RECREATION STREET PHOTOS 1968

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BOBHAMO
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/51556630@N ... 734043084/
just a question is the mayor harold gee the butcher ???
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Hi Bob....yes that is Harold Gee the butcher and his

Wife Jane (Janie)....Dorothy
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Thanks dorothy :lol: :lol: pity there where no names , bobhamo
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Nice pics Bob. Remind me, was Recreation Street behind Brookhill Road?
I recall a little park with a round paddling pool. Mind you I was 4 when we moved to Ford in 1952. :wink: Ken
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I don’t know much about Harold Gee, Bob but the photos are brilliant thanks for posting them. :) :)
Cheers Joe.
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Hello Bob
I recognise some of the group Bella Jones is one of them and behind her is her son Joe,currently residing in netherton, Bella has passed away, also in the pic is Doreen and Jimmy Jones and a couple of Connolly Girls
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BOBHAMO wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photos/51556630@N ... 734043084/
just a question is the mayor harold gee the butcher ???
the football team photos? were they taken in a school yard
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Thanks for the photos, Bob :lol:
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As usual Bob superb :P :P
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I remember playing in a little park in Recreation Street, with a round paddling pool. Is that the same one? It was all concreted over, so heaven help you if you fell off anything! My aunt Maude lived in recreation Street. I used to go there to play then see my auntie (great aunt, really, my Nan's sister) and her husband, uncle John. It was closer to home than the Derby Park, my other great adventure in those days. One thing we didn't lack in those days was places to play in.
Lived in Garden Lane Bootle then moved to Netherton, where my mum still lives.
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Here's your Park. My godmother lived in Recreation St (Violet Lane nee Kemp?) and a friend/neighbour Joan Connolly
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Just had a closer look at the flicker photos. Yes, that was the Bootle Cenenary celebrations in Recreation St park. Spotted my friend Joan Connolly. Joan lived in a flat below me in Netherton. Sadly, she passed away a little while back, way before her time. Lovely, lovely lady :cry:

I know my mum had some pics of the party we attended in little Brookhill Rd. I would only have been 4. I'll see if I can find any and try to post?
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Thanks, CAGS. It's too long ago to remember any names, but I remember the insides of the houses well. They were more like cottages, really and I was fascinated by the fact that the stairs were in the living room. :D
Lived in Garden Lane Bootle then moved to Netherton, where my mum still lives.
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Bob fantastic post you always pull things out the bag well done mate regards bob
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Bob - :D :D Surprise,surprise, glad you revived this link. I have never noticed it before but
looking at the link that Bob posted I noticed a photo of the Mayor & Mayoress of Bootle.
A chap I was dating at the time, his brother was married to their daughter, a beautiful
girl. I often wonder what happened to them all??
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Patricia could see you having a foxtrot with the mayor :D :D :D :D
i remember him well good butcher :D :D
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:D :D Bob, was he into ballroom dancing? I believe the name of their daughter
was Dorothy but I'm not sure, do you know when their Butcher shop closed?
Funnily enough, I met her brother in law at Connie Millingtons, he was also
taking lessons there. My parents really liked him and had high hopes that we
would continue dating! :(
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