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tobow: love it just purchased a rust free 4dh in Australia 347 auto chasing some parts and contacts .How hard are parts ect ?...

in response to: Classic Cars 5 - 1957 Pontiac Star Chief by EvilGentleman

anon (75-94-49-3.boi.clearwire-dns.net): I think the coutries with the best city skylines on averge are 1 United States (New York, Los Angleles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, and so many more!!! 2 Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

june: the graffiti here in Australia is rubbish. Yours is art although I don't agree with it....

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

june: thought I was looking at one of the twin towers. very pretty city. from south australia...

in response to: Downtown MinneApple by Tyfoid Kid

krimzer kkk: im a filipino but living in montreal! and here's my top 10! 1.montreal,canada 2.makati,philippines 3.seattle,usa 4.toronto,canada 5.sydney,australia 6.chicago,usa 7.hong kong 8.new york,usa 9.calgary,canada 10,san francisco,usa...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Jamie: Classic citynoise! Thanks for tihs slice-of-life from the other side of the planet. I love the mix of old and new, it's not how I imagine Sydney, or Australia in general to look. Quite colonial,......

in response to: Downtown 1 by Ross

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

James cashan: RE Bob Salmon.Tom O Toole Jnr. I picked up your Uncle Terry O Toole from catholic going to Woolston Thurs. night (I taxi for local firm initials C.C. no prizes for guessing and no......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Peter Lawford: Hi Sheila V. The only Vaudrey I know was an old mate of mine Leslie Vaudrey from 11 Beech Ave. I do not know if he was any relation to you. We lost tuch when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

db: I wonder if it was built by the same company, but its amazing that while the one at Coney Island is gone the one in Sydney Australia is still in operation, and the gate is......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Mark: Hi all!. I used to live in School Lane Irlam and went to Irlam Endowed. I was 8 when I left in 1970 to move to Sydney, Australia. i've got nothing but good memories of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Peter Lawford: Hi Cyril, I Do remember your shop or should I say shops, as I remember a green grocer and a chip shop under the of Bagshaw in Fiddlers Lane. I lived in Boundary Road from birth......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alison Lawford: Hi Dave: Thanks for the Pictures. I walked over the swingbridge on a sunday morning, passing the Barton power station in the 60s. I now live in NSW Australia. My brother still lives over there.......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Peter Lawford: Nice to see my old town Irlam. I lived there for 21 years untill 1969, but now live in NSW Australia. My sister still lives on the moss...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: Re: jon burgess, I agree, on the one hand people say every body knows your business on the other its good to have a sense of community and roots which a lot of people......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Stan Hodgson: Hi Great site, was directed to it by Benny Hilton, I was born in Windsor Ave 1944 then moved to Carlisle Drive about 1963,along with my older sister Patricia and brother Bill, . We all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jon Burgess: To James Cashan and Gary Sparkes. So the only way we will get a King of the Slums reunion is via a big screen satellite link-up to Australia? ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Yep, I thought it was....In later years it became a Funeral directors for a short time before being converted into flats or houses...difficult to really tell. As for the camouflage pants.....don't really......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Stormbash: Im Australian so my top 15 is going to be mostly Auzzie cities. TOP 15 1)Shanghai 2)Gold Coast 3)Seattle 4)Melbourne 5)Hong Kong 6)Sydney 7)Brisbane 8)Toronto 9)Chicago 10)Perth 11)Vancouver 12)Singapore 13)New York 14)Auckland 15)Frankfort...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne Thank you for your kind thoughts. Yes it was a large blue van that I made my deliveries in, but finished up concentrating building up the business which I had just transferred to The......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

David Warrior: Hi James, Sounds like we shared some passtimes back in the 1960, I used to do Higher Irlam paper round for Colin Sandy and spent time asking the ships crews for cigarettes etc. at the locks.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Melissa Bingham: I've just stumbled across this site and am amazed at the various Aussie/ Irlam connections. I was born in Australia (my mum's from Salford & Dad's from Ireland) and some how ended up in......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, thanks for the "Jubblies" update... here in Australia we call them "Sunny Boys". ps: I had a little giggle at Steve's comment earlier... "a clip around the ear hole" - now that's......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Richard: Hey, this is the current city skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane city is located in south-east Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. With so many new towers proposed, approved and underconstruction- Brisbane's skyline is......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Debbie, I remember when you and Stephen first arrived from Australia and lived on Broadway up near the Boathouse end. I went to school and hung around with stephen. He had sunbleached blonde......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Graham Kingsley: I have discovered quite recently, possibly in the last couple of days that Adelaide Cricket Club have become a Internet Service Provider and competing on the world stage. It does show that the Australians......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Glenn, Tommy wrench used to be a good friend of my Dads Charlie Brophy. They both owned shops in the same row. Tommy was a great butcher and had a solid reputation around......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

lesley: hiya eeerm i emigrated to australia a few light years ago, but dated a guy called dave from manchester who's fam owned a bakery in manchester somewhere. He live in the channel islands for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

oz writter: this cope fella aye in australia you have to go big or dunt touch btd burning toys dayly...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, Firstly my I pass on my condolences in the passing of your son Brian at such a young age. Yes I forgot to mention that the first one was a double fronted shop,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: i love the pics, i especially enjoy pic's from different lands. guy's africa and your australia....

in response to: It\'s Been a While by benji

Jenny Foster(nee Sutton): MY GRANDAD SUTTON AND UNCLE JACK SUTTON LIVED IN VICTORIA ROAD FOR MANY YEARS.HE FARMED THE LAND NEAR THE CEMETERY AND DOWN TO THE RIVER.ALSO SOLD COAL ;FIRST WITH A SHIRE HORSE,THEN IN THE EARLY......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): To everyone that frequents this site, I would just like to share something with you all. Thru the postings, My husband and I have been contacted by a few readers who have turned......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

william smith: Have been in Australia for 50 years. I was born in pendleton salford in 1936 and cannot find or get any feedback about my fathers life as a taxi driver in his families taxi company......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): hi my name is paige kearney i love my mummy Natalie xx Hi Deb,( that was my daughter ha ha!!!!) Steves really excited that he's got rellos in Melbourne. He has asked me for your email address.......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Joining the Whine: Young Hippy - go and see the world. Travel. I saw some of it. I've traveled all over the U.S., the Caribbean, and Mexico. Hopefully soon I'll get to visit the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Resident of Hutch: Okay, I like how the person only takes pictures from one part of town. This fact makes this article worthless. They fail to take pictures of the area around 23rd and Waldron. Hutchinson has a......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Firstly, thanks for this site. I will see what I can scavenge in photos to contribute a bit. I lived in Allenby Road, Cadishead from 1947-1970 when I moved to Australia, I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Brian, Mornington, Australia: It may not be finished, but I was thrilled to see the progress made since 1994 when I first visited Mejorada del Campo. In spite of the continuing obstacles, Don Justo seems unstoppable! This sort......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Mario C , Sydney,AUSTRALIA: Well people you really have to see this remarkable feat of uneducated engineering , this guy deserves respect, my family & I had the privilege of seeing this beautiful cathedral in 2006 and we spent......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Mike: I know its a long shot. But I have been searching for any info on my grandad whom i never met and died in Australia in 1990. He worked at Barton Power Station for many......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D McCormick! This is Steve Waterworth who used to live on the Irlam estate, in Neville Drive. I'm now living in Melbourne, Australia (not in a council house - ha,ha)and I'm married to Natalie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

YoneKoneR: i to respect the people that dont paint yet love what graffiti is and can respect the art. il try to upload some of my australian flicks wen i get a chance...

in response to: Queens Graffitti by Frank Chang

Josh from Western Australia: out of curiosity, most of these lovely storm cells were photographs taken in Australia. Enjoy the searching for the real thing...

in response to: the august 19th, 2005 tornado hoax by jeeff

anon (localhost): In the next 10 years Southeast Asia's economic growth will be as phenomenal as that of China. In fact Australia is considering to join ASEAN coz they don't want to be left behind..It is a......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Jon Dominguez: "... and take back what used 2 b ours we should not be the minorities anymore we got black and brown teaming up we both are minorities we both have struggling histories we should take......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

natalie brophy: hi natalie remember me ,,,amanda fouracre i used to live down the same drive as you in irlam ,my brother and i henry fouracre .we used to have a fox called vicky i......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

mark rogers: hi Natalie. Fancy reading your comments here. Nat and I grew up in the same street and I too now live in Australia. Anyone out there from Irlam now living in Queensland. Drop me a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

marie walker (nee wellock): i just visited my wonderful uncles and aunts in barnoldswick and absolutely loved my time with all of them. i was born in salterforth in 1958 and emigrated to australia with my mum and dad(roy......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Lou: Real photos; inaccurate description. http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/storm.asp Storm Clouds Claim: Photographs show Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Status: Real photos; inaccurate description. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005] Photos of Katrina over Mississippi (Sure......

in response to: the august 19th, 2005 tornado hoax by jeeff

tomig: ok.. as famous as bondi is, being austrlia's most popular beach and msot central beach... why do so many people assume that its actually a GOOD beach? i got a lotta mates who live there......

in response to: Bondi Beach by seanStranks

Eric: this message is to cazy from toronto. canada was great to me, ive been to vancouver, banff, montreal, calgary and unfortunately that huge chunk of ugly they call toronto. im actually pretty skinny so the......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

mug: yes the shoes over the powerline thing really is an international phenomenon - there are two pairs of shoes hanging high in my street in brisbane, australia, at the moment and now i some ideas......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

EvilGentleman: Near as I can determine from Google, a Hilux Ute is a slang term for the Toyota 4x4 pickup truck sold in Australia and NZ known as the the Toyota HiLux. I believe "Ute" is......

in response to: Things I Love About Public Transit by Micah

ksedge: halfa, i'm jealous. i loved seeing roo's every chance i got when i was in australia. they're amazing animals....

in response to: Calgary, Australia? by ksedge

Halfa: And they are the ssame in australia...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Halfa: I live in a rural area of tasmania (southern most island of australia, we are a state of oz for those who don't know) and we don't have public transport in my area except for......

in response to: Things I Love About Public Transit by Micah

Rocky: well it is only fair that ken gets to sow his wild oates. he was in a long term relationship with barbie for 50 years or so and then got dumped for some surfer dude......

in response to: Raunchy Dolls In The City by Marsha

t@ngent: nice sky. i like these photos, they somehow don't say 'australia' to me, yet at the same time they are photos of australia. i like that....

in response to: Wandering Around by benji

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Its strange really....I live at the beach in Australia, its beautiful, paradise on my doorstep. We were out walking along our local about 4 weeks ago watching the dolphins play in the shallows !!! and......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

teresa 25/06/2006: i came to Australia in 1972 with my family I was only 9 years of age. I have been home twice since then. I would go home tomorrow to live, only I married......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Ken- Boston, Massachusetts: Very good points Lawrence. Of course, I would never claim that "we kicked your asses and claimed independence. Obviously we won the war, but it is a far cry from kicking your asses.......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Sally: Today is memorial day in America. THEY ARE HOLDING PARTIES AND BBQs and HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE ABOUT 2 WORLD WARS WHERE I LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THEIR OWN TROUPS IN THIS LATEST......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): What a simple but beautiful sight. I am sitting here in tears through the memories your photos have brought back to me. I emigrated to Australia 26yrs ago as a teenager and had spent all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

theavs: sane has been a huge influence on me as a writer, Ive read over and over the story of sanesmith in the art of getting over by espo..truely inspiring and touching..i'd like to know more about......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

EvilGentleman: I wonder if they serve tacos, tostadas, falafels and gyros, too. With Belgian chocolates for dessert, and Australian beer to go....

in response to: Kimchi? Sushi? Slush Puppy? Fill\'er Up! by GGP

Paul G: There is something very pleasant about the palette employed by the artists who made the original images - on the walls. Australians, in contradistinction to Americans, use hues that are more "earthy" (?) in......

in response to: Street Art Fitzroy by ninety9lives

Micheal - Australia: I was a teenager during the hunger strikes and took the side of the hand I was delt. I have had time to reflect and investigate with an open mind and no matter how you......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Rapunzel: Jack! Read the Handmaid's Tale! And read "Until I find you..." while you're at it...(John Irving) he's not Canuck, but might as well be with most of his writing. I've been pierced and tattooed, but......

in response to: Little Shop of Horrors by Biff

comiddle: Gorgeous stuff. 'bout time there was some decent Australian graffiti on here....

in response to: Street Art by ninety9lives

Rapunzel: Thank you! This is the first glimpse of snow I've had in over a year! Even the disgusting city stuff is nice at this point! I'm in Australia! One of my students here (on business......

in response to: Mud Pac by Ken

Rapunzel: That must be a Tim Horton's cup!!! Sorry, I've been out of country for a while, and even the litter seems nostalgic! JOKING!! Saw the photos of the courier who'd thrown stuff back into a......

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

Rapunzel: I will acknowledge that I know shit about this situation. I only stopped to look at this online because it reminded me of some graffiti I read in a toilet in SOUTH AMERICA. Someone had......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Looks like a toupee taking a stroll. Clive James (an Australian writer, famous in Britain) once described a particualrly nasty spider as looking like a clenched fist wearing a toupee....

in response to: Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles by johnny E

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Tex, If you're doing the UK, you have to go to Wales, you know, to get the full set. Actually, you may have to pop down to the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and the British......

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

chewbaccasbitch: Fuck that dude, charge his ass for assault, We Aussies just jump on the radio and have a swarm of bike locks come crashing down on his numbskull....but screw him, leah, look into the pics......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

B.B. Melbourne australia: Hi Peter I lived @504W 126ST. N.Y.C. for 18 months but being a British Merchant Marine I had to return to the U.K. much to my regret. I now live in OZ.but theres not a......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

David Darrington: London Bridge the last time i was there i walked over it with my freind Kelly next thing we new. We where now on Australias newest island. Yes i was the one that was on......

in response to: "London Bridge" by Aussie

elaine: yeah, i like that topsy turvy world of cheap shit transiting into prescioussss when abroad. i knew someone who went to australia and wore her doc martens to work in a chippie - eminently sensible......

in response to: A Pint of Stella at Half by sine

Anonymous (csn.connexus.net.au): that shit was bad man. peace out from the AUSTRALIAN graff scene. justice danger gank srate. PEACE OUT AND PEACE UP....

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

Jamie: Ah, reminds me of the time i lived in {Northern Ireland}, i too had to English up, though not in a Hugh Grant way. I seemingly adopted a mockney* accent ##(* mock cockney, like Jamie......

in response to: Ragnarok by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

australian graffa: how yer where dis at ...

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

barry: I don,t think the plague did reach ireland,What did occur was a potato famine(1845-1850)FAMINE FEVER-cholera,dysentery,scurvy,typhus.Same thing i guess.Potatoes were irelands main crop and food source.Landlords at this time respond,s to there tenants who could,t pay......

in response to: 7th Century Church by barry

Peter: [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/storm_near_bunbury]] some info that claims it happened in australia, heh....

in response to: the august 19th, 2005 tornado hoax by jeeff

subway suds: i'm da real suds 1 mutha fukas i been rockin my tag and reppin for 18 yrs on errythin so dont bite FAT CLUB qld. australia...

in response to: {suds} by ea

Sylvia Womersley: Lovely to see these almost forgotten images of my childhood, I was born in East London and do not know nearly enough about the cultures at that time. I now live in Australia and love......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Jean: Thank you grew up in Lambeth moved to Australia was asked about the history and how it began and couldn't tell, now I can go to work tomorrow and tell them about the history and......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

australian: 90% people in australia want want republic no brit crown here ,ulster will soon be reunited with the rest of ireland and god bless her,british empire what ajoke ...

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Timmy c: mmm looks like a musueum - just like the trains that run to the station - purchased from an australian museum (true) ...

in response to: britomart by starlajo