Was born into the two up and two down world of the Herculaneum docks in 1950. The thing I remember the most as a child was that it was a happy place, I loved my community, felt like I belonged. A quick visit to our local shops was never quick, we were stopped so many times for a 'quick chat' with other local people. Always felt to me like it was one big family, perfect atmosphere for a child to grow up in. Have been forever grateful for that. Wonderlust hit in my mid 20's and in 76 I left for Australia where I've had an amazing and happy life. Liverpool has remained in my blood :)
Me too, our family emigrated to Australia in 1962, but my first 12 years in Liverpool were a joyful childhood. I loved crossing the Mersey on those white ferries. We lived in Speke till we got a council house in Gatecre.
@@TheLastSongbird124 . Good on yer lad, we were nearly part of the £10 poms, but me ma chickened out when she found out that even the plants were out to get you.
That's why it's interestng. Liverpool at that time had a very small middle class and I wasn't one them! To see a woman get into her Ford Prefect and drive into town is very odd but also fascinating.
At 7:32 in the background is M&S which recently closed and relocated to much smaller premises (surprise! surprise!). It was the last remaining store on Church Street that had been there for a long time. Ironic that it's supposed to be converted into an hotel as M&S moved into the building that was formerly an hotel. Perhaps in 100 years it'll be converted into a department store!
I didn't like the airport views. We never went near a plane or even saw one when I was there. It was a happy place before the Dutch Elm trees died. Oh, it was a lovely and shady place to play in the streets. The horses would arrive pulling their vegetable carts and the young ice-cream man on his bike. Everyone knew their neighbours. The ferry rides were wonderful. My Grandfather took me on the ferry, and it was he who told me we were floating as we stood waiting on the dock. And then a seagull got me, right onto my hat as we got onto the boat. My Grandfather told me that that was lucky. The last time I saw him he was waving a big white hanky, standing on a floating dock, as we all sailed away, never to see him again. As you can tell, I still miss my Grandfather, 70 years later.
@@littleredrose6254I used to go with my mam to pawn my dad's suit every Monday to Edwards in old Swan, so we could eat for the rest of the week. Poor but happy as everyone was the same.
Nobody I knew had a car and, it was time before washing machines and we never had a Television until 1955, not every one was well off my Mum and Dad both worked too. But we were never hungry. Thank God. I am in my late 80s now ,😀
But it wasn't just in Liverpool. I'm from Wigan and my grandad only owned a car until the late 50s. Looking back now even the poorest of people seem to have a car, TV. Netflix, internet etc. I don't know where they get their money from, they must be working every bone to the knuckle doing long hours with 3 jobs (most people are in debt). One thing we did have back then were families that stayed together. Now divorces are through the roof and couples can't seem to keep a relationship, single parent familes are so common now, and IMO I think this has been deliberate. Another thing we had back then that we have almost lost is privacy. CCTV cameras everywhere with racial recognition tracking your every move like something out of the Tom Cruise film Minority Report. The internet and Google spies on your internet browsing and so does your smart phone and smart TV.
My late father and his brother would spend many a day in Liverpool at Lime Street Railway Station taking down train numbers However this was in the early 1940’s. Their aunt lived in Wallasey so would they be be taken on the bus and yes at the height of WW2 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴❤️❤️🙏🙏
@@absoluteacw Of course they are BUT Governments !!! do not like a workforce that is too well paid because they become more choosey in what they do to earn a living, this is adjusted by TAX. Remember we live in a capitalist society MEANING the less you pay the workforce the more profit is made.
@@absoluteacw Stop trying to be a no knowledge smart ass. I just explained the Capitalist system and made no reference to if I like or dis like it. And as you seem to have very cHILDISH OUTLOOK ON THE WORLD DO NOT TRY TO TELL ME WHAT I WANT!!!
