I used repair the Steet lights for the Corpy in the "Little Bongs" back in the 70s, When I got my 1st jobcard for the Bongs I had to ask my Boss "Where the hell is that? is this a joke"?? He told me staight away, "You know the cafe in East Prescot, where you all sit on your arses instead of grafting? It's behind that, thru the archway". It was like a little paradise then spick + span, no Lamposts all Wall mounted lamps. Residents were a mixed bunch of Pensioners + younguns. Great to see it's still around but said to see ir a bit run down..Great vid G2E.
That's a really old cobbled road. Using the old over 4" round stones indicates before the 19th century. That type of stone was used because it suited a horses shoe. Later the more square flat cobble was used as different transport was developed. (Isn't Google a wonderful thing) haha! Cheers George.
@@g2emedia1977there's a street section in Sydney (Oz) that has wooden cobbles dating from the early 1800s and is still carrying local traffic. That would have to be nice for horses to walk on and drunks to fall face first onto. There are lots of old pubs there.
Whenever you see an arched entrance, it was likely used by horse & carriage. The blocked up buildings round the corner were probably workshops of some kind apart from the one with ropes. That was maybe a stable. It looks like the residents once took pride but now it overgrown. Nothing a colab, a bit of elbow grease and 10 gallons of weed killer wouldn’t sort.
I nearly got a house to rent there the first house number 6, the back garden is in front of the house across the lane if that makes sense. Its so peaceful like its stuck in time
Ahh i get it i was wondering was it the back gardens which were at the front it makes sense now Lovely little area bet it looks at xmas etc Wonder if it gets locked at night with all the padlocks on the gate Thanks for watching
Back in the day I used to go to the Gym which was on the left as you walked through the archway.The guy who ran it kept chickens in a courtyard behind the building we used to get fresh eggs off him and every one was a double yoker. happy days.
Use to deliver gas bottle refills down there years ago to all the old people living in them old houses. In mid 1980s. It was really clean and tidy back then.
As far as I recollect, now 71, the 'Little Bongs' name did include the stretch of houses-buildings along the main street 'East Prescot Road' as well. The houses were built for the brewery which was 'Knotty Ash Ales' and I can recollect a few pubs which had old signs which sole their beers. The now lost Number 10 Elliot Street, the location being the steps down to the Clyton Square and St John's malls was a tiny pub but in the saloon was a magnificent chimney piece mirror with at its centre a ceramic pcture of the famous tree and 'Knotty Ash Ales'.
I first came across that place around1997/8 as I worked in Knotty Ash Community Centre (in the central part of the duel carriage way) now closed down as a Center based - "outreach" youth worker. We used to walk all around Knotty Ash to make contact with young people.
I didn't know about this until a few weeks ago depite having passed it many times. The only reason I found out was one of the houses was for sale. Good to see this, as street view hadn't been down there. Looks quite nice although can't see its going to be too pleasant trying to get home down those alleys on an icy winter's night!
Another treasure George. It looked like Knotty Ash? Im sure Ken Dodds Dad used to have a coal yard around where you were. That place with bars could have been to stable horses for the brewery or other businesses. Nice and private little place. The road is probably unadopted by the council so the cobbles remain. Thanks George 😊
@@bernadettefarrell8161 yes its in knotty ash this place lovely little place not sure id like to live there though nice houses indeed Could be right there about the stables Thanks for watching bern much appreciated
The off loading for the Coal from the train to a huge Coal storage depot was just across the way on what is now Sainsburys , Mr Dodd only had to go around the corner or cross the field to stock up his yard , the Railway & Knotty Ash station long gone , now a footpath . Coal depot closed mid / late 1970s .
My Aunty had the Lord Nelson Hotel pub just a short walk along the other way. When I was a small kid, my mum showed me something in the Echo. She said my aunty had called to tell her there had been a burst water pipe on the main road. The Echo interviewed my Aunty and Doddy. My Aunty said the cellar of the pub had been flooded but it was ok now and they were still open selling bottled beer. Doddy said the Diddy Men had been working hard to pump the water out of the Jam Butty Mine to ensure all the dads had something for their tea. This messed with my 7 year old head, blurring fact and fantasy.
Thanks chris glad you enjoyed the video mate arent these little hidden areas amazing i love places like this Thanks for watching mate lots more to come
Used to have many of these court style ,news terraced houses in Wolverhampton until council got power crazy and knocked these little beauties down for tower blocks and industrial units! Interesting to see how the 'back to back ' nature of the houses looked so interesting! Lots of love from Wolverhampton!
Thanks for watching all the way from wolverhampton There are some terrace houses in the city centre back to back which are the only surviving ones in liverpool...i may do a vid at some point
Quaint little place, wouldn't want to walk it in the dark though 😬 I think the houses might have been built for workers of an estate or industry. Great video thank you 👍
The brewery you mention is at the end of the block of shops, by the Vision Windows. There is a ghost sign high up the building which is a private gym/dance studio
Brilliant video thanks. Another surprising area was Huyton. Years ago i used to fll the vending machines in Huyton magistrates court. Theres some lovely buildings around there, surrounded by modern crap.
Yuotube suggested this video. What a cute place! It could do with a bit of touch-up, though. Thanks for taking us on this excursion. 🙂 Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Wouldn't mind living there myself, those kind of place's appeal to me. There's a lovely road, just by the Philharmonic, don't know the name of it, but it looks very Edwardian.
I'm from Southport but I'm often up that way at Alder Hey with my daughter for appoinments there. Think I might have to drag her on a wander and give her a history lesson next time we visit! To be fair she does like a wandering walk after a hospital appoinment to clear her head so she might now mind to much :)
Ha ha true what i liked about it wad the fact there was no modern cars outside ...well apart from one Lovely little area be interesting to see at night or maybe lit up at xmas Thanks for watching much appreciated
I use to be a sky engineer and I installed few of them satellite dishes there, when digital came out. Shame the people that live there don't look after it, gardens and entry could of done with some TLC. Would be a nice place to vist if you were or weren't from Liverpool...
@user-vx5pq1mv8r maybe because its historical and interesting Pretty much the same as brooky fans visiting the close no different Buckingham palace,downing street a few more examples....is that weird??
Fabulous little spot. You can feel the history as you’re walking along with the camera. I wonder what the maddest thing to ever happen in Little Bongs was? 🙂
Wow blast from the past used to hang around here with me mates me auntie lived on the estate behind it used to get looked after when we was younger looks a bit of a mess at the minute Ken Dodd lived up the road aswell used to see him sometimes in the sweet shop 😂 I asked him when I was about 12 where’s your tiddly stick he said “do you say that to all the boys” proper had me off 😂 good memories round knotty ash nice one for video mate 👍🏼
From the state of the gardens gardening is not a hobby in Liverpool but loved the bit you said looked like a jail cell ( probably a stable) with the 80s stone cladding very northern
😂😂😂😂 I sent a link to one of the residents and all there relatives so they can have a look. 😊😊😊. You was Lucky you wasn't run down by the Mad Taxi driver George 😂😂😂. We still have a good few Unadopted Cobbled street's around Liverpool. There's a few off Picton Road by the old Baths 🛁 wash-house.
I did get a few odd looks before i filmed mad how people come out when a guy is filming ha ha not sure id like to live there though I was down picton way last week by the old baths mad how some cobbles still remain
@@g2emedia1977I've been cleaning a pub with cobbles... brushing up the ciggy butts from inside the cracks is a real pain in the rear ☺️ It's great how these rows of houses escape the bulldozer ✌️✌️
Joseph Jones brewery founded in 1869, registered as a limited company 1924, taken over by Higsons brewery in 1937 with 70 public houses. The brewery was still standing in 1968 taken over by a builders merchant.
That was interesting...especially the ...... gaol for drunks ha ha ha , hard to understand how it all meshed together so would have been nice to see an old map.Look forward to your next adventure 😂
Amazing. I grew up in Knotty Ash and had no idea that was there. I'd never think to go through that archway coz I just assumed it was private property. Sometimes you would see Ken Dodd in the newsagents just there on Prescott Road. That shoe shop used to be a car dealership. And Alder Hey hasn't half grown - looks like they've expanded into the park on the other side of Prescott Road.
My daughter has been under Alder Hey since the new building opened in 2016. You wouldn't believe how much the site has changed just in the past 8 years. Over our visits we've watched pretty much everything built on the site before the the 2016 buildings be demolished and replaced. It's an amazing hospital!
Interesting to stumble across your channel as I had the same idea to do something similar here in Birmingham. I also live on one of Birmingham's many hidden terraces and houses. They're really quite nice. Ours is late Victorian, early Edwardian and our avenue consists of only eight houses, four each side. The design is a classic west midland 'two-up, two down' and rooms are pretty small at around 11' square. But they're very cosy and dead cheap to heat. Sadly they would've had cobbled walkways but the council put a stop to that. They also replaced the condemned 'back-to-back'-type houses which were considered eventually to be unfit for human inhabitance.
With funding and sympathetic restoration, those little houses could be turned into desirable residences. It is such a shame that these socially historic properties fall into neglect and disrepair, leaving them ripe for demolition, and clearance, ready for 'redevelopment'
I did a google earth search of the area. Seems like a nice hide spot. But a few houses facing the Main Street it looks like they have a hoarding problem. Only problem I saw with the area is getting trades people in and out or you’re not going to be able to get a snow plow in there if you get hit with some serious snow.
Yes, there are two terraces off Bridge Road, Rose Lane, one is Stanley Terrace. There used to be similar off Chapel Road in Garston (opposite the NHS Centre) but it might be re-developed by now
@Backspace1957 Concidering they were built in the 1800,s and are still being lived inn it just shows how well we uses to build thing's back then. I can't imagine modern house's still standing after 2 World war's and all those year's.
Have you seen where there was a zoo by the plough Inn opposite old Walton hospital grounds, I remember living by sainsbury's as a kid and there was an old houses area by the plough Inn as well
Cheers i went there a few weeks ago but there was a charge to get in so i swerved it however i do have a video coming soon connected strongley to john lennon
Pudding Bank/belonged to Sir Nicholas Ashton of Woolton Hall, for estate workers etc known for it's black puddings. Pig rearing. Sandstone houses in Speke road with steep steps to front door. 1860s. Family lives in one. Grandmother lived corner Woolton St/Speke Rd. "Rydal Mount". Aged 84. Dad took me on a history walk around Woolton when I was young. Question: why are the lodges left in middle of Allerton Rd,? We're originally WHall entrances. House grounds moved further back when dual carriage way was built. Church Rd South was called Hall Lane. Aged 84
There is no excuse for the residents to leave their bins left out on view. I had 3 rentals and even during chemotherapy, l drove round to each house and made sure the bins were always put back into the back (and out of sight until next bin day)
The back embankment and front of the apartment building (in the beginning of the video) are Ancient. We live on many layers of hidden and covered up history 💜🌈✌️🌎☯️🌹🌟👩🚀
Turned this on and said to my missus "bet it's Little Bongs". My mum was born there in 1932. Shirley Smith daughter of John and Mary sister of Philip.
I was originally going to name it little bongs but ended up with this title lol
Thanks for watching and the info
It is little bongs
My niece lived there too its a hidden gem
It is a hidden treasure.👍🏻
I have same name as your mum - Shirley Smith ( by marriage 1982) Made me look twice when l saw my name 😀
I used repair the Steet lights for the Corpy in the "Little Bongs" back in the 70s, When I got my 1st jobcard for the Bongs I had to ask my Boss "Where the hell is that? is this a joke"?? He told me staight away, "You know the cafe in East Prescot, where you all sit on your arses instead of grafting? It's behind that, thru the archway". It was like a little paradise then spick + span, no Lamposts all Wall mounted lamps. Residents were a mixed bunch of Pensioners + younguns. Great to see it's still around but said to see ir a bit run down..Great vid G2E.
Ha ha boss thanks for watching sorry late reply
Glad you enjoy the vids
@@g2emedia1977Do you know about Mill cottages off Woolton Road ? It’s in a little close between Tor View Road and Mendip Road in Wavertree
@@lynby6231 dont think ive ever been thete lyn
That's a really old cobbled road. Using the old over 4" round stones indicates before the 19th century. That type of stone was used because it suited a horses shoe. Later the more square flat cobble was used as different transport was developed. (Isn't Google a wonderful thing) haha!
Cheers George.
Ahh cool i had no idea cobbles were all different and its uses
Brill info cheers and thanks for watching
@@g2emedia1977there's a street section in Sydney (Oz) that has wooden cobbles dating from the early 1800s and is still carrying local traffic. That would have to be nice for horses to walk on and drunks to fall face first onto. There are lots of old pubs there.
Wow, that area could look fantastic with some loving care and attention.
Apparently it used to be really neat and tidy
Whenever you see an arched entrance, it was likely used by horse & carriage.
The blocked up buildings round the corner were probably workshops of some kind apart from the one with ropes. That was maybe a stable.
It looks like the residents once took pride but now it overgrown. Nothing a colab, a bit of elbow grease and 10 gallons of weed killer wouldn’t sort.
You wouldn't get a horse and cart through that arch
Use boiling water or salt for the weeds. No need for chemical weed killer.
I nearly got a house to rent there the first house number 6, the back garden is in front of the house across the lane if that makes sense. Its so peaceful like its stuck in time
Ahh i get it i was wondering was it the back gardens which were at the front it makes sense now
Lovely little area bet it looks at xmas etc
Wonder if it gets locked at night with all the padlocks on the gate
Thanks for watching
@@hojak59 my Great Grandma and my Mum were born in no. 11
wow. such an interesting little street.
Thanks for watching
Back in the day I used to go to the Gym which was on the left as you walked through the archway.The guy who ran it kept chickens in a courtyard behind the building we used to get fresh eggs off him and every one was a double yoker. happy days.
Happy days i love eggs
Use to deliver gas bottle refills down there years ago to all the old people living in them old houses. In mid 1980s.
It was really clean and tidy back then.
@@VaultPete brilliant mate i take it its changed a bit down here then
@g2emedia1977 Yes George. Really clean and tidy back then. No over grown bushes and the cobble stones was always clean and grass free.
@VaultPete ahh right wonder what happened
I hope all those houses are listed as they deserve to be
@@peterwalton1502 i dont think they are
Any beatles fans watching 1.20 on the clock the building stickiing out on the left next to the garage,the beatles played there
Great info never knew that
I walked past that every day when I was working around there. Never would have crossed my mind
Mad isnt it how hidden it is
Thanks for watching
Nice and peaceful place to live that.
It really is!
What a perfect treasure.
Indeed
@@g2emedia1977 my friend is local to this area, i have "shared" to see if she knows it.what eere these houses built for.
As far as I recollect, now 71, the 'Little Bongs' name did include the stretch of houses-buildings along the main street 'East Prescot Road' as well. The houses were built for the brewery which was 'Knotty Ash Ales' and I can recollect a few pubs which had old signs which sole their beers. The now lost Number 10 Elliot Street, the location being the steps down to the Clyton Square and St John's malls was a tiny pub but in the saloon was a magnificent chimney piece mirror with at its centre a ceramic pcture of the famous tree and 'Knotty Ash Ales'.
Thanks for the info
Tommy Halls in Prescot 😁
I first came across that place around1997/8 as I worked in Knotty Ash Community Centre (in the central part of the duel carriage way) now closed down as a Center based - "outreach" youth worker. We used to walk all around Knotty Ash to make contact with young people.
I didn't know about this until a few weeks ago depite having passed it many times. The only reason I found out was one of the houses was for sale. Good to see this, as street view hadn't been down there. Looks quite nice although can't see its going to be too pleasant trying to get home down those alleys on an icy winter's night!
Another treasure George. It looked like Knotty Ash? Im sure Ken Dodds Dad used to have a coal yard around where you were. That place with bars could have been to stable horses for the brewery or other businesses. Nice and private little place. The road is probably unadopted by the council so the cobbles remain. Thanks George 😊
@@bernadettefarrell8161 yes its in knotty ash this place lovely little place not sure id like to live there though nice houses indeed
Could be right there about the stables
Thanks for watching bern much appreciated
The off loading for the Coal from the train to a huge Coal storage depot was just across the way on what is now Sainsburys , Mr Dodd only had to go around the corner or cross the field to stock up his yard , the Railway & Knotty Ash station long gone , now a footpath . Coal depot closed mid / late 1970s .
@@misspurrr-fect3684 It was called 'David Hume Coal Merchants' but the Dodd's house was up on Thoas Lane across the back from this site.
My Aunty had the Lord Nelson Hotel pub just a short walk along the other way. When I was a small kid, my mum showed me something in the Echo. She said my aunty had called to tell her there had been a burst water pipe on the main road. The Echo interviewed my Aunty and Doddy. My Aunty said the cellar of the pub had been flooded but it was ok now and they were still open selling bottled beer. Doddy said the Diddy Men had been working hard to pump the water out of the Jam Butty Mine to ensure all the dads had something for their tea.
This messed with my 7 year old head, blurring fact and fantasy.
Was mick the marmerlizer there ? I loved ken Dodd and his diddy men . I'd forgotten about the jam butty mines. Love it ❤
Great video ❤
Wow, amazing! Didn't think that still existed!
Lovely little place isnt it
Another I didn’t know that was there video! Love these explorations In our
own city,thanks for the geographical enlightenment…👍
Thanks chris glad you enjoyed the video mate arent these little hidden areas amazing i love places like this
Thanks for watching mate lots more to come
Such a sweet little area. I imagine it was quite lovely in its time. I hope noone tears it down.
Used to have many of these court style ,news terraced houses in Wolverhampton until council got power crazy and knocked these little beauties down for tower blocks and industrial units!
Interesting to see how the 'back to back ' nature of the houses looked so interesting!
Lots of love from Wolverhampton!
Thanks for watching all the way from wolverhampton
There are some terrace houses in the city centre back to back which are the only surviving ones in liverpool...i may do a vid at some point
The arch way you went under was cains baker years ago at the time there was a sugar sortage I us to work there wen I was a kid.
Thanks for the info
Quaint little place, wouldn't want to walk it in the dark though 😬 I think the houses might have been built for workers of an estate or industry. Great video thank you 👍
Thanks, that was really lovely, beautiful cottages, lovely to see the cobblestones too 😊❤
My pleasure 😊
Hi George, I never realised this was here. As you said, it's another hidden gem in Liverpool great video 👍
Lovely little place isnt it i never realised it went so far back
Thanks for watching mate
Yes were ues to get the left over buns from the bakery about 6 in the morning good vid mate
The brewery you mention is at the end of the block of shops, by the Vision Windows. There is a ghost sign high up the building which is a private gym/dance studio
Ahh cool thanks for the info and for watching
Brilliant video thanks. Another surprising area was Huyton. Years ago i used to fll the vending machines in Huyton magistrates court. Theres some lovely buildings around there, surrounded by modern crap.
Glad you got to that one George, great video…. there’s me thinking the houses were for the workers in the jam buttie mine 😂😂😂
Ha ha jam butties finally got round to doing this one ha ha
Thanks for watching kenny
I used to ride my bike through there all the time as a kid.
Can you ride a bike through there?
Yuotube suggested this video. What a cute place! It could do with a bit of touch-up, though. Thanks for taking us on this excursion. 🙂 Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden.
@@sabinekarlsson8803 thank you for watching all the way from sweden glad you enjoyed it
Wouldn't mind living there myself, those kind of place's appeal to me. There's a lovely road, just by the Philharmonic, don't know the name of it, but it looks very Edwardian.
I'm from Southport but I'm often up that way at Alder Hey with my daughter for appoinments there. Think I might have to drag her on a wander and give her a history lesson next time we visit! To be fair she does like a wandering walk after a hospital appoinment to clear her head so she might now mind to much :)
Hi peter its well worth a look this place with just a stones throw from the hospital deffo do it
Hope shes ok
And thanks for watching
Great find 👍
Glad you enjoyed it cheers
If you filmed some of this in black and white, you would think the footage was ancient .
Ha ha true what i liked about it wad the fact there was no modern cars outside ...well apart from one
Lovely little area be interesting to see at night or maybe lit up at xmas
Thanks for watching much appreciated
I use to be a sky engineer and I installed few of them satellite dishes there, when digital came out.
Shame the people that live there don't look after it, gardens and entry could of done with some TLC. Would be a nice place to vist if you were or weren't from Liverpool...
why would you want to visit someones front door step, it's not a tourist attraction ffs.
@user-vx5pq1mv8r maybe because its historical and interesting
Pretty much the same as brooky fans visiting the close no different
Buckingham palace,downing street a few more examples....is that weird??
My family would have been around here in the 1880s...they were Liverpool Irish called wiseleys and Cahill
Thanks for the info
Fabulous little spot. You can feel the history as you’re walking along with the camera. I wonder what the maddest thing to ever happen in Little Bongs was? 🙂
That would be interesting to know ha ha
Wow blast from the past used to hang around here with me mates me auntie lived on the estate behind it used to get looked after when we was younger looks a bit of a mess at the minute Ken Dodd lived up the road aswell used to see him sometimes in the sweet shop 😂 I asked him when I was about 12 where’s your tiddly stick he said “do you say that to all the boys” proper had me off 😂 good memories round knotty ash nice one for video mate 👍🏼
Interesting they look like 2 up 2 down cute little cottages.
I think so too!
Boss video ☝️👌
Thanks billy glad you enjoyed it mate
From the state of the gardens gardening is not a hobby in Liverpool but loved the bit you said looked like a jail cell ( probably a stable) with the 80s stone cladding very northern
They do need a bit of a tidy id say
A nice little mooch as always mate :)
Thank you very much mate glad you enjoyed it
😂😂😂😂 I sent a link to one of the residents and all there relatives so they can have a look.
😊😊😊.
You was Lucky you wasn't run down by the Mad Taxi driver George 😂😂😂.
We still have a good few Unadopted Cobbled street's around Liverpool.
There's a few off Picton Road by the old Baths 🛁 wash-house.
I did get a few odd looks before i filmed mad how people come out when a guy is filming ha ha not sure id like to live there though
I was down picton way last week by the old baths mad how some cobbles still remain
@@g2emedia1977I've been cleaning a pub with cobbles... brushing up the ciggy butts from inside the cracks is a real pain in the rear ☺️
It's great how these rows of houses escape the bulldozer ✌️✌️
Great video George, there's a few streets by the Rose of Mossley, off Bridge Rd that are frozen in time, they might be worth a mooch mate.
Crazy you can walk back there like that. Area looks and feels private.
Mad isnt it and most deffo not private
The ‘jail cell’ may have been a stable. Lots of working horses in all cities.
Ahh cool cheers
A great find 👍
Brill little place isnt it
When I saw the Knotty Ash name on the Tandoori I thought you had found the home of Ked Dodd's Diddy Men and their treacle mine! 😂
Ha ha
My friend lived in the house with the conservatory on the side!
Brilliant
It looks so pretty❤
Love to see it at xmas
Joseph Jones brewery founded in 1869, registered as a limited company 1924, taken over by Higsons brewery in 1937 with 70 public houses. The brewery was still standing in 1968 taken over by a builders merchant.
Thanks for the info
That was interesting...especially the ...... gaol for drunks ha ha ha , hard to understand how it all meshed together so would have been nice to see an old map.Look forward to your next adventure 😂
A gem.
@@MrNaKillshots indeed
Enjoyed that mate. Cheers
Thanks neil glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Another great video George. 10/10 kidda.
@@VaultPete thanks pete glad you enjoyed iy
@g2emedia1977 As always George.
Amazing. I grew up in Knotty Ash and had no idea that was there. I'd never think to go through that archway coz I just assumed it was private property.
Sometimes you would see Ken Dodd in the newsagents just there on Prescott Road. That shoe shop used to be a car dealership. And Alder Hey hasn't half grown - looks like they've expanded into the park on the other side of Prescott Road.
Its deffo not private they would have to put signs up if that was the case
Thanks for watching and the info
My daughter has been under Alder Hey since the new building opened in 2016. You wouldn't believe how much the site has changed just in the past 8 years. Over our visits we've watched pretty much everything built on the site before the the 2016 buildings be demolished and replaced. It's an amazing hospital!
Lovely little unspoilt area in Knotty Ash,I’ve worked in a few of the houses and business’s over the years.
I was amazed on how far it went
Lovely little area indeed this
Thanks for watching david
Originally built for the Diddy men who worked down the jam butty mines..true story.
Lol
Interesting back passage.
Very
i knew about Little Bongs but never walked down there
@@garyrigby21 deffo worth a little walk through if the other arch is open
@@g2emedia1977 I'm going to I love exploring Liverpool I know of some obscure little spots but can't think now
Another boss toohey video keep em coming lad
Little Bongs. My neck of the woods. Grew up round there and used to deliver papers there.
Happy days first time ive ever stepped foot round these ways
Little Bungs I never knew
Try Back of Westminster Road Kirkdale. Access from the old Elm tree pub
@@caustic1402 is that back westminster road?
@@g2emedia1977 yes its called back of westminster road. Gypsy's lived there when I was a kid. They where breeding horses
Bet the postman has fun 😅
He just drives in
8:22 probably Stables or Livestock Pens . Believe there was a Brewery on that site too .
Interesting to stumble across your channel as I had the same idea to do something similar here in Birmingham. I also live on one of Birmingham's many hidden terraces and houses. They're really quite nice. Ours is late Victorian, early Edwardian and our avenue consists of only eight houses, four each side. The design is a classic west midland 'two-up, two down' and rooms are pretty small at around 11' square. But they're very cosy and dead cheap to heat. Sadly they would've had cobbled walkways but the council put a stop to that. They also replaced the condemned 'back-to-back'-type houses which were considered eventually to be unfit for human inhabitance.
Thank you very much for watching
Some great info there
With funding and sympathetic restoration, those little houses could be turned into desirable residences. It is such a shame that these socially historic properties fall into neglect and disrepair, leaving them ripe for demolition, and clearance, ready for 'redevelopment'
I think they look quite nice as they are just a little tidy up maybe
Also on old liverpool maps an A-Z maps the area around alder hay hospital is named little bongs
All of it or just this?
I did a google earth search of the area. Seems like a nice hide spot. But a few houses facing the Main Street it looks like they have a hoarding problem. Only problem I saw with the area is getting trades people in and out or you’re not going to be able to get a snow plow in there if you get hit with some serious snow.
Also will not get a fire engine in there if a serious fire breaks out
@ that could be a major problem just running lines or hoses would not be fun.
I ues to play at the back were them litte homes are and you walk past the bakery befor you got to the little homes good vids
Good times thanks for watching
There are similar terraces in mosslley hill slightly adjacent to The rose …
Cool ill take a look cheers
Yes, there are two terraces off Bridge Road, Rose Lane, one is Stanley Terrace.
There used to be similar off Chapel Road in Garston (opposite the NHS Centre) but it might be re-developed by now
By the way George did you notice the "Little Bong" bell chimed for ya @8:03..someone up there likes ya.
Ha ha yeh only just noticed...nice one sorry late reply
It's v pretty and even the main properties opp the shoe warehouse could be very lovely - shame no money to do them all up and treasure them.
Have a look at that fisher street off Grafton street L8 . Cobbled street and old cottages, not sure if the cottages are still there.
Unfortnatley mate the cottages have gone cobbles still there though
Hate to be pedantic but 1888 is the 19th century. 😁
I thank you for being pedantic
@Backspace1957 Concidering they were built in the 1800,s and are still being lived inn it just shows how well we uses to build thing's back then.
I can't imagine modern house's still standing after 2 World war's and all those year's.
So cute and lovely did Ken Dodds Diddy men live there xx
Possibly at some point lol
as you went in the boarded up yard on the left use sell and repair vans
Thanks for the info brian
Eldon Groves and Summer seat in vauxhall have all the streets cobbled as they were in the 1890s .
Eldon grove is boss just a shame its left the way it is
Have you seen where there was a zoo by the plough Inn opposite old Walton hospital grounds, I remember living by sainsbury's as a kid and there was an old houses area by the plough Inn as well
Let's hope the bloody council don't find it and ruin it just like they have the rest of the city!
You know what this council are like ha ha
@@g2emedia1977 yes 👍
Great little video....have ya ever done anything on strawberry fields
Cheers i went there a few weeks ago but there was a charge to get in so i swerved it however i do have a video coming soon connected strongley to john lennon
Shed with the ropes and bars was a stable
Cool cheers for the info
Cracking video as always have you ever done Edge cutter Station
Thanka glad you enjoyed it
I done that cutting years ago before i started you it would be nice actually to go film it now...cheers
It's a bit like Ashton Square in Woolton
Thats a nice little area strangely i did start filming a vid there a few months ago lol
Pudding Bank/belonged to Sir Nicholas Ashton of Woolton Hall, for estate workers etc known for it's black puddings. Pig rearing. Sandstone houses in Speke road with steep steps to front door. 1860s. Family lives in one. Grandmother lived corner Woolton St/Speke Rd. "Rydal Mount". Aged 84. Dad took me on a history walk around Woolton when I was young. Question: why are the lodges left in middle of Allerton Rd,? We're originally WHall entrances. House grounds moved further back when dual carriage way was built. Church Rd South was called Hall Lane. Aged 84
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Nice one much appreciated
There is no excuse for the residents to leave their bins left out on view. I had 3 rentals and even during chemotherapy, l drove round to each house and made sure the bins were always put back into the back (and out of sight until next bin day)
The back embankment and front of the apartment building (in the beginning of the video) are Ancient.
We live on many layers of hidden and covered up history 💜🌈✌️🌎☯️🌹🌟👩🚀
Thanks for the info and for watching
Here in the States… Wondering if you all might have me back?
Of course
Amazing & quaint. Anyone know how Little Bongs got its name? 😊
Got the answer at the end, cheers.
Think Its called Little Bongs?
Yeh says in the video
Shame the terrace was not listed, different doors and styles of windows mostly PVC.
Would have been nice to see original window frames in all of them
Excellent video .Thank you !
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
My mate lives there George
Brilliant does he like it
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Imagine being a Pothead and living there?........😍
Why?
@@g2emedia1977 Don't tell me you don't know what a Bong is?........🤩
@GBPaddling i do but just didnt get why a pothead would like it lol
It’s sad that no resident enough to keep it tidy.
Maybe "bongs" is scouse for "bungs".
@@1258-Eckhart its explained in the video
This is a sweet little adventure but I got dizzy and nauseous with the camera swinging left and right so quickly 🤢
I like to point the camera in the direction my head goes sorry