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Waterloo in The 1940s to 1950s
My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the war until they were demolished, probably late 1940s. One of the concrete pillars collapsed on me and trapped me against a wall for a little while. I wasn't hurt but it scared the living daylights out of me. Still on College Road, a shop I will never forget was Prichard's Cooked Meat Shop. Their Eccles cakes were second to none. The same with their pies. Another time I remember see a German plane circling above us in Waterloo, smoke coming from it. As it started descending I and a couple of others jumped on our bikes and followed it as best we could. It appeared to have crashed landed in Marine Crescent (I think), a park along the sea front near Blucher Street, where my grandmother lived. As we got... Read more
Childhood in Waterloo
Lived at 4 Walmer Road, Waterloo and 21 Cambridge Road Waterloo in the 1950's. Both houses were divided into flats. I have fond memories of the Beach, Potters Bar Park, the Five Lamps, South Road and St John's Road. Would anyone have information on the history of the two houses mentioned please, or photographs, or owners and or tenants. I now live in Ireland, but my thoughts often return to my childhood days. Also remember the Williams family who lived at Colonsay next door to 21 Cambridge Road, and Penny Marmion and her Grandmother, I think lived at Great Georges Road. Thanks for allowing me to go down memory lane.
Marine Crescent
I recall as a child in the 1950s, being taken on outings from my grandparents' home in Litherland via Seaforth/ South Road stations to the beach at Marine Crescent, Waterloo.
On a recent nostalgic trip there I was surprised that I couldn't, as I expected, actually see the river and beyond from Marine Crescent and needed to walk across the dunes to the beach where the 'Another Place' statues are located to view the river and across to New Brighton.
Is my memory playing tricks, or was the shore of the Mersey Estuary closer to Marine Parade in the past?
Malcolm Osborne
Triggered A Few More Memories.
Waterloo in the 1940s to 1950s
My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the war until they were demolished, probably late 1940s. One of the concrete pillars collapsed on me and trapped me against a wall for a little while. I wasn't hurt but it scared the living daylights out of me. Still on College Road, a shop I will never forget was Prichard's Cooked Meat Shop. Their Eccles cakes were second to none. The same with their pies. Another time I remember see a German plane circling above us in Waterloo, smoke coming from it. As it started descending I and a couple of others jumped on our bikes and followed it as best we could. It appeared to have crashed landed in Marine Crescent (I think), a park along the sea front near Blucher Street,... Read more
Blundellsands Beach.Prior to 1960
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, and old grass sods, to camouflage it. Three of us stayed overnight to protect it, feeding off lemonade and roast potatoes until the the day the fire was to be lit. On the day I remember it rained nearly all day and we all wondered if we would be able to light the Bommy. Another friend Ray Bett's dad was chief mechanic at the garage at the top of Warrenhouse Road on Bridge Road, we went to see him and he gave us all the old oil from the sumps of the oil changes... Read more
Cavendish Road
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.
Coastguard Cottages, Mariner's Road, Blundellsands
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.
