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#183525 - 6th Nov 2007 11:49pm Who remembers... General History Chat...
BMW Joe BMW Joe Hardcore Shrimp Joy Wiki Guardian Registered: 30th Apr 2006 Posts: 9532 Loc: Birkenhead	I thought I'd start this topic to see if anyone else remembers the Wirral how I do, feel free to add your own Who remembers... The shops on conway street? - Clicky When Europa Pools, Vue Cinema and Conway Park train station was all a massive gravel car park? There was an Asda where Wilkinsons in bhead town now is? _________________________
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#183527 - 6th Nov 2007 11:55pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: BMW Joe]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14969 Loc: Wirral	I remember the asda and the car park on the roof $;\)$ No one parked up there as the cars were getting vandalized $\:\($ But the upramp was boss for coming down with skateboards lol _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#183529 - 7th Nov 2007 12:32am Re: Who remembers... [Re: Mark]
Davey_Martin Davey_Martin Forum Master Registered: 17th Jul 2007 Posts: 2519 Loc: Perth, Scotland	i remember goin the pics in bhead nr the argos carpark to see star wars and also he-man
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#183535 - 7th Nov 2007 1:23am Re: Who remembers... [Re: Davey_Martin]
spinking spinking Forum Guardian Registered: 11th May 2004 Posts: 4208 Loc: Happy Home	who remebers the bingo (rank i think) shows my age and when asda was 2-p for the trolly and tramps like me used to offer to take it back $\:r\:$ And the fact there was 2 bus stops the 3 to and the other one to the ford and so on Also i cant remember what the cin used to be _________________________
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#183547 - 7th Nov 2007 8:20am Re: Who remembers... [Re: spinking]
StuyMac StuyMac Shit Hawks are Coming!! Wiki Guide Registered: 24th Nov 2003 Posts: 5759 Loc: Wirral	Fook me, this is showing our ages.... I remember all of those things, plus the Unit 4 Cinema on Seabank Road, the opening of the pyramids (I met and shook the hand of Frank Bruno), I remember New Brighton when it was all rocks and no beach. Does anyone else remember the Yellow Council vans that used to be everywhere doing maintenance work? I guess its all contracted out now.... $\:\($ _________________________ Racing is life, everything that happens before, and after, is just waiting. Saving Race Tokens
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#183551 - 7th Nov 2007 8:48am Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
Davey_Martin Davey_Martin Forum Master Registered: 17th Jul 2007 Posts: 2519 Loc: Perth, Scotland	anyone remember gettin chased by the MPS haha? - it was a common feature of my earlier youth... then as we got older we didnt run, just hurled abuse at them knowing they couldnt really do anything but a citizens arrest... which never happened ps: i remember the pyramids openin too lol... dont ask me wot was there before tho
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#183552 - 7th Nov 2007 9:18am Re: Who remembers... [Re: Davey_Martin]
StuyMac StuyMac Shit Hawks are Coming!! Wiki Guide Registered: 24th Nov 2003 Posts: 5759 Loc: Wirral	Originally Posted By: Davey_Martin anyone remember gettin chased by the MPS haha? - it was a common feature of my earlier youth... then as we got older we didnt run, just hurled abuse at them knowing they couldnt really do anything but a citizens arrest... which never happened ps: i remember the pyramids openin too lol... dont ask me wot was there before tho $\:r\:$ I think you missed vital details out of that, like Merrydown, 20/20 and white lightening $\:r\:$ Theres another one 20/20!! You dont see that much more, maybe is was harmful and its now cheaper to drink paint stripper... _________________________ Racing is life, everything that happens before, and after, is just waiting. Saving Race Tokens
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#183557 - 7th Nov 2007 10:05am Re: Who remembers... [Re: BMW Joe]
chiccy chiccy chiccy of the chiccyness Forum Master Registered: 27th Oct 2007 Posts: 2283 Loc: bromborough	Originally Posted By: BMW Joe There was an Asda where Wilkinsons in bhead town now is? yerrrr u could park on asdas roof!!! hehe _________________________ Find me on facebook as: Gail Jones Find me on msn as : ibizachic[at]hotmail.com ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥¸.•chiccy ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥
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#183558 - 7th Nov 2007 10:05am Re: Who remembers... [Re: Davey_Martin]
chiccy chiccy chiccy of the chiccyness Forum Master Registered: 27th Oct 2007 Posts: 2283 Loc: bromborough	i seen E.T there hahahaha _________________________ Find me on facebook as: Gail Jones Find me on msn as : ibizachic[at]hotmail.com ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥¸.•chiccy ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥
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#183563 - 7th Nov 2007 10:12am Re: Who remembers... [Re: chiccy]
BMW Joe BMW Joe Hardcore Shrimp Joy Wiki Guardian Registered: 30th Apr 2006 Posts: 9532 Loc: Birkenhead	yeah, I remember the old mecca bingo anyone remember when argyle street was one way only? _________________________
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#183573 - 7th Nov 2007 10:40am Re: Who remembers... [Re: BMW Joe]
StuyMac StuyMac Shit Hawks are Coming!! Wiki Guide Registered: 24th Nov 2003 Posts: 5759 Loc: Wirral	Originally Posted By: BMW Joe anyone remember when argyle street was one way only? $\:r\:$ In the scale of things thats a "recent" change for me!! C'mon, we want "i remember when all this was fields" stuff!! I remember no upton bypass, no upton sainsburys or maccys, back when it was all fields... $\:r\:$ _________________________ Racing is life, everything that happens before, and after, is just waiting. Saving Race Tokens
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#183574 - 7th Nov 2007 10:44am Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
chiccy chiccy chiccy of the chiccyness Forum Master Registered: 27th Oct 2007 Posts: 2283 Loc: bromborough	DOES ANY1 REMEMBER WHAT USED TO BE WERE THE COMPLEX IS IN BROMBOROUGH _________________________ Find me on facebook as: Gail Jones Find me on msn as : ibizachic[at]hotmail.com ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥¸.•chiccy ♥`•.¸♥¸.• ♥
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#183575 - 7th Nov 2007 10:56am Re: Who remembers... [Re: chiccy]
StuyMac StuyMac Shit Hawks are Coming!! Wiki Guide Registered: 24th Nov 2003 Posts: 5759 Loc: Wirral	...fields $\:r\:$ _________________________ Racing is life, everything that happens before, and after, is just waiting. Saving Race Tokens
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#183583 - 7th Nov 2007 11:09am Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14969 Loc: Wirral	Originally Posted By: StuyMac $\:r\:$ I think you missed vital details out of that, like Merrydown, 20/20 and white lightening $\:r\:$ Theres another one 20/20!! You dont see that much more, maybe is was harmful and its now cheaper to drink paint stripper... Clearing out my uncles attic, we came across 3 bottles of this stuff MD 20/20 (Mad Dog we called it lol) but it was all lumpy inside, like pure orange juice lol... What about what was there before Bidston Moss Tescos lol I remember the yellow council vans lol They were a nation wide feature lol. Joe i remember that Bingo, but never called in. Remember life when all the Tunnel Flyovers were in place? Remember when you would only get beat up once a weekend down town. And finally for this hour, rememeber St James Church when it was a sensible roundabout $\:\($ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#183584 - 7th Nov 2007 11:09am Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
AX_125 AX_125 Forum Master Registered: 10th Nov 2003 Posts: 2868 Loc: Home	I Remember there being loads of ponds there. Does anyone remember the old Co-Op where Asda is on the Woodchurch? I am pretty sure you used to park on the roof their aswell _________________________ I am a signature virus, copy me into your signature to help me spread.
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#183593 - 7th Nov 2007 11:27am Re: Who remembers... [Re: Mark]
StuyMac StuyMac Shit Hawks are Coming!! Wiki Guide Registered: 24th Nov 2003 Posts: 5759 Loc: Wirral	Originally Posted By: Mark I remember the asda and the car park on the roof $;\)$ $;\)$ Yeah Tesco was like, erm, fields with Ponds... Its hard to imagine how much things change, a couple of years ago there where really tight and twist lanes between my house and west kirby - theres now a better road there and its hard to remember what it was like before that and its been less than 2 years _________________________ Racing is life, everything that happens before, and after, is just waiting. Saving Race Tokens
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#183607 - 7th Nov 2007 2:03pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
SoundLad SoundLad Are You SoNutz? Forum Addict Registered: 21st Aug 2007 Posts: 1671 Loc: Birkenhead	I remember the Asda the lifts in there where terryfying cause someone used to Break the light so it was dark LOL.. I remember the Car Park on the front of the car park by the Asda used to be the Bus Shelters. Where the Argos is used to be a Higgsons Pub (cant remember the name) but it stunk.. Anyone remember how sayers used to look in birkenhead black Ceiling (urghhh) Along the shops on Conway Street used to be an Electrical shop called Magnet the guy who owned the shop fixed loads of old dated electronic equipment... Anyone remember next to the meadows pub the Pine Factory across the road from those shops.. Damn theres loads i remember but id need whole day to list LOL. _________________________ Lee Mills Bebo Profile
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#183609 - 7th Nov 2007 2:09pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: SoundLad]
peodude peodude Newbeee Registered: 7th Nov 2007 Posts: 24 Loc: Birkenhead	I remember all the flyovers and stuff $\:\)$ Also when the market was rebuilt it was temporarily relocated into the then closed Asda. Also remember the cinema, Europa and Conwy Park being built. And i'm only 21, so not THAT old, lol
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#183633 - 7th Nov 2007 4:03pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: peodude]
Davey_Martin Davey_Martin Forum Master Registered: 17th Jul 2007 Posts: 2519 Loc: Perth, Scotland	anyone remember the ritzy? good riddance... lol
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#183634 - 7th Nov 2007 4:06pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: Davey_Martin]
SoundLad SoundLad Are You SoNutz? Forum Addict Registered: 21st Aug 2007 Posts: 1671 Loc: Birkenhead	Yer hit man and her visted that.. Poor Macala with all those animals LOL _________________________ Lee Mills Bebo Profile
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#183638 - 7th Nov 2007 4:25pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: peodude]
chriskay chriskay Wise One Registered: 25th Oct 2007 Posts: 824 Loc: shropshire	OK, here's Grandad to try & answer some of the questions. The cinema near Argos was the Ritz; I know because I was a projectionist there for about a year. The manager's name was Bill Boht. Since tis is an unusual name, I think he was related to Jean Boht (Bread), maybe her father. One of the things that was where the Pyramids is was St.John's Church. It was just on the Borough Rd. side of Grange Rd., almost opposite where TKMaxx is now. That used to be a big CO-OP department store; furniture & the like. Years before, before my time, it was a music hall called Ohmy's Circus. Grange Rd. had a slight bend to the right here (coming down from Charing Cross). There were short streets of housing between Grange Rd. & Borough Rd. Grange Rd. was the major shopping St. of the town. Yes, I remember the CO-OP on Woodchurch. I don't think it was a shop, just a huge warehouse, or maybe a factory. There used to be the CO-OP dairy half way up Swan Hill too. Tesco Bidston? think that's where Bidston steel works was. Anyone know the Mount Estate? I remember when that was allotments during the war; used to play in the old chicken sheds there after they were abandoned after the war; started some good fires there too. I've been up for a little visit today; I'm planning a small project which may be ready by tomorrow: watch this space. Cheers, Chris. _________________________ "Preserve your memories, They're all that's left you" Paul Simon.
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#183640 - 7th Nov 2007 4:33pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: chriskay]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14969 Loc: Wirral	Tesco Bidston? think that's where Bidston steel works was. Dam Obvious now you said it lol Long Green Sheds if "I" Remember $;\)$ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#183651 - 7th Nov 2007 5:20pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: Mark]
Pinzgauer Pinzgauer Addict Registered: 25th Oct 2007 Posts: 257 Loc: Twixt Wirral & Ayrshire	The Co-op in Woodchurch Rd (between the railway bridge and Arrowe Park was the Co-op laundry. Massive place with tall chimney. Had a large neon sign on the main block with U.C.L.A. on it. As kids, it was always short for Uncle Charlie's Loonatic Asylum !! Quite spoiled things for us when we were told it really stood for "United Cooperative Laundries Association" !! Poo ! _________________________ My role model ? .....Abe Simpson. (Always aim high!)
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#183657 - 7th Nov 2007 5:41pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: StuyMac]
krisGTi krisGTi Forum Master Registered: 31st May 2006 Posts: 2775 Loc: moreton	Originally Posted By: StuyMac I remember no upton bypass, no upton sainsburys or maccys, back when it was all fields... $\:r\:$ an the lanes were like a long windin road an not very wide _________________________
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#183661 - 7th Nov 2007 5:44pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: krisGTi]
jonah jonah Forum Guardian Registered: 29th Nov 2006 Posts: 3981 Loc: 1313 Mockingbird Lane, I live ...	orbro cashand carry where b&q bidston is now, it subsided and basically fell apart as it was built on marsh land.... asda where wilkinsons is in birkenhead... it used to have a car park on the roof.. _________________________ http://www.myspace.com/jonah1974 stevejones74@hotmail.co.uk "WELL MY NUTS ARE HALFWAY UP MY ASS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'M PERFECT.....! "
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#183664 - 7th Nov 2007 5:48pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: jonah]
jonah jonah Forum Guardian Registered: 29th Nov 2006 Posts: 3981 Loc: 1313 Mockingbird Lane, I live ...	'the grand' nightclub in new brighton like an Rj's for teenies... or 'the Chelsea Reach' too was turned into posh apartments a few yrs ago... _________________________ http://www.myspace.com/jonah1974 stevejones74@hotmail.co.uk "WELL MY NUTS ARE HALFWAY UP MY ASS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'M PERFECT.....! "
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#183729 - 7th Nov 2007 10:08pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: Pinzgauer]
chriskay chriskay Wise One Registered: 25th Oct 2007 Posts: 824 Loc: shropshire	Originally Posted By: Pinzgauer The Co-op in Woodchurch Rd (between the railway bridge and Arrowe Park was the Co-op laundry. Massive place with tall chimney. Had a large neon sign on the main block with U.C.L.A. on it. As kids, it was always short for Uncle Charlie's Loonatic Asylum !! Quite spoiled things for us when we were told it really stood for "United Cooperative Laundries Association" !! Poo ! Oh, thanks; of course it was, I remember now. _________________________ "Preserve your memories, They're all that's left you" Paul Simon.
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#185706 - 20th Nov 2007 3:07pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: chriskay]
AR_One AR_One Enthusiast Registered: 14th Nov 2007 Posts: 126 Loc: Wirral	Wasn't the COOP at Woodchurch called Leo's for a while? - I vaugely remember Arrowe Park hospital opening - New Brighton open air baths - flipping freezing but packed with people in the summer - Kwik Save in Prenton burning down and lots of the stock being given away for free when it was refurbed! - Lairds still building ships - had a school trip to see HMS Cambelltown being launced, then going bust, starting again, going bust etc - Mersey Ferries being blue You've really got me started no!
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#185709 - 20th Nov 2007 5:32pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: AR_One]
Davey_Martin Davey_Martin Forum Master Registered: 17th Jul 2007 Posts: 2519 Loc: Perth, Scotland	the quasar in birkenhead (i could be wrong but was it not next to the coliseum or it was the coliseum) - where the icebar was then built? gettin mixed up now i think lol - id have to go down there and have a look to get it right
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#185726 - 20th Nov 2007 8:51pm Re: Who remembers... [Re: Davey_Martin]
AR_One AR_One Enthusiast Registered: 14th Nov 2007 Posts: 126 Loc: Wirral	"the quasar in birkenhead" I think it was part of the old cinema on Conway St
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