Comments on: Friday Photo: The Lost Volcano http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122 Hoylake News, Views and much more! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sue http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-21959 Sue Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:13:24 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-21959 I remember the Rimmer brothers from Groveland Avenue. Their parents were both deaf and were wonderful people. Often wondered what ever happened to the 'boys' Great photo! Brings back lots of old memories of my childhood spent in Hoylake. I remember the Rimmer brothers from Groveland Avenue.
Their parents were both deaf and were wonderful people. Often wondered what ever happened to the ‘boys’
Great photo! Brings back lots of old memories of my childhood spent in Hoylake.

]]> By: Charles Morris http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7553 Charles Morris Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7553 The waste land next to the Kingsway garage was at one time 'Meadows Yard' which was a collection of slum dwellings round a central yard with a cold tap in the middle to serve all the inhabitants. Little kids grubbing around and peeing whenever and wherever they felt like it. Too early for me but my mother, who was a librarian, remembered going there to try and retrieve library books. It was cleared probably before the war. The waste land next to the Kingsway garage was at one time ‘Meadows Yard’ which was a collection of slum dwellings round a central yard with a cold tap in the middle to serve all the inhabitants. Little kids grubbing around and peeing whenever and wherever they felt like it. Too early for me but my mother, who was a librarian, remembered going there to try and retrieve library books. It was cleared probably before the war.

]]> By: Lynda Williams nee Cooper http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7541 Lynda Williams nee Cooper Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:04:44 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7541 That was Mckenzies, where we bought Beatle records, Del Shannon and the like for 6/4d. each. You went upstairs to the record dept. That was Mckenzies, where we bought Beatle records, Del Shannon and the like for 6/4d. each. You went upstairs to the record dept.

]]> By: Lynda Williams nee Cooper http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7540 Lynda Williams nee Cooper Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:02:21 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7540 The Dave Rimmer who was in the group with my brother, Mike Cooper is not the one you are talking about. Dave Rimmer in the group went, was from Groveland Avenue, Hoylake, had two brothers Noel, who lived in Chapel Road, until recently. Colin, who was the youngest, who unfortunately died a few years ago. Dave went to live in Australia, a few years later. I thought John Dalton played washboard, the double base was a tea chest. My memory is a bit hazy. If you are right with the date, I was 2 days off being 10, thought I was older than that. Michael would be have been 20 in the May of that year. The Dave Rimmer who was in the group with my brother, Mike Cooper is not the one you are talking about. Dave Rimmer in the group went, was from Groveland Avenue, Hoylake, had two brothers Noel, who lived in Chapel Road, until recently. Colin, who was the youngest, who unfortunately died a few years ago. Dave went to live in Australia, a few years later. I thought John Dalton played washboard, the double base was a tea chest. My memory is a bit hazy. If you are right with the date, I was 2 days off being 10, thought I was older than that. Michael would be have been 20 in the May of that year.

]]> By: Peter Wilson http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7534 Peter Wilson Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:04:39 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7534 Yes, I bought my first 45 there - Lily the Pink by the Scaffold. I think the shop was MacKenzies! Yes, I bought my first 45 there – Lily the Pink by the Scaffold. I think the shop was MacKenzies!

]]> By: Charles Morris http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7531 Charles Morris Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:17:21 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7531 Haskins was quite a bit further down, just beyond the Ship Inn, where "The Row" is now. Charles Morris Haskins was quite a bit further down, just beyond the Ship Inn, where “The Row” is now.
Charles Morris

]]> By: Charles Morris http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-7530 Charles Morris Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:15:04 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-7530 How uncanny that I should just have alighted on this page and your comments. A couple of weeks ago I was at the Newspaper Library in Colindale and was looking through old copies of the Hoylake News and Advertiser. The Kainites appeared at the Kingsway on Thursday 31st October, Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November 1957, prior to the screening of The Tommy Steele Story. The members of the group were stated as Mike Cooper (banjo), Dave Rimmer (double bass), John Dalton (guitar), Derrick Roberts (drums), Rickkie Jones (guitar) and the leader Les Cain (guitar). There was a photo of them in the issue of the Advertiser on October 25th. The manager of the cinema, Ronald Horton (who had succeeded Tommy Knox sometime that year, I think), stated the following week : "The boys were great. Our takings soared on the three nights they performed and what a wonderful reception they got. It was a joy to see the audience so pleased". I would be interested to know if it is the same Dave Rimmer who was once a projectionist at the Kingsway and who worked in other Merseyside cinemas and who was, in fact, the last manager of the Winter Gardens (Hoylake Cinema). He was living in West Kirby when I last heard of him. Charles Morris How uncanny that I should just have alighted on this page and your comments. A couple of weeks ago I was at the Newspaper Library in Colindale and was looking through old copies of the Hoylake News and Advertiser. The Kainites appeared at the Kingsway on Thursday 31st October, Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November 1957, prior to the screening of The Tommy Steele Story. The members of the group were stated as Mike Cooper (banjo), Dave Rimmer (double bass), John Dalton (guitar), Derrick Roberts (drums), Rickkie Jones (guitar) and the leader Les Cain (guitar). There was a photo of them in the issue of the Advertiser on October 25th. The manager of the cinema, Ronald Horton (who had succeeded Tommy Knox sometime that year, I think), stated the following week : “The boys were great. Our takings soared on the three nights they performed and what a wonderful reception they got. It was a joy to see the audience so pleased”.

I would be interested to know if it is the same Dave Rimmer who was once a projectionist at the Kingsway and who worked in other Merseyside cinemas and who was, in fact, the last manager of the Winter Gardens (Hoylake Cinema). He was living in West Kirby when I last heard of him.

Charles Morris

]]> By: Dave Robertson http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-5466 Dave Robertson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:51:37 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-5466 I think the store past Woolworths was Haskins Sports, maybe someone else could verify? Great old photo. I think the store past Woolworths was Haskins Sports, maybe someone else could verify? Great old photo.

]]> By: Kevin Radford http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-5270 Kevin Radford Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:53:10 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-5270 The shop on the corner next to Woolworths was a TV radio, record store you could go in and have them play a single record you would put your head into a booth to listen to the music. I think Gail Rochford Gilchrist's Mum worked in the shop The shop on the corner next to Woolworths was a TV radio, record store
you could go in and have them play a single record you would put your head into a booth to listen to the music. I think Gail Rochford Gilchrist’s Mum worked in the shop

]]> By: jackie http://www.hoylakejunction.com/friday-photo-100122#comment-5164 jackie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:10:35 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1763#comment-5164 What memories of my childhood. The Kingsway Cinema, with 2 films a week, Tommy Knox as the manager. My best friend then was Elsie Dainty who was his niece and we were allowed in free, if there were spaces, on the balcony, to see the films.Either side of the Cinema were shops, Warbicks Electricians and Ann's the Florist I think were the last before the cinema was demolished. Before the The Anchor Pub which is opposite was Miss Ormesher,s Shop, then waste land and Kingsway Garage on the corner of Waverley Road.Next to the pub is Watson's Bakery, then the Fish Shop which was part of Mills's Greengrocers, then Coopers Grocers, then Woolworths and on the end Mackenzie's Electrical Shop. What memories of my childhood.
The Kingsway Cinema, with 2 films a week, Tommy Knox as the manager. My best friend then was Elsie Dainty who was his niece and we were allowed in free, if there were spaces, on the balcony, to see the films.Either side of the Cinema were shops, Warbicks Electricians and Ann’s the Florist I think were the last before the cinema was demolished.
Before the The Anchor Pub which is opposite was Miss Ormesher,s Shop, then waste land and Kingsway Garage on the corner of Waverley Road.Next to the pub is Watson’s Bakery, then the Fish Shop which was part of Mills’s Greengrocers, then Coopers Grocers, then Woolworths and on the end Mackenzie’s Electrical Shop.

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