Topic: Old photos of and around Liverpool

[kavah]

^ from the navy thread

I know the old Arc Royal was up in 1970 - but can't recall the U.S one. I'll have to ask my arl fella later.

He has a great story from WW2, when he was an urchin in town, and a captured U-boat was pulled into the Princess dock where the Crown Plaza is now. It was being manned by a skeleton crew of Royal Navy matlows but it didn't stop all the kids booing and bricking them as they were mooring 

[rob1966]

Wasn't the County Council somewhere else? Liverpool City Council City Engineers where on 4th floor Steers House.

I was an apprentice for a bit with the City Engineers and that's where I had my tests and interview

[Indomitable_Carp]

Not seen this before..

They are some great pictures. Still blows my mind how all these shoeless kids used to get around in winter. Mustīve been tough.

[the 92A]

They are some great pictures. Still blows my mind how all these shoeless kids used to get around in winter. Mustīve been tough.

My Dad used to talk about the poverty they endured before the war in the thirties, going to school in the Dingle and how half the class never had shoes

[Medellin]

They are some great pictures. Still blows my mind how all these shoeless kids used to get around in winter. Mustīve been tough.

Aye that foto is captivating..had me doing a bit of research & found this which mentions Henochsberg and Ellis.

"The football ground was reached without accident, though a wheel parted company with one of the brakes in Manchester-street, rendering a hasty alight necessary."

 

https://playupliverpool.com/1897/02/11/liverpoolfc-theatrical-gala-1897/

[John C]

I was an apprentice for a bit with the City Engineers and that's where I had my tests and interview

What type of apprentice Rob.
What year and where?

[rob1966]

What type of apprentice Rob.
What year and where?

I only stuck it for 3 months, went to try and be a mechanic and ended up as a painter with the City Engineers. Cannot for the life of me remember where the depot was, its was somewhere in town, I ended up painting lampposts and street fixtures in Norris Green and going to Picton College, which was absolutely shite. I was supposed to start learning how to make the big road signs, but jacked it in like a dickhead.

[John C]

If you'd have got a job as a mechanic it would have been in Breckside Park depot in Anfield, but it sounds like you started in Kent Street depot which was off Duke Street.

[rob1966]

If you'd have got a job as a mechanic it would have been in Breckside Park depot in Anfield, but it sounds like you started in Kent Street depot which was off Duke Street.

You absolute star, it was Kent Street

I couldn't get Seel Street out of my head, I can remember all the different bits of Norris Green we worked it, but I can barely remember going to the Depot as I only went in 3 or 4 times, but I could remember getting off at Central and walking in that direction.

[Medellin]

This should provoke interest..



1979..



Blast from the past..



 

[rob1966]

This should provoke interest..



1979..



Blast from the past..



 

Don't remember going in the Futurist much as a kid, it was always the ABC or the Odeon.

Glad you posted that pic with the trainee prices, I was trying to find out how much Bamba and Samba were, a tenner in 79 will have been expensive I think?

[Son of Spion]

Nice pic's, Rob.

I spent a few afternoons in The Futurist. Also remember Eros on London Road, although I never went in.

Got loads of stuff from Greenberg's back in the day.

I see Les Dennis was on at the She Club in those ads. 

Ģ1.25 to get into the Spion Kop. Those were the days, my friend...

[Medellin]

Just prior to the start of the roadworks..



Carisbrooke Road..don't recall this at all & I was brought up near there..
Edit..turned into the old Freeman Hardy Willis shop i think.



Construction workers working on india building.

[So Howard Philips]

If you'd have got a job as a mechanic it would have been in Breckside Park depot in Anfield, but it sounds like you started in Kent Street depot which was off Duke Street.

When I worked at Liverpool Council in the a early 1970s we had to go to Kent Street stores,with a chit, to get petrol in the Office Council green office van.

I think Kent Street was also where kids could go to get school uniforms.

[So Howard Philips]

Nice pic's, Rob.

I spent a few afternoons in The Futurist. Also remember Eros on London Road, although I never went in.

Got loads of stuff from Greenberg's back in the day.

I see Les Dennis was on at the She Club in those ads. 

Ģ1.25 to get into the Spion Kop. Those were the days, my friend...

And the cheque is in the post

[Lad]

Barry Mac discos in the Echo adverts.. now that takes me back  🕺🏻

[rob1966]

Les Dennis doing the Cabaret at the She Club.

Also, half price wanks for pensioners and the unemployed

[John C]

When I worked at Liverpool Council in the a early 1970s we had to go to Kent Street stores,with a chit, to get petrol in the Office Council green office van.

I think Kent Street was also where kids could go to get school uniforms.

Wasn't it Breckside Park in Anfield where you got fuel?

Was that an Education Catering van? Who did you drive it for?

Yeah there was a big purchasing stores in Kent St back in the day. Had Police uniforms also.

[Tesco tearaway]

Dave is quite the comedian 

[kavah]

ha ha 

[rob1966]

Dave is quite the comedian 

Should have sprayed Brian instead

[Tesco tearaway]

Should have sprayed Brian instead

[gazzam1963]

Just prior to the start of the roadworks..



Carisbrooke Road..don't recall this at all & I was brought up near there..
Edit..turned into the old Freeman Hardy Willis shop i think.



Construction workers working on india building.

Had a look at google earth re that middle picture in Walton , I’m pretty sure it’s not the freeman hardy Willis building that’s still existing on county road / carisbrooke road corner

The picture shows the sign for carisbrooke on the right and on the left of the picture the road bends to the left which looks like Westminster road to me .

A look on google earth Shows a wide circular pavement on the corner of carisbrooke and Westminster road which looks like the footprint of this building , think the continuation of it would have been the little cafe that was there during my school years “ the spellow cafe “ think it was called

[Tesco tearaway]

Just prior to the start of the roadworks..

Only just twigged on to this 

[Medellin]

Had a look at google earth re that middle picture in Walton , I’m pretty sure it’s not the freeman hardy Willis building that’s still existing on county road / carisbrooke road corner

The picture shows the sign for carisbrooke on the right and on the left of the picture the road bends to the left which looks like Westminster road to me .

A look on google earth Shows a wide circular pavement on the corner of carisbrooke and Westminster road which looks like the footprint of this building , think the continuation of it would have been the little cafe that was there during my school years “ the spellow cafe “ think it was called

Aye mate spot on.
Never seen that building before & was too quick to think it was the old FHW shop. That's looking down Barlows lane from that angle which runs into Westminster road, there was a church on Barlows lane where one of me brothers was married..can't recall the name, will have todo some digging for that..
The Spellow Cafe..that brought back a few vague memories too, wasn't that called Sylvia's Cafe (or known as that) at one time too? I think there was a taxi repair garage in a small cul de sac Street near there too.

[So Howard Philips]

Wasn't it Breckside Park in Anfield where you got fuel?

Was that an Education Catering van? Who did you drive it for?

Yeah there was a big purchasing stores in Kent St back in the day. Had Police uniforms also.

Definitely went to Breckside Park for petrol, probably Kent Street for dust coats and Toe Tectors.

We drove Council Green Commer vans for the Weights and Measures Department in Great Crosshall Street. I gained most of my driving experience driving throughout Liverpool carrying half a ton of 56 pound weights, petrol measures or, the big skive, taking beer glasses which had failed accuracy tests to the tip at Otterspool. Quick trip to the tip and then a kick about on the prom.

[Medellin]

 





 
Pick the bones out of these..




Stiff Little Fingers 



Berni Inn 



The Wooky..



 

[elbow]

I had my 21st at the Wooky!

[John C]

Superb Med

[rob1966]

Used to get taken to that Berni as kids, I'd stand in the window looking out at the ships

[Medellin]

Where it all began..well..







 



..and then the planners had other ideas!



 



 
Cue the Celtic shout! 



Think I've posted this before but still absolutely gobsmacks me..

[Lad]

I still have a similar hat 😁 Is that Church St/Lord St ?

[Medellin]

I still have a similar hat 😁 Is that Church St/Lord St ?

The Victoria monument is a good pointer there mate.

A few more..

Think this is Mereton road in Bootle.


https://imgur.com/wODLmY3

The Whitehouse (I think) before it was turned into the KFC.


https://imgur.com/1atA5LE

Walton Vale Picture House..situated where the Wetherspoons is now.


https://imgur.com/6SPW9RK

North Wall Lighthouse, Gladstone Dock.


https://imgur.com/jNCjihS

Nixons..if this is the same place I think it is, they done Princess Beef Paste there?
Location I think was Aldams grove off Westminster road.


https://imgur.com/JMS7A59

[rob1966]

Walton Vale Picture House..situated where the Wetherspoons is now.


https://imgur.com/6SPW9RK

They really flattened that hill out, it's a lot shallower

[Red Beret]

..and then the planners had other ideas!

Seriously, they should just go back to that road layout. How hard can it fucking be to design a road??

[Medellin]

Pictures like this..

The sheer scale of it.

[John C]

Does anyone know why Angelcake says its her last tweet?
Is she moving to Insta or something?

[Red Beret]

Pictures like this..

The sheer scale of it.

There's some excellent videos on Youtube regarding tunnel tours. You think it's just the tunnel, but it's an absolute fucking warren down there. Massive extractor fans, a good fifty feet across.

[rob1966]

Pictures like this..

The sheer scale of it.

Is that the old tunnel or the new one?

[gazzam1963]

Looking at way the fellas are dressed Rob I’d say the old one unless they got the grumbleweeds and the Lancashire Hot pots to do it 😀