Loved watching this, I lived in Garston up until i was 23 years old, i moved away shortly after my mum passed away to sort my head out. I miss the place so much, every time i come back there is something new and i am so glad it has improved. I do plan to move back with my family when i am able.
I used to go to Banks Road school when I was a kid and I remember walking up the cinder path with my mate who lived in Vineyard Street that was in about 1983. I was brought up in Aston street and then later on we moved to Stormont Road. Thanks for uploading this 👍🙂
I am 66, my Dad was born in Belmont Place in 1919. We lived Speke when I was a kid, and one the first Saturday of the month my Dad and I would get the bus to Garston to pay his Tontine money in at the Reading rooms. We would get some pies in St Marys Road and walk under the bridge to my Granddad's in Window Lane and have our dinner. On the way home we would walk to the bus stop on Speke Road, via Banks Road so I could see the planes. Thanks to the Gas, Works and the Tannery Garston had it's own set of unique aroma's.
@ianhjan. I lived in Speke, in Penketh Green. My grandparents lived in Allerton and we would go to see them every Sunday. On Saturday my mum would go into Garston to do her shopping and visit friends. She bought her wool to make my jumpers from Mr. Weaver under the bridge, across from the church. We used to live on Hughes street before we moved to Speke. My mum would tell me to stay away from the trains with the bananas in because of the spiders. We moved to the USA IN ‘68.
I remember my uncle telling me, they would work on the Banana boats, when he was a Docker. They would unload the Bananas into heated freight wagons and the Spiders were like you have never seen. When I started working on The Railway over 30 years ago, we used to put Trains Loaded with Coal down onto the Docks for Ireland if I remember rightly.
I live in garston and used to work on the ships taking coal from garston to Belfast and Coleraine (cawoods),knew all the lads on the docks jimmy Gill Peter Smith Kenny Abbey lovvo Billy Kelly good times👍👍👍
@@michaelmoran2022 I remember when The Coal finished at Garston Dock and they started Bringing it into Seaforth in Cawoods containers to go onto the Boat at Seaforth for Belfast Docks. It was strange because my partner was from Belfast and when I met her, most of the houses still had Coal fires and that was only just over 20 years ago, I couldn`t believe it, they still had Ash Bins in the back yard. Because of the troubles, no Money whatsoever had been spent by the Government over there, it was like looking at Liverpool in the 60s in certain parts. It was only after the Good Friday agreement was firmly established that investment started to pour in. When I told her that the Coal she had been burning had come through Liverpool she said to me, I thought it was good stuff 😜😜👍👍
Opposite the hospital and downhill from the Empire was a jewellers shop, and from September 1962 my greasy nose would be pressed against the window looking at the watches, on my way home from school in Wellington Street. I loved Garston but we moved from the city centre to Speke in 1955 when I was four years old. My dad was on the security in the gas works. I've got a collection of watches now, far too many, but I loved that little shop.
Mark Hazelwoods mother owned that jewellers shop. Think they came from Jamaica I was 15 in 1960 and used to swap Mark birds eggs for foreign coins and a Whales tooth, because his mum wouldn't let him go egging. I still have the coins and tooth, 60 years later. There was a fruit and veg shop on the corner of Sidwel street Bob Parks, and a chippy and sweet shop further down on the next corner by the entry where I bought my two penny loosy woodbines. Happy days.
The best drummer the Beatles used to have worked at garston docks, his wife told him to leave the band because there was no money in music, oops, I'm not too sure if he was from garston, his name was Tommy Moore.
Memories - We lived in Chesterton street under the bridge Birks family three brothers -Terry n John- Im Ray - mum born and lived there from 1922 - born Freda Jolly then married as Freda Birks - great memories -dad was Ted Birks worked at bottle works - I noticed M Axworthy name in film -what a footballer he was - and should have been -
flan 66, I was born and bred in the garston tennies back in 1955 and went to banks rd school. I wonder if I know you?. What tenement block did you live in? I lived on the block facing Vineyard street and the railway lines.
what a load of tripe how many real Garstonians still under the bridge I went into garstondown window lane I did not see anyone I knew I lived in priory street and went to banks road school Garston has died it is not the same as it twenty years ago I went to storys gym I am 68yrs old go under the bridge!!!!!
WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE IN GARSTON FIGHT EACH OTHER I WAS A MATE OF J B FRANK SKEGGS JOHN MORAN PETER MORAN TO NAME AFEW MY NAME IS ALAN WOODWARD FROM PRIORY STREET GARSTON GET IN TOUTCH
Hi, I also went to Stories boxing club ln Garston. around 1958 to 1960. Boxing gloves the size and thickness of a scatter cushion, the smell of winter green and sweaty jockstraps.Great memories, at 72 years old thats all i have now, memories, my first wife died a few years ago, she was from Lucania street, Linda Christopher, my name is David Wagg, {Waggy} WE got married when i was 17 in 1962. Best mate was Jonny Donally. i lived under the bridge in Thomas street. carrying the saiiors bags up the dock road for a silver penny, selling nicked bananas from the railway carriages, 1 shilling a hand of bananas. Memories. I often wonder how many of my many school friends and mates are still with us. We had great days growing up in Garston, many many stories to tell of the things we got up to, nothing like todays dangerous times, ours was just devilment and a laugh, we were never bored, always up to something. love and best wishes to all Garstonions..... Good luck Edith.I wonder if you are the little Edith I knew who's dad drank in the Swan opposite the Empire cinema? more memories. TTFN. Dave. .
