Wow!! page 34 man on the right walking the donkey's, that is Lenny Upton who used to live on Sutton Road, never expected to see anyone that I new amongst these pics, once again Wow!!
Hi, you are best quoting the post number (ie-#918740 ) as different people have different page lengths and people with good eyesight using their mobile phones have even more pages. Ps, Zipper says, Cheers :-)
Thanks for posting the picture in #918493, I can still remember the smell of Hot doughnuts, candy floss and Chain Oil (off the chaine on the figure of eight) as you passed the palmists in the background and headed up the slope towards the higher level of the Tower Grounds. The only other place that had a similar smell was the old floral pavilian end enterance to Wilkies indoor fair before they converted that end into an arcade.
The end by Seacombe Ferry upstairs car park. My mate Bernie was part owner, back in the early 90`s. Photo taken 1992. Engineering works, cant remember, but made metal things lol. Seem to remember one or two metal presses.
Gorsedale Road School entrance when I was a nipper. The Dinner Lady or was it a Teacher? used to lock the gate at lunch time and when I got back a few minutes early I used to climb and sit on top of the wall where the ivy is. The darker bricks stick out a bit and made it easier to climb. Still the same old gate for over 50 years? or so. The caretaker had the house on the left.
Also note on the map Ginger Lane, on the old 1911 Godfrey map this is called Cinder Lane and it ran from Sherlock Lane to Oakdale Rd. Does anybody know if was ever called Ginger Lane or is it a typo form the map makers?
Dave
Just found it was called Cinder Lane from 1888-1913 on this map, the lower one.
