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i remember johnnys chip shop when it first opened, also olivieries before it became the cycle exchange anyone remember edie ruggs a sortr of second hand shop in the same block of shops as well as sampsons greengrocers???
That is a great photo. I used to go there as a treat with my mum and have green cream soda and salt and shake crisps when the salt bag was the little blue twist of paper.
I wouldn't have had a clue that was the same place now though. I've not been there for about 20 years; how far does the pavement extend now? I seem to remember it was just a normal width and I think it was lined with bus stops like an overflow from Woodside?
That is a great photo. I used to go there as a treat with my mum and have green cream soda and salt and shake crisps when the salt bag was the little blue twist of paper.
I wouldn't have had a clue that was the same place now though. I've not been there for about 20 years; how far does the pavement extend now? I seem to remember it was just a normal width and I think it was lined with bus stops like an overflow from Woodside?
The path comes out alot more now, i dont know why coz there is nothing there. But the other side of the path is a one way street and bus stops there.
it was not an overflow from woodside. It was the first stop for the busses after they left the terminus at woodside. you got off the train at Hamlinton Square station and walked out of the station to the bus stops. there where a long line of bus stops stretching from along the pavement in that section of Bridge street you can see in the photo and also round the corner in Haminton street oposite the entrance to the station. think about it, the stops at the woodside terminus where for the passengers who got off the ferry boat and woodside station. the stops i have just talked about where for the passengers who got of the train at hamington square station Long quese in my younger days. no such thing as a car for 99% of us.
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who remembers milton road in seacombe wallasey,stables at the bottom of the road,miss braithwaites shop,the coffin makers,the pipe cleaners at the bottom of shakespeare road,the washhouse in oakdale road,where women travelled from all over to do their washing,also,there were private baths there for the people who didnt have bathrooms.
Bidston Steel was where Tescos Bidston is now. I remember one evening (about 1984, when I was 14), hanging around in Wallacre Park in Mosslands Drive, Wallasey and me and my mates heard his enormous bang, looked over toward the steel plant and saw a huge mushroom shaped cloud. We sh*t ourselves and then obviously nothing happened to substantiate our thoughts of nuclear war. Turns out there was water in one of the giant crucibles and the molten steam evaporated it instantly causing the bang and cloud.
Haha, I remember being quite young at that time and having the fear about nuclear war. Bet that didn't help!
ok.. time to chip in... bidston tescos.. in my day that was Valley road playing fields, which B.I used for football "games lessons" which was always a wednesday afternoon and always seemed to be freezing... I am sure there were about 3 full size pitches and bidston steel was to the right as you came down through the little estate of houses... If you were unlucky you got sent to Ingleborough road in Tranmere, and there you would have the pleasure of being beaten up attempting to play rugby...( this place used to have the school coat of arms above the gates, havent been that way for years so not sure whats there now.
What years did you go to B.I? I was there from 1970-75. I remember Jock Mowatt maths teacher who had a cricket bat instead of a cane, getting Mr.Pike three times in one lesson, Froggy Allen for English, taffy Evans for French, Dinky Dollard for chemistry,
The Maypole.... there was one in Upton where the gym is now by the main ford road bus stop. and it was either previously or just after, A Lennons...
Co-op at Woodchurch... remember it being Leos. and it also holds a special memory as whenever we went to visit relatives ( down south) we would drive back and it would take what seemed like forever, but when you saw the big chimney with the Co-op sign on all four sides from the motorway, you knew you were nearly home.
The cabin club in noctorum, knew it well as my sister DJ'd there for a few years. ( what a dump ), but was out of the way enough that you could get up to allsorts without ever being bothered...
@ Ducko.... a few more teachers of note from B.I ( wish I had a photo of the old place ) Ron Jones - Chemistry Snotty Thomas - geography Wilko and Mrs Wilko - games and allegedly geography Mr Jones ( aka the Devil) the art teacher Citro I assume was Mr Citrine - history ( he was so easy to get off track, but was way cool as he would just end up telling old stories)
and finally.... in respect of Nogger Morris, yes he used to drag kids round by the hair, or ears and had that manky old shoe thing he used to belt us with...which even had its own name.... The Pike.
dont think you would get away with that sort of thing these days
Anybody remember in birkenhead market, the freshly made doughnuts. You could watch them being made. Think it was 6 for 50p, back in the 80s this was. Smelt delicious and too hot to eat!
Anybody remember in birkenhead market, the freshly made doughnuts. You could watch them being made. Think it was 6 for 50p, back in the 80s this was. Smelt delicious and too hot to eat!
The best place for those was New Brighton just by the indoor fair, they had one inside the fair and a door leading in off the front. One day while working in Heswall and finishing early, me and the lad who works for me decided to go to New Brighton and get some Doughnuts, like a firms outing. As soon as we walked through the door the Fat fryer blew up covering the girl in hot fat, we covered her in wet tea towels and called for the ambulance and of course had a few doughnuts that were already made while we waited for the ambulance to come. Ever since then they have been known as Exploders.
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