Liverpool.. the way I see it.. the photographs of Gerard Fleming.

[Gerard Fleming]

Excellent photos Gerard What year was the last ever grotto in Lewis's?

Thanks Mark... I'll be back soon with the exact date I took the photos of Lewis's last grotto.

Christmas before last.. ?...or last Christmas ?.. cant remember now.... back soon mate.


Gerard.

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Rrrrrrrrrrrr look at that eh..

The oul subbie on Lime Street.. gone, filled in...
Another unusual pic.. is it a 'great pic' though...?.. who knows..
time will tell.... ohhhhhhhh my aching sides.. ..








Oooer.. the leather shop on Lime Street under the concourse..
Gone, never to be taken again..
Now what was that leather shop called..?.. c'mon, dont be shy now...











Another one off.. away from the usual street scenes..



The Punch and Judy cafe on Lime Street...

More to come..

[Lizzie1]

........a big thanks to everybody on here... ...
...... and those that are not on here.. but like visiting here.. !!..

For taking the visit count on this, my photie page.. to over 50,000 in such a short time..
Thanks all....
Gerard.

Always one of my first threads to 'visit'!.....thank you Gerard......

[grekko]

Gerard, you can be sure mate that your social history photos will most definitely be more than welcome in any historians archive, they hold and tell so much.just love the "stitched " photo of Lime Street concourse, that's an angle you never saw, very cleverly joined. Keep 'em coming, great shots, great history..

[ItsaZappathing]

Brilliant photo's as per usual Gerard.

[Gerard Fleming]

Always one of my first threads to 'visit'!.....thank you Gerard......

Thanks Lizzie, thats nice of you to say girl..



Gerard.... xxx

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Gerard, you can be sure mate that your social history photos will most definitely be more than welcome in any historians archive, they hold and tell so much.just love the "stitched " photo of Lime Street concourse, that's an angle you never saw, very cleverly joined. Keep 'em coming, great shots, great history..

Thanks for that Grekko mate.. I appreciate that very much my friend...



Gerard..

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Brilliant photo's as per usual Gerard.

Thanks John lad.... I'm glade you like them mate....




Gerard...

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Another photo that cant be taken again...


Apologies by the way folks for my acting the goat with all the 'Is mine a great pic' crap earlier..

I hope you got onto what all that was about...
If gob****es want to play silly buggers, I'll have some of that..aaaaalll day..



The Odeon Cinema London Road.. on its closing night...
.... and how it looks today..


Coming soon... a then and now collage of the last ever movie credits at the Odeon London Rd..

Now that.. is my kind of great photo.. and on that note I'm very serious..


Thanks... G...







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The Pier Head.. then and now...



The top photo is from my own personal collection... so is the bottom pic..

[ItsaZappathing]

And again - Excellent pics. The B&W pic reminded me...
You know what is missing from the Pier Head and we really could do with it back ?
Any ideas ? No ?




The DOUGHNUT SHOP and the smell of those doughnuts. I would walk with my mum to the Pier Head just to get some doughnuts for the journey on the bus home. Ahhhhhh, lovely aroma.

[Gerard Fleming]

And again - Excellent pics. The B&W pic reminded me...
You know what is missing from the Pier Head and we really could do with it back ?
Any ideas ? No ?




The DOUGHNUT SHOP and the smell of those doughnuts. I would walk with my mum to the Pier Head just to get some doughnuts for the journey on the bus home. Ahhhhhh, lovely aroma.

Thanks John.. it reminds me that old photo of being with my Mam..
I was about 5 or 6... and we turned that Liver Building corner in the distance and my hat blew off
I remember my Mam chasing the hat everywhere...
she captured the little bugger.. in the end..


Ahhhhhhhh the doughnut shop....!!


One for the experts, know it alls... and Liverpool historians....

Who owned and ran that doughnut shop at the Pier Head ?...



Cheers John mate..



Gerard

[collegepudding]

One for the experts, know it alls... and Liverpool historians....
who owned and ran that doughnut shop at the Pier Head...[/B]


Was it Homer Simpson Gerard ?

collegepudding


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[Gerard Fleming]

One for the experts, know it alls... and Liverpool historians....
who owned and ran that doughnut shop at the Pier Head...[/B]


Was it Homer Simpson Gerard ?

collegepudding


!

Ha haaaaa.... nice one cp mate..


The answers easy actually.. for a Scottie Roader.
or it should be.. am I allowed to say that..?



Gerard

[hmtmaj]

These are great pics Gerard

Cheers for posting em up


Mart

[Gerard Fleming]

These are great pics Gerard

Cheers for posting em up


Mart

Thanks for that Mart.. I appreciate that mate, glad you like them..



Gerard.

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More gone that cant be taken again...
(Next up tonight... the blocks around Grosvenor Street..
from the hundreds and hundreds of photos I took..
inc inside the blocks and views that nobody else took.. one offs...
MY contribution to how my area once looked for future generations to see....)


My old St Gregs/Campion school..
with the only photos inside of it being demolished....

I went to St Gregorys, along with my Mrs..
my 2 lads went in later years when it was Campion...
my lad went back and taught music at Campion to kids from our area after graduating from LIPA....
a fact I'm very very proud of....


St Gregs.. the unseen inside shots of it being demolished..



From Everton Terrace..

[collegepudding]

Good shots there Gerard ,that will no doubt mean a lot to all who attended there.

Isnt it strange how when we were in school most of us couldn't wait to get out of the place, and would have been over the moon if overnight someone decided to demolish the place. Then when we get a bit older and our wish comes true we long to turn the clock back so we could walk those corridors one last time......I know mate its called nostalgia isn't it, and contributions on this forum from you Gerard, and Ged and others go some way to fulfilling those desires, thanks !

collegepudding

[Marty1]

Good shots there Gerard ,that will no doubt mean a lot to all who attended there.

I think the pics are great, I hated the place !

[Gerard Fleming]

Good shots there Gerard ,that will no doubt mean a lot to all who attended there.

Isnt it strange how when we were in school most of us couldn't wait to get out of the place, and would have been over the moon if overnight someone decided to demolish the place. Then when we get a bit older and our wish comes true we long to turn the clock back so we could walk those corridors one last time......I know mate its called nostalgia isn't it, and contributions on this forum from you Gerard, and Ged and others go some way to fulfilling those desires, thanks !

collegepudding

Thanks cp..

Nostalgia is right mate.. its funny as you say how your ideals change as you get older...



I've only shown a few of the pics of St Gregs being demolished..
I tend to do that these days.. keep them a while before showing them..
I've pics inside places cp I wont show until they are well gone and demolished..
I've taken pics of various places.. unusual high up views of Lime Street area from the car park opposite..next thing... everybody's got them days later..
I've wised up on that one mate....

(Like my Everyman Theatre pics... I've thousands of them, taken in the closing week when I roamed the place with the staff in the kitchens etc...

I kept them until it was demolished, if I'd shown a single photo they'd all have them now...
terrible, innit eh.. ... a man cant show his work because of being followed........)



Cheers matey..


Gerard..

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I think the pics are great, I hated the place !

Thanks Marty...




Heres a few more for you Marty....
some I've never shown anywhere before... I cant remember showing them anyway....



Outside main entrance...








The old Gym.. looking toward Rosscommon Street...
across the demolished area that was the school hall.









I think this classroom was on the 2nd floor....
looking toward St Georges Hill and Netherfield Road.







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Hard City Records Benson Street...
...... days before it was demolished..


inc one off interior shots.. never seen..anywhere...1st showing.



























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Cazneau Street.. the full 16mm wide angle view... a one off..


I took a few around here as well... a few thousand.
The blocks before being demolished....
I've got the only photos inside the blocks when they were being demolished....
(I've even got the metal block name/number plates that were above each doorway....)




A few more one off pics to come.

[Ged]

We had some great views out of those windows in St Gregs.