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Thanks for your comments folks, as you know these aren’t my photos. :wink: :)
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You take the time to find and post them though. :D
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Overhead railway coach at Aintree station in the early fifties. :wink:
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Aintree Station, undated. :wink: :)
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I used to catch the train from Orrel park to Ormskirk me eldest sister Irene lived in Grimshaw lane Ormskirk they were the trains with the slide down windows I was told Ormskirk was a viking town pronouced Ormsk great memory/Davey
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Hi Joe my mother died suddenly 20 years ago. She really enjoyed working at Nixons and had some good friends there.
Bootle born and bred, ex Bootle Grammar School and Bootle Tech. Still living in Bootle.
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Thanks for your reply Jean, sorry to hear of the sudden death of your Mother, your family must have been so upset.
Nixons was one of the better jobs that I've had over the years,
Take care of yourself Jean. :wink: :)
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A black tipster at Aintree 1901
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Aintree Station 1913
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Joe, What's a Tipster
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Hiya Bob,
I think he would tip horses that he thought would win the races, not a very successful one, by looking at his clobber. :wink: :lol:
I'm wondering why he’s wearing what looks like policeman’s helmet. :?
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More than likely a pith helmet Joe, worn by military personnel serving overseas in warm climates. JJC.(i can remember seeing loads of them in Bert Hortons shop window on Marsh Lane)
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Thanks John, i seem to remember talking about his shop a few years back. :wink: :D :D
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Joe you are right if.. it's Prince Monalulu..he was a tipster
He used to go to Aintree races in feather head dresses..
He would shout..
I got an ars.I got an ars not a spelling error ..his way of saying "O"
When my Auntie was young she went to Aintree and he
was there shouting the odds I got an ars
she said 'we'll sit on it' she said he went bollistic and chased her shouting
in his own lingo....
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Thanks very much for that info Dorothy, I’d never thought of that you’re a star. :D :D
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The Prince used to at Aintree on Jump Sunday. The Sunday before the National every body could walk the course for free loads of attractions.
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Dorothy, thank you for the information

Regards Bobby
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Thanks for your input Frank. :wink: :)
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Grand National 1921, you can see the Cottage Homes clock tower in the background. Thanks to H & E Smithson.

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Quarry Road opposite Balliol School, Bootle. :wink:


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Raleigh Street Bootle, 1940. :(

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Thanks for posting, Joe. Is that bomb damage?
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Yes Phil, on both photos. :wink:
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I wonder who paid for all the bomb damage to be repaired?
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England went bankrupt in 1940. The United States then paid for the rest of WW2. The specific date on which this probably occurred was 23 December 1940 when a US warship carried off £50 million worth of gold from Cape Town. A slight delay was then provided by pressuring the governments in exile into "loaning" their gold stockpiles to England (although England knew this could never be repaid). A Belgian "loan" of £60 million was crucial to avoid open default before the US Congress passed the Lend Lease Act on 1 March 1941. :wink:
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fatboyjoe90 wrote:Quarry Road opposite Balliol School, Bootle. :wink:


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I went to Quarry Road when it was Hillside lower. ;)
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Thanks, Joe. I knew about the Lend-lease agreement, but i was thinking about the material to fix bombed out houses and buildings. Did the homeowner get a grant or something. Plus wood was in short supply, how did they fix the millions of window frames?
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This photo is from Gerard Fagan’s Inacityliving site.
This photo was taken in 1949 Showing Westminster Road with Melrose Road to the left and Selwyn Street to the right.

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Gladstone Road Seaforth.
Extensive damage to properties on the corner of Gladstone Road, and Crosby South. Seaforth.
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Rice line, looking towards Walton Vale. :wink


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Thanks for posting, Joe. I've seen that one before, any idea of the year?
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Bootle Carnival 1957.
Not very clear, sorry, very battered old photos been lying in storage for years!
Below - father in law "Jimmy" leading a couple of the "Arthur V Crutchley" horses down Southport Road, Bootle.
Second photograph taken just in front of St Monica's church!


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Great photos Shelagh, thanks for sharing them. :wink: :)
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Aintree Station 1912. :wink:

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Shelagh, Was your father-in-law Jimmy Keggin. If so he was an uncle of mine and married to Auntie Rosie who was a hoot, a laugh a minute person.
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Hiya Roy, yes, Jimmy and Rosie were my in laws, both huge personalities, and very well known in the Bootle area :)

Horses In the picture were looked after by Jimmy, he loved those horses, even brought them home to keep in the front garden :D
He would decorate the horses himself before the carnival, (Rosie wouldn't do it :lol: ) took great pride in parading the strong work horses all over Bootle and Litherland :)
I Remember him telling me about the weight of the loads these horses had to pull along, but that was the accepted mode of transport back then, and they were very powerful animals - but sadly, not all would be as well treated as these!!

Roy, Jimmy, (your cuz) sends his very best :wink: will try and dig out some more carnival pics!!

Nice catching up :D

Shelagh!!
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