Gorsedale Road swings with Bomb damage next to the Corporation workers building, very handy. My dad borrowed a handcart from the workers many years ago, cost him 10 shillings. We then went and got a piano from a shop on Poulton Road for £5. Non of us could play and still cant, it ended up a few years later in bits on a bonfire.
Oakdale Road with Bomb damage. My nan lived just the other side of the Air Raid Shelter. Rather close for comfort. My mum was evacuated to just passed Chester during the war. Oakdale Nursery was later built where the shelter was.
That's a very interesting photo of the Duke street bridge/Gorsey Lane area.If you look at the area between the old and new Gorsey Lane you'll see the site offices for the 2nd Tunnel approach roads.The laboratory I worked at is the larger hut nearest to the bridge.That's the first photo I've seen of it since I worked there! Thanks for posting it.
The Queens Arms which stood on the corner of Fell Street and Borough Road. The picture was taken in November, 1960, when it was the only property surviving from the tightly packed houses in the area bounded by Borough Road, Fell Street, Abbotsford Street and Church Road. Last orders were called in May 1964. A wee later the pub was demolished.
Cheers, I have lots more but most have a web site written on the photos. Darn annoying, not as if they own them, I have loads of the same pics that I have posted on here without their darn name on them. Going to give my eyeballs a rest for a few days and leave the pics to one side and enjoy lager instead :-)
Thanks for these pics, it's great that when someone can't place a pic, there is always someone who can and so the knowledge gets passed on. I also like the way mistakes are always politely corrected so that the history remains acurate.. Keep em comming (after a bit of eye rest obviously).
