November 2008 Archives

AN OLD picture of a snowy scene in Seaforth has been sent in to the Memories page.
It shows the old overhead railway in Seaforth as well as a tram running along the snowy street.
The photograph is believed to have been taken in around the 1920s.

There are also a number of old advertisements on the building that led up to the railway, including a poster for HP Sauce.
Anyone with any memories of the overhead railway can contact Lyndsay Young, Crosby Herald, 26-32 Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1BT, email lyndsay.young@liverpool.com or call 0151 282 8117.

ANOTHER reader has written in to tell of his memories of the former Fay's Motors in Crosby Road North.
The store was based at the site where the new Tesco Express has now been built.
Mr Darby, whose father worked at Fay's Motors, has sent in a photograph of what it looked like in around 1930.

The shop was owned by Norman Fay, who first opened a shop in 1919 on the opposite side of Crosby Road North after leaving the Navy.
Eventually he opened the bigger premises across the road and the business was later taken over by the Williams family under the new name Cameron's.
Mr Derby said: "My dad worked there from leaving school in around 1920.
"I have vivid memories of the garage after World War II, when it had become Cameron's."
The site become a service station and this year Tesco completed the development of its store there.

A MAN who used to deliver milk to the former Scandinavian streets in Waterloo has talked about his memories.
Les Thomas lived in Sweden Street from 1934 to 1943 and was prompted to write in after seeing the pictures in Memories on November 13.
From 1965 to 1967 he worked for Reeces Dairies and delivered milk to practically every household in the streets that made up what was known as "Little Scandinavia".
The picture is from the Waterloo Social History Archives and shows numbers 69, 71 and 73, which was a corner shop run by Charlotte Draper.

He said: "The dark building extreme right of picture holds the nameplate of the grove, and is also the site of the remaining five houses on the left side of the street."
However he said there was no demolition of any buildings in the 1960s but some of them were bombed during World War II.
He remembered that four houses were bombed in Norway Street, two in Denmark Street but no houses in Sweden Street were hit.
Brenda Riddick, who founded St John's Local History Group, is welcoming members of the public to view Waterloo Social History Archives.
They are based at Waterloo Community Centre in the Old School Buildings, Great Georges Road.
The archives are open to the public on Saturdays from 10am until noon and people are welcome to submit their own Waterloo documents or photographs to the archives.
For more information about the archive call Brenda Riddick on 474 9445.

A PHOTOGRAPH has been submitted of a Litherland jockey who rode his first public race aged 16 and won.
The late John Molyneux, who was born in Litherland, won the race at Lingfield in the 1950s with his horse Parasol.
He weighed in at just 6st 5lb and was the son of a boilermaker in Liverpool.
According to news reports, he had left school two years before and had been working as a stable lad at Geoff Barling's Newmarket stables.
He had heard a programme on the radio about racing and had always been fond of horse, so he decided to answer an advert for a stable lad.
Eventually the youngster became an apprentice to Geoff, who was the Newmarket trainer.

As well as reaching success with Parasol he also won a race on a horse called Winsome Princess.
The photograph was sent in by his wife's cousin, Seth Ormesher, who lives in Gorsey Lane.
Seth said: "After a short spell and a few winners he began to put weight on and was unable to continue his flat race career but was so devoted to horses he had a spell with the Horse Guard's in London."
Anyone with memories or photographs to share is asked to send them to Lyndsay Young, Crosby Herald, 26-32 Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1BT, email lyndsay.young@liverpool.com or call 0151 282 8117.

A PICTURE of former members of a church choir have been sent in to the Memories page.
Gerry McNeight who lives in Litherland submitted a photograph of when he was a choirboy at St John's Church.
He is pictured with his brothers Les and Charles, who were also member of the church choir.
It was taken in around 1946 and anyone with memories of the choir is asked to get in get in contact with the Crosby Herald.
Send photographs and memories to Lyndsay Young, Crosby Herald, 26-32 Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1BT, email lyndsay.young@liverpool.com or call 0151 282 8117.

INFORMATION has been submitted about a photo of a bus at the junction of South Road and Crosby Road North.
Chris Leigh, a former Crosby resident, believes the photo that appeared in Memories on October 30, was taken in around 1926.
He said this was taken just after the withdrawal of the trams between Crosby Village and Seaforth Sands.
Chris said: "If you look the rails on the road are still in place, but the wiring for the electricity has been removed."

Large houses are pictured, which are at the site where Plaza Community Cinema is now based.
He said the cinema first opened its doors in around 1939.
The photograph also shows the old blacksmiths that used to be based in South Road.
It was sent in by Memories contributor Tom Heath, to show what life was like in Waterloo from the 1900s from the 1950s.

WOMAN from Crosby is trying to track down her old school friends.
Barbara Thomas, of Moor Drive, formerly attended St Luke's Halsall School, which recently celebrated its 250th anniversary.
At a celebration to mark the anniversary, she met some old school friends and has now decided to try and locate others.
She said: "As an old pupil I attended the garden party and met up with a couple of old school friends, which made the day more enjoyable."

Following the celebration she dug out some old photographs from her time at school.
The group photo shows former pupils Michelle Widders, Lesley Meadows, Moira Shannon, Barbara Thomas, Greta Marshall, Jayne Cartwright and Susan Pratt.
Barbara has also sent in a photograph of three of her former school teachers including Miss Arrowsmith, who has died, Miss Leitch and Miss Davies.
The photographs were taken in around 1970 on the occasion of one of the school trips to Trek Cliff Cavern in Derbyshire.

Barbara said: "I got to wondering what ever happened to those girls in the photograph.
"I have so far tracked down three of the girls Moira , Joyce and Greta, but have had no luck with the others."
Those pictured in the photographs are asked to get in contact with Barbara by email at
joybarick@googlemail.com.
Anyone with information or pictures for Memories is asked to send them to Lyndsay Young, Crosby Herald, 26-32 Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1BT, e-mail lyndsay.young@liverpool.com or call 0151 282 8117.

THE Crosby Herald has been inundated with responses from residents about a former cinema in Litherland.
More readers have told that the cinema in Linacre Lane, pictured on October 23, was called the Colosseum and later became the Essoldo.
Mrs Cunningham said she used to go there as a child and twice a week shortly after getting married and Maureen Jones also remembered the cinema name.

A reader called Mr Carter said after the name changed to the Essoldo, it closed for a while before eventually becoming a bingo.
The building then closed and was left derelict for a while but was recently demolished.
Edna Bell and Mrs McKenzie also remembered it as the Colosseum but also said it was dubbed the "flea pit" by people in Litherland.
Keith Beckett also said how it was referred to by people as the "Colly" before its name changed.
It was opposite the old tram sheds, which later accommodated buses and that site is now part of Somerfield's supermarket.

A MAN has recalled the night the railway bridge in Waterloo was attacked by bombers.
Mr Clarke, who lives in Crosby, was on a train travelling from Southport to Waterloo when the bridge near Burdett Road was targeted.
It is in response to an appeal in Memories on October 2 by Burdett Road resident, Wayne Kelly, who sent in a photograph of the hole in the bridge and asked for information about the attacks.
Mr Clark said he was around eight years old and was on the train with his father and brother on the night of the attack.

During World War II, he was evacuated along with his brother between 1940 and 1942 to a boarding school called Capernwray Hall, which was just outside Lancaster.
He said: "My father lost his sister and her husband in the Bootle Blitz and he decided to bring us home from the boarding school so we would be together, come what may."
They were on the train at Hall Road in Blundellsands when the train lights went out and the train stopped.
He said: "You could here the planes and then a lot of gun fire.
"We stayed stationary for at least 30 minutes, then the train started to move very slowly, the lights remained off as we crawled to Waterloo Station.
"When we got to Waterloo Station, my father, brother and I ran across the road to the shelter which was under the corner shop at Lorne Road.
"As we ran, I can recall seeing the planes in the sky having dog fights.
"I don't recall how long we were in the shelter, but when the 'All Clear' sounded we ran making our way threw the entries to our house in Denmark Street where we lived."

PICTURES and information of the Scandinavian Streets of Waterloo are contained in the Waterloo Social History Archives.
Some of the pictures, which show houses in Sweden Grove and Norway Street, which is pictured containing an old car, have been sent in to the Memories page.

Houses were demolished some of the Scandinavian streets in the 1960s and remained in that state until 1990 when Denmark Street was rebuilt along with the new St John's School.
Brenda Riddick, who founded St John's Local History Group, is welcoming members of the public to view the archives.
They are based within Waterloo Community Centre in the Old School Buildings, Great Georges Road and are open to the public on Saturdays from 10am until noon.
Residents are also being asked to submit their own documents and photographs relating to Waterloo.
Old house deeds and milk tokens would be of particular interest for the archive.
The aim is to build the archive, which is hoped to eventually become part of a museum that is expected to be set up at Waterloo Town Hall.
For more information about the archive call Brenda Riddick on 474 9445.