The Oldies Thread

[peteblue]

They kept you movinglol

They always looked ok, but then it took an age to get them out, then they tasted like crap and they'd get thrown away.....

 

[peteblue]

ahh ok. Shame, just another case of building new houses where it was rather than do something better than that.



lol dovecot more than aroad

but yeah, groucho said whereabouts, shame they just threw houses up there instead of it

It was an incredibly popular Baths in it's day.......

 

[Seathestars]

The Astoria on Walton road. Used to watch Flash Gordon every Saturday morning.

 

[Ashtonian]

It was an incredibly popular Baths in it's day.......

It looks it from the pics yeah, birkenhead is like that now haha the baths there is queues out the door when the kids aren't in school

 

[Joey66]

Dovecot Baths.......or strictly speaking The Harold Davies Public Baths Dovecot......

Happy memories used to go of that springboard into 10 feet the deep end - the worst thing was when you were about to dive and some one at the back of the cue on the board bounced the board and you ended up doing a belly flop ouchlol

 

[Joey66]

this is where I first learnt to swim although living miles away it had a good reputation to learn to swim!

 

[summerisle]

Used to watch this.

 

[jaycee]

Used to watch this.

NYE Whistle test used to be brilliant

 

[tommytowne]

Used to watch this.

The performance by Focus stands out for me.

 

[tommytowne]

Used to get airfix plane plastic models which you assembled yourself.Hung on the ceiling by string.

Then you got really clever then painted the pieces before glueing them together.

 

[marnie]

50 a week on Saturday.......... can I officially join this thread ?........... or should I have joined it years ago ? lol

 

[JammyP]

Pictures of Probe took me back to the Stadium. Any more survivors?

 

[peteblue]

50 a week on Saturday.......... can I officially join this thread ?........... or should I have joined it years ago ? lol

You can join a week on Saturday...and buy us a pint...until then bugger off back to the kiddies section.......

 

[tadao]

this is where I first learnt to swim although living miles away it had a good reputation to learn to swim!

Up to the right on that photo was the library (recently closed and sold at auction with seemingly nothing happening to it).

 

[marnie]

You can join a week on Saturday...and buy us a pint...until then bugger off back to the kiddies section.......

OK.........You have just owned me lol will be back soon (with ale in hand) still a young whipper snapper for a week or so........... Happy Days lol