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oh my god,dripping butties i used to love them,my children were horrified when i told them, remember the icecream man coming round the streets at night mr softy,my dad used to go out and get my a mr softy with a flake in it and i used to eat it in bed., i remember the bath house,went with mum a few times when i got to big for the sink..anyone else out there got happy memories of liverpool in the sixties????

Hi Sue, I too am a scouser born in Beaumont Street, my mum and dad married in St. Clements. I went to Granby Street School we moved to Sidney Gardens in Smithdown Lane, and then moved to Speke. I remember going to the wash house with my gran, it was by Lodge Lane baths, somewhere! Everyone took their washing in a old pram...then we got posh... and my gran got her mangle lol. At the back of Beaumont St there was a bakery it was called Braithwaits...I can smell those pies now. I would go for a loaf and by the time I got it home there were no edges on it cos I ate them. Walking home from school I would call into the chandlers and get 2d worth of Aunt Sally...do you remember that? It made fantastic bubbles...I can smell that too. I used to love Sefton Park and Princes Park, spent many a day playing there with my dripping butties and my lemonade made with sherbet powder. Peter Pan Statue, Wendy's House and the Peacocks they never opened their tails until my back was turned! I have thought about going back to see my old haunts but after reading your experience I think I will just keep my very happy memories. I had better stop now before this turns into a book....hope to speak again soon. Beryl x

going to bed myself now, but if any of you scousers want to post messages feel free ,get back to you all tomorrow. nite,nite.xxxx

karen, do you know that beaconsfield rd was a well to do place in 1915 the householders had servents(my g grandmother was one of them)dad tells me that he remembers it as being a lovely place in the 50s, and mum says it was lovely there when i went to school( my mum would never have sent me to school there if it was a scruffy place)i was really shaken after our day out in lpool, it was like going into a warsone(excuse my spelling, i cant remember how to spell that, and i got a b in english) but it was a long time ago, it makes me very sad to see my beloved liverpool in such a state..xxxx love mexx

someone talk to me!!!

i love the reds,ive got my hubby and two kids that love m united,and me and the other two kids who love lpool,and my father in law loves everton(and hes welsh) come on you reds, liverpool, liverpool, went to anfield once and got peed on(thats what you get for sitting in the lower stands) but will always love the mighty reds,xxxx

Me! Me! Me! though you never would have guessed! Bootle girl til I was nearly seven then Waterloo ever since. Daughter now lives in Ireland but her heart is still with Liverpool. And, we all support the REDS. Lyn

i know what you mean,i asked the same question to my cousin whos a detective inspecter in lpool, he couldnt answer me, xxx but i think that everyone is frightened incase they are seen as being racist,you have to be very careful these days.xx

karen, keep an eye on the entry site,any redness get him back to the dr, love mexxx, oh and yes i remember judy the donkey in sefton park(you gave me a trip down memory lane with that one.xx

karen, it was a drug den,thats why my dad wouldnt let me out of the car, talking about dads hows yours???

nudge, just incase a scouser has missed this thread.xxxx

karen ,yes went to see grandads house(the place he was born)beaconsfield rd, it was almost next door to my old school,dad wouldnt let me get out of the car(its so sad isnt it) there were people sitting at the end of the st drinking and smoking ans staring at us,god it was so intimidating,nothing like the liverpool i remember,but everywhere has changed now,nothing is like it used to be.xxxx

hiya karen, went back to liverpool last month(did i tell you)went back to see my old house and my school,nearly died when i got there,my dad was so scared that he put the internal locking on the car(while we where in it) the people we saw were so intimidating,nothing like the wonderfull place i grew up in during the late 60sxxxx

Hi Just thiking about Lodge Lane baths we went there with the school Clint Road and Edge Hill to learn to swim dont build baths like them any more . We used to go to the Tunnel Cinama (We called it the Bug House) on Saturday Morning with a tanner buy penny Walkers and black jacks run riot upstairs then go to Botanic park where they had a play centre and if you where thirsty you would get a drink of water from the water taps situated arround the park. Keith R

kieth, my dad was born in edge hill,lightwood st(was knocked down in the seventys) what school did you go to?xxx

hi suzanne im a scouser ilive not far from were lodge lane baths use to be ! so hi fellow scouser joycex

Cheeky? Que moi? Probably too many to fit in this little thread

Hi I think i may be a scouser i was born in Edge Hill. lived in Kensington.now live in Huyton. I am on this site every day have been for a number of years i must thank every one who has helped me with finding lost Ancestors over the years Keith R

no dont think ive met keith yetxxx