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Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton #333573 2nd Jul 2009 10:17pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 Birkenhead Northender OP Enthusiast
OP Northender Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 Birkenhead	Hello The Palace Amusements building in New Brighton is getting a paint job which will make it blend in with the Floral Pavillion. I am glad they a re getting rid of that terrible green. First, here is a picture from January Attached Images wilk0.jpg (54.78 KB, 393 downloads) wilk2.jpg (33.67 KB, 393 downloads) wilk3.jpg (576.91 KB, 395 downloads) wilk1.jpg (49.39 KB, 395 downloads) Last edited by Northender; 2nd Jul 2009 10:19pm. Regards, Northender

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Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton Northender #333580 2nd Jul 2009 10:40pm
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 13,487 Likes: 1 Underground TRANCENTRAL Green Meanie Wiki Master
TRANCENTRAL Green Meanie Wiki Master Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 13,487 Likes: 1 Underground	yerr looks better mate! Please do not adjust your mind, there is a slight problem with reality

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton TRANCENTRAL #333583 2nd Jul 2009 10:49pm
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OP Northender Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 Birkenhead	Ye, it really looked tatty. In this picture from 5 June, you can see the cracks in the rendering: Attached Images wilk4.jpg (65.59 KB, 379 downloads) Regards, Northender

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton Northender #333592 2nd Jul 2009 11:13pm
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pacef8 Smartchild Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 526 Likes: 1 south wirral	i wonder if they will put the clock back

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton pacef8 #333593 2nd Jul 2009 11:21pm
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TRANCENTRAL Green Meanie Wiki Master Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 13,487 Likes: 1 Underground	Originally Posted by pacef8 i wonder if they will put the clock back hope so! anyone have a pic? Please do not adjust your mind, there is a slight problem with reality

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton pacef8 #333594 2nd Jul 2009 11:23pm
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PaulWirral Unregistered P	Laugh my tits off if they painted the Floral Pavilion in green! Makes such a big difference now that they redecorated the Palace. It was an eyesore on the Prom.

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton #333606 3rd Jul 2009 12:11am
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topofthepops Addict Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 218 Wallasey	Originally Posted by PaulWirral Laugh my tits off if they painted the Floral Pavilion in green! Makes such a big difference now that they redecorated the Palace. It was an eyesore on the Prom. I loved the green colour - anyway I couldn't resist! I've been down to the Floral and done a quick roller paint job to match the Palace! Attached Images floral-p green.jpg (30.85 KB, 363 downloads)

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton topofthepops #333632 3rd Jul 2009 10:31am
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PaulWirral Unregistered P	mad bugger!

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton #333660 3rd Jul 2009 12:41pm
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,644 Wirral UrbanEx2U Keep It Real !! Wiki Guide
UrbanEx2U Keep It Real !! Wiki Guide Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,644 Wirral	still needs more in New Brighton tho

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton UrbanEx2U #333667 3rd Jul 2009 1:16pm
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_jase_ Unregistered _	lol!! yerrrr looks well better now

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton #333671 3rd Jul 2009 1:38pm
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 218 Wallasey topofthepops Addict
topofthepops Addict Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 218 Wallasey	Been back and done the front! Messy as it was a quick job!! Attached Images floral newbrighton green.jpg (36.85 KB, 317 downloads)

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton topofthepops #333675 3rd Jul 2009 2:05pm
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 708 Isle of Wight bri445 Veteran
bri445 Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 708 Isle of Wight	Not messy at all. My favourite colour! Bri

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton bri445 #333805 4th Jul 2009 1:12am
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OP Northender Enthusiast Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 147 Birkenhead	There seems to be another thread with some pics here There was a pic of the building with the clock and signage on their website but they have changed the site since: http://www.wlgltd.co.uk/web/ Regards, Northender

Re: Palace Amusements (Wilkie's) New Brighton Northender #420556 19th Jul 2010 11:37pm
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tjc79uk Newbeee Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 15 Wallasey	Having been up to the tower lots of times I can confirm that the clock is still in the tower but its in a bad state.