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Dan
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Bootle Times January 23 1992

Early air travel, including a day out in Netherton watching aircraft coming in to land in the fields.

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Bootle Times March 13 1936.

The "Flying Flea" self-assembly aircraft mentioned in the article above.
On display in Ryders Motors Ltd showroom.

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I worked in ryders milk1961/2 aintree road lived in Balfour road was Ryders garage Knowsley road cos there was a motor mechanic shop part run by old man ryder in aintree road never new ??
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Dan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:54 am Bootle Times March 13 1936.

The "Flying Flea" self-assembly aircraft mentioned in the article above.
On display in Ryders Motors Ltd showroom.

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For your info D, I posted about the "Flying Flea" 11 years ago.

https://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/v ... ea#p281638
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Bootle Times January 30 1992.

Lander Road, Beach Road (1932) school photos, and memories of the Strand road area.

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Bootle Times February 6 1992.

Buying records in Woolworth's in the 1930s, and the Linacre Hotel when it was known as "The Horse and Jockey". :)

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Bootle Times February 20 1992.

Working in Johnson's as a seamstress.

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Bootle Times February 12 1992

Railway tunnels and the Williams brothers of Bootle.

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Bootle Times February 1992

Metropole, Overhead and Wispa. :)

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Bootle Times February 27 1992.

Beach Road School and the smells of Bootle.

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Bootle Times March 5 1992

Day trip to Southport by horse-drawn wagonette and St Joseph's school opening in Stanley Hall (St Martin's).

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Bootle Times March 26 1992.

Decorating, Allinson's and The Reagal.

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Bootle Times January 28 1936.

An account of the living conditions in Bootle in 1879.

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Bootle Times February 15 1990

The paraphernalia surrounding the Grand National in the early 1900s, and Baines Dairy.

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Bootle Times August 24 1924.

The headquarters for the Juvenile Organising Committee. showing the Social Institute and Markfield at 35 Breeze Hill.

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Bootle Times March 17 1992

The Palace Marsh Lane, TheQueen's Knowsley Road and Cedar Street.

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Bootle Times March 3 1992.

Nursing at the Fever Hospital in the 1940s.

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Bootle Times April 2 1992.

Parkies or coppers. Didn't matter what you were doing. Safest bet was to leg it. :)

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Bootle Times April 9 1992.

Schoolboy pastime of watching workers in action. Difficult now with so many working from home. :)

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Bootle Times April 16 1992.

An eye-witness account of the bombing in May 1941.

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Jones Dairy mentioned in this article belonged to my grandad and dad, I lived there for a short time until it was destroyed May 1941.
Lived Linacre Lane, Trinity Road & Knowsley Road.
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Bootle Times April 30 1992.

Loading at the docks and Tom Mix riding in the national.

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Bootle Times May 7 1992

The 1930s, after the depression and between World Wars, and heatwaves at Christmas plus snow in summer. :)

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Bootle Times May 14 1992

Airships and the South Park.

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Bootle Times May 21 1992.

Seaforth Fair.

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Bootle Times June 4 1992.

Cycling trips , fishing in Derby Park lake.

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Bootle Times June 11 1992.

Fairs, Bedford Cinema (1908-1959) and Litherland Road.

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Bootle Times June 18 1992.

Working in the office pre-war.

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Bootle Times June 25 1992.

Going into the docks to see the ships.
Went once with my dad one Sunday morning, after mass :) . Through the Strand gates, no problem.
Went on board the Demodocus (Holt Line), then on to the dockers' canteen. I'd have been 8 or 9. It would be a social services job now. :)

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Bootle Times July 2 1992.

A brief history of tugs on the Mersey.

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Dan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:43 pm Bootle Times May 14 1992

Airships and the South Park.

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Fascinating article.......it must have been awesome to witness the R100 & the 'Graf Zeppelin' pass over Bootle......maybe we were lucky the R101 never visited us in 1930.(!)

Enclose a piece on the R101 if you're feeling nerdy....it's 20mins ish but has amazing footage.....(just grin & bear the ads.)

Hard to comprehend that the famous 'Hindenburg' disaster was (7) years later.

Cheers

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Bootle Times July 9 1992

More on the tugs of the Mersey, the cold stores at Alexandra Dock and a book 'Liverpool Waif' by Robert Houghton.

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Bootle Times July 16 1992

Corporal punishment and St Elizabeth's 1946/47 football team.

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Bootle Tmes July 23 1992

"Parkies" and fishing in Derby Park lake.

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Bootle Times Octobet 1 1992

Harlandic FC and tea rooms.

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