Author Archives: JimmyWhittaker

About JimmyWhittaker

I am a retired academic (2002) and now live in Florida for 6 months of the year-fishing,boating, boozing and partying. The rest of the year, we live in our town house on the River Thames at Caversham.Look me up on FaceBook as Jimmy Whittaker and see my many photo-albums, life has been very kind to me.

Collecting Coal and the Railway Line

Posted on 05 Sep 2010 by JimmyWhittaker

I remember that in the Prefabs we had a coal hole.We used to climb  up on the railway line behind the Co-Op and using a bucket collect coal.Sometimes when no one was about ,we would visit a  train bunker,  and … Continue reading →

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Lineside Road

Posted on 05 Sep 2010 by JimmyWhittaker

I remember we used to play football in the Taylor’s back garden in Lineside Road   (Bernard and Brian) with Ronnie and Leanard McDiarmid and several more boys whose names I can’t remember  and the game would be over when … Continue reading →

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Bird’s Eggs

Posted on 03 Sep 2010 by JimmyWhittaker

I remember gypsies pushing a hand cart down Birkside Road selling birds eggs for egg  collectors .It was one of our hobbies in the late 50′s and we used to go looking for nests in Arrow Park, Birkenhead and on … Continue reading →

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Weird Names in Gateacre

Posted on 03 Sep 2010 by JimmyWhittaker

I have never heard these names since I lived in the Prefabs in Birkside Road. The doctors were called Saul and Winfred Ellenbogen and the chemist’s was called Prendergasts with the big blue and red glass phials and of course … Continue reading →

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Some memories- Part 1

Posted on 03 Sep 2010 by JimmyWhittaker

Things I remember about the Prefabs. 1.There was a pond on the other side of Belle Vale Road called Jackson’s pond where we used to go fishing and actually catch fish, mostly roach and carp. 2. Georgie Moon , I … Continue reading →

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