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bri445 #470041 6th Feb 2011 9:55pm
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Thanks Bri, always got in to trouble for going from fast forward to reverse to quick and the tape would unwind and mangle.


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I used to go to Rumbelows . .. either Moreton or Liscard

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Did Beatties have a record dept ?

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when i moved in here the attic had boxes of 8 tracks, dad took them all.


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Originally Posted by bri445
Ad from the Birkenhead Official Guide for 1951
grange road west where the red cross is now on the corner the old halfords you can see the old sign


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It certainly did, along with a number of record booths smile

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Originally Posted by Erainn
Precisely, and still unsure if the Market, prior to it burning down on 9th November 1974, had a record stall, as you say also opening times would not have helped. Phoenix Records sounds familiar, where was that located?


In the place that became the sports barn on the Woodchurch. They used to sell all the old juke box singles.

But back to the OP's original question, I would take the ferry or train and go to Virgin on Bold Street.


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i reckon it was in the basement of the coop which is now tk max and which was living .(grange road )
am i right

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Wow! good call, was there a record's section in the Co-op? Trying to recall, the stairs were on the left as you went in the entrance???

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thats correct and i remember buying ball park incident (wizzard )in there and there was a chart and that was top of the charts . old fart ????????

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Wizzard eh? smile Was it around Xmas time? wink

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Was that there in 1974?

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