Memory Lane

[Dan]

Bootle Times November 10 1988

Law & order, wrecks and Armistice Day.

[Dan]

Bootle Times November 17 1988

Docks and the Cunard liners

[Dan]

Bootle Times November 24 1988

Docks, Teresa Higginson and the cocky watchman.

[Dan]

Bootle Times December 15 1988

Ocean liners and 1909 school prizes.

[Dan]

Bootle Times August 3 1923

Tragic story of drowning off the North Wales coast.







Bootle Times August 17 1923

[Dan]

Bootle Times December 8 1988

An old scandal and the doorman at the Metropole

[Dan]

Bootle Times December 22 1988

History of a Bootle family and penny treats

[Dan]

Bootle Times December 1 1988

Carol singing and school days.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 4 1990

Memories of the Leeds-Liverpool canal and a photo of the early Coffee House bridge.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 4 1990

The winter of 1927.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 18 1990

Corporal punishment, shops on Stanley Road.

[Silver-Haired-Hippy]

I remember some of those shops mentioned, I'm old but not that old!! amazed that they were there so long!

Loretta

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 25 1990

Playground games in the 1920's, and some more shops.

[Dan]

Bootle Times February 15 1990

April Fool and a 1948 RAF flight to Singapore.

[Dan]

The Bootle Times of 1923 occasionally published snippets from the 30 year's previous edition of 1897.

The borough needed brickies to move from Liverpool to build the subway.

[Dan]

Searched Gore's, Kelly's and the OS maps but I haven't found Appleton House.

Bootle Times August 17 1923.

[Dan]

Bootle Times March 1 1990

Seaforth shore and the canal.

[Dan]

Bootle Times March 15 1990

Funerals, May Queen and Recreation Street.

[Dan]

Bootle Times March 8 1990.

Summer festivals, Brickfields and Stanley road shops.

[BOBHAMO]

Interesting Dan.
Bobhamo

[john j connell]

Bob, could be wrong but i have got that down as Brewster Street and for some reason i seem to remember the building on the left (just before Bedford Road) as having something to do with Danish bacon or am i just imagining that? JJC.

[filsgreen]

It was the Danish Bacon company on the corner, John, my brother used to work there. It's now an undertakers.

[john j connell]

Thank you Phil, walked past it many a time on my way to the match. JJC.

[Dan]

Bootle Times March 22 1990.

Teacher's pets and St Mary's Grove 1968.

[Dan]

Released in 1975. Looks like the choir was based in the Methodist Mission on Linacre Road.





Then in 1979.

[Dan]

Linacre Lane 1968.

The young lad getting a light should be eligible to start drawing his state pension this year, along with his mate in short trousers.

On the left, I'm guessing Ben Sherman, a pair of Flemings and possibly Doc Martens.

[Bernie R]

Hey Dan

Fancy a challenge?

On Grand National Day (3 April) 1982, me and my old mate Tony did a sponsored pool marathon in The Georges pub on Marsh lane.

Bootle Times did a small piece in the next edition including a photo.

Next time you're delving into their archives - any chance you can try and find that for me please?

Bern

[Dan]

Storm Bertha, or whatever stupid name they've come up with, permitting; I'll probably go to the library tomorrow.

So, if successful, I should be posting this time tomorrow.

[john j connell]

Linacre Lane 1968.

The young lad getting a light should be eligible to start drawing his state pension this year, along with his mate in short trousers.

On the left, I'm guessing Ben Sherman, a pair of Flemings and possibly Doc Martens.

Don't think that they are Doc Martens, look more like the cheaper Curtess ripoff equivalent of Saxones Comos, (looks like steel tips fitted to the heels) and it looks like the fella with the ciggy in his mouth has well had his moneys worth out of his Everprest keks. JJC

[bjones]

Don't think that they are Doc Martens, look more like the cheaper Curtess ripoff equivalent of Saxones Comos, (looks like steel tips fitted to the heels) and it looks like the fella with the ciggy in his mouth has well had his moneys worth out of his Everprest keks. JJC

I'm with you John, deffo Comos (or rip-offs), didn't you have to put stick on soles on them as the stitching went right through to the outer sole? Dig the one inch turnup on the jeans
Other big lad's kex could be from his shiny tonic mohair suit.
Wonder if they got their hair cut at Dennis' on Stanley Rd near Commercial Rd.
Lovely pic.

[john j connell]

Don't think that they are Doc Martens, look more like the cheaper Curtess ripoff equivalent of Saxones Comos, (looks like steel tips fitted to the heels) and it looks like the fella with the ciggy in his mouth has well had his moneys worth out of his Everprest keks. JJC

I'm with you John, deffo Comos (or rip-offs), didn't you have to put stick on soles on them as the stitching went right through to the outer sole? Dig the one inch turnup on the jeans
Wonder if they got their hair cut at Dennis' on Stanley Rd near Commercial Rd.

I can definitely say without fear of contradiction that they did not get their hair cut at Jimmy Connollys on Irlam Road. JJC.

[BOBHAMO]

It was taken outside Irwins shop
its a friend of mine
bobhamo

[Dan]

It was taken outside Irwins shop
its a friend of mine
bobhamo

Looks fine to me Bob.

[bjones]

It was taken outside Irwins shop
its a friend of mine
bobhamo

Given the location I did wonder if one of them was you Bob

I can definitely say without fear of contradiction that they did not get their hair cut at Jimmy Connollys on Irlam Road. JJC.

Was he the one who cut hair in his back yard for a tanner a time John?

[john j connell]

Linacre Lane 1968.

I wonder what that is all about on the side of the shop (Thornton Road) looks like a girl/woman in stocks, can't recall advertising that low down on the gable end, advertising hoardings were always higher up the wall. JJC