Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, in the 1950's and 60's

[@doktoruzo]

Wonderful photos. Back to a more civilised and deferential time. We have regressed in a lot of ways.

[@carolwilson9474]

Heartbreaking I remember Walton like this - Before the rot set in :-(

[@davidcarey6133]

Honestly makes my heart ache watching this. Grew up in Arthur Street off Rice Lane in the 60s and 70s and would give anything to be able to go back to those days. Live down south now and have only been back to Walton once in the last 25+ years, and it has all changed so much. If anyone knows of any other videos like this, or any other sites with any similar old Walton footage or nostalgia, please let me know.

[@michaelgaskell7408]

We lived a bit further along, although before I was born me Ma and Da lived in Dunluce Street,(l was born in Rice Lane.)Like you l now live in the land of milk and honey,(Sussex,) been there forty years this August.I go up to the pool not so often now,and the place depresses the life out of me.Litter everywhere you look, vandalism and hardly anything is maintained, filthy dirty too.Thank Christ l left when I did.I feel sorry for the decent people who have to put up with what I've mentioned.Mick.

[@davidcarey6133]

@@michaelgaskell7408 You're right there Mick. I was last up there with the family for a few days in 2018 staying in an AirBnB on Queens Drive just a few doors down from Alsop School and the amount of rubbish and filth is indescribable. My son was a bit poorly so I went to get him some medicine from the Breeze Hill Health Centre, just couldn't believe the amount of litter on the ground outside it, not to mention in the subways under the flyover, and nobody had cut the weeds on the pavement for months by the look of it. It is depressing, was never as bad as that when we were kids.

[@sandrapritchard6035]

@@michaelgaskell7408 it's like timbucktoo now

[@michaelgaskell7408]

@@davidcarey6133 Hello Mr Carey, Sincere apologies for taking so long in replying to your comments,l will explain why tomorrow.Ironically,l am currently getting "stick" for comments l made recently about Litterpool.Thanking you, Mick.

[@michaelgaskell7408]

@@sandrapritchard6035 Hello Mrs Pritchard, Did you have my reply ? I'm not sure what you mean by "it's like Timbuktu".

[@sandrapritchard6035]

MONA'S CAFE RICE LANE, the buses trying to get up Rice Lane in the snow +ice we (OUR GANG) used to pile on the rear platform by the stairs to help + 9 times out of 10 the Conductor would give us a 2 bob piece to share, which was spent in the HERBAL Stores on PINTS of Saspirella with ice-cream. The BROWN COW PUB,was that SMITHY LANE? too young for beer so collected beer mats instead.....The Engine SHEDS...broke many a window there......The building of Walton Flyover by LEN FAIRCLOUGH Company (not the Coronation ST character.)...BRILLIANT MEMORIES ..BRILLIANT PICS DAVE.

[@CAVERN1234]

I was born in 59.oh my dear Lord Jesus I wish I could go back to those days.we had nothing but we had everything.

[@daverogers3566]

Totally agree, it was a magical time.

[@paulalaurie7935]

I went to Rice Lane Infants School 1951-1958. Loved it.

[@TheForksVampire]

I love the wedding cake garden in Walton Hall Park - beautiful photos :)

[@superbracey]

Wonderful photos showing me the Walton that existed before my time.

[@scroft62onion82]

Great pictures by your dad ,so sad how it's changed

[@bernardcooke]

My first job was working for don davies at the bottom of city road £5 a week 1971

[@BobbyB681366]

Brilliant, I love it ... places I thought I'd never see again.

[@nwbaptistuk]

Thanks so much for putting these online - I was born in Walton in 1962 and so many of those scenes felt very familar.

[@SPINNEYMAN6]

Thoroughly enjoyed the photos, pure nostalgia. Funnily enough I had only recalled Jack Stiles shop yesterday as I got my Hercules Jeep bile there in the early 50's I also went to school with Eric Read whose mother had a chandler's shop nearby. Rice Lane O.B. too

[@Delzx7r]

I used to go to Rice Lane school...That's Mr. Coleclough there in the playground ushering all the kids into their lessons... Loved that school...Later, went to Alsop and hated every second I was there because all my mates had gone to the Collegiate or the Institute.

[@CAVERN1234]

I remember these days so well x

[@seandoran2209]

Wow,great photos - my mother in law worked at the Walton Hospital 1948 -1953...thanks so much

[@liverpoolboxingbaby]

Excellent photos, thank you for sharing

[@TheShizue777]

Very warm, welcoming people. May Scousers never change!

[@AnalogueInTheUK]

Wonderful photos. Thank you.

[@wolstenholme100]

Wonderful memories.

[@RUSSANDTILLY]

I had many a drink in mona's café and played around Walton shed oh for a time machine!!

[@daverogers3566]

RUSSANDTILLY Walton shed and the old railway were our playground, magical times.

[@hanghang71]

great photo's,you very rareley see photo's in colour of this quality from the 50's/60,s thank you

[@gcfcos]

Love the buildings with multi coloured bricks

[@margaretgoodblogstannard7230]

I was born in peveril street in 1955 out side toilet no bathroom

[@BarryWilcock]

Went to Rice Lane school from 1968 used to live opposite down Glenbank. Then went to Collegiate and hated it, it had not long gone to comprehensive and the older kids and teachers hated us...

[@momsterous]

Lovely stuff. I've been trying to find the exact location of 16 Rice Lane, Inez Mills Photography Studio (in 1933 for certain), and it looks as if it was next to the Westminster Bank at Rice Lane and Queens Drive, on Rice Lane...only problem is, I can't figure out how it all fits in with a train station being there too.

[@daverogers3566]

That sounds correct, the photographers was in a short row of shops down Rice Lane from the Westminster bank. The railway was in a cutting behind the shops.

[@mrgoodintent]

WOW! Very Impressive those 'Alternative Colour Bond Brick Buildings' in the earlier part of these scenes. Unique & I've never seen the likes of that design exactly before.....Hope they are still there. Please can anyone give us an update as to whether they are still standing?

[@daverogers3566]

The multicoloured bricks are still there ... www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4490826,-2.9664977,3a,75y,146.9h,78.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spjoFG3geLNWqnL_T_e91yQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[@ruchikachaturvedi8100]

mrgoodintent jjm

[@CAVERN1234]

The Watson festival is starting again this year I think it's the 16th and 17th of July . Well come back to the festival.x

[@daverogers3566]

The festival went ahead and had good weather and it was well attended. Hopefully it will now be an annual event.

[@lengthmuldoon]

Amazing, I lived on rawcliffe rd off rice lane from 1963 to 1975 and don't recognize a thing - edit ...... wally hall park theatre (the big white building fronted by flower beds) I remember that. Won the tail on the donkey competition there because I could see over the blindfold. The prize was a batman mask and long green balloon which I dangled from the nose of the mask shouting "snotty dave" - one of the kids in the gang, dave, suffered from a dreadful runny nose. How cruel kids were to any malady or difference in those days - shocking behaviour.

[@davesmatedave]

Are you related to the photographer, Dave? He took some boss pics did Mr Rodgers.

[@trueblue374]

Is that Walton Hall Park at the beginning of this video? If so is that the old stage in the background? I remember that stage.

[@daverogers3566]

trueblue374 Yes that's the "wedding cake" in Walton Hall Park, and the old bandstand in the background.

[@alexjohn-bb6ix]

do u no i want to see these places nowadays do u have pics for it?...i think these places have changed markedly

[@daverogers3566]

UPDATE: The plan to build on the park has now been STOPPED. Well done to all the campaigners who fought to save it. Liverpool council are (were) planning to destroy our beautiful and much-loved Walton Hall Park by building hundreds of houses, and shops on our precious parkland. Walton is overcrowded enough already. This madness must be stopped. Please sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/liverpool-city-council-stop-liverpool-city-council-selling-destroying-walton-hall-park And follow on Twitter: twitter.com/wallyhallpark Some more of our family photos of Walton Hall Park are on my Flickr page; www.flickr.com/photos/waltononthehill Also see here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmUi4Cja9GtmNE