Old Photos Of Where You Live
- Thread starter Eggs
- Start date
Pier Head, 1954 and 2026 -
Notice the transport which later became trams - My late father in laws did his motorbike driving test down there in the early 1960s - his motor bike when dropped in to the tram rail & he failed for deviating from the instructors directions
he was fuming back then ... always went on about it when I was courtinghis daughter to become my beloved wife as i passed my motorbike test in Widnes first time ...
….Breck Rd, 1969;
My bike test consisted of driving clockwise round the bombed out church 5 or 6 times, on the 3rd lap the examiner jumped out in front of me from in between the parked cars for my emergency stop...hardest part was keeping under 30mphPier Head, 1954 and 2026 -
Notice the transport which later became trams - My late father in laws did his motorbike driving test down there in the early 1960s - his motor bike when dropped in to the tram rail & he failed for deviating from the instructors directions
View attachment 344986
….the London Rd I preferred. A couple of pints in The Clock and then around the corner to Flintlocks. The road looks a mess now;
I was there in Sept - not the place it was
davids
Player Valuation: £70m
Had an uncle who lived in Jacobs Village.Was a really nice smart clean place then. Now not so much.
Carpet beds in Wavertree Botanic Gardens - sadly bombed in the war by the German Luftwaffe - moved to Calderstones Park in all its glory bombed by Derek Hatton in the late 1970s as the staff would not leave their plants to die for a two day strike ... so it got pulled down under alleged H&S laws .... by Derrick Hatton - who started as a Trade union activist in jeans & left the council in a mess in an Armani suit ....
I have a brochure in colour of when I often visited there - it was fantastic open to the general public - thanks Degsy = Not -
I have a brochure in colour of when I often visited there - it was fantastic open to the general public - thanks Degsy = Not -
Last edited:
I thought the Popemobile was a much smaller vehicle than that.