Genealogy Chat

gweneth, i fell into the lake in sefton park in 1969 age 5.! was it me you saw??

I lived in Aigburth and went to Sudley Road School - I remember going to the Mariner's Table(?) in Lord Street, dining out on my boyfriend's Luncheon Vouchers. Having a perm at Lewis's and coming out looking like a golliwog.Going into Hendersons - very posh! St John's market when it sold puppies and other pets and I wanted to rescue the lot. Going rowing on Sefton Park Lake with my Dad and seeing someone fall in and realising that it wasn't all that deep. Those were the days!

I remember my Dad being in Stanley Hospital in 1966 (?) and getting me the aughtrographs of Billy J Kramer, he was in the bed next to one of his ( their) mates !!. One of my best memories is of my Nan and Auntie dancing to 'Bits and Pieces. ' To my eternal shame at the time. !! Friday afternoons and home made wine have never been the same..lol. . Nan your Christmas roasties take some beating, Grandad was always at leat an hour later from the pub he said he would be. Would you ever learn???. 'Leave it Jinny!. I have left it ever since. Libby xx

I was born over the water in the 60's, but spent alot of time over in Liverpool visiting my Dad's side of the family. I have great memories of Stanley Park and the cuckoo clock made of plants, the little green hut opposite Goodison that sold ice creams, Paddy's market on a Saturday in Great Homer's Street, loads of stalls with second hand clothes,going to church at St. Domingo's with my Nan in her black veil, taking flowers afterwards to Anfield Cemetery. Brilliant place and time. Helen

I'm originally from that place down the East Lancs Road that begins with an 'M'!!! My connection and memories of Liverpool are,travelling down said road with a load of musicians,and all their instruments(couldn't take my piano!) to play at the Cavern in late 50's early 60's. As you probably know,the Cavern started as a jazz club,run by a chap called Ray McFall,and the band I played with had a regular weekly spot. In fact they didn't have a piano,and acquired one for me! The Swinging Blue Jeans,Rory Storm and the Hurricanes,and even early Beatles filled in for us when we had a break and went to the Grapes. It was at the time Ringo played with Rory Storm,and didn't have much of a drum kit,and sat in with our drummer's kit. Our drummer wasn't that keen on a little scruffy lad playing on his drums,as they were his pride and joy. I've done many an all night session there with all the big name jazz bands,and in between our spots,tried to have a doze in our van parked in Matthew St. We also played at the Iron Door Club.That even seemed seedier than the Cavern,but was upstairs and not a cellar. We also did a couple of gigs at the Empire and St Georges Hall,and I seem to remember a club called the Blue Note. Those were the days,lots of fun,not hugely paid,but never forgotten!! Brenda

I worked in Lewis in the office on the 6th floor. my job was to water the plants, but the loo was quite a way so when I had any extra water over just used to chuck it out of the window. Found out later my office was over the head of the naked man, so when the water came down there was a crowd looking up to see if he really had done a wee.

I remember the maypole in tuebrook Liverpool 1950 s My cousin Sylvia worked there. They had a system whereby you bought your goods then there was an overhead wire system where the assistant put the money in and it went up to the office where they sent the change back.

hi june, you reminded me about my godmother mary chang,she was chinese but was adopted by an scouse couple,she worked somewhere by maypole steps,she had a very tragic death in the late seventies, does that ring a bell,get in touch if it does.x

Friendly Nudge.. June ..

Hello I am not from Liverpool but my family were. Do any of you remember the Maypole Shops ? i am looking for some one who used to work in one of them do not know which one though ? All i know her name was i think Diane or Maureen and they were half chinese. Any one who this rings a bell with it would be very helpful. Thanks June..

oh karen, all your memories are also mine,we must be the same age,pity we didnt know each other.xx

oooer Fresh as a daisy! I thought it was my pillow I was cuddling up to when I was on nights:)) I'm sure we nurses disturbed the residents much more than your doggie though!! aaahh happy days Alex

oooer Fresh as a daisy! I thought it was my pillow I was cuddling up to when I was on nights:)) I'm sure we nurses disturbed the residents much more than your doggie though!! aaahh happy days Alex

Fab memories on this thread.....if you have never been to the Matthew St festival...august bank holiday weekend...especialy the monday, go its brill - no trouble - just fun and great people......Joanie

The recent World Cup sparked discussion at home about 1966.World Cup Liverpool.An article in The Independent prompted us to do an image search on Google : lo and behold my husband found a photo on-line of a 1966 Street party with his own family including himself in Leta Street (?) actually named 'Fiesta Street' in the archive. He remembers sneaking into Goodison Park and seeing Pele play !

Alex I used to live by Alder Hey hospital, at that time we had a corgi and it was very fond of going to the nurses home in Sandfield Park off Eaton Road and jumping into bed with them , the times we had a phone call to say he was there again and could we go and get him,didn't seem to matter how we locked him up he always got out. Hope you weren't one of the nurses he disturbed,they had usually been working nights. Daisy

my mums family are the bruntons from edge lane drive. thankyou for this thread.ill print it out to jog some happy memories!

I lived all over Liverpool in 50's to 70's. West derby Rd-the smell from the shop where they made rock and humbugs mmm. Kensington-Esher Rd-skipping with all the kids Dads turning the rope,playing tick up and down the back entries,Boaler St school, Empire day-dressing my bike up with paper rosettes,Sidney age 5, my 1st boyfriend, Newsham Park, the boating lake, jam butties and home made lemonade, Old Swan the Abatoirre pooo! New Brighton-trips on the Royal Iris, the fair, the open air baths, Miss New Brighton contest. Smithdown Rd, Mum ran the Laundrette, bunking off school to go to the lunchtime sessions at the Cavern-saw the Beatles there. The Mardi gras, the Blue angel, The Rumblin Tum, (think i went to every club in Liverpool!) Queing up all night to see the rolling stones on the Empire. Wild nights out when I was a student nurse at Alderhey Hospital, climbing over the railings to get back into nurse's home at 2am!! So many happy memories. Liverpool in the 60's.......the best time and place of my life Sue. :0))) Alex

Going on a school holiday to the Isle of Man and meeting a lad from Liverpool.Love at first sight.He was visiting his cousin Jeff Lunt and they used to come to the school where we were staying in Douglas and talk to us through the window.Never forgotten his name Tony Wooley 6 Lincoln Drive Old Roan Aintree liverpool 10. Hows that for a memory!He used to sing the song In my Liverpool home.In 1970 my friend and I went to Liverpool for a day out and decided we would go and visit him.Got to his house and his mum entertained us with tea and biscuits and then in walked his FIANCEE!!..She sat down and we chatted,then he walked in...and he looked nothing like the lad I remembered! We got away as fast as we could then went into the town centre and decided to go for a drink in this club and couldnt understand why everyone was looking at us..till the stripper came on!!! Dont care got my memories and lovely photos of the day we had.. but most of all of the lovely nature of the people of Liverpool! The best in the world!..Wanda.x

The late great cazzy market..., bunking off school in summer and spending the day on the ferries, (we hid in the toilets when it reached the other side).....taking the whole streets kids in their big prams to princes park, with jam butties and a bottle of water, I was born in tennies in Toxteth, and we used to go to the drum yard,by the docks, cadge a couple of drums(wooden ones about 3ft high) put them on an old pram go to the wood yard, tell them the old people in our area had no wood for the fire, they would let us fill the drums with wood block ends from the timber, and then we would sell it around the doors, we made a fortune.when the Southern hospital was closing down our gang went over and asked if we could take some of the bedside cabinets for the old people(we blamed them for everything)they told us to take as many as we wanted, so we sold them for about a tanner each(move over Alan Sugar i was here first)...moe