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[Griffin]

In about 1964, directly across the road from where St. Theresa's RC Church (Newtown) now stands, there used to be a little old church in ruins, surrounded by a churchyard with a number of gravestones. All this has now gone, and there is a footpath leading through what was the churchyard. Can anyone tell me which church this was, and what denomination?

[eddiedunc]

Not too familiar with the area Griff but I do remember the graveyard perhaps it was a chapel in the graveyard like the one up Dentons Green

[Olliebeak]

I always thought it was the OLD St. Teresa's. Remember it very well - we used to love to scare ourselves by going there in the late 50's and playing hide and seek in the ruins! Talk about 'Most Haunted' - never experienced anything sinister though.

Maybe it's worth checking on an old map of the area to see what it was listed as being.

Olliebeak

Edited by Olliebeak, 01 February 2007 - 07:06 PM.

[eddiedunc]

Do you mean there have been 3 St Theresa's Ollie?

[Olliebeak]

dunno about that Eddie! I was just aware that the St.Teresa's church at the moment looks quite a modern building and it was there in the 50's. We thought that was the ruins of the old one. I know there is an old church building on the other side of the current St.Teresa's but always thought that was just a church hall.

[eddiedunc]

No that was the church until the new one was built

[Olliebeak]

oh well another idea down the swanee!

[Madge]

My Grandma used to visit this graveyard - it belonged to St Thomases on the edge of town. They didn't have enough space in their grounds so bought this piece of land. I don't remember a church/chapel there but maybe it was a Chapel of rememberance.

The graveyard was decomissioned when Pilks sold off the land for housing. I can remember picking blackberries at the back of the graveyard whilst my Gran was at the St Thomases Bowling Green which was just behind

[eddiedunc]

Well done Madge mystery solved. Now that you mention it it rings a bell somewhere in the deep recesses of what passes for my mind

[Olliebeak]

Well done Madge! That one would have kept me awake for most of the night!

I was christened at St.Thomas' in 1951.

[Madge]

I was christened there as well - I was the first baby to be christened in the Church after the fire of 1960

[blonde15]

when i used to give the st helens star out in the early 70's i remember a graveyard in the middle of a row of houses somewhere near where the TA centre is at Croppers hill. when i mention it to my fella who is from st helens, cos i grew up in burtonwood, but originate from st helens, he says i must be getting mixed up. but i'm sure there was a graveyard plonked in the middle of a row of houses.

i remember, even though i was only a teenager, thinking that it was a strange place for tomb stones!!

[brunty]

i used to go to school in bruntywood had to walk it from sutton everyday no buses other than that borrow a bike,very friendly people then. plus plenty yanks.

[blonde15]

i think a lot of people from clock face used to go to green lane school in burtonwood for some reason, though i don't know why. when i was at the catholic school in burtonwood we used to walk up the fold, (sort of dirt track) to go swimming in the outdoor pool that was in the middle of green lane school, we love it but it was absolutely freeeezing.

[brunty]

blondie i lived in clock face when it was a small village like b.wood,the lads who were in my class were don robinson,jo roscoe,brian potter,ray brown,peter machel,derek hodson,brian littlewood.that was the council school in green lane. dare not mention the girls.