Topic: Old photos of and around Liverpool

[Medellin]

Found this old pic the other day. Taken by my Dad from the paddock, think its the start of the 79-80 season, but not sure.

Crackin foto mate,thanks for sharing.

[Medellin]

Aka Ossie Wades for the arl arses out there..

[gazzam1963]

Aka Ossie Wades for the arl arses out there..

Isn't ossis wades were the everton club shop is now

[Medellin]

Isn't ossis wades were the everton club shop is now

Aye mate same site.

I remember pissing on the bitters pr bonfire when they opened Everton 2 in Liverpool 1 reminding them that Everton 1 is in Liverpol 4. 

[JohnnoWhite]

Very nice play on words mate. But pretty smart marketing to open up in Liverpool 1 as Everton 2 - they wish eh?

[Pistolero]

New Brighton 1934

[Big Red Richie]

Ah. The memories.

Water as cold as the Baltic.  Lots of beautiful girls in swimsuits, on a sunny day.

...... moulded concrete that would flay the skin off you at a moments notice....

Jumping off the top diving board.   

[Brissyred]

Ah. The memories.

Water as cold as the Baltic.  Lots of beautiful girls in swimsuits, on a sunny day.

...... moulded concrete that would flay the skin off you at a moments notice....

Jumping off the top diving board.   

Turds floating past..........

[Brissyred]

New Brighton 1934

I wouldn't have expected that many cars in the carpark in 1934.

[Medellin]

Salah's 'arl fella' filming the Blackstuff in '82,Chrissy's story was superb.

[gazzam1963]

The episode were snowy jumps out the window and dies when the social turn up . In a building opposite the royal hospital that has lain empty to this day . Just seen last week hoardings put up so more student flats I imagine . Some of the scenes in the series show how bad some parts of Liverpool were . Our day out by willy Russell is the same , the clip were they are leaving for the day out on the coach shows Liverpool looking like Beirut .

[Medellin]

Is that 'Snowy scene' on the same site as what looks to be in that foto with Chrissy in it?
Looks like it to me.

[gazzam1963]

Is that 'Snowy scene' on the same site as what looks to be in that foto with Chrissy in it?
Looks like it to me.

Yes opposite the royal hospital which you can see in the background

[Big Red Richie]

It was filmed in the old bridewell on Prescot Street, opposite the Royal.   

The scene were Yozza does his famous 'giz a job' scene, as also filmed on the corner, near the traffic  lights.

[So… Howard Philips]

Ah. The memories.

Water as cold as the Baltic.  Lots of beautiful girls in swimsuits, on a sunny day.

...... moulded concrete that would flay the skin off you at a moments notice....

Jumping off the top diving board.   

As a kid I thought they actually had blue water, wasn't until my teens I realised that the bottom of the pool was painted blue.

And you are dead right about the abrasive qualities of that concrete. Should be patented as an anti burglar device.

[Big Red Richie]

 

[elbow]

Ah. The memories.

Water as cold as the Baltic.  Lots of beautiful girls in swimsuits, on a sunny day.

...... moulded concrete that would flay the skin off you at a moments notice....

Jumping off the top diving board.   

Didn't Frankie Goes To Hollywood do a live TV gig there?

[Pistolero]

Love this pic...an art-deco beauty...Hoylake Station 1930's....

[Medellin]

Pretty easy..great foto tho.

[the 92A]

It was filmed in the old bridewell on Prescot Street, opposite the Royal.   

The scene were Yozza does his famous 'giz a job' scene, as also filmed on the corner, near the traffic  lights.

As a schoolkid we used to eat our chips in there at dinnertime

[gazzam1963]

That peppers pub picture , looks like the bottom of London road but the legs of man was there wasnt it . Is it the other corner of commutation row at islington

[Derzyjudek]

Top one is Dovecot shops.

[CornerFlag]

[Medellin]

A bit different now..



Should get this place easy..



Anyone remember this & where it was situated?



There were a few of these on walton/county road..not sure why Lawrenson is there? 

[Medellin]

A couple of walton bus depot..old & older.





The old Wezzy where the Elm Tree now sits..



..and finally The Dark House..

[So… Howard Philips]

Was the photo of the posh dolly bird and her sports car at the Westminster Bank in Princes Road by the Rialto?

[Medellin]

Was the photo of the posh dolly bird and her sports car at the Westminster Bank in Princes Road by the Rialto?

Aye mate.

[So… Howard Philips]

Aye mate.

When we were kids we used to go past it on the bus. There was a church nearby and one of my mates thought it was Westminster Abbey, due to the name of the bank.

[Pistolero]

Couple of images of the Sailors Home.....first showing its location from the bottom of Duke st...and then one in all its glory.....such a great decision to flatten it in 1974....we should be forever thankful to whoever the transitory, faceless, here-today gone-tomorrow, tin-pot councillors were who rubber stamped it's demise....

[Barrowred]

What a fantastic building, it's unbelievable that someone would even entertain knocking that down.

[Medellin]

Shocking how such a beautiful building can be lost coz some fuckwit said so..makes my blood boil that.

Couple i found earlier,both i ain't seen before..the 2nd is incredible.

[Tsar Kastik]

Chinatown - its history.

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-china-town-here-and-now-1981-1981-online

[Red Beret]

What a fantastic building, it's unbelievable that someone would even entertain knocking that down.

They knocked it down in 1973, ready to build a government building, probably along the lines of the Triad.  But the government cancelled the project and it was left as a hole in the ground till they built John Lewis.

It's utterly criminal, and what's worse is that we're still doing shit like that.

[Pistolero]

Libpool 1966..

[exilescouse]

Didn't Frankie Goes To Hollywood do a live TV gig there?

Yes they performed there, it was part of a TV special with a number of other bands.

I do remember being on the gust list once for similar at the Albert Dock, with Chaka Khan and Run DMC amongst others.

[24/7]

Couple i found earlier,both i ain't seen before..the 2nd is incredible.

Wow that IS incredible! Just trying to work out where it is - possibly part of the construction of the Anglican Cathedral?

[gazzam1963]

Libpool 1966..

What's that building in the top rightish to the left of the tall office block  , looks like it has columns and a dome , looks possibly Old hall street , is it St pauls eye hospital edit: just looked at old pis of the eye hospital and it's not that ,

[Medellin]

Wow that IS incredible! Just trying to work out where it is - possibly part of the construction of the Anglican Cathedral?

Yep spot on mate.
The only reason i could think he was up there was a tangle or break in the block & tackle.

[moondog]

Couple of images of the Sailors Home.....first showing its location from the bottom of Duke st...and then one in all its glory.....such a great decision to flatten it in 1974....we should be forever thankful to whoever the transitory, faceless, here-today gone-tomorrow, tin-pot councillors were who rubber stamped it's demise....

Yeah great idea to flatten that for the Holiday Inn, good job we have always had wise councillors looking after our heritage. Long may they regret it.

[The Gulleysucker]

....good job we have always had wise councillors looking after our heritage...

Nothing new in that, or that can't be predicted for what's left.

Anyone any idea what's happening to the old Irish Centre (ie Wellington Rooms), or , as expected with the bunch of Philistines on the Council, will it go the same way as the Futurist?