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    I have developed a hobby of colouring old photos...

    I have developed a hobby of colouring old photos and had a go at this one of City v St Helens in 1966 from "The Book".

    http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimatewigan/images/city-v-saints-1966.jpg

    The...
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    I was there - never felt so cheated in my life (I...

    I was there - never felt so cheated in my life (I was 14 at the time)!!!

    We were winning 12-10 and he went over in the corner to win 13-12.
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    Liverpool Stanley

    I don't know how to embed video and I don't own the copyright anyway, so I'll let you download it (for free).

    Go to http://www.britishpathe.com/ and type Liverpool Stanley rugby in the search box....
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    Assuming you have Windows, put cursor in the...

    Assuming you have Windows, put cursor in the picture, right-click and then on menu you'll see "save picture as". Click that and away you go.
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    Unfair

    Reading the threads about what school etc brings back to me one of the greatest injustices that I still carry the resentment with me through life.

    How come we boys got caned and slippered and the...
  6. Thread: Pubs...

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    Brilliant!! :handclap: Many thanks!!

    Brilliant!! :handclap:

    Many thanks!!
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    While on the subject the 1891 census finds my...

    While on the subject the 1891 census finds my great-grandfather as public house manager in 118 Stanley Road, Kirkdale - which from 1894 Kelly's Directory appears to be The Grapes (on the corner of...
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    That's the place :)

    That's the place :)
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    This has all brought back a memory. I was at...

    This has all brought back a memory.

    I was at the Uni in 1969-1973 and I remember that where is now the multistory was a waste-ground car park, presumably where the previous buildings had been...
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    Yep! They started lif, I think, as Wigan...

    Yep!

    They started lif, I think, as Wigan Highfield, and then became London Highfield, then Liverpool Stanley, Liverpool City, Huyton, Runcorn Highfield and Prescot.
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    I remember the dairy. The smell as you went...

    I remember the dairy.

    The smell as you went past!!! :eek:
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    Rugby Union that'll be.

    Rugby Union that'll be.
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    Never heard that before!

    Never heard that before!
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    Only me then! :rolleyes: Did find this...

    Only me then! :rolleyes:

    Did find this programme though.
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    That's actually very good :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

    That's actually very good :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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    Many thanks for that. I have attached a couple...

    Many thanks for that.

    I have attached a couple of photos of courts if anyone doesn't know what they were like. The first one is number2 court Mount View, and the other is 1 Court Back Chester...
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    After11-plus went to St Edwards.

    After11-plus went to St Edwards.
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    Thanks for that. Yes, he was still there in...

    Thanks for that.

    Yes, he was still there in the 1901 census but (doh!) I hadn't thought to look at the preceding pages.

    They don't help immensely, except that 2 Court and 4 Court seem to be...
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    Rathbone Street Courts

    My grandfather was born in "5 in 4 Court" off Rathbone Street in 1899.

    I have a map of Rathbone Street around the time but can't identify where exactly 4 Court was.

    Anybody able to help?
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    I'm with Ste on this one in asking why you wish...

    I'm with Ste on this one in asking why you wish to know.

    Your question has two presuppositions in it - that there is a high velocity of the drug gangs now (presumably in comparison with somewhere...
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    Hi guys. Ste> Liverpool City moved from...

    Hi guys.

    Ste> Liverpool City moved from "Knotty Ash Stadium" (honestly - it was called that!!) to Alt Park when they changed their name from Liverpool City to Huyton, having spent one year in the...
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    Liverpool City Rugby League

    Anyone here who used to go and watch Liverpool City at Knotty Ash (come on, there were 250 of us). I was 12 at the time, and I remember an aunt knitting me a green and white scarf - because you...
  23. Hi! I have been puzzling over a very similar...

    Hi!

    I have been puzzling over a very similar question - my family moved from a little village in rural Norfolk to Liverpool around the 1870s.

    The rural economy at the time was collapsing, so I...
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