Nostalgic memories of Blundellsands's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I WROTE THE MEMORY ABOUT THE BONFIRE ETC , IN 2011 AND HAVE JUST LOOKED AT IT AGAIN 7 YEARS LATER.IT JOGGED SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME RECENTLY, THROUGH THE INTERNET I HAVE JUST RECONNECTED WITH MY CLOSEST FRIEND DEREK AUSTIN !!AFTER 60 ODD YEARS OF NOT SEEING OR SPEAKING TO HIM.WHEN WE MET IN THE ENDBUTT HOTEL ,IT WAS JUST LIKE THE LATE 1950'S. WE SPOKE ABOUT HIS BROTHERS. RODNEY ,BRIAN , AND PETER ...see more
I remember the coastguards cotteges at the bottom of Mariner's Road. They were on my way to school. When they were demolished, I was about seven years of age and my friends and i would play in the foundations which were there for some time. It wasn't until about 1970 that the bungalows that are there now were built. Like Mr Somers, I can remember Crosby Baths being built - I can still remember the ...see more
As a child I can remember cycling from Oxford Road, Waterloo to Blundellsands. I then went via what was I think Dibbs Lane leading to Little Crosby where I can remember watching the fields being ploughed using Shire horses. From Little Crosby Village I would cycle along Moss Lane & eventually past the pub called The Pheasant but known to my parents as "Happy's" which I believe was the nick-name ...see more
My mother recalls the relative Cyril, Percy and Dolly. I think the surname is Turner. Does anyone know anything about this family?
Memories include, the erosion, sniggery woods, coronation park and the erratic glacier boulder, the boating lake. Fort Crosby, the bike shop at Brighton-le-sands. The swimming pool down on the shore, the big houses down merrilocks and Burbo Bank. The electric train, the BS (now gone I am told), the library (old one,not the new one at Waterloo). Woolies near the train stop at Waterloo. The L23 and L30 buses into ...see more
I was thirteen at the time and lived off Riverslea Road, which led down to a walled field on to the beach. My friends Derek Austin, Les Reece, Charlie Kelly, and a few others had built the Biggest Bonfire for miles around. We had travelled as far as Formby to collect all sorts of wood and old gates etc, we even built a trench around the bonfire, and covered the trench with corrugated roofing, ...see more
As a youngster I lived in one of the Coastguard Cottages at the bottom of Mariner's Road. The complex comprising of six terraced cottages, Wincliff - the former Coastguard's house and a separate Boat-House were demolished around 1966 and sadly no-one appears to remember or to have any photographs of them. Even sadder when you think that they probably stood on the site for over a hundred years and had a long history of their own.
My Step-Grandmother, Agnes Buncombe, (known as "Snowie") lived at No 2a Cavendish Road with her husband Sid, and her son Wallace Frank Jones (my StepFather) I loved spending weekends and holidays at Cavendish Road, if anyone remembers the above mentioned names, would love to hear from them.