Dockland images

[gregs dad]

Old dock gate keepers abode on the Alfred dock in Birkenhead











Traffic in the Salthouse dock

[gregs dad]

The old Canning dry dock is on view again now



The John Gardener in Canning dry dock



A new plaza to walk on



The back of the Mann Island apartment block,even the pictures around the base can`t save it from being ugly


The end of the canal as it enters Canning Dock

[Ged]

A new book out which after thumbing through I decided I had to add to my collection as i'm a soft touch for previously unseen oldies, especially if in colour and realting to stuff I love.




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[chasevans]

used to go to a club there yrs back , called , the noreseman , me n norman macarrick , anyone know him ?

I remember the club. I did a small disco installation for the manager and popped in some nights for a late drink. Main impression is of foreign sailors, ladies of the night, and the bar accepting almost any currency.
Mamaries are made of this.
Cheers,
Chas

[Ged]

I'm afraid this is all that's left of it chaps.




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[Stanier]

A new book out which after thumbing through I decided I had to add to my collection as i'm a soft touch for previously unseen oldies, especially if in colour and realting to stuff I love.




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Great book, I got it a few weeks ago for it's railway content which is more my interest.

[chasevans]

I'm afraid this is all that's left of it chaps.




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It didn't look much better when I went there (early 80's). The back yard guarded by a lonely alsatian dog constantly barking. Norseman Club looked a bit better when illuminated in the dark, but don't we all?
All things must pass,
Chas

[Ged]

Frequented by ships crews and ladies of the night. Yes I remember it - not quite well

It was during a time I hung around that way due to my new found brothers-in-law to be.

[Gerard Fleming]

Frequented by ships crews and ladies of the night.

One or two Ged respectable women from our area during the day..
W.hores by night... would make your jaw drop lad if you only knew...!!

I remember it - not quite well..

The Norsman ?... remember it like yesterday..
I did a bit of pool hustling in there... not very often.
It wasn't the kind of place you could get away with kidding people on a regular basis..

[Ged]

Ha ha - sounds about right. I think most of the men and women I remember from in there had been around the block once or twice and were nobodys fool. I only don't remember it as well as I could as I never came out of there anything but pallatic, definitely as the last port of call.

[Ged]

Great book, I got it a few weeks ago for it's railway content which is more my interest.

Stanier. Have you seen Sirob's train pics on this fantastic thread.

http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/sho...SEEN+LIVERPOOL


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[chasevans]

One or two Ged respectable women from our area during the day..
W.hores by night... would make your jaw drop lad if you only knew...!!








The Norsman ?... remember it like yesterday..
I did a bit of pool hustling in there... not very often.
It wasn't the kind of place you could get away with kidding people on a regular basis..

I was most impressed by the barmaid's/ barmen's knowledge of converting foreign currencies. Long before the Euro, the Norseman was our first " global village club". Ahead of it's time in that respect.
Glad I'd stopped playing pool by that time, Gerard, I might have been one of the guy's you hustled.
I believe you when you say your brother in laws introduced you to the club, Ged, my excuse to my missus was " I have to check that the gear's still working" ???????Pun invited unintentionally
Got to know a few of the ladies, the fading blooms who'd known better times. The younger girls were only interested in business (understandable), the older ladies had more time to sit and have a drink and chat.
Happy Daze,
Chas

[Ged]

Happy daze being the operative words.

[chasevans]

Two rite, Ged.
Ear's me art, and ears me and,
Wears me bloody watch gone?
Cheers,
Chas

[gregs dad]

merseyside footpath by exacta2a, on Flickr
This was May 27th of this year after the blocks were "borrowed"


birkenhead dock by exacta2a, on Flickr

And this is now,but some gardens are looking better in Birkenhead.