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Early 70s to middle 80s ...

The woman on the pavement outside Hamilton St station all day every day " got 10 pence for the bus" and what made it worse was she had a lisp!


And i think i remember the tramp on park Rd North used to be called "old lively".

Georgie Peacock He did have bad eye sight but always mannaged to grab the wrong pint on the bar,and say "sorry son was that yours."there was no way you wanted it back so you said "yes that is yours George" which it was then.It did"nt happen again until he only had one pint left.He was also a semi professional comedian and I have seen clubs packed out and he has not turned up only to be seen down the road on a bender,entertaining a pub for free.A true Birkenheader Mr Peacock gone but not forgotten

Eli used to pick out of a box a bra, cup it in his hand shout out what size he thought it was and say..pair of bongo,s 6and6...6s/6p..the tramp who lived in the bush in park road east was a feller call Billy livley he used to kiss a coin bend to the floor and then do a funny swing with his arm.He must have been a proud man as he would not let you help him with money,he used to tell you were to put it.He also got taken into the general hospital once with a bad leg..maggots ate the dead stuff and it kept the wound clean and saved his life.

I remember that when one of the services say gas or electric dug the street up,at night they put barriers around the hole, little red paraffin lamps with red glass and there was a cockey watchman with a little tin hut and a fire fueled with coke {the stuff that was made from coal}in the winter people passing one would warm there hands and pass 5 mins with the cocky..I remember one, his name was weddy nick name I think,he was from around Cleveland street by the corpo

who remembers the guy that went round local pubs played the banjo and the ukulele done George formby stuff he had the biggest bitter nose Ive ever seen?

your nose dusnt look that bad now kimpri1. Hahaha.

His name is George Peacock The same bloke who had bad eyesight in the pub.I was in the same class as his daughter.He used to live in the houses opposite the morpeth buildings not sure if it was wood street His jokes used to turn the air blue.This one is for all those who think they have his banjo he has sold hundreds of them

The Morpeth buildings were in Wood st. I remember George playing in the Pelican in the early 70s, also there was a bloke, though i can't remember his name, done the round of pubs and drank a yard of ale for charity.

I lived in wood street next to the schooner pub and the garage owned by R and H motors,thats still there called dynamite,I used to drink in the Blue bell,good times and good people,good memories.

who can remember a lad who done card tricks in the pubs park station way. think his name cliff?

one quick thought, George peakock has relatives still alive and local,his brother Dave is one,please be sensative...thanks

Cliff starkey an old mate of mine...still goin now still the same and still has his trade mark hat..

we called the tramp kiss a penny he left large amount ££ when he died

What about the Birkenhead Tranny..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op7XIb28s_I

Remember I booked Georgie Peacock for a concert myself once. Dropped myself right in it with the management, snobby b.....ds would never give a bloke a lift up. He turned up, bevvied of course, and he was the best turn of the night. He used to entertain the kids in the street after the war too. We'd all sit on the kerb edge and he would give us a load of songs before carrying on back to the alehouse. I've seen Cliff a lot too, used to frequent the Shammy, absolutely the best magician I've ever seen. If it's in front of you then it must be magic mustn't it?