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Blackpool late fifties.
Blackpool late fifties.
Photo: Keith Beckett
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Item #: 30211
From the left my cousin Maureen Roberts, sister Sylvia, auntie Joyce Beckett and Maureen's friend Betty McCabe.

Comment by: irene roberts on 11th February 2018 at 15:31

What a lovely photo of late-1950s fashions.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 11th February 2018 at 16:53

I was just thinking that myself Irene & what a lovely sign of friendship....they are all holding hands...in the 50s it wasnt unusual to see girls link arms as they walked along, giggling, whispering or laughing.

Comment by: Elizabeth on 11th February 2018 at 19:56

Lovely photo, all nice and slim too.

Comment by: Linda Massa on 12th February 2018 at 06:33

Four bonny lassies.

Comment by: TD,. on 12th February 2018 at 08:58

Good photo of happy days in the 50's Keith. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. Wonder if our fashion expert Ladies can tell us if your cousin Maureen and sister Sylvia are wearing peddle pushers for dancing, or prepared for a paddling trip to the beach?

Comment by: irene roberts on 12th February 2018 at 10:00

I would say "pedal-pushers", d-i-y style....the ready-made pedal-pushers were already cut to the correct length so didn't need rolling up!

Comment by: MarieM on 12th February 2018 at 10:12

Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end.

Comment by: Albert. on 12th February 2018 at 13:02

No doubt, Albert Road, the boarding house kingdom, in the fifties.

Comment by: Roy on 12th February 2018 at 13:21

Yes,very possibly Albert. Albert Road aka Little Wigan. Nice holiday pic Keith.

Comment by: Maureen on 12th February 2018 at 14:03

Marie,I echo your comment.we did think they'd never end,but sadly they did.I wore clothes just like these..and loved them..memories.

Comment by: Me on 12th February 2018 at 14:19

a good friend ,used to always say ,Albert road , chicken twice a week , it always made us smile , cos he was a fury man l

Comment by: Veronica on 12th February 2018 at 16:10

I seem to remember 'Capri' pants were the ones already shortened - aka Audrey Hepburn - with a slimmer fitting. The ones the girls are wearing look as if they are for messing about at the beach. It's so evocative of the 50's at Blackpool. Great photo.

Comment by: Me on 12th February 2018 at 16:24

I meant funny man ,

Comment by: irene roberts on 12th February 2018 at 18:30

It's time we met up again, Veronica! Shall we wear Capri-Pants to Bruccianni's Café? Or our 1970s hot-pants and get thrown out?! xx.

Comment by: Maureen on 12th February 2018 at 19:36

Veronica you're correct about the trousers,they were tailored and not turned up as in the photo..I still love them,I have a photo somewhere wearing them.

Comment by: irene roberts on 12th February 2018 at 19:58

Maureen. PLEASE put the photo on here. I would love to see it, as I'm sure we all would. x.

Comment by: Veronica on 12th February 2018 at 21:23

As soon as the temperature is in double figures -I'll put mine on if you do Irene... Maureen put that photo on!

Comment by: irene roberts on 12th February 2018 at 21:31

We'll knock 'em dead, Veronica! (Or they'll die of shock!). Will email you soon. x.

Comment by: Maureen on 12th February 2018 at 22:04

Irene and Veronica,I will if I can find it..a few of my photos have been missing for a while now..I've even been looking for them today...will have another look tomorrow.

Comment by: Maureen on 13th February 2018 at 17:45

Well,I've look through my photo box,it isn't there but I will look upstairs tomorrow..I'm on a mission now ha ha.

Comment by: Veronica on 13th February 2018 at 18:14

Good for you Maureen.

Comment by: irene roberts on 13th February 2018 at 21:17

Come on, Our Maureen! Veronica, Elizabeth and I can't wait! x.

Comment by: Elizabeth on 14th February 2018 at 14:55

I know, Irene. I bet she looked stunning.All that dancing at Th'Emp kept her lovely and slim.

Comment by: Owd viewer on 14th February 2018 at 15:11

My mam and dad took me to Blackpool in the 50s we always stayed in Palatine Rd.

Comment by: Maureen on 15th February 2018 at 12:12

I'm still looking ladies...Elizabeth,thank you..your check is in the post ha ha?

Comment by: irene roberts on 15th February 2018 at 22:07

Come on, Veronica and Elizabeth....all together now...."We want Maureen....We want Maureen!" xxx

Comment by: Veronica on 16th February 2018 at 09:10

Maureen's too busy making delicacies and tit- bits for the birds I think....she's not got time to look!

Comment by: Maureen on 16th February 2018 at 13:11

Hello ladies..Veronica,you're so kind but Cliff does most of the feeding..our bathroom is an extension so he prepares all the good at night,as I say crushes the fat balls,breaks bread up,put it all on a big heavy tray with sunflower seeds..fills all the hangers that go on the Rhodi tree..that has chicken wire all around it to stop our cat getting in the said tree..the following morning goes up the ladder to put it on top of the bathroom roof,they've started to sit on the archway outside kitchen window waiting for him..I've got some lard this a.m for their yoghurt pots.but their droppings mean a lot of cleaning ..I'm hoping that he won't need to put any out in Spring,there'll be enough berries for them then.
On to the photo saga..I cannot find the one that I mentioned..but did find one of me as a teenager with guess what..turn up jeans just like those girls,it must have been a phase we all went through. ha ha..phew

We seem to be getting up someone's nose according to a comment on P.A.D still. ne'er mind eh.

Comment by: Veronica on 17th February 2018 at 09:07

I bet you get all the neighbourhood birds Maureen. They must pass messages on to one another! Blue Tit to Robin " Hey I know where you can get good grub- homemade too".
Robin - " Coo thanks - We like a good bun fight! We'll gate crash in the morning early on - whereabouts?"

Comment by: Maureen on 17th February 2018 at 11:58

Veronica,have you of Owd Dave that used to contribute to WW..he's a friend,and lives round the corner from us..he's always fed the birds, the other week he said "I don't know where all my birds have gone" I told him they're all at our house...
Just as an aside ...his garden is beautiful.

Comment by: Veronica on 17th February 2018 at 14:27

I bought a big bag of mixed seed this morning Maureen and scattered some on the ground and on top of the shed- we'll see what happens! I did see two robins as well as the blue tits and a black bird.

Comment by: Maureen on 17th February 2018 at 17:19

Well,Veronica that's a start..they can be so fussy can't they, it looks like they're going to enjoy that type..I wish we could throw it on the ground to see them better..but our cat who was a stray is a hunter through and through,we love her but try and keep her in as much as we can, we feed a squirrel as well,but only when she's indoors...cats eh!!!

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