submarine to John Lennon airport. Garston will be the first, lets move it around the city so communities can benefit from what has become a city icon. I remember when the Lamb Banana first appeared people hated it and complained. If you tried to take it away now there would be a public outcry.
Alex Corina commentedQuote:
It's fantastic, Garston would make a perfect home for the lamb banana†explaining “that the ship owner Sir Alfred Lewis Jones responsible, was a pioneer who not only imported and popularised the banana as a nutritional source of food for the working classes but was a founder of the school of tropical medicine in 1899 and also gave his name to the hospital in Garston.
The Tale of the Trojan Lamb BananaQuote:
I was surprised, its great news. The Yellow Lamb Banana has become an icon representing Garston and Liverpool's heritage of exporting lambs and importing bananas that combines both with humour. The other link is that not only was Garston docks the route for exporting importing, but that the sculpture was made in Garston at the old Bryant and May Factory.
I hope you enjoy the story
'The Trojan Lamb Banana has been wheeled into the City of
Liverpool and placed on St. George's 'Greek Plateau'. Like the Trojan
Horse it stands and waits.
In the dead of night the clocks of the Liver Building are twinkling and
the people of Liverpool are fast asleep. All of a sudden a yellow door
on the side of the Lamb Banana opens; a red ladder is pushed out and a bunch
of scaled-down copies of itself are released among the Corinthian and Ionic
columns of the Walker Gallery and St. George's Hall.
The frisky little lambs take a quick sniff around and, with much bleating
and excitement, disperse to create as much artistic havoc as is
possible throughout the City of Liverpool.
A Limited Edition of prints of this painting are available. For further information printsatartworks@aol.com or phone 0776 338 8509
Wonder where they would put it, Kev??
Old Garston Hotel :celb (23):lol
LIVERPOOL'S wandering Superlambanana could be on the move again, this time to what campaigners are calling its "spiritual home" in Garston.
The giant yellow sculpture, completed by Japanese artist Taro Chiezo in 1998 at a cost of £35,000, has moved to a number of city sites including Williamson Square and Wapping near the waterfront on its travels.
Its current home is outside the JMU building on Tithebarn Street, in the city centre.
Next stop, however, could be Garston.
Speaking at a meeting of south Liverpool business leaders in Speke, council leader Warren Bradley pledged that Garston would be the next place to have the Superlambanana.
He said: "I think it's a great idea. We recently moved the Yellow Submarine to John Lennon airport in Speke, so Garston could have the lambanana."
Cllr Bradley is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Cllr Mike Storey, who said that it was always the intention that the work should be moved around the city for the benefit of all the community.
Cllr Bradley's remarks came at the meeting as he was given a print of Chris Vine's witty creation the Trojan Lamb Banana, which plays host to a number of smaller lambananas. It was presented by fellow artist Alex Corina who is also co-ordinator of the Garston Cultural Village campaign which has been pushing for Garston to be the sculpture's next home.
Mr Corina said: "It's great news. "The Superlambanana has become an icon representing Garston and Liverpool's heritage of exporting lambs and importing bananas that combines both with humour. The other link is that not only was Garston docks the route for exporting lambs and importing bananas, but that the sculpture was made in Garston at the old Bryant and May factory".
Another campaigner for Garston is Professor John Ashton, Woolton-born director of Public Health for the North West.
Prof Ashton said: "Garston would make a perfect home for the lambanana.
The local ship owner Sir Alfred Lewis Jones was a pioneer who not only imported and popularised the banana as a nutritional source of food for the working classes but was a founder of the School of Tropical Medicine in 1899 and also gave his name to the hospital in Garston."
The presentation followed the announcement of the results of a local referendum by the campaigners as to three potential sites where the sculpture should be sited in the area.
mikechapple@dailypost.co.uk
Merseyside’s newest transport interchange, Liverpool South Parkway opens its doors to travellers and commuters this week.
The £32 million transport hub will open on Sunday June 11th. The interchange is Merseytravel’s biggest project, and links bus and rail with Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The new interchange is designed to be eco-friendly with a sloping roof that collects and recycles rainwater, and a wall fitted with solar panels to contribute towards the buildings energy needs.
The new building joins together the two stations of Allerton and Garston with a bus station and taxi rank. High frequency shuttle buses will run to nearby Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Merseyrail Northern line services will stop at the station as well as half hourly services to Manchester Oxford Road and Lime Street. There will also be hourly services to Crewe and Birmingham. Services to Sheffield and the East Midlands are expected to start later this year.
The environmentally friendly station has already won awards for its design and building techniques. Liverpool South Parkway was named national champion in the transport and freight category of the Green Apple Awards.
Merseytravel Chief Executive Neil Scales who was also the engineer in charge says the new hub was an innovative project “Liverpool South Parkway is a state of the art interchange that is breaking new ground not just nationally but internationally. It is unique, fit for purpose and is pioneering new forms of sustainability in transport infrastructure.
“We’re justifiably proud of what we have achieved at Liverpool South Parkway. We’ve set a standard which has now been recognised nationally and one we hope that others within the transport industry and elsewhere will emulate.”
David Finnegan Merseytravel’s Access Officer, himself a wheelchair user, has worked on the project ensuring that there are detailed access features incorporated in to the design. These include easy access doors, colour contrast design features to assist people with low vision, variable height ticket counters, accessible W.C’s and induction loop systems for people with impaired hearing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/conte...01_470x336.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/conte...04_470x336.jpg
Kev do you know when the 'old' Garston station is closing please? I MUST get some pictures of that old station!!!!
nope but I thought exactly the same - i'd get down there quick. the old house on the platform needs a pic or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by A.D.Williams
I shall go to work on the train on the morrow morning.
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