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nicolas
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PeterR wrote:
john j connell wrote:Peter, it was the original Bootle Bull but it was demolished in 1928 and replaced by one built to the north of Gladstone Dock. JJC.
Thanks for the info on the light house John ,They built great things in them early days -I wonder why they knocked it down ?
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nicolas wrote:
PeterR wrote:
john j connell wrote:Peter, it was the original Bootle Bull but it was demolished in 1928 and replaced by one built to the north of Gladstone Dock. JJC.
Thanks for the info on the light house John ,They built great things in them early days -I wonder why they knocked it down ?
Peter
For the new Docks, Peter!
Of Course--I didn't twig onto the new Gladstone Dock being built then---again -they built great things in them days --KNOCK it down ? no problem --no environmental assessment no endless "Reviews" -they just DID it.
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Construction of Seaforth Docks, 1971. Just 3 of 115, courtesy of Colin Curran (Crosby Past and Present)

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Linacre School, 1957?

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Gladstone dock 1923
on the second photo you can see Seafeild house

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Great photos of Gladstone Dock. My granddad used to take me round the docks in the 1950s (when you just nodded politely to the bobby on the gate) and I remember being terrified, standing on the lip of the graving dock, and looking down, down, down. Elfin Safety hadn't been invented in those days.
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I worked on construction of those lock gates for Norwest in 1971.
I’d never been on a site before but loved my 2 Winters down there.
Great money, when we had a big concrete pour you could triple your wages, set us up for our first house. :D Ken

Thanks for showing Joe. K
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Photo of The Caradoc pub at the junction of Crosby road south and Seaforth Road back in the day.

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The Caradoc pub when the roads were flooded a few years back.
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Cheers Joe.
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could be sister in law car in the flood ,manhole cover had come away
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Great Picture of the "Mammoth" there Bob--If I remember rightly She was built in Germany, The other pictures of around the Gladstone dock construction are very interesting--As a little lad My Uncle Billy took Me to the Gladstone dry dock gate to see HMS Hood .
Keep these interesting pictures coming lads.
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When Gladstone dock was getting built they destroyed
Seaforth Battery built around 1870s with guns pointed in the mersey
and perch rock battery both guarded liverpool
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Very interesting Bob, as I said earlier our Forefathers didn't muck about--they just DID things :D .
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Seafield Convent Crosby. :wink: :D

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Liverpool General Transport Strike, 1911

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Interesting picture-Mrs Thatcher would approve. :D
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nicolas wrote:Liverpool General Transport Strike, 1911

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Looks like the sign says Sefton Street which was at the South end of the docks , it took in the Coburg, Brunswick, Toxteth Harrington and Herculaneum docks which stretched from near enough Parliament street to Dingle. JJC.
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Thomas Robertson
England and Wales Census, 1891
Name Thomas Robertson
Event Type Census
Event Date 1891
County Lancashire
Parish Bootle Cum Linacre
Ecclesiastical Parish ST MARYS
Registration District West Derby
Residence Note Bala Street
Gender Male
Age 51
Marital Status Married
Occupation Light House Keeper
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1840

Birthplace Scotland
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nicolas wrote:Liverpool General Transport Strike, 1911

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If you click on the photo and enlarge it, on both sides of the street you can see men in Straw Boaters, i believe they were government agents special branch or c i d, (supposed to be undercover but they stand out like a sore thumb) they had the job of identifying potential agitators. JJC.
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john j connell wrote:
nicolas wrote:Liverpool General Transport Strike, 1911


If you click on the photo and enlarge it, on both sides of the street you can see men in Straw Boaters, i believe they were government agents special branch or c i d, (supposed to be undercover but they stand out like a sore thumb) they had the job of identifying potential agitators. JJC.
Hi, definitely Sefton Street (south end) just up from Coburg pub
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Monfa Road 1964


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Think thatt's the back of Monfa Road looking out onto Province Road, Keith :D
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Good photo of Monfa Road Keith. :wink:
Cheers Joe.
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The Red Lion and the Railway Seller Kirkdale. :wink:

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Old Post Card of the Langton Dock. :wink: :D
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Good photos, Joe, are the pubs on Hawthorne Road? I remember the Peacock and the Railway and then the Hawthorne on the corner of Beddy Road.
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the mammoth lifting the top of chimney
i thought it might be the pumphouse
any ideas
phil will put the pubs on for you

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Bents and Walkers ale. Loved Walkers Bitter but couldn’t stand Bents. :D Ken
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Thanks, Bob. Did Tetley's merge with Walkers, Ken? I used to work as a barman in the Bug in College Road in the late 70's, which was a Tetleys pub.
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[quote="filsgreen"]


Good photos, Joe, are the pubs on Hawthorne Road? I remember the Peacock and the Railway and then the Hawthorne on the corner of Beddy Road

My Cousin Carol Byrne was Manageress there in the 80's
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Yes I think you are right Phil, Tetley Walker rings a bell.
Best pint of Tetley was in a pub 100m from the brewery in Leeds, I used to have a Timber customer next door, Alvin Morris.
:D Ken
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filsgreen wrote:Good photos, Joe, are the pubs on Hawthorne Road? I remember the Peacock and the Railway and then the Hawthorne on the corner of Beddy Road.
Phil, you're quite right. :wink: :D
Cheers Joe.
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Bob, I’d say that it’s the pump house, it looks as if the top of the chimney is upside down on the mammoth those guys on the top will have their work cut out to put it right. :wink: :D
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The Winter Gardens Theatre / Apollo Theatre – Pembroke Road Bootle. :wink:

An early cinema was on Pembroke Road in Bootle it was called The Winter Gardens Theatre and also Apollo Theatre. The building which stood was built in the 1890’s and was originally known as Beaconsfield Hall – later known as the County Hall.
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In 1909 named the Winter Gardens Theatre, the manager was a man named Ludwig Blattner he said ‘he proposed to offer high-class entertainment equal to any in the city’ This was the era of silent cinema and many venues were supported with a mixture of film, animated pictures, music and variety acts.

Several short-term leases were made available and the Winter Gardens Changed hands to the Apollo Syndicate, with Ludwig Blattner becoming manager and promoter again in 1911, later changing its name to The Apollo Theatre.
Just before the outbreak of the First World War, Ludwig Blattner coming from German origin was detained as an enemy alien. In his later life, Ludwig Blattner bought Neptune Film Studios at Elstree, where he formed Blattner Film Corporation and went on to develop one of the first known commercial sound recording systems.

The building changed the name to the Apollo in 1914 and closed as a cinema on July 22nd, 1923. After structural alterations, it was reopened as a County Hall and was severely damaged during the May Blitz.
Following the building being demolished the site was used to build a school which was also later demolished. Today the site is used by Hugh Baird College.
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Thanks for that, Joe. You wouldn't think that a small road housed a theatre.
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Thanks for your comments Phil, I thought the same. :wink: :)
Cheers Joe.
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