Memories Of Worcester 2

[@ljo642]

Good to see pictures of the old days! (I'd have liked to have seen dates on the photos, though.)

[@conniedee6225]

The Falcon Inn, Ivy and Freddie Sutcliffe used to own/run that one and My Mum, Dolly, used to work there! Many many wonderful evenings and the occasional lunchtime spent there. Darts matches on a Thursday, I was too young for the team but was the chalker until the very last evening of the season when one of our players didn't turn up! I suddenly gained a year in age and went to play the best player from the other team and with being able to count quickly, knew exactly what to aim for when I was left with 157. Treble 20, treble 19 and double top! I got it and turned round to shake the other players hand and she wafted it away saying " It ain't over yet!" I just smiled, said yes it, count the arrows, and I walked away! I won highest game shot of the season hahahaha! I was 18 when the letter rack was awarded but who at 18 wanted to go to a darts presentation evening! Not me, but Mum brought it home!

[@frankbabya]

My great nan lived just around the corner in a tiny cottage under the railway embankment they kept a couple of pigs

[@frankbabya]

I lived in tallow hill (until about we moved into social housing the first of its kind around in warndon) opposite the work house and just up from mortuary park ( what a name ) up from the pub behind us was an old church and the canal I worked at the great western hotel when I was about 12/13 it was such a lovely owner at the Peter Overton , though I moved out of Worcester aged 15/16 to work at the plough and Harrow in drakes Broughton has an apprentice chef then returned to be head chef at the star hotel in foregate street eventually I was the head chef at ye olde Talbot in Sudbury buying my own restaurant in friar street b4 moving to Birmingham in 1992 my las apartment was 1 of the new flats on the canal behind the doctors opposite the midland tavern

[@frankbabya]

Hi I’ve watched your videos of Worcester there was a pub in sans okie walk I think it was lions way walk called the elephant and castle do you have any photos of this, along from there was a few cottages my great grand had 1 of the cottages and kept a couple of pigs in the years from 1960 ish

[@congadavejay]

Good god the bombs in east London were not as bad as the deverstation of Worcester after the war in the name of what I ask myself

[@trondog8503]

The public Hall Cornmarket housed an organ that Elgar played on, all bulldozed to make way for a car park., absolute criminal.

[@keithlewis5526]

It was, and is still a disgrace that such a beautiful building was demolished, and for what, an eyesore of a car park!

[@trondog8503]

@@keithlewis5526 For me, the demolishing of the Lychgate was the biggest crime, it was the last surviving example of a cathedral lychgate in the entire Country.

[@nickm1l]

@@keithlewis5526 I used to go skating there on Saturday mornings. We were there in the protest group before it closed. Very sad

[@trondog8503]

@@nickm1l Good on you for doing your bit to try and save it!

[@nickm1l]

@@trondog8503 we got into the Evening News... I was only about 5..with my big sister Jane

[@frankbabya]

Hi there was a pub in sansomewalk called the elephant and castle do you have photos of this please