Old Photos Of Where You Live

[Dundee mifflin]

…Frank Green pic, ‘The demolition of The Hippodrome’. The picture house opposite the top of my old street in Everton, in a former life it was Henglers Circus where a child star called Charlie Chaplin appeared for a season;

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The Gregsons well pub next door there mate,but am I wright in saying there was another Gregsons well pub facing it over the road?

 

[Eggs]

The Gregsons well pub next door there mate,but am I wright in saying there was another Gregsons well pub facing it over the road?

….you’re spot on, Matey. The ‘other’ Gregsons Well was where The Spinners folk group regularly played at.

 

[Eggs]

….1908, Shaw St;

 

[Cake]

…1934, The Barracks, West Derby Village. I understand this was an area of ‘poor housing’ behind where the Hare & Hounds Pub is now;

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My Dad grew up there, born 1919, he was one (the youngest) of nine.

 

[Eggs]

My Dad grew up there, born 1919, he was one (the youngest) of nine.

…yep, I have a friend who lived there as a youngster.

 

[Eggs]

….Church St, 1949. Looks like horse poop on the floor in the foreground;

 

[Eggs]

….1895, Scotland Rd area;

 

[Eggs]

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

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My mum and a friend she knew all her life lived in a place just like that ( think it was Mount vernon view, it was by the Thors hammer by the old Royal hospital I think) remember her telling a story about the rats that where the size of small cats. The men of the road would kill them and put them all along the window sills of the road to show the landlord when he came calling for rent. The mother of my mums friend whose leg was in plaster woke up to find a rat chewing on the plaster cast. The toilet at the end of the road that was for the whole street didn’t help.

 

[Eggs]

My mum and a friend she knew all her life lived in a place just like that ( think it was Mount vernon view, it was by the Thors hammer by the old Royal hospital I think) remember her telling a story about the rats that where the size of small cats. The men of the road would kill them and put them all along the window sills of the road to show the landlord when he came calling for rent. The mother of my mums friend whose leg was in plaster woke up to find a rat chewing on the plaster cast. The toilet at the end of the road that was for the whole street didn’t help.

….wowzy, i know the area very well, where my own mother was brought up and where I first went to school.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

….wowzy, i know the area very well, where my own mother was brought up and where I first went to school.

I’ve tried looking for the exact location of the street with no success my elder sister believes it was around where the service road is that gives you access to the old royal laundry. Was wondering eggs with you coming from that neck of the woods if you had any idea of its location.

 

[Eggs]

I’ve tried looking for the exact location of the street with no success my elder sister believes it was around where the service road is that gives you access to the old royal laundry. Was wondering eggs with you coming from that neck of the woods if you had any idea of its location.

….my grandparents were probably close neighbours. Seems like Mount Vernon View was off Mt Vernon Street. Apparently a bit of it still exists;

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

Thanks eggs it certainly does look like it was around where I thought it was. Grim conditions in those days.

 

[Eggs]

Thanks eggs it certainly does look like it was around where I thought it was. Grim conditions in those days.

…yep, so poignant to see a pic like that from less than 100 years ago and think there’s a decent chance one of your relatives is on it.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

…yep, so poignant to see a pic like that from less than 100 years ago and think there’s a decent chance one of your relatives is on it.

Yeah you’re right, the date on the photo is 1935 mum was born 1918 so probably a good chance she may have move by then but unsure