1930's Kelly's Directory - Lark Lane
Hi everyone, thanks for your comments earlier.
Also, great article find Paddy, thanks for posting that.
What a tragedy though. My grandparents were living in Prince's View in 1901, but had moved on to Bickerton Street by 1911. They must have known about it though.
I've attached the 1930's Kelly's Directory for Lark Lane.
This LRO pic states only Lark Lane for this, but I've got a feeling this is a shot of Nos. 2 & 4 Bickerton Street.
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/dser...ge=1285_75.jpg
Great pic' Dave! I've never seen those type of bin's in action,as it were! There were plenty of them about,at one time,but usually,people used traditional bins,for some reason?Originally Posted by Davec
These old bins were the type that fitted into a 'hole in the wall' usually in the back 'jigger' (entry) on all of the old 'terraced type houses'.
Yeh,that's right,but they looked like a good idea that had been forgotten,as I never knew of anyone actually using them,or seeing them emptied!
They were used in Garston 'when I was a lad'!!! but what a job it was for the binmen!!! sometimes the bins would still have hot ashes in them after people cleared out their fireplaces!!!!
I can remember them because they still used them until 1960's.
Those bins are my earliest memories , of the bin men down Bickerton Street, although ours was different , as we lived at the very bottom house number 55, and our back door was in Bickerton Street, so they had to go down the back entry as we called them then to bring out the other peoples full bins, they must have weighed a ton , but our bin was emptied from Bickerton ST as our back door was in Bickerton Street., also the bin cart was horse pulled and emptied in the corporation yard on the corner of Little Parkfield road and Lark Lane. I lived in Bickerton Street from 1942 until 1953, I have such great happy memories from then, I have mixed feelings at the way Lark Lane has developped, it has gone up market, I think I liked it the way it was in those days, very village like , everyone knew each other without being in each persons face. Cheers Keith.
Hi Keith,
Do you remember the Wareing family who lived at No. 24 Bickerton Street?
Daz
Hello Dazza, yes I know their name , but cant put a face to it, I do remember the name, their house was two up from the entry, My older brother would have know them , but sadly he died last year.
Hi Keith,
Sorry to hear about your brother. The Wareing's were my gt. grandparents.
Daz
I have posted these photos here, they may interest someone who lives or lived in the area. I believe it is somewhere by Lark Lane.
A friend of mine from school days bought the premises for working on cars. about the mid sixties!
This was the state of the place before he started there.
Those bins yer on about....
Courtesy of the LRO and Geds rummaging.
A visit to http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk reveals some info about the cars in the photo.
HFM 277:
the FM series was allocated to the Chester (B) area.
HFM was used twice: MAR 1947 and JUN 1958
GFR 486:
FR was Blackpool (B).
GFR was used twice: FEB 1953 and DEC 1963
I think GFR 486 is a Standard Vanguard Phase 1. Have a look at the second to last photo here http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/vanguard.htm
The other one is more of a challenge
This page lists some ways of tracking down old cars
and this is where you can look up the pre 1973 numbers
Great fun.
When I'm up in June I'm staying at the Alicia hotel. Very convenient for Lark Lane and a touch of deja vu.
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