The way we used to be thread

[scouserdave]

Source for above pic

Another one of our Colin, myself and our Hughes St neighbour Philip standing on the deck of the Sylvania.

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Dave

Great pics, Dave, thanks for sharing. I was pleased to see the pics of the Sylvania, since I first emigrated to the United States aboard the Saxonia, her sister ship, from Liverpool to New York along with my mother in January 1955. My dad had gone out earlier in September 1954 via the Queen Elizabeth sailing from Southampton.

Chris

[Waterways]

[IMG]Another one of our Colin, myself and our Hughes St neighbour Philip standing on the deck of the Sylvania.

The Syvania is in dock. The sheds are either being demolished or re-roofed. She usually docked in the Gladstone if I recall.

[lindylou]

ScouserDave, here's my grandad (2nd from left top row). Don't know his age on this one, but the following 2 pics he would be in his 70s by then.


not sure when these next 2 were taken as there are no dates on the back of photos. Must have been late 1950s early 60s perhaps. (he died in 1968).
He's 4th along from left, top row. wearing glasses.


The Bowling team he played for was called 'The Priory Bowling Club' .. and not Walton Hall like I first said on previous post. (there was a club by Alsop too as I mentioned).
The official address for the club was 139 Walton Breck rd. (my dad tells me).
The club would play in Stanley park.

[lindylou]

Lower Breck rd bowling greens.
There were 4 immaculate and well kept greens and flower beds further up towards the road. Mums would stroll around with their kids and meet up for a chat on summer days. As you can see there is no litter or vandalism even though the fencing was low, no one would think of climbing over to trash the place. There was a hut where the bowls and stuff were stored and for the cockywatchman. They were strict and woe betide any kid that put a foot near those greens ! I remember being little and trying to scoop out some of the sand that was in the ridges around the greens, and if you tried to step up onto those grass edges someone would shout or shake a finger at you - the cockywatchman would be watching like a hawk ! ha!
Those greens wouldn't survive a day now what with the yobs and their quad bikes.

you can just about see in the distance the prefabs that where on Lower Breck rd.

[lindylou]

... and this is what's there now in the exact same place ..nothing !

the greens were here and the flower beds up by the fencing by main road.
The prefabs were over to the left.

ps,
Newsham General hospital was over the main road. The old walls still remain. You can see them to the left of the houses.

[scouserdave]

Thanks for the pics and descriptions. Your grandad's pics look a little earlier than my grandad's. Done a search for 139 Breck Rd and it's the offices of Anfield Gas Electric nowadays.

[lindylou]

The middle photo of my grandad could have been in the 1950s, so it's possible that our grandads might have been playing around the same time.

Dave, it's 139 Walton Breck rd and not Breck rd.