The way we used to be thread

[ChrisGeorge]

Wonderful photograph, greg's dad, both for the people in it and those anti-tank pyramids. What a time capsule! I very much like the colours in the slide too. Splendid!

I'm going to copy that photo to the World War II defenses thread if I may.

Chris

[Ged]

I don't know what's happened to them Chippie, must be something to do with imageshack which I used to upload them so i'll do them again as thumbprints via the uploading facility on this site.

[Ged]

Here you go, now you'll just have to click on them to get them to a laughable size

[Ged]

[/QUOTE]Hi Ged, anti tank pyramids used to keep paddling pools on the beach when the tide had gone out. This is the missus with our first born taken from an old colour slide in 1959.[/QUOTE]


Great pic and colours Gregs dad. Could be Spain.

[chippie]

My story of my growing up is being considered for the 800 lives project run by the museum.

I,ve had two e mails from them up to now but I have to be "sifted" in order of interest I suppose.

The prize is to go back in time and meet the ancestor of your choice. I,m going to see the policeman gt gt gramps to take a few photos of him arressting a runaway piglet in Gt Homer Street back in 1865, that should make headlines in the "Echo" I,ll show them what a decent photo looks like!

[chippie]

thanks Ged, I,ve put them safely in my x cons file.

[gregs dad]

Here you go, now you'll just have to click on them to get them to a laughable size

Ged, just remembered another thing about Canon Hopkins in your last picture. He used to come around our school,St Johns infants school every friday afternoon with his base fiddle, which he played very well, and entertain us.
His signature tune was "My bonny lies over the ocean" which was supposed to be the Beatles first record ever made This was in 1947 while he was still an ordinary priest.

[gregs dad]

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Ged, here`s another view of the Scott`s advert without the railings sorry
about the colour, cheap Geveart slide film.

[gregs dad]

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This was one of our playing fields in Kirkdale,a bomb site in Aspinall St. I remember scoring 99 not out (the girls were bowling underhand). You can just
see the wicket drawn on the wall. This street with Rockingham,Flinders,Lemon, have all disappeared now.
I wasn`t born in this street but I always played there, may be the girls were better looking

pic courtersy of L R O

[Ged]

My Brother Joey (still not a priest) pictured in Wally Hall park in the late 1960s with his mates (when mates weren't condoms)






The Altar boys in procession during my first holy communion in the mid 1960s, this is around the Comus Street/Grosvenor Street area in the St. Joseph's parish.




And that's me, grey shorts, arms straight down by my sides being a good little boy.

[John(Zappa)]

Boss pics Ged
(I hear you still wear them short shorts)

[ChrisGeorge]

Great photos, Ged. Thanks for sharing with us. With all the scuff marks on the first pic, it's almost looks as if the lads played footie with the photograph.

Chris

[Ged]

This is me sitting on the corner of Holly St (we lived in 39) and Christian St. These were cleared in 1969 for the new St. Anne Street police HQ.




At Crosby beach before the marina was constructed and the beach came right up to the big white houses on the front. Those anti landing craft pyramids were still there too.




At Wally Hall park with my older brother and his mates in 1967. I'm holding a souvinir pendant which we got when the new cathedral was consecrated on the feast of pentecost.




I was a bit too young for the Beatles so had to refuse them and besides, those nylon strings hurt my fingers - ((((k'twang))))



At Chester Zoo. The spotty thing at the back is a giraffe, the spotty thing in front is me.



Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner - BATMAAAAN

Near Newsham Park.



Many have said this masked one of me is one of my better ones.




On the prom again.



And again and don't anyone deny they had cords or a snake belt.



With the recent closure of Rose Hill bridewell someone had to keep order.



It's 1969 now and the city bound flyover is yet to open for traffic so I get to have a go on it.








On that prom again, did me dad have shares in the mersey ferries.




It's 1976 now as you can tell by my cousin, Paul's Montreal Olympics sweatshirt. We're outside the Old Roan pub enjoying a top deck shandy after spending the day fishing on the nearby canal for sticklebacks.






That's all for now folks - in fact maybe ever - there's some you're definitely not seeing, especially the ones where I look like a girl

[Mark R]

God Ged - you look like a young Mickey Pearce

[Ged]

Gawwd - not you too