Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

CALIPER !!! YESSSSS of course it was a Caliper not a canopy LOL!

I'll need to change my name from Wallaby to Wally!

Thanks Hilary!

Wally

Yes, I am thrilled to see this picture Thank you Tina! I was brought up just off Hunter Street too & I remember playing on those steps when I was a kid. I also remember the Tobacconist further along under the canopied shops- I think it was called the 98 shop, run by an Irish family. Or was the 98 sh...

Yes, I think you're right & I remember the Co-op being further along towards the tunnel.

W

Oh, you did well finding this.
Yes, I think the Co-op was further along to the left, so out of this picture.

Tantalisingly close tho!

W

Yes, I think you're right about Cundles selling bikes, but I remember the money set-up in the Co-op as being brass chains, or at least there was a lot of shiny brass involved somehow. But maybe Millets had a wire version of a similar set-up.

W

Yes, you could be right ! I'll try to enhance it & see can I get it clearer & closer... Gosh thank you for all this help!

Wallaby

I remember I was about 3-4 years old when I got lost & I wondered outside & stood on the pavement looking back at the store. To me, it seemed like a huge department store. I remember my uncle bought me a white straw basket & a little brown teddy bear. I'm sure it sold curtains, furniture, toys, clot...

Ahh thank you for this. I feel better putting it into print now. I didn't want to get it wrong & look like the Co-op Divi lol!

Thanks again Dickiesam!

Wallaby

I can remember getting lost in this big old store & I remember it as being called the Co-op, but I wasn't sure & I couldn't find it in the old street directories at the LRO. I remember it was opposite the old Army & Navy Store. So, if you came out of the Tunnel, it would be on the left side of Byrom...

Can anyone remember the shops in Byrom Street circa 1950's ? If you remember, Byrom Street, began at the bottom of Scotland Road & finished at the Queensway Mersey Tunnel. I remember, a shop, which seemed to be a big shop, when I was little, which sold food, toys etc... I thought it was the Co-op. B...

Hi My grandfather was classed as an alien during the first world war & I know he was issued with his identity card in Liverpool where he lived. I have his ID number & the date it was issued. Would the police hold any such records in their archives ? I have enquired at the Liverpool Records Office & ...

Hello Wallaby, Send me a PM with Olive's sister J's name. I've had some success at finding folk, living and dead. Dickiesam Hi Everyone, I just wanted to tell you I've found Olive's sister ( J ) Dickiesam, you gave me a few possible marriages for her & it was the ( P ) surname. I've now contacted h...

Hi just wanted to update everyone who has helped on this. I've sent for the two M.C's suggested & I called at one of the neighbours who gave me a telephone number of the niece of the late Philip Brown. Philip's niece told me that Olive's sister, who might be still alive so I'll just call her (J) liv...

MaryA wrote:Hi and welcome to the forum.

We are often asked about tracing living relatives so we put together a few links to help.

http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... php?t=8154

Thanks for this Mary....
Wallaby

Hi Wallaby Wonderful news about the child born in 1953. So pleased you have found the son. Would he be named after his Dad with middle initial M?? bn Lpool N. Tks Tina Yes, that's him, I have his B.C. but I was told he had died as a child... don't know why, but I'll find out. He is now known as "M"...

I need to thread carefully Tina, it sounds like he has some problems, he sounds a bit 'unbalanced' (from what I'm told) so I need to assess what that means - whether mentally, emotionally or just somebody's wrong assessment. So, I'll concentrate on finding Edward & Annie Freeman's daughter "J" until...

Thank you to everyone for the advice & PM's I've had with helpful suggestions & offers of help. I've now found out today That Olive & Philip Brown (both deceased) did have a son born 1953. I was told he had died as a child, but he is alive & lives in Liverpool. Can't put his name on here but his ini...

Tina wrote:Hi Wallaby, is that Liverpool in New South Wales??
Just kidding
Welcome aboard on behalf of the crew who are having their beauty sleep.
All the very best with your search.
Tina

I wish... No Scouse land Tina... it would be warmer in NSW.

Thank you

Wallaby

Hi, This is my first post & I'm researching the Freeman family who lived at 24, Saxony Rd, L7, thru the 1930/40/50/60. Edward/Teddy Freeman & his wife Annie Freeman (nee Blair) had two daughters Olive born 1931 & her sister (who might still be alive) so I'll just give her name as "J" born 1929. Oliv...