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Has anyone got any info on how this road/street use to be years ago ?

Cheers Sean

im pretty up to date with victoria road as i used to live there and play there as a child so ask away and i will try to help

my knowledge stretches back about 50yrs if that helps

Well i live aboth the cemist (spelling) and i know its a very old house that we live in so some pics or info on how it use to be would be nice

all i can tell you that before it was a chemist it was a taxi rank and a cafe and before that it was a seaside souvenier place for a while but as far as i can remember it has always been used for some sort of retail.victoria road its self bears no resemblence to what it looked like as child.i remember just down waterloo road from you was a hotel which has now been replaced with houses.my parent were brought up in the newbrighton area so i will glean some info from them in the week and maybe some photos and get back to you

It use to have a milk bar aswell didnt it ?

Would be good if you could get some more info

Cheers !

not sure but i think there may have been more than one milk bar but will deffo get some more info for you this week

Will this be the one ?

http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/graphics/flickr_milk_bar.jpg

Looks like that is where bargin booze is now ?

yep thats further down the road on the otherside.there used to be an amusement arcade there as well called the american pool hall

where bargin booze is now,from there down to the front used to be shops or arcades ,cafes,but most of them where boarded up when i was a kid .the pub used to be known as the neptune in them days

There is like 5 pubs on this road now lol

railway,neptune/peggys,ship,mother redcaps are the original ones along with the empress ball room which used to be above a n arcade on the opposite side from ,infact it was nxt door to the ship

if you go into the perch pub just opposi you an get chattin to one of the old guys they are usually more than happy to tell you a few stories

railway,peggys,perch rock, the one on the corner use to be barclys and dont know the name of the other one lol

Its a small road with alot going on really