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[leschip]

I drove past Briars Hey onthe 29/09/10 and there seemed to be some sort of activity there. The gates were open and cars parked in the drive. It's been a long time since I was in the area, I understood that it was closed. Does anyone know whats happening to that fine old building? Has Tower College bought it or will it be more flats or perhaps a Country Hotel? My memory goes back to when it was a Childrens' Heart Hospital run by a Religious Order before becoming a home for young "ladies".

Edited by leschip, 01 October 2010 - 09:02 AM.

[Phyll]

It's in the listed buildings list on here. I think I read it's going to
be a mental health centre facility for Women.

http://www.sthelens-...howbuilding=138

http://www.rainhill-...ml/Archive.html

[leschip]

Thanks Phyll That'll go down well!!!!!!

[RATTY]

It got a knockback for that Im sure, due to the amount of traffic up there on any normal day, wouldnt have thought it would go through, not with the money thats up there and it being right next to a private school, they objected and got it made into a listed building PDQ.

[Handsome Johnny]

we've already got the scott clinic, one more would be too many.

[gypsygeoff]

Ah the unruly girls school.
Had many a happy hour around there too.The private school next door(Tower College) put up a fight to stop the school ,however Mr Oxley(yes from Oxleys in St.Helens)who owned the school,could not fight the Beaurocrats.and the facility opened.
They used to make the girls walk through Rainhill village,past the ogling eyes of us lot outside the Victoria.I can even remember one girls name,she was very well educated ,her name was Felicity Anne Chisholme,she was from Brammall (mink coat no knickers).
Fascinate meself sometimes.

[leschip]

O.K. Gypsy. Spill the beans Do you mean that these ladies were a bit loose in the moral department

[gypsygeoff]

Never got the chance to find that out.They were always with a group leader.We were not stopped from talking to them,it was more they talked to us.

[leschip]

Any updates on this topic??

[RATTY]

Looks like they succeeded in getting in there and are privately run for 'women with complex needs'

http://raphaelhc.org...open_doors.html