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Regards
Dan
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Shelagh
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Enjoying the memories of all the old shopping haunts of Liverpool. Remember being taken to Paddy’s Market as a young child, Dad would take me to Great Homer St..many shops along that road, even had a Woolworths, bought my first swimming hat there 
Also remember the Chinese sailors looking for bargains in Paddy’s market, they’d buy all sorts of old junk!
Every Saturday, sailors could be seen walking (single file) along Stanley/Scotland Road towards the market.
Shoppers making their way home, carrying rolls of oil cloth, mats, mirrors, anything and everything!
No motor cars - had to be the bus or shanks’s pony
Thanks for all the history, Dan!!
Also remember the Chinese sailors looking for bargains in Paddy’s market, they’d buy all sorts of old junk!
Every Saturday, sailors could be seen walking (single file) along Stanley/Scotland Road towards the market.
Shoppers making their way home, carrying rolls of oil cloth, mats, mirrors, anything and everything!
No motor cars - had to be the bus or shanks’s pony
Thanks for all the history, Dan!!
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Silver-Haired-Hippy
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Brilliant photos Dan, smiling happy faces and not a mobile in sight!!! 
Loretta
Loretta
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Dan
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Loretta. when I saw that first picture my immediate reaction was - PROPER BINS!
Used them for wickets, goal posts (who in God's name ever wore a pullover?). target practice- they were so multifunctional.
Do mongrel dogs exist anymore? What happened to the May Queen? Probably gone the same way as The Likely Lads.
Sorry Shelagh. Can only vaguely remember Paddy's Market. My mum was always telling me off for staring at the African sailors. Probably Nigerians off the palm boats,(the Biafran war destroyed most of the plantations), I'd have been about 4 or 5 , but they seemed about 9 feet tall- I'd be craning my neck looking up at them.
I mainly remember going to TJs. Still like going in there and TK Maxx- I love clutter. Think that's why I prefer second hand bookshops to Waterstone's - far too regimented.
Regards
Dan
Used them for wickets, goal posts (who in God's name ever wore a pullover?). target practice- they were so multifunctional.
Do mongrel dogs exist anymore? What happened to the May Queen? Probably gone the same way as The Likely Lads.
Sorry Shelagh. Can only vaguely remember Paddy's Market. My mum was always telling me off for staring at the African sailors. Probably Nigerians off the palm boats,(the Biafran war destroyed most of the plantations), I'd have been about 4 or 5 , but they seemed about 9 feet tall- I'd be craning my neck looking up at them.
I mainly remember going to TJs. Still like going in there and TK Maxx- I love clutter. Think that's why I prefer second hand bookshops to Waterstone's - far too regimented.
Regards
Dan
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Silver-Haired-Hippy
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I remember how the bin men and (coal men) had to carry them on their backs down the entry to the bottom full of rubbish and cinders from the fire. Todays bin men don't realize how lucky the are, no lifting or carrying!
Loretta
Loretta
A bit of Bootle in Wales
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Silver-Haired-Hippy
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Sorry Phil, didn't realize that bin bags were still used, we have trolleys, food bins, and wheelie bins, so a lot cleaner for them. we used to have bin bags a long time ago, the seagulls loved them!! 
Loretta
Loretta
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Walsh
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Dan. Nice posting of '1960 Geneva Motors Derby Road'. It was good to see scooters, mopeds, motorbikes, sidecars and even a bubble car for sale, as affordable go to work or leisure transport. As teenagers, we aspired to either a fast Lambretta (as a mod) or a powerful motorbike (as a rocker) - BSA Rocket Goldstars, Norton Dominator or Triumph Bonnevilles being favoured. I had mates in each category (scooters and motorbikes); we listened to each others music and repaired the engines on both types of 2 wheeler. We were as many catlicks as proddies, as many blues as reds - it didn't matter as long as you could play good street footy against the factory door goal!
The dustbins photo with the kids took me back. I did holiday relief work as a binman; the loads were heavy (partly due to cinders), progress had to be fast and wimps weren't tolerated. I developed an instant respect for burly workmates who did the job each day, with minimal grumbling, in all weather, year on year. The jigger shown is palatial compared to ours, which was narrow, difficult to access and with a step up to each backyard which had the bin in. Walshy.
The dustbins photo with the kids took me back. I did holiday relief work as a binman; the loads were heavy (partly due to cinders), progress had to be fast and wimps weren't tolerated. I developed an instant respect for burly workmates who did the job each day, with minimal grumbling, in all weather, year on year. The jigger shown is palatial compared to ours, which was narrow, difficult to access and with a step up to each backyard which had the bin in. Walshy.
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Dan
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It's Leicester but the idea is still the same.
Also remember Mr. Gorry, our coal man in Netherton, and his leather waist coat that protected his back.
I used to see JM Gorry Transport wagons from Morecambe parked up in Atlantic Road and wondered if it was old Mr Gorry's company.
Regards
Dan
Also remember Mr. Gorry, our coal man in Netherton, and his leather waist coat that protected his back.
I used to see JM Gorry Transport wagons from Morecambe parked up in Atlantic Road and wondered if it was old Mr Gorry's company.
Regards
Dan
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WatsonTommy
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and the Tory's closed them all down under thatcher and her gang eddy shah kicked it of with the printers
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Dan
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Evening Tommy
For me SOGAT was destroyed by its leader. Brenda Dean. She was rewarded by elevation to the Lords as Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde.
Long read, but a good article below. Never forget the role of Murdoch in all of this. Shah was just a stooge.
Regards
Dan
For me SOGAT was destroyed by its leader. Brenda Dean. She was rewarded by elevation to the Lords as Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde.
Long read, but a good article below. Never forget the role of Murdoch in all of this. Shah was just a stooge.
Regards
Dan
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Bernie R
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Pulling this back on topic, I thought I'd found a link to a local company whilst having a cheeky pint at Euston yesterday - spotted this which got me curious.
Sadly I just looked the company up and discovered there's also a Netherton in the West Midlands and that's where Danks are based. I knew there was one in Cumbria but the one in Dudley was new to me.
Sadly I just looked the company up and discovered there's also a Netherton in the West Midlands and that's where Danks are based. I knew there was one in Cumbria but the one in Dudley was new to me.
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
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Bernie R
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I knew of the Liverpool in NSW, Australia - used to always look out for their footy scores in the OZ pools check during the summer whan I was a boy.
Bern
Bern
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
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Dan
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Cheers Bern
I was born in Gonville Road, at the Southport Road end- forgotten the number.
We moved up to Netherton when I was six months old. A long, hard walk- but we were tough in those days.
I almost posted a picture of the Marsh Lane rail tunnel the other night, then I noticed it was in Leeds. But it was almost identical to the one beside Asda Bootle (I'm trying to stop myself from saying The Asda). And don't talk to me about the Alexandra Dock in Hull.
Anyway, promise not to let down the tyres on your mobility scooter if i see it in the Square.
Looks like Ken's just outed a fifth columnist in our midst.
Congratulations Citizen.
See, I'm becoming more European by the day.
Regards
Dan
I was born in Gonville Road, at the Southport Road end- forgotten the number.
We moved up to Netherton when I was six months old. A long, hard walk- but we were tough in those days.
I almost posted a picture of the Marsh Lane rail tunnel the other night, then I noticed it was in Leeds. But it was almost identical to the one beside Asda Bootle (I'm trying to stop myself from saying The Asda). And don't talk to me about the Alexandra Dock in Hull.
Anyway, promise not to let down the tyres on your mobility scooter if i see it in the Square.
Looks like Ken's just outed a fifth columnist in our midst.
Congratulations Citizen.
See, I'm becoming more European by the day.
Regards
Dan
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Invicta
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We were tough Dan. My Grandkids believed I walked from Ford to WB with no shoes along the frozen canal .
I ran by Liverpool Rocks area in St Lucia on a bus tour of the Island it’s a marine reserve, rough beach, swamp then rainforest if I recall, it was a few years ago though. K
ps Dan, fret not, its ALEXANDRA Dock in Hull. K
I ran by Liverpool Rocks area in St Lucia on a bus tour of the Island it’s a marine reserve, rough beach, swamp then rainforest if I recall, it was a few years ago though. K
ps Dan, fret not, its ALEXANDRA Dock in Hull. K
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Walsh
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Dan. Good to see the photo of Freemans store on County Road. My Ma used to take me there each year, 1963 onwards, to get school uniform clothes. She would pay in to the 'cheque man' who called each week, then get a cheque to exchange for goods at the store. Choice was restricted at Freemans - but so were the possibilities according to Bootle Grammar School uniform regulations. Shirts could be white or grey, A navy blue or grey pullover could be worn. Socks were also limited to navy or grey. Pumps had to always be white and clean. Never mind, the school had a first class gym, labs. and science teachers. I still see some mates from that time; our shared trials included testing out oversize pumps, canes and planks of wood on our behinds plus chalk and board dusters on our bonces. My first geography lesson was excellent in pointing out the layout and importance of the 'Liverpool' docks - we realised most docks were in Bootle and highlighting that the 'hinterland' was not just 'the land behind the port' where we lived - but 'the region served by the port' - present port companies please take note! Walshy.
