Memory Lane

[john j connell]

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?
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Yes, the one and only, charged thruppence for kids, backyard in the summer kitchen in the winter, nothing interrupted his wife from having the meals on the go on the stove, JJC.

[bjones]

Yes, the one and only, charged thruppence for kids, backyard in the summer kitchen in the winter, nothing interrupted his wife from having the meals on the go on the stove, JJC.

John this is REAL Bootle history; the kind that makes us smile, evokes personal memories and you rarely find in books.
The barber's chair (or plank across the chair) is almost a rite of passage for lads of a certain age around Marsh Lane, Knowsley, Peel and Derby Roads.

First stop Jimmy Connolly's back yard for a threepenny alloff
Next stage was Tommy Mac's next to Jones' seed shop on Peel Rd for a semi crew with a square neck.
Dennis' Stanley Rd for the L.B.A. mod look
and finally back to Peel Rd and Mick the barber.
And no I'm not a fella in drag; I just grew up with 6 brothers

[Dan]

From about 1935, the training of the Miss Jessie Greenwood League of Health and Grace on the beach of Bootle.



It does say the "beach of Bootle" in a photo in the Getty Image library.

[Dan]

Following on from the above photo.

Bootle Times January 11 1935.




Bootle Times March 15 1935.

[Dan]

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

I'm going to have a look at the April 7 1982 edition again. Only made a note of the date, because I thought It would be easy to spot the article.

I was wrong. So The George , sponsored pool marathon, it is.

The next edition is the 15th, but its at the start of another reel and it is of abysmal quality. Difficult to identify anything on it.

[Bernie R]

Cheers Dan

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 24 1935.

Coucillor A.S. Bark recalling Bootle and Litherland in the 1870s and 1880s.

The age of The Saltbox never even crossed my mind, it's always been there.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 10 1990

Sun Hall cinema and bobbies on the beat.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 3 1990

School days and electricity in the Klondyke.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 24 1990

"Pea-soupers", Klondyke traders, cowkeeping and the smithy beside the Red Lion.

[Dan]

Bootle Times June 7 1935.

Recollections of Charles Barnes working for 50years on the docks.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 31 1990

Bryant & May Fire Brigade, Cinemas and woodyards and a second-hand train set for Christmas.

[Dan]

Bootle Times June 7 1990.

Last year in the infant class-1928, Seaforth in the early 20th century and a Christ Church outing.

[Dan]

Bootle Times June 14 1990.

"Adoption", Roberts school and the loss of the Thetis.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 7 1990.

Bootle Rovers, Seaforth Fair and Empire and Remembrance Days.

[Dan]

Bootle Times July 12 1990

Bryant & May, liners in dock and Ainsdale Road party.

[Dan]

Bootle Times July 19 1990

WWII memories and the Ashcroft family history.

[Dan]

Bootle Times July 27 1990

Orrell school in 1928 and 1929 and Seaforth Fair..

[Dan]

Bootle Times August 2 1990

School medicals and a Royal visit.

[Dan]

Bootle Times August 19 1990

Leaving the infants in 1928 and an Eleanor Road street party.
(It was easier to leave the funeral feature in.)

[Paul McCabe]

Bootle Times August 19 1990

Leaving the infants in 1928 and an Eleanor Road street party.
(It was easier to leave the funeral feature in.)

Interesting piece in "Charles Bedford's Schooldays" where amongst other things he recalls his father's wireless.

This is probably the "Amplion Seven" mentioned..(!!)

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:ImWT ... 2-Ampl.jpg

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 15 1937.

Memories of Bootle in the 1870's.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 22 1937.

More on Bootle in the 1870's.

[Chris Dodge]

Thanks once again Dan love this and would never have found it myself, I doubt there is much else written describing Bootle back then, brilliant to read a first hand account of Marsh Lane being open countryside

[Dan]

A liitle more recent. Bootle Times May 22 1997.

Bootle's first website.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 3 1936.




From the article above, Delft tile, from the workshops of the Shaws of Shaw's Brow, showing view of Great Crosby in 1716.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 1 1997.

The dawn of the internet age.

[Dan]

28 November 1983.

It's 40 years since the first edition of 'Now That's What I Call Music' was released .





Yes. It's on my mp3 player. I bought the vinyl from Woolies in The Square.

[Dan]

Bootle Times October 2 1936.

Extracts from the Bootle Times of September 1886.

Complaining of the plague of public houses in Bootle.

[Dan]

Bootle Times May 2 1937.

Bootle in the 1870's and 1880's. A wealth of names.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 3 1936

Street traders in the 1880's.

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 9 1992.

Bedford Road school mentioned in "All Our Yesterdays".

[Dan]

Bootle Times January 19 1992.

Memories of steam engines.

[tonywailey63]

All the best Dan, some great stuff you've posted here. Have been away a while, mostly writing but will keep you posted

[Dan]

Cheers Tony.
I've been oscillating between the 30s/ 40s and the 90s on the last few visits to the libraries.
You can see the beginnings of change in the town's demography in that earlier period.

I'd forgotten the Bootle Times became a free paper, incorporating Mersey Mart, at the start of 1992 (20p if bought).
That was the beginning of the end for local journalism.