And now
Knowsley road
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bob. b
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Well this is the best for me talk to anyone in Bootle or Liverpool steps outside your house .........
Sandstone to clean the steps and the brass letter box sky light window above the front door.
And yes are mam's worked hard big thank you to all them mam's.
Sandstone to clean the steps and the brass letter box sky light window above the front door.
And yes are mam's worked hard big thank you to all them mam's.
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BOBHAMO
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Have not seen this one Bob
the strange thing is the building past the placards the old reme club you can see st andrews church at the backwhere the building is its johnsons sports ground so mabe they had a building there also on the left its the broadway picture house
just to get it political correct its stanley road to st andrews then linacre road
bobhamo
bootle born altcar road
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Maureeng
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I remember Linacre Road very well, yes jetjockey, they did make that roundabout bigger,used to meet my mates outside the bank on the corner and then we would go to the Reme on a Friday night, that's where I met my husband. 
I remember my mum scrubbing our step,she made me do it sometimes.
I remember my mum scrubbing our step,she made me do it sometimes. -
maureen howell
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Hi BobGreat picture of Linacre Road.I remember the Broadway Stores well.There was an old saying about the Broadway Stores,it said"everything from a pin to an elephant"
It was true!!!!!
Take Care
Maureen
maureen howell
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bob. b
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henry
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Went in to try and buy an Elephant but they sold out yesterdaymaureen howell wrote:
Great picture of Linacre Road.I remember the Broadway Stores well.There was an old saying about the Broadway Stores,it said"everything from a pin to an elephant"
It was true!!!!!
Take Care
Maureen
HENRY BORN FLORIDA STREET OFF STRAND ROAD
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KP2010
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UPDATE OF PARRY BAKERY KNOWSLEY RD and the Gainsboro cinema
I remember the Saturday morning pics at the GAINY with the "ABC Minors" and Sonny Kenny ? trying to keep all the kids quiet ....
My father George Herbert Parry had the Bakery / Grocery shop on the corner of Eliot Street ..... I lived there as a child 1947 - 1950 .... The bakery was in the Parry family circa 1929 - 1950 and the business was originally started in Gower Street by my Grandfather who was also George Herbert Parry....
EDIT/UPDATE
Bert Parry was my dad. He kept the BAKERS & GROCERS shop on the corner of knowsley Rd and Elliot Street. He sold the business in Jan 1951 and moved to Wrexham. Is the point it became kelly's bakery ??
Bert's father also George Herbert established the business circa late 1920's ,delivering bread with a horse and cart . The phone number for the shop was Bootle 94 appears in the 1930 phone book. I remember my grandad always wearing a bowler hat, and going every day to the pub opposite Gray St for his regular pint of Guiness.
It was hard work for my dad baking bread from 4 a.m in the morning and then out delivering around Bootle and Orrell until 6 pm at night. During the bad days of the blitz the family lived in a large tent on Formby beach and travelled to Bootle early morning to commence baking.
My mother was in the grocery side but i cannot remember groceries ever being delivered. As a child i remember the late 40's and the food shortages and helping to count the food coupons to send off to the ministry every week. Saturday morning for me was a visit to the nearby Gainsborough Cinema for the ABC minors flicks...... then off to Bootle stadium with my grandad (mothers dad) to watch Bootle FC playing in the Lancashire Combination. Happy days.
Apparantly the "shop" remained a bakery until approx 2008 ??.
Also remember catching the tram or bus to the Grammar School in Balliol Rd .... late 1950 the trams were being replaced by buses.... was it route 27 or 28 ?
Summer holidays meant walking to Seaforth station and getting the overhead railway to the pier head and then the ferry to New Brighton and then the walk to New Brighton Baths...... perfection.
Bonfire night meant a bommie in Elliot St , old railway sleepers from over the railway fence at the bottom of Elliot St, by the coal yard. ... Its a wonder the windows in Elliot St didnt melt with the heat. I am sure every street around did the same.
Also remember my dad opening the bakery on Good Friday purely to sell Hot Cross Buns, nothing else. 9 am till noon or until they were all sold out.
Anybody remember the Parry Bakery .
Cheers Ken Parry now alive and kicking in North Wales
I remember the Saturday morning pics at the GAINY with the "ABC Minors" and Sonny Kenny ? trying to keep all the kids quiet ....
My father George Herbert Parry had the Bakery / Grocery shop on the corner of Eliot Street ..... I lived there as a child 1947 - 1950 .... The bakery was in the Parry family circa 1929 - 1950 and the business was originally started in Gower Street by my Grandfather who was also George Herbert Parry....
EDIT/UPDATE
Bert Parry was my dad. He kept the BAKERS & GROCERS shop on the corner of knowsley Rd and Elliot Street. He sold the business in Jan 1951 and moved to Wrexham. Is the point it became kelly's bakery ??
Bert's father also George Herbert established the business circa late 1920's ,delivering bread with a horse and cart . The phone number for the shop was Bootle 94 appears in the 1930 phone book. I remember my grandad always wearing a bowler hat, and going every day to the pub opposite Gray St for his regular pint of Guiness.
It was hard work for my dad baking bread from 4 a.m in the morning and then out delivering around Bootle and Orrell until 6 pm at night. During the bad days of the blitz the family lived in a large tent on Formby beach and travelled to Bootle early morning to commence baking.
My mother was in the grocery side but i cannot remember groceries ever being delivered. As a child i remember the late 40's and the food shortages and helping to count the food coupons to send off to the ministry every week. Saturday morning for me was a visit to the nearby Gainsborough Cinema for the ABC minors flicks...... then off to Bootle stadium with my grandad (mothers dad) to watch Bootle FC playing in the Lancashire Combination. Happy days.
Apparantly the "shop" remained a bakery until approx 2008 ??.
Also remember catching the tram or bus to the Grammar School in Balliol Rd .... late 1950 the trams were being replaced by buses.... was it route 27 or 28 ?
Summer holidays meant walking to Seaforth station and getting the overhead railway to the pier head and then the ferry to New Brighton and then the walk to New Brighton Baths...... perfection.
Bonfire night meant a bommie in Elliot St , old railway sleepers from over the railway fence at the bottom of Elliot St, by the coal yard. ... Its a wonder the windows in Elliot St didnt melt with the heat. I am sure every street around did the same.
Also remember my dad opening the bakery on Good Friday purely to sell Hot Cross Buns, nothing else. 9 am till noon or until they were all sold out.
Anybody remember the Parry Bakery .
Cheers Ken Parry now alive and kicking in North Wales
Last edited by KP2010 on Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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john j connell
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37 people lost their lives when the church hall (St Andrews) was hit during the May blitz of 1941, a picture exists on Liverpool and Merseyside remembered of the hall after the bombing.JJC.
