Shell Garage!!

[tommmydee]

Got a bood to day called the lost resort an on the cover, opposite The Midland is the old shell garage,, now the car park if i am correct for the festival market?

keep me right!!!

the book is like a step back in time!

[trevnhil]

Hi Peter. Yes it is a good book. I have a copy on the bookshelves in our lounge.

Without referring to the book, you are partly correct.

There was a garage on the other side of the road to the Midland Hotel, But it was not exactly opposite, as that would have been the railway yard.

The garage was on the spot where the Bowling alley faces the dual carriageway of the new Central drive.

The aerial view was taken in the 60s




Hope this helps. Trev..

[lifeboat1721]

That private Helicopter that you kept in your back yard did you well Trev and so did that Box brownie ;D ;D

Ian

[trevnhil]

You can tell I like aerial pictures of all ages. I can spend many hours exploring old Morecambe.

I have ound an old 'quote about the garage and other buildings in thet area at that time. It seems that the council wanted to 'clean things up'...

"By 1920 Morecambe Corporation became concerned about the appearance of the old harbour and surrounds at Morecambe which was now accommodating Ward's shipbreakers, Harbour Pavilion, the 'Wavelets' baths, Fahy's garage, Morecambe Motors and J. Herbert Jackson's premises.".

I know that Fahys Garage lasted a lot longer than was intended.

The quote is out of this article in the Visitor Newspaper.

www.thevisitor.co.uk/morecambe-news/Morecambe39s-Old-Lady-is-ready.2059569.jp


Trev..

[tommmydee]

Thanks im interested uin all the old things in Morecammbe but live to far away

[trevnhil]

Hi Tommydee.
Try using Bing maps... www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT1tb3JlY2FtYmUmYmI9NDIuMzU4NTQzOTE3NDk3MSU3ZTYwLjczMjQyMTg3NSU3ZTI3LjI5MzY4OTIyNDg1MjQlN2U1Ljk3NjU2MjU=

If it does not open at Morecambe then type it into the place search. When it opens zoom in on the prom. Then click Birds eye. You can grab the left edge of the picture and move it left to the edge of your screen. You can get pictures of Morecambe, Heysham and Lancaster, like this ....




And also wander all over Morecambe in photo mode, and Zoom in where you like, and move to the back of buildings.

The bowling alley is Bottom Right

Good luck. Trev..

[trevnhil]

I have now come across another older picture of the Prom Railway Station area. This first one show how it was in 1933





And this next one is also 1933 and you can see the Fahys Shell Garage being built at the bottom right.



A little before my time. Trev..

[lifeboat1721]

You have been digging Trev ;D

When you think that there were railway tracks right accros the prom and upto the Ship Breakers on the Stone Jetty it must have been one hell of a drop when the freight side of the Railway closed down.

Ian

[tommmydee]

thanks, im an I visited Morecambe in the 76-83 and 07 - Date!!!!

[trevnhil]

Aug 22, 2009 18:33:51 GMT tommmydee said:

thanks, im an I visited Morecambe in the 76-83 and 07 - Date!!!!

I lived there between 76-83. But I was not there in 2007.

In fact I lived in the general Morecambe area from 1942 to 2006.

Cheers. Trev..

[trevnhil]

Aug 22, 2009 18:03:06 GMT lifeboat1721 said:

You have been digging Trev ;D

When you think that there were railway tracks right accros the prom and upto the Ship Breakers on the Stone Jetty it must have been one hell of a drop when the freight side of the Railway closed down.

Ian

Yes Dr Beeching made big cut back in the railway networks and lorries /wagons were getting much better, and the motorways were being built.

Cheers. Trev..