Regards
Dan
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Silver-Haired-Hippy
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Used to love going there Dan, many thanks for posting about it. Markets are not the same nowdays. 
Loretta
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Invicta
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Hi Dan,
How things move on?
That Symphony of the Seas ship picture was of the old vessel of about 88000 tonnes, the newly launched Oasis Class vessel of the same name is 225000 tonnes, three times larger..
The old Symphony was a nice ship which I think is now operating as a Thomson ( TUI ) Cruises vessel.
Ken
How things move on?
That Symphony of the Seas ship picture was of the old vessel of about 88000 tonnes, the newly launched Oasis Class vessel of the same name is 225000 tonnes, three times larger..
The old Symphony was a nice ship which I think is now operating as a Thomson ( TUI ) Cruises vessel.
Ken
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Walsh
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Dan. A great succession of posts. I relived markets of my Bootle and Liverpool youth, then toys including Meccano and Revell construction, working on massive ships; engines and wanting guitars and records from Rushworths. A wonderful, detailed meander, punctuated by re-reading the Beano and Dandy! Thanks. Walshy the engineering scientist (and backstreets kid).
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The art of construction and engineering is not lost, lads. I recently looked at Lego sets and was amazed that some have working motors on them and there are over 4000 pieces in the kit. Reading the reviews on Amazon for the rough terrain crane, it takes about a week of evenings to build one. 
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Invicta
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Phil, Lego breeds!
We have thousands of pieces here from my Son’s to the three Grandsons residual stuff left here for when they visit.
Each boy has their own mega collection at their homes which my Daughter and Daughter in Law absolutely love ( NOT )
Ken
We have thousands of pieces here from my Son’s to the three Grandsons residual stuff left here for when they visit.
Each boy has their own mega collection at their homes which my Daughter and Daughter in Law absolutely love ( NOT )
Ken
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Dan
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Undated. Construction of Lime Street Station.
1909 Queen's Drive
1925 Work begins on Mersey Tunnel Shaft.
1936 Jacob's Aintree.
1940 Child's Ration Book.
Dunlop factory Rice Lane.
1960 Dryden Arms Great Homer Street.
Vauxhall Road. BAT, The Dominion, Tillotson's
Stanley Road.
Old Haymarket.
Mid 70s County Road.
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Roe Street.
Regards
Dan
1909 Queen's Drive
1925 Work begins on Mersey Tunnel Shaft.
1936 Jacob's Aintree.
1940 Child's Ration Book.
Dunlop factory Rice Lane.
1960 Dryden Arms Great Homer Street.
Vauxhall Road. BAT, The Dominion, Tillotson's
Stanley Road.
Old Haymarket.
Mid 70s County Road.
[Roe Street.
Regards
Dan
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Silver-Haired-Hippy
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Like looking at the old photos Dan, I find them very interesting. 
Loretta
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Sheelagh Tequila
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Me too Loretta. I,m always on the lookout for my Dad and brother when there are pics of Ribble and Corpy buses......I`ve said it before , thanks for posting so much information Dan. Its great to see Peter Craig posting again too.
Sheelagh
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Dan
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Many thanks. Some more photos.
Apologies to Sheelagh- no close ups of buses.
Must check if you can still buy Golden Stream Tea.
Lewis's. Rebuilding after the war.
Staff 1920s or 30s?
1950s Staff on the roof.
1964 Travel bureau.
1960s Ken Dodd at Lewis's zoo
1973 TV and Hi-fi
2010 Gone.
Couldn't find any pictures of the Food Hall. I loved it there, because it had so much weird stuff. Perhaps exotic would be a better word.
Regards
Dan
Apologies to Sheelagh- no close ups of buses.
Must check if you can still buy Golden Stream Tea.
Lewis's. Rebuilding after the war.
Staff 1920s or 30s?
1950s Staff on the roof.
1964 Travel bureau.
1960s Ken Dodd at Lewis's zoo
1973 TV and Hi-fi
2010 Gone.
Couldn't find any pictures of the Food Hall. I loved it there, because it had so much weird stuff. Perhaps exotic would be a better word.
Regards
Dan
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Never knew they had a zoo there! don't think they would be allowed nowdays!! Thanks Dan.
Loretta
don't think they would be allowed nowdays!! Thanks Dan.Loretta
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Walsh
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Dan. Another wonderful series of photos, thanks. The smells and sights of Lewis's food hall remain fresh in my mind, especially fancy cheeses, bread and biscuits.
I marvelled at these exotic foodstuffs as a kid, my Grandma telling me that weren't for the likes of us but for 'monied folk'. As the years passed, I reached the age of 22, lived and trained as an engineer in AKZO, a large chemical company in Arnhem, the Netherlands, for 6 months. For breakfast, my landlady fed me dark slices of Volkenbrood (full corn bread) plus sliced Leidse kaas (a cheese from Leyden with cummins seeds in it. I first saw these in Lewis's and the Haymarket as a kid.
Engineering workshops have a reputation for sending apprentices for impossible items but you can imagine me being sent to retrieve a can of elbow grease and drill square holes, in Dutch. At lunchtimes, we had a good workshop in the company and I decided to make a pair of wooden klompen (clogs) by whittling down 2 large wooden blocks over a few weeks, using knives and chisels. A few mistakes later and the clogs became smaller and smaller, reaching only 2 inches in length. Rather than fitting my sized 10s, they remained as a curio on my Ma's mantelpiece in Litherland Road, a reminder of the limits of my artisan skills. Walshy.
I marvelled at these exotic foodstuffs as a kid, my Grandma telling me that weren't for the likes of us but for 'monied folk'. As the years passed, I reached the age of 22, lived and trained as an engineer in AKZO, a large chemical company in Arnhem, the Netherlands, for 6 months. For breakfast, my landlady fed me dark slices of Volkenbrood (full corn bread) plus sliced Leidse kaas (a cheese from Leyden with cummins seeds in it. I first saw these in Lewis's and the Haymarket as a kid.
Engineering workshops have a reputation for sending apprentices for impossible items but you can imagine me being sent to retrieve a can of elbow grease and drill square holes, in Dutch. At lunchtimes, we had a good workshop in the company and I decided to make a pair of wooden klompen (clogs) by whittling down 2 large wooden blocks over a few weeks, using knives and chisels. A few mistakes later and the clogs became smaller and smaller, reaching only 2 inches in length. Rather than fitting my sized 10s, they remained as a curio on my Ma's mantelpiece in Litherland Road, a reminder of the limits of my artisan skills. Walshy.
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Your grandma was right Walshy. Lewis's food hall was definitely on the pricey side.
Other shops I used to love.
Wilson's Bookshop on Ranelagh Street, just after the Rapid paint shop and before the cut through to Bold Street. It had a small ground level area as you went in, and then up a few stairs to a raised area at the back of the shop.
Then there was Blackler's stationery department, that was in the basement . It was an Alladin's cave of odds and sods that you wouldn't find anywhere else.
George Henry Lee was another. The TV and Hifi department, the sports equipment floor and the kids' toys department which was better than any other shop. Also liked the Buttery on the 4th? floor.
Phillip Son and Nephew on Whitechapel. The first proper bookshop I ever frequented. Still got the science books I bought from there.
Finally, the stationery shop on Richmond Row. I used to get all my A4 pads there. Yellow legal ones, blank ones and the pads of graph paper with 20 mm squares that I'd use as writing paper.
Not forgetting Penny Lane Records, the original Virgin Records shop (an upstairs room) both on Bold Street, and the second hand record shop somewhere near where Probe was.
Regards
Dan
Other shops I used to love.
Wilson's Bookshop on Ranelagh Street, just after the Rapid paint shop and before the cut through to Bold Street. It had a small ground level area as you went in, and then up a few stairs to a raised area at the back of the shop.
Then there was Blackler's stationery department, that was in the basement . It was an Alladin's cave of odds and sods that you wouldn't find anywhere else.
George Henry Lee was another. The TV and Hifi department, the sports equipment floor and the kids' toys department which was better than any other shop. Also liked the Buttery on the 4th? floor.
Phillip Son and Nephew on Whitechapel. The first proper bookshop I ever frequented. Still got the science books I bought from there.
Finally, the stationery shop on Richmond Row. I used to get all my A4 pads there. Yellow legal ones, blank ones and the pads of graph paper with 20 mm squares that I'd use as writing paper.
Not forgetting Penny Lane Records, the original Virgin Records shop (an upstairs room) both on Bold Street, and the second hand record shop somewhere near where Probe was.
Regards
Dan
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Dan,
The shops in Town had an important effect on our early years. I passed the 11 plus, losing half my footy friends to secondary schools (but we continued to play street footy in Brookhill Road) and bussed off to Bootle Grammar in 1963, as it had moved to Netherton. I was lucky enough to win a book prize most years (being a science bookworm). This was exciting as the book could be selected from Philips, Son & Nephew in Whitechapel. I used to spend hours reading through books then selecting one - I still have early chemistry, engineering, physics, electronics and a radio valve selector - I used the last three books to construct sound effects pedals and amps in the Merseybeat era, for pocket money. At the tunnel end of Whitechapel was Super Radio - which sold government surplus electronic equipment and new components. I augmented stripped down radio and TV bits (from rubbish tips) with components and a soldering iron from Super Radio. (The iron lasted 30 years).
Between these shops was Frank Hessys, where I would buy guitar strings and plectrums - looking forward to buying and being able to play an elecky guitar, one day. Happy days. Walshy.
The shops in Town had an important effect on our early years. I passed the 11 plus, losing half my footy friends to secondary schools (but we continued to play street footy in Brookhill Road) and bussed off to Bootle Grammar in 1963, as it had moved to Netherton. I was lucky enough to win a book prize most years (being a science bookworm). This was exciting as the book could be selected from Philips, Son & Nephew in Whitechapel. I used to spend hours reading through books then selecting one - I still have early chemistry, engineering, physics, electronics and a radio valve selector - I used the last three books to construct sound effects pedals and amps in the Merseybeat era, for pocket money. At the tunnel end of Whitechapel was Super Radio - which sold government surplus electronic equipment and new components. I augmented stripped down radio and TV bits (from rubbish tips) with components and a soldering iron from Super Radio. (The iron lasted 30 years).
Between these shops was Frank Hessys, where I would buy guitar strings and plectrums - looking forward to buying and being able to play an elecky guitar, one day. Happy days. Walshy.
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Grand National
Manifesto, on the left, ran 8 times winning in 1897 and 1899.
1907 Landing side of Becher's Brook
1908 Rubio
1909 Lutteur III
1911 Glenside
1912 Becher's
1912 Jerry M welcomed home.
1915 Ally Sloper ridden by Jack Anthony
1921 Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary
1923 Trentino Falls and jockey Major J Wilson fall at Becher's
1923 Winner Sergeant Murphy
1925 Double Chance
1926 Jack Horner
1928 Aintree
1928 Tpperary Tim
1929 66 runners
1929 Ardoon's Pride falls
1930 Crowd
1930 May King falls at Becher's
Pulling May King from the Brook
1930 Shuan Golin wins
1932 Forbra
1933 Kellsboro Jack
1934 Becher's
1934 Golden Miller Jerry Wilson
1936 Becher's. Won by Reynoldstown
1937 King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Lord Derby
1938 Spectators
1938 Airgead Sirs and Royal Danieli lead at Becher's
1938 Battleship
Regards
Dan
Manifesto, on the left, ran 8 times winning in 1897 and 1899.
1907 Landing side of Becher's Brook
1908 Rubio
1909 Lutteur III
1911 Glenside
1912 Becher's
1912 Jerry M welcomed home.
1915 Ally Sloper ridden by Jack Anthony
1921 Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary
1923 Trentino Falls and jockey Major J Wilson fall at Becher's
1923 Winner Sergeant Murphy
1925 Double Chance
1926 Jack Horner
1928 Aintree
1928 Tpperary Tim
1929 66 runners
1929 Ardoon's Pride falls
1930 Crowd
1930 May King falls at Becher's
Pulling May King from the Brook
1930 Shuan Golin wins
1932 Forbra
1933 Kellsboro Jack
1934 Becher's
1934 Golden Miller Jerry Wilson
1936 Becher's. Won by Reynoldstown
1937 King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Lord Derby
1938 Spectators
1938 Airgead Sirs and Royal Danieli lead at Becher's
1938 Battleship
Regards
Dan