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  1. Bomb 1940
    Started by Bridie2 11/01/2011

    I research Maidenhead history. In WW2, The Assistance Board (now Social Security) department from London was evacuated to Southport. Robert Bolton, a civil servant with the department, who lived in Maidenhead, was killed when a bomb hit 10 Griffith Drive , Southport on 21/12/1940. An elderly lady...

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    18/05/2013 05:48 PM
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  2. Ascension Day Holy Trinity School.
    Started by toffee man 09/05/2013

    As today is Ascension Day it took me back to when I was a pupil at Holy Trinity School on Manchester Rd. It being a church school every Ascension Day was a holiday. But as well as that luxury pupils were encouraged to ascend the church tower as it was open specifically for the day. No hi vis...

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    18/05/2013 02:00 PM
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  3. I thought I'd start a thread off which might be of interest to ex-pats and other estranged Sandgrounders. Here are a few photos of places that are changing or have changed fairly recently - just to whet your appetite. If anyone has any requests for what particular places look like now let me...

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    11/05/2013 09:42 PM
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  4. Ulah toffee shop
    Started by Dux59 03/03/2013

    Does anyone remember this (spelling could wrong)? It was the shop on Chapel St near where Santander is now. They had a machine in the window constantly spinning huge strands of white toffee. Does anyone have any more info please?

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    11/05/2013 06:47 PM
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  5. Doormen
    Started by -TR- 01/12/2002

    where are all the old doormen of days gone bye,like who remebers jimmy kelly from the brick etc wheres he know i do know he went to run a pub in burscough but that was about 20 yrs ago thats the last time i saw him.also george dakar i think he died??and sam is he still working the doors,and les...

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    10/05/2013 07:20 PM
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  6. Gregsons dairy crossens
    Started by nogger 28/04/2013

    Does anyone have any information as regards to a dairy in Crossens I think it was owned by Gregsons. It was near the plough roundabout, I know alot of farms used to be in the area just off the roundabout.

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    10/05/2013 05:24 PM
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  7. World War 2 in Southport
    Started by flyp 29/09/2001

    I would be interested to hear from those who were around at the time any details about German bombs dropped on Southport during the war. I know that the Blind Babies Home in Birkdale was hit, that a couple of houses were destroyed at the junction of St Lukes Rd & Hartwood Rd, that someone was...

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    28/04/2013 03:07 PM
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  8. Ship (cable street) footie team - 1973/4???
    Started by melanieb 24/04/2013

    I came across this old photograph which includes my late husband Billy Sharkey and his cronies but sadly although I remember the faces, I can't recall their names, other than ? Carney and Dave Mickerley(sp). Maybe someone recognizes themselves. I recall it was at the Rec. on Rufford Road.

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    26/04/2013 08:16 PM
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  9. Southport Hotels 1935
    Started by The Debster 02/05/2006

    A selection of hotels from 1935, some long gone -some are still standing. (hope I have resized them correctly!)

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    22/04/2013 10:37 PM
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  10. Fire at Bradleys Firework Factory & Sunday School Parade - Southport 1968? [VIDEO]
    Started by username2 20/03/2011

    A small clip of the fireworks factory fire in Southport around 1968. Dont have much footage as it was filmed over i think from the footage i have. I noticed a post from member Flyp asking for info a while back. If anyone knows this member it might be footage they would like to see? Also a...

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    17/04/2013 01:31 AM
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  11. The Builders Supply
    Started by onthespot 13/01/2002

    The Builders Supply on Eastbourne Road is being knocked down (work began 12/1/02)to make way for new houses.After the builders supply closed down in the 80's the premises have been used for different business,once a bath showroom and the Tile Wizzard Company was the last.Over the years when the...

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    14/04/2013 11:56 PM
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  12. Lesley Pearson?
    Started by radders 13/04/2013

    Does anyone remember her.Would be late 50's now.Had an older sister Stephanie and younger brother Gerry.Went to Christ The King?

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    13/04/2013 11:16 PM
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  13. Old cottage
    Started by happy chick 02/04/2013

    does anyone know what the old cottage set back on chambers road north once was , was it something to do with st luke's train station ?

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    04/04/2013 11:43 PM
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  14. Pegu
    Started by Fraser276 28/03/2013

    Hi...I've got a ships bell in my garden with the word PEGU on it, I'm pretty sure it's the one from the wreck at Formby, if anyone is interested then email me fraser276@gmail.com

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    28/03/2013 01:29 PM
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  15. Help
    Started by njam52 12/03/2013

    Is there anyone out there can help me find, And possibly sell me, Any literature or artifacts or infomation relating to the 1928 southport rally which was held on the promanade in sept 20th/23rd 1928 as i cant find any record of it anywere as it was supposed to be one of the biggest car rallys in...

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    15/03/2013 07:41 PM
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  16. I was chatting to the owner of the new Bistro Six30 in Ainsdale a few months ago about the old records/documents left behind by the previous owners, The Ainsdale Conservative Club. They left behind at least 3 of the old Chairmen’s boards dating from 1952 onwards and as a relative was included on...

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    03/03/2013 07:47 PM
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  17. Royal Visits to Southport in 1955
    Started by Hattrickpatrick 24/02/2013

    I've recently obtained this copy of a colour film made of the Queen's visit to Southport in April 1955, and Princess Margaret's visit in the same year, which includes some interesting shots of Lord street, Chapel Street, and Haig Avenue. ...

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    27/02/2013 10:40 PM
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  18. john booth
    Started by kanuck 27/10/2012

    Anyone remember John , I used to hang with him in the early 70's , He lived in Birkdale as i recall and use to drink at the coronation.

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    27/02/2013 02:32 PM
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  19. Any local historians
    Started by Blue star 23/01/2013

    I am trying to find out when each public house in Southport first opened anyone any ideas any CAMRA menbers one here.

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    24/02/2013 12:10 PM
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  20. Bankfield Engineering
    Started by Barrie 15/02/2013

    Can anyone remember an engineering/coach building company in Southport called Bankfield Engineering ? I have a feeling that they may well have been next to Crossens railway station (but I could be well off the mark) They were around in the mid 1950s. Any ideas appreciated.

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    22/02/2013 10:27 PM
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  21. Banastre Rd Hostel
    Started by Phil Mitchell 20/01/2013

    Does anyone remember the hostel (doss house) on Banastre Rd at the Belmont St bridge end. In the 60's I remember seeing tramps and vagrants being around their. I can only recollect seeing men their was their a female equivalent in town? was it council or privately run? Phil

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    22/02/2013 03:11 AM
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  22. Sussex Rd Recreation Ground. Any ideas?
    Started by toffee man 27/09/2012

    I see Southport FC. played their first games as Southport Central at Sussex Rd Recreation Ground. Has anybody any idea where abouts it was.

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    20/02/2013 10:55 PM
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  23. John Christopher Hanley
    Started by whaiaipo 20/02/2013

    I'm looking for anybody who knew John Christopher Hanley (d 11/8/1972) and born in Limerick 21/12/1921. His last address was in Sandringham Rd, Ainsdale and he was working with wrought iron. I am looking for a John Christopher Hanley who was working the coastal ships of NZ in late 1940s and later...

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    20/02/2013 08:16 PM
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  24. Well I've already PM'ed Pedoja to let her know what I managed to get hold of, and that shortly it would be appearing on Southport GB :) I managed to get my hands on a couple of old photographs, two of the whole class taken in a group photograph, I've scanned them in and they seem to have come...

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    19/02/2013 11:18 AM
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  25. Scarisbrick Hall Sale 16th July 1923
    Started by jimmy-j 12/08/2001

    This beautiful house is situated on the site of the ancestral home of the Scarisbrick family, that dates back to the time of King Stephen. The present building, considered to be one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the country, was designed by Pugin and completed in 1867. ...

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    13/02/2013 10:27 PM
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  26. Barry Twist. Ex Birkdale Sec Mod' Geography teacher-70's.
    Started by the blob 26/12/2007

    Anyone remember this gentleman? I attended Birkdale until the mid 70's, he was my geography whip. Great teacher. Is he still alive? Would like to make contact.

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    08/02/2013 07:12 PM
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  27. Southport bus recovery truck
    Started by peter88 11/01/2006

    Hi A friend of mine is restoring the AEC Matador recovery truck that used to belong to Southport corporation transport.It started life as a WW2 army truck and was bought by the transport dept in 1950 and converted at the bus garage.It lasted till 1982 when it was sold to a caravan site in...

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    06/02/2013 02:31 AM
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  28. Life of a Shrimper, AJP Taylor and other bits.
    Started by Randolph 30/12/2012

    Just a few links to people and things connected to Southport and district. The life of a shrimper. http://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-a nd-dialects/Millenium-memory-b ank/021M-C0900X10075A-0200V1 Lancashire dialect...

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    01/02/2013 12:15 AM
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  29. Haig Avenue Fire
    Started by ploppy 11/05/2006

    As today is the anniversary of the Bradford City fire, it prompted me to remember the fire at Haig Avenue, when the main stand burned down after a boxing day game in the late 60's. Can anyone shed any more light on this.

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    23/01/2013 08:46 AM
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  30. Dairys From The Past
    Started by The Debster 23/09/2012

    I have these two bottles from dairys I have never heard of, maybe some of you could tell us something about them? The first bottle is from J.Todd 144 Norwood Road and the second is R.Bradley Cow Keeper 158 Southbank Road. I have never heard of anyone being called a cow keeper before I saw...

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    18/01/2013 11:19 PM
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  31. Improved photos for Home Guard 1945 and Ribble Ave.
    Started by Jybo Jeff 03/01/2013

    I hope there is a response to the photos that I have submitted, To locate, click on section 3 and scroll down to find.

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    08/01/2013 01:47 PM
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  32. Ice-cream man 60s?
    Started by rawjohnelk 18/09/2012

    Does anyone remember the ice-cream man who sold home-made ice-cream out of the side of a morris van? It was in the 60s in the Birkdale area. We called him the 'pomp pomp man' because of the sound he made. For years my dad convinced me he sold fish...

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    06/01/2013 11:50 PM
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  33. Boys Brigades
    Started by toffee man 21/12/2010

    According to the BB website there are only 5 Companies in Southport: 1st St Philips 4th St Simons 7th Liverpool Rd Meths 9th Ainsdale Meths 10th Marshside Rd Meths. What happened to the others and were did they meet? I can remember the 2nd who met at All Souls in Norwood Rd and the 3rd...

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    03/01/2013 11:21 PM
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  34. Southport Corporation
    Started by flyp 06/08/2001

    Saw this relic on the promenade today...... This coat of arms differs from that I seem to remember on the side of the buses. Does anyone know why?

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    01/01/2013 03:38 PM
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  35. MJ chip shop
    Started by semah 17/12/2012

    I was in discussion with friends the other day and they said the MJ was a chippy before it became the MJ. Can anyone confirm....cause I can't remember it. I do remember having the best Horlicks in the Cafe on the corner opposite to the Albert in the late 50's/early 60's though. Cheers

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    30/12/2012 10:13 PM
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  36. Gore's Coach Tours
    Started by beldray 27/04/2008

    I don't know a lot about this company or its coach fleet but took these photo's in with some others i wanted. I am sure someone out there will like seeing them so here is the first batch with a few more to follow shortly. :d

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    27/12/2012 06:20 AM
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