MEMORIES has been contacted by a local historian after publishing postcards of Seaforth.
Brenda Murray, who is also a member of the Friends of Old Christ Church, said she was “very pleased� to see the black and white prints.
She was also happy to offer more information about the second picture which featured Pensionnat Du Sacre Coeur de Mari.
Brenda said: “The second was the earliest picture of Seafield School.
“The present Sacred Heart College was formed in about 1972 when St Bede’s and Seafield Covent Grammar School joined together.
“Seafield Convent was built in about 1908 when the nuns moved from Seafield House, in Seaforth, built by William Fernie who had hoped to use it as a hydro but it failed so was then known as Fernie’s Folly.
“The nuns who were sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, thus the French title in your picture, had moved from Bootle to buy Fernie’s building in 1902.
“Then MDHB bought it from the sisters as they wanted to expand their territory.
“With the money from this sale, the sisters designed and built the fine red brick building on Liverpool Road which became known as Seafield Convent School because they had moved from Seafield House in Seaforth.�
Brenda added that a Seaforth exhibition of local history, at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, on February 9, will have many more pictures on display.
Organised by South Sefton Local History Forum, Seaforth Local History Exhibition will take place on February 9, at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church.
Entry is free for the event running from 10am to 4pm.
Visitors can expect local history displays, poetry corner, artists’ corner and children’s prizes.
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chris clowery wrote...
Hi lovely to see the old photos I now live in yorkshire,been here 30 years but liverpool is still fondly called home. My dad and nan went to star of the sea church in seaforth.My nan lived in willow grove which is now flats she aws called maggie madden, again fond memories of visits to seaforth.Keep the photos coming..chris
Posted by: chris clowery | March 16, 2008 4:27 PM