Author Topic: Caldies - The Calderstones Park Thread (Read 18741 times)

John C · « **on:** February 26, 2009, 08:05:00 pm »

This is the only thread I could find regarding Calderstones Park.

Fascinating to see a Mandarin Duck patrolling the lake this evening. Obviously cock of the ducks as well because it had a right nibble at a Mallard for getting in its way.

http://www.e-barrett.com/page73mand.htm

(not actual pics of the 1 in the park)

ianfb25 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2009, 01:57:53 pm »

Quote from: John C on February 26, 2009, 08:05:00 pm

This is the only thread I could find regarding Calderstones Park.

Fascinating to see a Mandarin Duck patrolling the lake this evening. Obviously cock of the ducks as well because it had a right nibble at a Mallard for getting in its way.

http://www.e-barrett.com/page73mand.htm

(not actual pics of the 1 in the park)

Quality, my uncle was telling me last night about this funky looking duck he had seen in Caldies earlier this week. Might head up at the weekend to see if its still there.

John C · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:35:17 pm »

Quote from: ianfb25 on February 27, 2009, 01:57:53 pm

Quality, my uncle was telling me last night about this funky looking duck he had seen in Caldies earlier this week. Might head up at the weekend to see if its still there.

It's quite exquisite. My daughter was on her bike and I was running behind her and glanced toward the lake and this duck stood out from 30 yards. We doubled back to where the pigeons are usually fed and it was buzzzing away feeding. I know the councils Park's manager and he thinks there might have been one there in the 90's but this one has deffo been there a few years.

So its if mum duck conceded here, its a scouse Mandarin hybrid. That explains why it butted a Mallard that went for its bread. Ok it didn't butt it, but it pecked the fucked out of it.

VdM - can we change the title to Caldertones Park now. Its unlikely that anyone will want it preserved as a Power Plant thread, although the backround is here anyway.

double edit here: I know Caldies like the back of me scrotum and I haven't seen one of these ever. Its a must to get down there to see it.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:57:37 pm »

Split this out into a new thread mate. Hope that's OK. I'm gonna head up there on me bike tomorrow check this bird out

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:58:26 pm »

Oh... and Caldies is deffo the best park in Liverpool. Bar none.

Ben S · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:08:22 am »

Thats a duck and a half, looks more like a fat rubber toy.

gregor · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:38:37 am »

Caldies is immense.

Has the ditch by the cafe got smaller though over the last 10 or so years? It was at least 20 foot deep when I was a kid

Oingy Boingy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2009, 03:02:11 am »

The drake is a stunning looking bird.....beautiful

Bridgy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2009, 09:02:23 am »

Quote from: gregor on February 28, 2009, 12:38:37 am

Caldies is immense.

Has the ditch by the cafe got smaller though over the last 10 or so years? It was at least 20 foot deep when I was a kid

Funny. Anyone remember the Paratrooper? I think the tree is still there but seems different these days

ianfb25 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2009, 09:23:07 am »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on February 27, 2009, 11:58:26 pm

Oh... and Caldies is deffo the best park in Liverpool. Bar none.

Agreed. Fuckin love the place. Hoping to head up there later today/tomorrow to check this funky duck out!!

kesey · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:42:41 pm »

I have fond memeories of Caldies. I used to support an autsistic lad who used to work for Glendales there. I used to sit on a bench in the summer watching him work.

What a job.

LFC on tour · « **Reply #11 on:** March 2, 2009, 06:13:35 pm »

Best park around.

Love it in the summer.

waittillmay · « **Reply #12 on:** March 2, 2009, 10:07:24 pm »

Love caldies, even if it is full of kids with weird names.
the grass on the big field by the kids park just makes me want to sit down and i have no idea why.

Super MAC · « **Reply #13 on:** March 2, 2009, 10:53:29 pm »

Great in the summer evenings to wander around, the kids also love the oriental gardens especially the fish!

John C · « **Reply #14 on:** March 3, 2009, 05:24:05 pm »

I worked in the Mansion House for a few years in the 1990's. Loved it.

John C · « **Reply #15 on:** March 6, 2009, 09:23:08 pm »

Quote from: trigger on March 6, 2009, 04:05:47 pm

what's with the bad language ? you're talking about a park for goodness sake, not a football match!

John C · « **Reply #16 on:** March 6, 2009, 09:27:56 pm »

Went up with the kids last Sunday and went running through the park throughout the week to get another glimpse of the mad duck but there's been no sign.

I know the Parks & Environment Manager and he confirms that the Mandarin has been there for years (rumours since the 1990's). He Suggests that there obviously must be a females around so there must be a "scouse Mandarin hybrid on the scene".

John C · « **Reply #17 on:** February 7, 2010, 12:42:58 pm »

It was last February that I spotted the Mandarin duck in Caldies lake so it may be back now, haven't had the chance to go up lately. Might try later and let you know if its there.

Garstonite · « **Reply #18 on:** February 7, 2010, 02:22:39 pm »

I fell in the pond (if you can even call it that) in Caldies once. True story.

God9 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2010, 11:44:32 am »

I went to Calderstones School, many a snowball fight and games of togger on that park, loved it. Many a little bastard in there after dark these days though, just like everywhere else I suppose.

Effes · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2010, 06:49:36 pm »

Quote from: God9 on February 26, 2010, 11:44:32 am

Many a little bastard in there after dark these days though, just like everywhere else I suppose.

Was night fishing in there about 1985 - saw a lad get battered by about a gang of 15 lads.
Jumping on his head - he couldn't walk straight afterwards - disgusting.

owens_2k · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2010, 05:08:44 pm »

Sevvie park is better!

John C · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2010, 05:18:39 pm »

I spent most minutes of my youth in Sefton Pk mate, fishing, football, etc. So many fond memories.

It was/is a great park, but Caldies is superior imo.

Roady · « **Reply #23 on:** February 27, 2010, 06:05:46 pm »

tough call as to which i prefer between sevvy and caldies.In my youth used to play footy all day long in caldies so have fond memories.I use sevvy a lot more now,only coz its on my doorstep almost..Couldnt honestly say i prefer one to the other,blessed to have some wicked parkland in liverpool in fairness.

Yer_Ma · « **Reply #24 on:** February 27, 2010, 11:39:18 pm »

Fuck the Sefton (Park)

John C · « **Reply #25 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:05:26 am »

Quote from: Yer_Ma on February 27, 2010, 11:39:18 pm

Fuck the Sefton (Park)

If Ben allowed me to be a mod I'd ban you for a week for that needless post.

GoldenGloves25 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:00:54 pm »

The grass is so much better for footy in Caldies, like playing on a bowling green. Ace in the summer with your mates and a few tinnies. Parts of the turf in Sevvy are like mudbaths.

24/7 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:11:36 pm »

Quote from: GoldenGloves25 on February 28, 2010, 12:00:54 pm

The grass is so much better for footy in Caldies, like playing on a bowling green. Ace in the summer with your mates and a few tinnies. Parts of the turf in Sevvy are like mudbaths.

This is true. Our school had its x-country course in Sevvy - was like running through a mudbath at times, was really grateful to get back on the paths.........footy in Sevvy was horrific - those fields by the Angel Dell.......

Caldies is a much better park in that regard - amazing grass - also played baseball there every Sunday back in the day......huge open spaces that would probably look about as small as me back garden these days - much like that ditch wouldn't look anywhere near as deep now - oh and a packet of crisps would last all day, mars bars were bigger and I'm also fairly certain that Special Brew was stronger......

John C · « **Reply #28 on:** February 28, 2010, 10:58:52 pm »

There's something about the grass in the entire area. The grass in the park and the grass in my garden when I first moved in round here (and in my sisters nearby) seems to be very slow growing and flatter, if that makes sense.

I've patched mine up so many times after the kids playing footy it grows like fuck now.

GoldenGloves25 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 1, 2010, 12:27:26 am »

Must be that 'well to do' middle class grass.. its the same in Crosby.

LFC on tour · « **Reply #30 on:** March 1, 2010, 01:38:09 pm »

Quote from: 24/7 on February 28, 2010, 12:11:36 pm

much like that ditch wouldn't look anywhere near as deep now -

I swear that ditch was 50 feet high when i was a kid.

waittillmay · « **Reply #31 on:** March 1, 2010, 11:02:33 pm »

Quote from: GoldenGloves25 on March 1, 2010, 12:27:26 am

Must be that 'well to do' middle class grass.. its the same in Crosby.

hate caldies cos its so middle class, all the kids there have stupid names too.

God9 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 2, 2010, 01:42:15 am »

Quote from: Effes on February 26, 2010, 06:49:36 pm

Was night fishing in there about 1985 - saw a lad get battered by about a gang of 15 lads.
Jumping on his head - he couldn't walk straight afterwards - disgusting.

Disgusting. From the nostalgic stories that come from older family/friends, you would never believe there were these horrible bastards around 20 years ago. I've heard a few stories from when I was a bit younger about lads (and girls for that matter) getting jumped in there, just wish extra funding was available to maybe deter it.. But of course, the leafy lanes of Allerton sees no such yobbish behaviour.

John C · « **Reply #33 on:** March 5, 2010, 08:36:24 pm »

Quote from: waittillmay on March 1, 2010, 11:02:33 pm

hate caldies cos its so middle class, all the kids there have stupid names too.

Its not middle class mate, not at all.....every time I take my kids to the swings or feed the Canadian Geese the proletariat have invaded like unwanted red ants. I wish they'd all start going back to Southport for the day.

24/7 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 5, 2010, 08:42:10 pm »

Quote from: John C on March 5, 2010, 08:36:24 pm

I wish they'd all start going back to Southport for the day.

Isn't Sevvie nearer and cheaper than Southport? Thought that was where the scumbag element hung out, now that Lark Lane's gone down the pan and the caves are closed........but then again they reopened the palmhouse so it's all posh again innit............but the Angel Dell looks like a dried up puddle...........I'm so confused........

John C · « **Reply #35 on:** March 6, 2010, 11:16:57 am »

Sevvie is nearer for some of them but others have audacity to travel from north Liverpool when they have Stanley Pk on their doorstep. Sevvie is getting a posh new boat house soon which looks cool.....I may risk a trip down there in the summer.

Yer_Ma · « **Reply #36 on:** March 7, 2010, 11:54:25 am »

Quote from: John C on February 28, 2010, 12:05:26 am

If Ben allowed me to be a mod I'd ban you for a week for that needless post.

Yeh well, you're not.

John C · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2010, 09:58:12 pm »

Tonight there was a very unusual black Mallard with a white markings on its neck in Caldies lake. Not to be confused with the many Coots that have appeared (with white foreheads) or the smaller Moorhen with a red beak. This was partnering another duck, same shape size and "ducking methods" with its arse in the air.

Might take a camera tomorrow.

Tsar Kastik · « **Reply #38 on:** April 5, 2010, 07:41:26 pm »

The middle classes enjoying their outdoor theatre in August 1958...

John C · « **Reply #39 on:** April 5, 2010, 08:57:48 pm »

Cracking pic that mate, I used to work in the Mansion House and often stood just by those windows.

I took a couple of pics of Caldies last night but I can't compress them sufficiently to post on here. I wanted to show you experts where a good place is for a snap so you could get up there with a better camera than I have.