would like to hear from anyone who went to the friary school from 1956 to1965Quote:
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would like to hear from anyone who went to the friary school from 1956 to1965Quote:
Originally Posted by marie1
I went to The Friary in the late 1960s and suffered the wrath of Miss Bishop. From there I went onto 'the big boys' school in Netherfield Road, it was like stepping back in time 100 years :eek:
Please see attached picture of Soho Street, including 'L Cotters' the barbers and Ah Thi Chinese Laundary. I remember Rose Marie from the laundary who played the accordian.
Her name back then until she changed it for the better was Ann Marie Taylor. I'll tell her about Evvo.Quote:
Originally Posted by scousette1st
Hi,
i know this is not strictly related to Liverpool but came across these in my travels in Wigan. They look very similar (albeit smaller) to Liverpools tenements. They are on Wigan Lane near the infirmary.
I know there are similar flats near the Oval cricket ground in South London, did any other major cities build similar projects?
p.s this is my 1st post so hope the photos uploaded!
Hi, thanks and a warm welcome to the forum :PDT11
NorthernS, do you know what date these where built? They look like a more modern version of the tennies designed by Lancelot Keay and his team (Gerard Gardens etc).
I don't know to be honest, i am off work next week, will try and visit the History Shop in Wigan, they have O/S maps from various years of the last century, will find out the date of the map they first appear on.
They do have an art deco look about them though. The 1st pic showing the inner landings looks old so it's possible that the outside was spruced up a bit though the doorway looks stone so may be original.
You see lots of shots of the London tennies in the likes of the Bill or when London's burning was on. The capital had a big scheme of this type of housing.
I visited once with my mum.I can still remember the grimness of Falkner estate.Its amazing seeing the area nowQuote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
Thank you posting this!Quote:
Originally Posted by melangell
That footage was taken just after the riots in St Nathanial St in 1972 - Thames TV. The houses are still under construction and are now all demolished.Quote:
Originally Posted by AngelCake
Ged,Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gardens
They appear on a 1939 o/s map, can't pin it down any more than that i'm afraid.
Thanks NorthernSoul, therefore probably art deco as suspected.
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It was our football ground, cricket pitch, tennis court, hide n' seek area and 'off ground' tick place.
It was where we'd burst tar bubbles in the hot summers, go skidding on ice when the waters froze, throw snowballs at each other on the way to 'Skool' and light our bonfire on 5th Nov.
If we got bored with that, 5 minutes around the corner was the Museum, Library and Art Gallery. St John's gardens, St. George's plateau, the steble fountain and giant steps.
And then, when we needed refuelling, off to the moby shown here for blackjacks, arrow bars and a can of top deck shandy.
Mine was the Bullring Ged, but we used to play in the Museum, Library and Art Gallery. St John's gardens, St. George's plateau, the steble fountain and giant steps too, and at Christmas we used to go to every Grotto and see every Father Christmas no doubt same as you did :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
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One for you then Asbo. I seem to recollect as a young un' my ma taking me up to the Bully and a group was on, I think they were called 'New World' - possibly playing off the back of a flatbed lorry or perhaps the square itself.
Jeeze thats a sad picture, but just looking at it I can 'hear' the Bullring, weird feeling but you probably know what I mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
It looks 100% better now with the cleaned-up brickwork, upvc double glazing (in 1930s styled frames) and uniformly painted walls and doors. There's even coca cola machines at ground floor level. (What a difference a council not purposely running them into the ground makes) See lots more Bully pics here
http://inacityliving.piczo.com/?g=32921340&cr=7
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Hi ged do you have any pics of the old Addison Street or Midgehall street not the new developments but around the 1940's haved looked almost everywhere
Thanks
Lily
Hello Lily8. Have you tried the Liverpool records office, also a book called Holy Cross - my parish by Margaret Donnelly and the the Crypt at St. Anthony's, Scotland Road I think contain some of the old Holy Cross school in Addison st. (Originally sickmans lane due to the sheds containing the sick and the dead from the plague) There is also a pic on my site (Streets ahead page) showing Addison street as an 'oller' prior to the building of all the new property and I think Midgehall st and Marybone with the Hnnah May statue is shown on the pages of the Scottie press website which is www.scottiepress.org
Good luck.
Howdi all, I have good memories of the Back Bittern St flats as my Nan used to live there. However, I cant recall if these were/are true tenements, can anybody shed any light?.
I have fond memories of Back Bittern St as this was my unofficial stomping ground every 3rd Saturday when visiting my Nan in the 70's. Whilst visiting on one particularly hot summers day, I remember being bored in my Nans (she was loosing her marbles telling us not to sit on the baby which was really a cushion) and going down to the front of the flats with my Wembley Trophy footy looking for playmates. I was soon approached by a small gang of young lads n lasses. 'who wer u la?' was the greeting. In a few confident words (well it could have turned ugly) I told them about my Nan and I was looking for a game of shooty. I can still remember being whisked off by the BBS street urchins to play footy in the playground of the local skool. What a great game, the lads played, the girls sat off...felt like we played forever. Once we finished I found myself being dared to go into the cathedral crypt........little did i know it was a refuse centre for the homeless..... I could only imagine stacks of bodies at the time but not wanting to look like a sissy to the townies I slowly crept in until I was greeted with tables of people tucking into soup.....the background laughter from the townies will never be forgotten (I was a Netherley boy but my Mum was a Brownlow Hill lass). I never got to know the lads n lasses much better as my Nan moved into a nursing home soon after....pity.....for an outsider I was made more than welcome....but I could play a decent game of footy so maybe thats why I was taken in..... I didnt appreciate the verbal battering I recvd from Mum when I finally returned to my Nans flat tho!!!!
I'm in work at the moment (its quiet hence the time to post) so when I next see my 6yr old dawter I'll recall that story and beef it up a bit, she'll love it.
I've just found out about the JMUs Back Bittern St Opera Project. Theres been a few events in '07 and I'm hoping to see if there are further events planned for CoC 08.
Cheers
Ian M
Hi Ged thanks for the info on Addison and Midgehall Streets I hope to visit the records office on a visit home this year. Was very sorry to hear that Holy Cross church has been demolished, I used to go there with my Great Aunt in the sixties and it used to be packed out on Sundays. It was a wonderful neighbourhood, I used to stay with Aunty often and loved being "in town". Spent countless hours at the museum, art gallery and Library all for free. Aunty had a tiny house in Midgehall street two up and two down with a small extension on the back for a scullery, small back yard complete with the huge mangle and tin bath hanging from the wall, outside loo at the bottom of the yard. All kept spotlessly clean and whitewashed every year. And yes she donkey stoned the step every day lol.
My uncle was a police dog handler and he brought "his" dogs home so there was always a german shepherd around we were not supposed to pet the dogs but of course always did. Uncle often did the Parks patrols with his dog and some of the things he encountered well enough said!!!
Anyway thanks Ged
Lily
lily8. The records office on the 4th floor of the Central Library, William Brown st has a search room that you'll have to join with 2 forms of I.D. then you could spend hours, or in my case, weekends there - happy hunting.
Morgo444. Back Bittern Street, now called Cathedral Walk are 1950s styled units and can be found on my site, about halfway down this page.
http://inacityliving.piczo.com/?g=37973943&cr=7
Hope the pics bring back some memories.
Excellent views of these buildings, love em all :handclap:
I think this is a crackin' pic. Prince Edwin Lane where my nan lived. A decade later, this oller at the back is where we'd cut across, making our way to St Gregs secondary school which was built on the other side of these flats on Prince Edwin Street.
In the background, popping above the rooftops are the pre WW1 flats on Bevington Street and the industry such as Tate & Lyle that employed generations of families from that area.
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Hi,
Any pics of Pennistone Terrace or Newport Terrace? Pennistone was off Townsend st & Newport was off Newport st.
Would love to see any pics or info.
First photo ourblock looking over towards Myrtle gardens,Cardwell st,Smithdown lane,
Second photo ourblock sidney house.
Third photo looking towards Myrtle gardens, grove street far background.
Fourth photo entwisle heigths/miller house,the old blue circle cement warehouse Falkner street
Ffth photo sidney gardens taken from ourblock,sgb scoffold on the brew grinfield st,the stables in smithdown lane can be seen in background as the lybro on mount vernon
Great photos ourblock, always nice to see these dug out after decades. Well done.
Great photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by ourblock
Good to see the Cathedral from your home.
In the square in sidney gardens looking towards cardwell street flats !!
picture courtsey of Joey Mcelwee.
My Grandma Rood used to live in Portland Gardens, where she brought up four sons;Frank ,Billy,Tommy and my Dad Jim 1941-2007.I think the number was 39c,I remember it was on the top floor.
Supplied by ex Myrtle Gardens resident Chris Finnegan and passed onto my by Tony Power who runs the Myrtle Gardens/Minster Court website.
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Ive been reading these posts looking for any pictures of the tenements off Boundary Street. These were called Heriot Place. I lived there briefly when very young. My mum, nan and aunty all lived there. I was looking for some pictures to show my kids but couldnt find any. Can anyone help please.
Hello Ged! I know this is a bit late but if you are still interested in Corwen terrace, (someone was making enquires?) it was off the top of Everton Brow, off the first street between salisbury St and Haigh St, which believe it or not was called Coronation St.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
I have had a look at your website, fantastic!
Thank you Samp, I add to it practically every monday/tuesday now, the Radcliffe estate pics have just gone on.
Little Lor, the tenements you talk about in Heriot place? How high were these, were they landing tenements? If so, railings or brick walls? I've seen pics of maisonette/3 high self contained 50s style unit/flats in that area in the past.
I think I might have asked you about Heriot st tennies - I'm surprised that they don't get a mention on the various web-sites.
I knew someone who lived there.
I must look into that then as the only tennies I remember in that area were South of Great Mersey street, not North which Heriot st is, and they were all the way along Latimer st - Woodstock, Ashfield and Hopwood Gardens.
There must be a picture of them somewhere. Anyone from Boundary st would remember them.
I've never seen any in the records office but there are some better known ones not in there too so that's no guide. I've a pic of the Heriot pub on my site and the only flats near them are the 1950s style 3 storey units - not the 1920s or 30s type. I'm off to the records office next weekend so i'll see if there's a Heriot street file.
Are there pics of Kings Gardens on the web or in any books?