Caught a glimpse of the Sayers shop in the video. I was a van lad on the vans in the 60s and remember delivering there many times. The first time I ever went through the Mersey tunnel was in a Sayer’s van. Happy memories of that job and New Brighton.
took me back to my childhood, Richmond St was opposite that old bank, I worked at every bingo in N/B loved being a caller, good fun and I was never skint
Does anybody remember a cafe off Victoria Rd called the Eat-in? From memory it was painted bottle green, white signage with red lettering. My Grandad used to take me in the early 1980's as a young child and we were regulars at this cafe. One week he must have had his wallet pickpocketed and I remember him panicking when he went to pay, the owner gave him a free cup of tea and said he could pay next time. They'd robbed £23 which was a lot of money back in 1982. We went back next day and paid the owner, lovely man.
And that was progress.... pulling down those beautiful old buildings and replacing them with hovels no bigger than our garden shed. The council should never have allowed it, regardless of how much they made from it. What a disgrace
It was cheap holidays to Spain that killed New Brighton. Whatever happened next was simply an exercise in trying to make the best of a bad job. The result is a town that lives rather than wallows in it’s past.
Hi there Roy, My name is Lily Gilboy, I'm writing to you from Blast! Films where we make Saving Lives at Sea. We'd potetntially like to use one of the stills in this video in a future epsiode. I was just wondering if you had anymore information about the still which appears at 1:21. Kind Regards, Lily
@@bobholness8442 Hey Bob, Thank you so much for your help! I did indeed manage to get in touch with Roy a little while ago through his website. Kind Regards, Lily
I remember Victoria road in the 50s it was a thriving busy road. Plenty of shops and it was like going to Grange Road in Birkenhead on a Saturday afternoon. And there we go again mindless council planners struck again and destroyed it. Shocking!
Caught a glimpse of the Sayers shop in the video. I was a van lad on the vans in the 60s and remember delivering there many times. The first time I ever went through the Mersey tunnel was in a Sayer’s van. Happy memories of that job and New Brighton.
so many places I remember from the 60s/70s ...Rialto Chippy, Sayers cake shop etc. but wow...how depressing to see the decay ! great video
took me back to my childhood, Richmond St was opposite that old bank, I worked at every bingo in N/B loved being a caller, good fun and I was never skint
Does anybody remember a cafe off Victoria Rd called the Eat-in? From memory it was painted bottle green, white signage with red lettering. My Grandad used to take me in the early 1980's as a young child and we were regulars at this cafe. One week he must have had his wallet pickpocketed and I remember him panicking when he went to pay, the owner gave him a free cup of tea and said he could pay next time. They'd robbed £23 which was a lot of money back in 1982.
We went back next day and paid the owner, lovely man.
And that was progress.... pulling down those beautiful old buildings and replacing them with hovels no bigger than our garden shed. The council should never have allowed it, regardless of how much they made from it. What a disgrace
It was cheap holidays to Spain that killed New Brighton. Whatever happened next was simply an exercise in trying to make the best of a bad job. The result is a town that lives rather than wallows in it’s past.
Hi there Roy,
My name is Lily Gilboy, I'm writing to you from Blast! Films where we make Saving Lives at Sea. We'd potetntially like to use one of the stills in this video in a future epsiode. I was just wondering if you had anymore information about the still which appears at 1:21.
Kind Regards,
Lily
Have you tried contacting him through his own website? It will not let me post it here but there is a contact form on it.
@@bobholness8442 Hey Bob,
Thank you so much for your help! I did indeed manage to get in touch with Roy a little while ago through his website.
Kind Regards,
Lily
I remember Victoria road in the 50s it was a thriving busy road. Plenty of shops and it was like going to Grange Road in Birkenhead on a Saturday afternoon. And there we go again mindless council planners struck again and destroyed it. Shocking!
Thanks Roy, that was great, took me right back. What do you make of the recent art movement?
what was the building at 1:40? looks like an old pub
Barclays Bank, corner of Mason Street
Is it not the old Doll hopital which has now moved but the buildings still there.