New build houses Queens Road

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:D

This is the corner of Keble and Queens (Before)

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and now

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These are between Keble and Wadham Road (Queens Road)

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This one is on the corner of Wadham and Queens Road looking towards Balliol Rd

These are from other corner of Wadham to Bedford Rd just before the old Bedford pub (now Evolve)

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Wow Jan, the first pic would have been close the flat John and I rented when we first got married, :cry:
near the bottom of Keble, and the corner to Queens Rd. Big changes all over.

Thanks for pics.

KATHY.
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:(

Hi Kathy,

This is what is left of the bottom half of Keble Road

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They are the left hand side looking down to Kings Road, all the houses on the bottom right are all gone now.

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:(

This is the right side of Keble Road, bottom half. You can just see the Town Hall Clock in the background.


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Hey Jan, I answered that before my first cup of coffee, it was Wadham Rd we lived in, :oops: :oops: .
My best mates hubby lived in Keble Rd..

Deffinatly a bad senior moment there..

Still sad to see all the old houses go.

KATHY..
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:lol:

This is the bottom half of Wadham/Corner of Queens. Left side going towards Stanley Road.

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:lol:

Kathy,

This was taken a few years ago it is the other side of Wadham/Queens going towards Kings Road, all gone now and new houses built and being lived in.

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I think the pics for them are in the gallery on the opening page to the site.

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Thanks Jan, I'm sure I will see great changes when I come home to visit..

Will check the other pics out..

Kathy..
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Thanks Jan

Been waiting for ages for someone to post latest new Bootle pics here in this section. HUGGZ YOU xxx

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tHANKS FOR THE PICTURES ..... MARGARET .
have a great day .......
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:lol:

Thanks,

Glad you like the pics.

I will get more as time progresses.

I will need to sort my camera out. I had my dog with me when I took them, he was a pain in the ..... and I took some great pictures of the pavements, my hand and my shoes! He tugged on the lead just at the wrong time.

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:lol: :lol:

Hope this will give folks and idea of the houses.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes/me ... ootle.html

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I hope that I won't insult too many people but from what I see they would have been better off remodeling the old houses as they had so much more character and most of them had alreday lasted over 100 years. What they are buding now will be a pile of rubble in 50 yeras and are so small that the quality of life (living space) seems no better off than what they knocked down!
It takes all types to make the world go on its merry way!
By the way I feel sure God made it just like the way he likes it!
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I'm with you there , and I think a lot off poeple are ....
margaret .
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:D

I agree with you too Joe,

The question was always being asked, "Why don't they just refurbish all the houses"? But the council were adamant that it would have cost too much and to redevelop would be cheaper, but what I don't understand is, there have been a lot of houses refurbished that are of the same age and character, and not all the houses in certain streets will be demolished, it is going to look very odd, new houses on one side of the road and the old houses on the other.

The whole project is a 15 year phase, which is way behind already.

Residents got the letters from the council in March 2003 informing us of the plans and some of the houses should have been ready to move into by March 2005, but that wasn't to be, they didn't start moving into new homes until mid 2006. I still have that letter, and that's when I started looking into the history of the houses in my area. I found that the streets named after colleges were built between 1882 onwards, I went to Liverpool records office and looked at old directories (like the ones I use in my family history research) and found my street and others in the area listed in the directories from 1884 onwards, and they are listed in the 1891 census and not on the 1881.

I think our "Welsh Builders" knew what they were doing.

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bedford bridesmaids ???
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the top of audely street wrote:Image

bedford bridesmaids ???
is that Stephanie Williams in the middle ? she hasnt changed a bit!.
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yes it is her , she is a bit upset ,she thinks she looks a mess.
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the top of audely street wrote:yes it is her , she is a bit upset ,she thinks she looks a mess.
tell her she looks ace,
that colour really suits her.
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Can you please stay on topic? This thread is about "New build houses Queens Road".

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:lol: :lol:

Doesn't she look like the Plumber that lived at 62 Queens Road? Is that his daughter?

Have a look at this, scroll down a bit.


http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ueens+road

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hee hee !

Here is the pic...

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she is very upset she can not get work on the rebuilding of her birthplace.
gazing across from oriel road with eyes misted recalling youthful indescretions nowadays.
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:lol:

The houses are almost finished, I will get some more photo's when I can.

I had a sneaky look inside the one I will be moving into, I was very impressed!!, the builders let me go and have a look around, it was nice and warm in there, ( a big difference to this house I am in now, bloomin freezin) I can't wait to move now. I expect it won't be until mid January or early Feb 2009.

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:D

Just an update on the new houses in Queens Road, I have been informed today that they will be handed over on 29th January to Evolve, then not long after that new residents will be able to move in, Yaaaaay, I will be a new resident of one of them hehe.

Corner of Keble and Queens Road.

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next two going towards Wadham Road

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Corner of Queens and Wadham

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Mack my mum lived just down from you in the newer houses number 18 Keble.
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:(

Eddy,

18 Keble has been demolished.

I did put photo's on here somewhere.

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I know jan :D My brother had to move out this year, didn't get what the house was worth though.
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jan .... have packed yet for the move .... ? margaret .
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Hey Jan, are we all invited to the house warming!!! :lol:

Hope you are all packed and enjoy your new place..

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:lol: :lol:

Just waiting for my letter to confirm the move, it will be on 29th january.

I have to choose my carpets and blinds for the new place yet.

I have done a bit of packing, but I will have to get busy now over the next couple of weeks.

Anyone got any boxes? I have got loads already, but will need more.

Once I am settled in I will let you know about a house warming hehehe.

Here is a sneaky look at the garden, it will be a lot different once I get to work on it.

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Hello Jan
They are a brilliant set of photos, I wish I would have thought of that a few years ago. We were bombed out of Bootle and then lived in Shepton Rd Huyton until I was about 10. We then moved back to Bootle. Last year I went back to Huyton to get some photos, all that was there was the road name not one house standing in Shepton I was so dissapointed. This shows just how important your photos are. I have taken photos of our house in Chaucer street, Southy st and 546 Southport rd that is where I was born. I have also taken photos of Almond ave and Simons croft Ford that's where we moved back to from Huyton.
Keep clicking Jan.
You and Phil take care.
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Hi Tucker ,what number Simonscroft?We lived in #50 from the time the prefabs in South Park were torn down until my dad passed away and my mum came to Canada in 1964.
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Hello Matt
We lived in No 2. What year did you go to Canada
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