Unseen Liverpool

[Ged]

Brilliant pics of Exchange, Bibbys and the 3 ugly sisters just how I remember them all being a towny.

[merseywail]

Welcome back sirob great photos again. Dont know if anyone has seen this site http://www.etraction.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gallery.htm His models of the merseyrail 502's look spot on. I also hope he shows his model of exchange sta at local model rail shows when its finished, if the roof is anything to go by it should be superb. There is also a link to the class 502 site. http://www.hamptonweb.myby.co.uk/class502/ What a shame it has been left to rot like this. it may be mundane, but it is a piece of merseysides history. It should be restored & brought home.

[Sirob]

Merseywail, what a shame about the 502. It should be local, except where would you keep it??????
Glad to have you back, Philip G
When I was a child, the most exciting thing to look forward to was a visit to the park, or the shore;

The cuckoo clock, Stanley Park, 1961
Slide, (dig the pram!!!) Stanley Park, 1961
Swings, Whitfield Road, (Rice Lane Rec) 1959
Crosby shore, wartime anti aircraft obstructions still there, 1958

[merseywail]

I think the best place for the 502 would be the new museum of liverpool life at mann island, along side the overhead coach & the L&M loco Lion. We also could have had a coach from the Mersey railway, but sadly it was destroyed in a fire at derby works. Even if it was put in the large object store, at least it would be safe.

[lindylou]

Smashing photos of Stanley park Sirob. My nan used to take me to look at that floral clock when I was little. It's still there but not as elaborate. The cuckoo clock stopped many years ago.
It's a shame when you think how things have to change .. and sometimes not for the better. It used to be a magical atmosphere in that flower garden, especially when you heard the cuckoo .. you couldn't have that now - due to vandalism - imagine it with the hoodies these days

[Ged]

You railway enthusiasts must get to the railway exhibition at Archbishop Blanch school in May. Mike Delamar who comes on here has a cracking Crown st layout and there will be a massive Lime st layout too from a certain period of time showing buildings and traffic too. I'll be there on the sat.

[merseywail]

Some more race day scenes, the first is a war time view on 6 Apr 1940. No date for the next one, but my guess is mid 30's The last shows trams during layover time awaiting the home time crowds, late 40's?

[Sirob]

Also in April, was the end of the Gateacre rail service from Liverpool Central.
these pics were taken on the last day, 15 April 1972.

Gateacre Station
Last train departing for Central
Last train from Liverpool Central
St. Michaels Station
Brunswick

[Ged]

Great Sirob, just look at that old bullnose engine at Brunswick with the big gas tank behind that's still there.

[merseywail]

Here's a few from the 1980s, just to show how soon things dissapear. The first two show Fazakerley permanant way yard in 1983. The next pair show withdrawn wirral ''503'' electric train's in sidings at Birkenhead north in 1985. the last only recently gone is Garston sta in 1983

[Aureol]

The first two show Fazakerley permanant way yard in 1983.

Brilliant photos merseywail! Just how I remember the place.

[Aureol]

A few pics of recent-ish railway history.

First is a coal train being loaded at what is now Liverpool Bulk Terminal at Gladstone Dock in 1990. Second is a view of Lime St with a train to Manchester Victoria waiting departure in 1991. Third is a minor calamity alongside Regent Road in 1992.

[merseywail]

Good shots Aureol . Lime street is just not the same anymore, everything all units, except the odd steam special like the Duke of Gloucester on the 8th, of march .

[Sirob]

Great stuff, Merseywail! Are we going to have a railway pics war?????
It's really great to see what comes out of the woodwork.

How about Breckside Park Corpi yard in 1972;
A small steam crane (now preserved)
The remains of ex-Mersey Railway "Cecil Raikes"

New Brighton Pier in May 1976
St. Andrews Kirk, Rodney Street in August 1975
Moorfields, towards Exchange Station, April 1977

[Kev]

Love the pics, especially the one with the Mini Clubman in!