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Originally Posted by corky100
They'd been keeping an eye on a dodgy looking fella with a pile of bricks just before they opened!
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Originally Posted by corky100
They'd been keeping an eye on a dodgy looking fella with a pile of bricks just before they opened!
Were was the image in post #113 taken?
Is it the place somewhere around Bankhall, where the large objects are?
Is that place open to the public?
2005...Deffo Purple
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I think George and I are talking about the old museum in William Brown street many years ago
Ha ha loving the quips. Green George GREEEEEEN!!!!
Nah, a fella passed me it a few years ago, dunno where he took it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanier
Mart
My pal was right & I am wrong. He also said my memory of the car could be clouded by images from ITV's "Heartbeat". But if I squint my eyes a bit and put on these rose coloured glasses, there...now then that's better. ****ing LIME GREEN!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerard Fleming
I was WRONG
Grrrrrr
Chas:shock:
66 or 67.Joe and the anglia was not shoved up against the wall as in spikes pic,it was on a stand and you could walk around it and it was light blue,fink Ged was a twinkle in his dads eye then? :)Quote:
I think George and I are talking about the old museum in William Brown street many years ago
Correction he was a little fart in a nappy. :)
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The Green,Purple,Orange one was rolled off the production line in 1963 and the owner had it for 3 years so that means the official car in the museum in 65/66 was light blue and in 66 the museum must have dumped the blue one for the 63 model?
Is the Reg No 1KF a genuine DVLA registration?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spike
Or could it've been 1 KFC?Quote:
Originally Posted by grekko
Who knows? Only the Shadow knows.
Cheers Grekko,
Chas:PDT11
It was up against a wall, you could not walk around it..Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
It had a train carriage behind you if you stood side on with the car in front of you..
from the same standing position...
the exit to William Brown Street was 20 yards to the left through a door......
that led to toilets on the right.. a crisp machine to the right of the toilets..
a stairway by the toilets... and the ground floor exit that was later blocked for years..
next to the staircase...
and to the left of the exit was a lecture theatre/movie/slideshow room
and, the Ford Anglia in William Brown St museum was Lime Green...
I know.. it was my playground..
I lived right behind the museum...
and I still do today..
and the area is still my playground 40 odd years later..
Any bets ?..
Thanks..
Gerard.
I seem to recall there being a steam wagon there also, was it a Sentinel?Quote:
It was up against a wall, you could not walk around it..
It had a train carriage behind you if you stood side on with the car in front of you..
from the same standing position...
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Originally Posted by Stanier
I wouldn't know the name.. sorry
there was all kinds in that basement...
its been doing my head in all day trying to remember an item that was next to the car..
I know it was only small.. on a stand, or base of some kind..
I know one thing for certain...
I loved that car as a kid.. and I never saw the far side of that car..
One side was visible... you could not walk around that car..
I'm sure there was a wigwam...or something to do with Red Indians..
to the left of the car as you walked toward the exit...
It will come to me everything that was in that basement room..
Thanks..
Gerard.
Wan't there a motorised bathchair and a velocette(I think) motor bike? Also remember a Hansom cab type carriage.
I also remember a motorbike.
A MDHB saddle tank loco and the Lion (Titfield Thunderbolt).
I recall an exhibition in the 1950's portraying early American indians. It was opened upstairs. The theme was the American colonial wars and there was a large glass case displaying the Delaware* indian culture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerard Fleming
There was a tomahawk/peace pipe, a bear's robe, bead decorated clothes and wampum bag, bows, arrows etc. There may have also been a conical dwelling.
All very colourful and eye catching. Could these be the items you recall being stored in the basement, Gerard?
Cheers,
Chas:PDT11
The bike was an.....
AER 250cc
A Leyland fire engine
Flatbed Lorry
Overhead Raily coach
Steam tractor
And here it is in 1960 in the world museum....there's no smug emoticon. :)
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I remember it as you do Gerard, and here it is, up against a wall. Don't forget George goes back a hell of a long way before us ;)
There was a John Masons removal wagon near yo it but right facing was the Leyland Fire Engine which is now in store.
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My pal was right & I am wrong. He also said my memory of the car could be clouded by images from ITV's "Heartbeat". But if I squint my eyes a bit and put on these rose coloured glasses, there...now then that's better. ****ing LIME GREEN!Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
I was WRONG
Grrrrrr
Chas:shock:
Hmmmmmm
Georges photo shows the colour I remember. Could the other be a ringer? PC McGarry number 452 is on the case.
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Photo credits to GeorgePogie & Ged respectively.
Thanks George:PDT11 Thanks Ged:PDT11
Goodnight Johnboy,
Chas:wasted::wasted:
lol,I think you mean the "phaeton",this looked like an oversized pram with a settee style seating. :)Quote:
Wan't there a motorised bathchair
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Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
Cheers GP ...."pram with a sofa" I liked that :nod:
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Colour looks very similar to me just the photo brightness showing a difference
The car was ceremonially driven off the production line by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool on 8 March 1963 and was handed over to its new owner with a special registration 1KF.
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The motorbike I remember was black and had an association with TT racing, maybe the museum has a few different models.Attachment 22428
Spent many hours in the old museum with my lads in the early 70's, they loved the transport section with all the "olden days" stuff they said I used when I was a boy, cheeky little sods.
That 'basement' transport museum was great. It could best be entered by the disabled access to the museum at ground level which was alongside all those steps. ( so just like you enter it now without walking up them) When you entered the museum, you were in a dark foyer. If you did an immediate sharp left, that was the staircase up to the other floors, to your left at 9 o'clock were the toilets and straight ahead of you on the left was the dark corridor aquarium (at the other end of that corridor were the spiders and snakes in glass cases then the other stairs up) Back top the entrance foyer and the transport museum was to your right, up about 2 or 3 steps.
When you first entered it, the John Masons removal wagon was on your right, the Anglia was around the corner on the left. Facing it was the fire engine with its ladder on a wheel. There were bone shakers/penny farthings on the wall and railway carriages with dummies in and sometimes a film show would be on in one of them. The Lion locomotive was also on view in the far right corner. This has been in the Bootle's stores for years and will soon be in the new museum having been restored and was in the film Thunderbolt.
I remember it well Ged. Although living in the outback we were there all the time. Great place.
Cheeky sod,you were in your nappy,I was in me short trousers....I suspect MrF was in his longies and if he's older than me and can't remember the Anglia sitting on the floor without obstruction all around then his mem is fading. :)Quote:
Don't forget George goes back a hell of a long way before us
Nice one George, I like that...Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
MrF..for the record, was about 9 to 12 or so when I went there a lot as a kid..
I'm supposed to be 'Years' older the the other MrF.. that right Geddo ?
I reckon Geddo's been on the blower again for his info..
he's too young to remember all in that place.. :slywink:
No blower needed and who would I ring ha ha. No, we were always in there traipsing round after girls. Seeing the same old guards, the same old exhibits. Up on the 3rd floor with all the space and rockets stuff then giggling running down the stairs to where the polar bear and arctic fox was and the lion chasing the zebra was and all that, then 15 mins later back on the 3rd floor after different better looking girls to bemused looks from the guard who must have been thinking they were up here before. Getting told off for making a noise on the echoey staircases.
Do you remember that model in the glass case on the 2nd floor, just as you came in from the stairs. It was of the pinewoods at formby with the railway line running up alongside it and you could press buttons and parts of the woods would light up. That ended up being donated to a school in formby and it stood in their foyer.
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Originally Posted by chasevans
They could be Chas mate, I reckon now though I must have saw those...
Red Indian items in another part of the museum..
I don't though think they'd be in a transport section..
I cant get this image out of my head though...
its an Indian on a white horse now.. its doin' me friggin 'ead in..
Cheers matey.. G...
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Originally Posted by Ged
I'm kiddin Ged...I know it was open later in my teens so you obviously like me were
never out the place...
Chasing the girls eh.. tell me about it...me and my mate..
you know his brother, always on the mooch back then aged about 15..
Ta lad..
Gerard.
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The echoey staircase... ?
Its all coming back now mate...:PDT11
Bloody hell, I didn't know about that. What a playground to have all around there though eh, we didn't know we were born. :PDT_Piratz_26:
That is so true...it really is..Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
So many many memories of around that area..
Little Wembley... 12 of us aged about 9 up the top
of the Wellington Column.. It frightens me now, it really does...
thinking of all the pushing and shoving on that open balcony up that column
with just one handrail and nothing under it but fresh air and a huge drop..
The Cafe in Lime St...remember that.. ?
robbing the steak pies... well, we were only little tearaways..(honest..)
Many many many ..toooooooo many memories and tales to mention..
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Off me pop Ged...again !!
have a good weekend lad..
Gerard..
You're not wrong there, you too Gerard, catch you later.
Ged empty some of your mail inbox as I can`t reply to your pm
Thanks
Joe
Done Joe, thanks.
Ged.
Went there today, now 420,000 visitors. :PDT11Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Mart
Well you are a big bloke ;)
A chap buying my books last weekend - I don't know whether to take the fact he didn't want to appear on camera as an insult :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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Ged the sign above the books says --SHO--[are you taking the p, or has it dropped ]--OFF-- .... ;) :PDT11 :)
collegepudding
Hello all
A poet acquaintance of mine, a former Merseysider, who now lives in Yorkshire visited the Museum of Liverpool recently with his wife and sent me the following impressions on the Museum as well as of attending a performance at The Playouse:
"On Thursday evening we went to a performance of The Ladykillers at The Playhouse (the screenplay adapted for the stage: entertaining).
"Next day we visited the new Museum of Liverpool. Despite the weather – it was a grey and chilly day – the building struck us as impressive both outside and in. (But we hate those black shiny glass apartment buildings they have put up next to the Port of Liverpool building: they spoil the view in all directions and look completely out of place.)
"As to the displays, we found many of interest and all very well mounted. We were disappointed, however, that once again Liverpool seems intent on presenting to the world a stereotype of itself. While it is true that the city has contributed a great deal to popular culture, in the twentieth century it was always more – much more – than a working-class city addicted to pop music and football. For example, we found only one small and very dull panel referring to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and its orchestra. In my youth and young-man’s years in Liverpool (at school and university) I remember vividly classical concerts with world-renowned soloists, as well as concerts by the likes of Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, the MJQ, Buck Clayton and Errol Garner. My own piano teacher (Liverpool born and bred) had been a soloist with the Hallé and a regular accompanist to Kathleen Ferrier. One prominent video display (perhaps you recall this) was a series of clips from interviews with Liverpool people celebrating as typical of scousers such qualities as being 'hard', 'independent', 'mouthy', 'fast-talking' and challenging authority whenever it appears. I mention these as instances – there were others – of Liverpool selling itself short in favour of confirming the widely held stereotype of the place.
"Even so, our visit was enjoyable. It’s always good to see the river again.
"All the best to a one-time scouser! (Once a scouser always a scouser?)."
Well, got my official V.I.P. invitation this morning to attend the opening of the new galleries in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. I can post it here as there is a security code and photographic evidence required upon admission.
I am also invited to give a talk on gallery at the site at my model towards the end of March. This apparently after the museum attendants have had many enquiries as to the model builder with questions asked that they understandably could not answer.
The visit to the city will again undoubtedly give Liverpool more media coverage in the good light it has attracted for some time now.
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About time you got a bit of credit Ged, well done.
Erm, doesn't it mention Ged Fagan and mate :rolleyes: