Bird’s Eggs

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1. JIM WOOD says:

   09 Sep 2010 at 15:01

   When my family moved from the Prefabs to Lee Park my dad brought with us a thorn bush from the Gypsy wood (corner of Bellevale rd and Childwall Vally rd) and planted it in the front garden by the window of the new house, It’s still their now. A little bit of the Wood still growing in the area.

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2. dennie says:

   06 Sep 2010 at 00:26

   Hi Jimmy Whittaker, remember me Dennis Partington?

   I remember the Gypsies well. They used to camp on the corner of BelleVale Road and Childwall Valley Road and run their ponies on the grass there. Then they would come around and sell wooden pegs and such stuff. Then there were the rag and bone men with their hand carts who would give you a gold fish for a pile of rags. I also remember the odd tramp, not bums, just men who wandered. Life was simpler then, we were surrounded by fields. Then there was the railway embankment with its trees and paths to play in and on. We got milk at primary school cause we were under nourished. I remember the first orange I saw, and the first blackman I met was selling veggies on the corner of Wambo Lane out of the back of a truck (sorry lorry)!
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   • Dr Jimmy Whittaker says:

     22 Jan 2011 at 23:20

     Of course I remember you old boy!

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3. chuck says:

   03 Sep 2010 at 22:30

   Thanks Jimmy for your posts – this is just what this site needs. Let’s hope it stirs many more to share their memories!

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