Comments on: Dock Railway, Pier Head, 1953 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/dock-railway-pier-head-1953/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dock-railway-pier-head-1953 A Pictorial History of Liverpool Tue, 15 May 2012 11:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john burke http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/dock-railway-pier-head-1953/#comment-4544 john burke Sat, 21 May 2011 08:35:04 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1122#comment-4544 Thanks for the photo of the alternative railway. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ran also the small trains: my late father was a driver of them, his engine was named after our mother Mary. He was involved in the ammo ship that was blown up, landing on the other side of the dock wall and spending months in hospital being scalded when the engine exploded. Regarding films made, he was used in the scenes of quite a few. Thanks for the photo of the alternative railway. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ran also the small trains: my late father was a driver of them, his engine was named after our mother Mary. He was involved in the ammo ship that was blown up, landing on the other side of the dock wall and spending months in hospital being scalded when the engine exploded. Regarding films made, he was used in the scenes of quite a few.

]]> By: chris malcolm http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/dock-railway-pier-head-1953/#comment-1982 chris malcolm Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:25:21 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1122#comment-1982 Colin Thanks for taking the time for putting together an amazing set of photo's along with your heartfelt text of what has happened there since. For some reason, today I have been on a nostalgia trip down memory lane that is Liverpool - I left there in '81 and have lived in the US since '94. Part of this trip this evening was to watch the movie "Violent Playground" while viewing your photos - instant play on Netflix. One of the scenes shows the railway in the photo with a loco pulling some carriages, just after Johnny (played by David McCullum - still on TV over here) runs over the chinese kid. One day, I need to get back to my roots just to walk the streets around the city center I knew as a kid, if they are still there. Colin
Thanks for taking the time for putting together an amazing set of photo’s along with your heartfelt text of what has happened there since.

For some reason, today I have been on a nostalgia trip down memory lane that is Liverpool – I left there in ’81 and have lived in the US since ’94. Part of this trip this evening was to watch the movie “Violent Playground” while viewing your photos – instant play on Netflix.

One of the scenes shows the railway in the photo with a loco pulling some carriages, just after Johnny (played by David McCullum – still on TV over here) runs over the chinese kid.

One day, I need to get back to my roots just to walk the streets around the city center I knew as a kid, if they are still there.

]]> By: Martin Greaney http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/dock-railway-pier-head-1953/#comment-202 Martin Greaney Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:49:16 +0000 http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/?p=1122#comment-202 Amazing, that's one of the most interesting photos I've seen of Liverpool! I'd no idea there was another railway there. Goes to show I still have a lot to learn! Keeps my feet on the ground. :) Amazing, that’s one of the most interesting photos I’ve seen of Liverpool! I’d no idea there was another railway there. Goes to show I still have a lot to learn! Keeps my feet on the ground. :)

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