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Post by l27 on May 2, 2007 5:44:03 GMT -5
Hello there I was hoping if any of you kind people knew how I could find 1980's pictures of not Woolton, Belle-Vale, Lee Park or even Gateacre but the very ugly Netherley. I find it quite simple to obtain pics of most Liverpool areas, but now I'm 26 and with Netherley changing dramatically since the 80's I've found it very difficult to find on the internet old pictures of the Netherley area. Can anyone please help? Love the site by the way!
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Post by ken on May 5, 2007 3:25:16 GMT -5
Hi l27, Did you catch my reply to your other message? I remember Netherley when it was just a farm in the country (might as well be on a different planet!). I have some old pics of the area, but as far as the 80's are concerned, all I have is a pic of St.Gregory's RC School with some of those ugly great flats in the background. I pulled it off a website and it's undated, but I'm assuming it must be around 1980 or so,
Ken
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Post by headboydavid on Jul 20, 2007 9:03:21 GMT -5
hey, i'm headboy of Gateacre Comp starting my 2nd year in 6th form in september. As a 6th form we're starting a newspaper for the students, i've been researching gateacre past as its our 50 birthday. I have some photos of the site where the Grange pub can be seen there from about 1940??... David
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Post by ken on Jul 20, 2007 15:17:56 GMT -5
Hi David, Thanks for those great pics - I haven't seen them before! You can see Gorsey Cop and the farm across Grange Lane. There seems to be some excavating work going on at the right-hand side. Do you think it might be for the site of the 1960 upper school? Good luck with the school newspaper - I remember we had a school mag at the new Comp in the early 1960's,
Regards, Ken
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Post by ken on Jul 20, 2007 15:36:11 GMT -5
Here's a couple of old postcards of Gateacre: This one from c.1902 and this from around 1930 perhaps
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Post by vinomother on Aug 21, 2007 15:30:13 GMT -5
Hi everyone
I have just seen headboydavid's pics of Grange Lane. Surely the first one shows the house at the junction of Grange Lane and Cuckoo Lane - it is, or was, called The Lodge and my family lived in it from about 1910 to sometime in the 1980s/1990s. My Gt Grandfather was the Manager of the Gas Works in Rocky Lane which was part owned by Lord Salisbury. He owned the Lodge too (part of the Childwall Estates) and he let my Gt Grandfather live there when he retired. In the early 1950s we became the owners of it.
I lived in Gateacre village during the 1950s, attending the village school and St Stephen's Church. I remember Gateacre Comp being built on the fields I had roamed in as a youngster. We also lived for 6 months at Gorsey Cop farm which had a large sandstone house attached to the farmhouse. The farmer was a friend of my uncle who lived at The Lodge and he rented the house to us whilst we looked for a property in the village. I have pictures of the farm (unfortunately I am in most of them) and the surrounding fields if you are interested.
I have many memories of the years I lived in Gateace and am happy to answer any queries people may have. We left in 1959 to go and live in North Wales.
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Post by ken on Aug 22, 2007 11:24:37 GMT -5
Hi Vinomother, Thanks for that fascinating info. I've been checking out those pics and I'm sure you're right about the Lodge, looking up towards the junction. There's a series of Cuckoo Lane views listed on the LRO website, with panoramic views of the Cuckoo Lane "Tipping Site" from the bank, and construction work in 1959 which seems to fit in with these pics, so it would be to do with building the school. I'll have to have a look at them next time I'm up at the LRO. I remember Gorsey Cop when it was a private house around 1960, and the farm is visible alongside in the pics. I'd love to hear about life on the farm, and the old Lodge as well, and those pics of yours sound really interesting, it's all so totally changed since those days! Just imagine playing on the fields with the high bank before the Comp was built. Look forward to hearing more,
Ken
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Post by vinomother on Aug 22, 2007 15:58:36 GMT -5
Hi Ken
I have found some photos you may be interested in; how do I post them - they are bmp files at the moment. Is there a limit to the number or size?
Vinomother
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Post by ken on Aug 23, 2007 11:14:03 GMT -5
Thanks for getting back so quickly, vinomother. The member called "shytalk" used to live at Coxhead Farm, and he has kindly sent me a collection of lovely memories of farm life, plus a couple of rare pics and a sketch map of the farm in the postwar years.
Re. your pics, to post them here you need to join a photo image hosting site like photobucket.com where you can upload the pics, then copy & paste them to this forum. You can see from the size of my postcards the size limit for posting. Or alternatively I can send you my e-mail address in a private message, and you can simply send the pics to me. Look forward to hearing from you,
Ken
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Post by sian on Sept 7, 2007 8:36:04 GMT -5
Hi , I've recently begun tracing my family tree , as so many people are now doing and i have found that my grandfather was born at number 32 Gateacre Brow in 1907 . I knew his Grandmother ran a boarding house at number 34 but looking at some photos i took on a recent visit i am unsure which would have been number 32 ? Number 36 is obvious and i had thought that the little cottage next door was 34 but Fairview Windows is listed as number 28 ? Can anyone help ? Ken , what amazing old postcards especially the one around 1902 . I guess on the left hand edge is possibly the house my Great Grandparents were living in . They were married in St Stephens Church in 1902 . We've always been told that they were buried in Gateacre but was very disappointed to find there is no churchyard or cemetery . Has that always been the case or has one been grassed over ? My Great Great Grandmother would have died in the village around 1910 , my Great Grandfather in 1924 and my Great Grandmother in 1950 but i have no idea where they would have been buried . If anyone could solve that mystery for me i'd be very grateful . Does anyone know if there are any more old postcards / photos of Gateacre Brow ? Thanks very much x
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Post by ken on Sept 9, 2007 11:24:19 GMT -5
Hi Sian, Thanks for the message; glad you like the postcards. I've been keeping a lookout on e-bay but I haven't seen any more of Gateacre Brow yet. I don't know if anyone else is going to reply, but in the meantime I'll try and help with your research. First of all, I don't think St.Stephen's ever had its own graveyard, because Gateacre was originally part of Childwall Parish, and St.Stephen's was built as a Chapel of Ease for All Saints' Parish Church, Childwall. There is still a large graveyard at All Saints', so it might be worth looking there for your ancestors. Now the house numbers in Gateacre Brow - there was a no.32 which was listed in Gore's 1911, but by 1938 it had disappeared. perhaps it was incorporated into the adjoining premises. Here are the occupants listed in 1911: 28: Marsh Bros., grocers also Patrick Burke, grocer's manager 28A: Thomas H. Mullock, saddler 30: Mrs. Alice Ireland 32: William Henry Charmer, gardener 34: Mrs. Margaret Juncevich and in 1938: 28: Westminster Bank Ltd also Mrs. Eveline Hitchen, greengrocer 28A: W.Brooks & Co., grocers 34: George H. Emmett, motor cycle patrol So it looks as though 30 & 32 either had no householder or were incorporated into the next door premises. I'm afraid it's a bit vague, but it might be of some help. here's a couple more pics of Gateacre Brow, but pretty much the same view as before, 11 Jan 1952 1964 Ken
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Post by shytalk on Sept 9, 2007 12:06:32 GMT -5
Ken, re 1938 Eveline Hitchen, Greengrocer at Number 28. I don't know if this is a relative, but it is a fairly uncommon name. My uncle, John Mason worked at Childwall Hall market garden. His boss there was an Ernie Hitchen. I don't know exactly when the place ceased to function But by the time we left Coxhead Farm in 1949 or '50 he was living in Tuebrook at my grandfathers house. i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/aliceswedding22april1946.jpgThat is a picture of my uncles wedding in 1948 at St.Stephens. I am bottom right.
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Post by lisabrowncow123 on Mar 5, 2008 19:40:17 GMT -5
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Post by grandchildren4 on Jan 27, 2009 15:17:37 GMT -5
hi my name is julie and i am trying to find any old pictures of lee park before and after the estate was built. my partner and i have just taken over the lee park pub and would love to have some pictures to hang on the walls of lee park itself. please let me know if you can help.
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Post by alanamp on May 5, 2009 13:46:41 GMT -5
Ken, re 1938 Eveline Hitchen, Greengrocer at Number 28. I don't know if this is a relative, but it is a fairly uncommon name. My uncle, John Mason worked at Childwall Hall market garden. His boss there was an Ernie Hitchen. I don't know exactly when the place ceased to function But by the time we left Coxhead Farm in 1949 or '50 he was living in Tuebrook at my grandfathers house. i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/aliceswedding22april1946.jpgThat is a picture of my uncles wedding in 1948 at St.Stephens. I am bottom right. Ken, I always thought the owners of the market garden at Childwall Hall was called Hitchman.
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