Belle Vale prefabs & Joseph Williams

[philmcc]

Hello everyone,



Have come across this site whilst reminiscing during lockdown about blissful childhood in the 1950's and early 60's in Whinhurst Road



So, I am 70 now and went to Joseph Willams and then Holt, Childwall Fiveways



I was sad to see the site appears to have become a bit fragmented and disjointed and that there have been very few messages recently which is a shame as there was something special about the prefab community that was created and which shines through in some of the things I have read - total nostalgia I know but very true


It would be nice to travel down memory lane and get this Gateacre Site active again and read about how other names have done in life and where they are now so am throwing in a few wholly random word memories in the hope it will kindle some interest. I'll look in periodically 


Joseph Williams, Miss Smythe and her green Morris Minor, Mr 'Pop' Gore, Wallard, Spiller, Miss Deighton, Miss Ross, the rocking horse in the infants class, Mr Stewart, Mr Herbert, his winning football teams



Begleys, the chippy, the chandlers and it's smell of meths


The thick ice on the inside of the windows of the prefabs and the cylinder of frozen cream on the morning (full cream) milk. Mr Prickett's farm and milkround

Jimmy Cain mobile vegetable delivery man



Rimmer's Farm and being chased by him when we climbed the fence and crossed the brook from Cloverdale into his pea fields - frequently



The swings the other side of Childwall Valley Road and getting legged by Billy Tinwhistle the cocky watchman



I intend continuing with the epistle but am going to posting this so far..... to test if the site is still operational

[jean1954]

I went to JWilliams primary school from around 1959 I loved it. I remember such good times there. We lived in a prefab in Endbrooke road and played in the field which was on one side of the Brooke and Regent garage on the corner of Naylors road by the Bridge Inn pub. I remember the police and fire station being built. mr Prickett delivered our milk and we stole his peas or whatever he planted each year!! Bonfire night was great there was a real sense of community about the prefabs. Nice memories to look back on, plenty of outdoors play. Not sitting looking at a screen. Maybe that’s why the kids who grew up in the 50s and 60s have a stronger feeling of what is really important in life. So many memories.

[pattyob]

Hi, Phil, I assume that's your name, you have not told us who you are yet. My sister Claire and I have been trying to guess. Phil McCulloch? McCardle, we think he was near the school. But I wish you would get back to us. Michael Otterson I think, went to the Holt but also went on to become a journalist. I eventually went to Durham where I m married , had three girls and then became a mature student at Durham and then a teacher of English. Later I did research and travelled abroad teaching in Singapore and Hong Kong. I still have longings to revisit those happy days in the prefabs, and remember so many of the things you do, in the same detail and with the same sense of how happy and lucky we were ten. It was not all joy, but we had a very good start and a truly lovely place to grow up in in terms of the community and school.
Patty Bleasdale, now O'Boyle
I'm in Liverpool tonight with my only surviving sister, Claire, who lives in Sefton Park flats.
My email is [e-mail]. get in touch if you would like to. And Jean... are you Jean Tickbroom, Elain'es sister. Elain was my friend at school and later.

[pattyob]

Sorry THickbroom. Of Endbrook Road and sister of the wonderful Terry who worked in the copop behind our house and rode the huge delivery bike. He was so funny and in the Thickbroom prefab there was always a baby in the pram and food for everyone on the stovetop.xx

[pattyob]

Hi, Phil, I assume that's your name, you have not told us who you are yet. My sister Claire and I have been trying to guess. Phil McCulloch? McCardle, we think he was near the school. But I wish you would get back to us. Michael Otterson I think, went to the Holt but also went on to become a journalist. I eventually went to Durham where I m married , had three girls and then became a mature student at Durham and then a teacher of English. Later I did research and travelled abroad teaching in Singapore and Hong Kong. I still have longings to revisit those happy days in the prefabs, and remember so many of the things you do, in the same detail and with the same sense of how happy and lucky we were ten. It was not all joy, but we had a very good start and a truly lovely place to grow up in in terms of the community and school.
Patty Bleasdale, now O'Boyle
I'm in Liverpool tonight with my only surviving sister, Claire, who lives in Sefton Park flats.
My email is [e-mail]. get in touch if you would like to. And Jean... are you Jean Tickbroom, Elain'es sister. Elain was my friend at school and later.