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Park at the bottom of Mere Lane c1950
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and the flea pit cinema...
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Wonder what happened to all those cobble stones? bet yer they just tarmaced over them?
The flashbacks of the Pit , oh my goodness ! I could see myself on the seesaw ..
I don't remember the pictures , but i do remember it being a bingo .
The former Mere Lane cinema has certainly seen better days.
Wasn't somebody murdered there, a few years ago?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/2741410081/
Whats the significance of this Lamp still erect and paved around?
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What's that George? You say they have set a high standard? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
I'm getting a little bit worried about you,Oudi.
This lamp standard is situated in the middle of the road of the two pic links I posted previously,it/they were laid there in 1890 give or take five years,its still there today as I type.
Now then on west derby road by brougham terrace there used to be underground public toilets opposite the old cinema,where these toilets were there was another lamp of the same ilk I think? and this one was taken down,why not leave that one up as well?
I'm summising the lamp is a piece of architecture and the heritage has stopped the council from removing it?
Its the last piece of me past thats still standing. :)
It looks so clean :)
Everton Road 1930 home of the 9th Kings regiment.
http://www.9thkings.co.uk/EvertonRd1.gif
And todays pic...
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...JMmbhQfIu9CcCw
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Here is the other lamp on west derby road by the cinema...
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There was also another of these lamps at the bottom of St Doming Road where it crossed over Everton Valley,alas I cannot find a pic of that one.
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Its been painted over with red oxide paint,these lamps were never painted they were the oriiginal metal showing.KevQuote:
It looks so clean
The Mere Lane lamp standard is a 'Listed building' so has some protection from demolition.
Here's a similar one, in Hill Street, that I don't think is Listed, as it is damaged:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...,68.91,,2,1.65
That link keeps crashin my browser,Marky
George, if only you gave the address of this lamp-post. I have the list of the listed buildings in Liverpool on-screen. There is nothing listed for Mere Lane and no lamp-post listed for Everton Road.
So where is it?
The link works O.K. for me. On Google streetview the lamp is at Hill Street, near Hyslop Street.
I passed the Mere Lane one a few months ago and it had been painted black. The buildings in the background had been demolished.
edit: The lamp standard is Listed as Breckfield Road North.
Link to larger size:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/2530787384/
I just tried the link, it's ok. :)
One wonders why that lamp is grade II and the other lamps of the same ilk where uprooted.?
West Derby Road,Oudi is where the other lamp was.
I love that lampost . Frank Green the painter used to sit by the lamp and do his wonderful paintings , the lamp was situated on a bit patch of land once upon a time . Look how beautiful and ornate it is , just beautiful .Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
Eh! FG you on about the fella that sells prints of his photographs in Oakfield Rd?Quote:
Frank Green the painter
That's him , he was around the area for years , painting all the buildings , and the ones that were being knocked down .
If this is the man? he's very cheap for a painter/photographer
http://www.frankgreen.co.uk/
Didn't know he was a painter alls I can see in the window when passing by is prints?
He has painted for as long as i can remember , he used to sit out in all weathers , covered up with a huge umbrella in the rain , always studios in his work , but always happy to talk to us kids about what he was doing . We'd crouch on the floor by him and say 'what are you doing today' everyday we'd ask him the same thing , everywhere we went , he seemed to be there . He married my P.E. teacher from Queen of all saints . He is a really nice man , i bet he has some fantastic pictures locked away , waiting to be shown .
Maybe if I'd took a degree in the arts way back then....you might have had a GeorgiePorgie hangin on yer wall by now. :D
I have just bought a signed painting from Frank Green of St Georges church on Heyworth Street / St Domingo Road, if you go into his shop on Oakfield Road you can spend hours just looking around at all the prints in particular of Anfield and Everton.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
Talking of Mere Lane, anyone remember the public toilets (Gents) on the corner of Mere Lane and Robson Street ?
Don't think George Michael posts on here Johnny :ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by johnny blue
You might be right or wrong there,JB...but I can't recollect them?
Have you noticed the ones on West Derby Road in pic #8 are not in the photie,they were built after and around the lamp standard.
I can't stop laughing now !Quote:
Originally Posted by hmtmaj
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George , i have seen the work that you have posted on here , you don't need an art degree to have real talent , you are more than welcome to hang from my wall !
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I don't think i remember toilets Johnny , i seem to recall railing though , but that might have been the park or the lampost .Quote:
Originally Posted by johnny blue
Thats nice of you to say that,darlin :) but I as the artist know when I've failed and it seems to be a lot recently...however I'm getting better as I progress. :)Quote:
George , i have seen the work that you have posted on here , you don't need an art degree to have real talent ,
Ah,your a Damien Hurst fan,either that or a Masochist :DQuote:
you are more than welcome to hang from my wall !
I've got a Frank Green on the hall wall, one of Anfield junior school.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnny blue
I didn't know Norris had a brother. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
So it sounds like Frank and George are well hung.
I had to think about that one Oudeis ! .. ha,ha, Norris Green !! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Oudeis
The photo of the Mere Lane park brought back memories. There was a shop or cafe across the way that used run by an Italian man he used to sell us "loosies" ! Single ciggies !
I remember the Mere Lane Picture House and the pit swings, we never called it a park.
Also remember going to the dinner centre in Mere Lane for our school dinners from St. Georges School infants,
I was born in our front bedroom in Granton Road ( opposite Mere Lane) and lived there until I was 20
I remember the toilets at the bottom of Mere Lane... phew right stinky hole it was.
I remember 'the pit'
I remember the lamp post where the Lodge used to meet. We used to run up the road to see 'the band'
I walked up Mere Lane every school day to get the no.25 bus to school
I remember the little shop half way up where I bought a biscuit each day to take with me. They had 2 labrador dogs and I vowed then that one day when I was married I too would have a labrador. It took me another 20 years after that but I did it, I bought my black shiny labrador
Thank you everyone for all these memories
Lyn x
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Was that the one on Robson St.? We knew it as The Milk Bar and given time I will get some more info about the guy who ran it.Quote:
Originally Posted by migs