Affection for the Port?

[bernie]

Having lived in the Port most of my life, although not born here, moved away for a few years and moved back, there are far worse places to live. Despite our rosy memories, the Port has never been anything other than a town born from industries. Unfortunately as the industries have died, so like other towns, has the Port. Go to any town and you'll see empty shops. At last I feel safe here, don't worry about walking anywhere or is that just me? I'm sure there are not so wonderful areas but it cant be that bad or I wouldn't have come back!

[jasper2]

I have lived nearly 30 years in the Port and I would like it better if newspapers would stop referring to places like Cheshire Oaks as NEAR CHESTER,As I told the newspapers once ,it`s NOT NEAR CHESTER it`s INNNNN ELLESMERE PORT!!!!.I`m sure that`s been said many times before and it won`t be the last.

[LordOfThePort]

Ellesmere Port is a fantastic place. I'd dare say it's the greatest town in the country. Oh yes, we have our fair share of scrubbers and scallies. The architecture is...limited. The nightlife is limp, but I wouldn't live anywhere else.

[Pwecko]

Ellesmere Port is a fantastic place. I'd dare say it's the greatest town in the country. Oh yes, we have our fair share of scrubbers and scallies. The architecture is...limited. The nightlife is limp, but I wouldn't live anywhere else.

Lord Robert,

I haven't seen anything from you on YouTube for ages. Come on, let's have something new from you. I thought you'd died but I realised that that couldn't be the case, since there hadn't been any lowering of flags or minute's silence in the town.

I look forward to your next production.

Pwecko.

[radar]

Well Suesie, I remember, long before the precinct existed, The port finished at York Road and the next stop was Bondi's hill (Sportsmans Arms) and Whitby. I remember the Cottage Hospital. The last street of prefabs by Stanney Lane. in Rugby Road. Dances were at the Majestic just by the Hippodrome cinema, long before the Civic hall. Some great dances in the civic when it was built. The first supermarket I remember was in Meadow Lane and it was Gubays, Deoderex before it was called Odex, Carbon Black, the old shipyard on the Manchester Ship Canal, The Boathouse pub, Ellesmere Port before it had all the new houses, it finished around Dale ddrive and the Boulevard area no such place as Overpool road. I remember Daddy Harts shop on the corner of Princes Road and Station Road, then there was the cattle arch before the bridge was built. I lived in York Road off Wellington Rd but I see its gone now. My local pub was The Princes . In later years I lived in Little Sutton and drank in the Black Lion before it was demolished and rebuilt. The port was a great place in those days. Happy memories. Long live the Dock Hotel , the Horse and Jockey, The Knott hotel, The Station hotel, I remember the cafe in the STation yard where they made the best bacon sarnies in town. There was also the Domino cafe in Station Road, The snooker hall over the top of Burtons tailor shop, There was mansells grocer shop in Cambridge Road and over the road was the fish and chip shop with Bayly Isaacs pies, deep fried when they ran out of oven baked ones around about 10-30 pm when the pubs closed. I remember also the herberlist shop that sold hot and cold herbal drinks in station road. I could go on all day but thats enough for now. John Travers, NZ

[corkish2003]

ive lived in the port for 40+ years and its just got worse, we have been let down by the councils time after time.They have errected ugly statues all over the place,totally spoilt the area outside the civic hall and have let cheap pound shops move to the arcades.The town is ugly,the car park is unorganised and the pond on the park is neglected,could go on all day but am getting bored now

[corkish2003]

ellesmere port is an OK place. It is an excellent place to bring up children due to the large amount of sporting activities and clubs. The place is clean and generally decent people. All of this moaning, its the same everywhere else and you only have to see Chester city center at night to realise how bad that is.

are you for real,open your eyes and look beyond your front door

[bluesthebest]

Well we do have loads of sporting activities in ellesmere port
football clubs.boxing clubs.rugby.cricket.tennis.dance.an so on
plenty for the kids to do
but the down side is if its football and its on council land
ie the fields next to the stadium if you have a match you have to pick all
the dog muck up first.as its used for dog walking and the lazyones who cant or wont
walk to the bins to get rid would rather leave it . and let some young child get covered
in it. yes the managers of the young children who mostly live on that estate
picked up 16 bagsl of muck lastweek .so is the port clean i will leave that to you
lets just say i dont think so