Alan Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 14 hours ago, DEXTER said: Crank Gunsite was very busy. Gosh,that was still there in the early 1950s. We used to bike out there and play in the Nissen huts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEXTER Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Yep the huts as well. There is a nice underground reservoir we built.I saw the site map of the gunsite.I WAS A FOOL COS I COULD HAVE COPIED IT!!!I am sure someone took it?after the reservoir was completed. I bet Terry Pinder who was the project manager from Billinge had it on his wall? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1960s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brianza Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Y added 6 minutes later On 13/01/2023 at 23:40, HORT said: Germany did not target St Helens, they just dumped the bombs intended for Liverpool as the planes returned home. Yes, the two bomb holes in Clinkham Wood. Edited January 17 by Brianza Error 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DEXTER Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 They are going to do another revamp according to info I've recd!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Old Mother Riley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Some great memories of bygone acts in those old posters. And... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEXTER Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Old mother riley. From what I know HE was a nasty bit of stuff.Kitty was actually his wife who he didn't really treat nice. added 2 minutes later I wonder how many people used to collect autographs.My mum used to have a book, Ever used when we went to bpool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 19 hours ago, DEXTER said: Old mother riley. From what I know HE was a bit of stuff. Kitty was actually his wife who he didn't really treat nice. Whether he was nice or not? She was also said to have her own faults, but they were married for nearly 40 yrs! And they had a Son together. And they were funny on stage & films! Arthur Lucan - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Kitty McShane - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG This is what it says on the link below. " I often seriously wonder if there is an entertainer as universally disliked by those who knew her, and historians, as Kitty McShane. Kenny's account of their lives only seems to add more evidence of her malice, insensitivity and drunken cruelties." Plan 9 Crunch: All About Cult Films: Arthur Lucan -- biography captures Old Mother Riley PLANNINECRUNCH.BLOGSPOT.COM By Doug Gibson Let's face it, in America at least, to most cult movies fans, Arthur Lucan (AKA Old Mother Riley), is a footnote, the eccentr... Edited January 19 by Phyll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Old Mother Riley, a trailer for Mrs Brown's boys? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I always found Old mother Riley funny, But Mrs Brown's was not in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 21 hours ago, Bert said: Old Mother Riley, a trailer for Mrs Brown's boys? This is what it said above on the Wiki page. "There is a comedic line of descent from Old Mother Riley to Brendan O'Carroll's character and programme Mrs. Brown's Boys: "She was a larger than life character who's noisy, over the top, always getting into scrapes." Which was quoted from here... Mrs Brown's Boys: The long life of a critic-proof comedy WWW.BBC.COM What does the continuing success of Mrs Brown's Boys say about comedy in the 21st Century? Edited January 20 by Phyll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DEXTER Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Did you ever go to the father Christmas there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phyll Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 21 hours ago, DEXTER said: Did you ever go to the father Christmas there. I can't remember seeing Father Christmas at Helena House, though I do remember seeing Father Christmas at Oxleys and I do remember buying dolls/dolls clothes at H H in the Toy Dept. and as the years flew by, going to test & buy make up & of course meeting my mates & boys at "The Blow Out". Happy Memories. Such a shame it was demolished. More magical memories here... Your magical memories of the iconic Helena House building WWW.STHELENSSTAR.CO.UK FROM the ‘blow out’ in the building’s cosy corner, to the ballroom where couples danced the night away, to the wonderful array of shops and,… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEXTER Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The Father Christmas's used to come from central station sometimes to ixleys and helena house.Imeven remember circus parades from the station as well. When SLINKIES came out.There was a man showing them on the stairs that led upto the ballroom. PS. My mum used to work on the BEECHAMS POWDERS LINE WHEN WE HAD THE FLU. There was knack in putting the powder in the packet and folding the pack.ALL BY HAND. All were paid piece work.Any underweighed etc docked!! Even a bigger ps MY MUM SHOWED ME HOW THEY FOLDED THE PACKS,HORT.SADLY ITS ALL MECHANISED NOW BUT WITH MY SKILL I COULD HAVE EARNED MILLIONS ON CHUMOCRACY.WHAT SAY YOU DONKS? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 36 minutes ago, DEXTER said: The Father Christmas's used to come from central station sometimes to ixleys and helena house .......and my God did he come early. Our marriage was in St Helens Parish Church on October 28th 1967. As we were having our photos taken outside, there was a Father Christmas procession with brass band from Shaw Street Station down Church Street to Oxleys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEXTER Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Yep and oxleys had a super star there.SABRINA.They had a massive fire and Burkhills had a bit of a cafe there .So I dont know if she came to a reopening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) More memories of "Oxleys". "Helena House's Xmas Grotto opened for business in their Baldwin Street basement on the 7th. And so did Oxleys, although their Santa arrived in their Claughton Street department store in some style! Redgate Boys Silver Band led the procession from Shaw Street station and along Church Street with Father Christmas travelling not in a sleigh but in what was described as the Royal Iris boat." "The man in the red cloak then took up pride of place in Oxleys Fairyland Grotto where there were free balloons and sweets and "bumper parcels" costing 3 shillings. Boys and girls too clever for their own good might have wondered why Father Christmas was sitting in his Magic Cave grotto in Helena House at 10am and then half-an-hour later was arriving at the train station on his way to Oxleys! He must have had a body double!" FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2nd - 8th NOVEMBER 1970) WWW.STHELENSHISTORYTHISWEEK.INFO St Helens 50 Years Ago This Week news stories from November 1970, including the Sutton gipsies that threatened an invasion of St Helens town centre, Father Christmas arrives in style at Oxleys in Claughton... Edited January 24 by Phyll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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