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[tonyn]

hb501stem, on 10 May 2011 - 10:03 AM, said:

Hi tonyn, Uncle John here,I belonged to st johns ambulance brigade in the 50,s and vividly remember 1 possibly 2 low brick arches partly filled in in the embankment behind the St johns hall (facing the council offices).I was told the tunnels ran into Knowsley park.They could have been old pottery kilns, Who wnows ?

Hi john you didnt by chance visit ethal fishers house did you in kemble street????? or had you move abroad by then

[jvy20]

tonyn, on 17 May 2011 - 10:37 PM, said:

Hi john you didnt by chance visit ethal fishers house did you in kemble street????? or had you move abroad by then

Hi,

I think this message is for me.

Visited Ethel Fisher's house maybe 3/4 times. Ethel worked with my father - can't remember too much about these visits - around 50 years ago

Incidentally still living in Prescot

Regards

John

[winchman]

sthwales, on 10 May 2011 - 07:48 PM, said:

The tunnels are mentioned on the parish church site http://prescotchurch...George%27Window (if this doesn't take you directly to it scroll down to "Secret Tunnels"

Fascinating thread...

Just had a read of this, I doubt any tunnel would be that long its a long distance. Riding hill and the church ruins, well you could just about see the outline in the early 80s.
What they dont mention is riding hill is a disused quarry, only small but now filled with rubbish, could this tunnel at the riding hill end be an old quarry working?
I grew up in Prescot and never heard of the tunnels.
Has any one asked Roland Beesley? Is he still about? I loved his shop wish we had asome pictuires of it now.
Only tunnels I know of are extensive cellars under the old Knowsley Hall, been down them in the late 70s
What about Eric Draper and Alan ? who had the garages off Kemle street? Saw Alan in St.Helens last week,. they may know.
Keep up the good work with the site its good to record all this as so much dies with people and we just cant leave all our memories behind

[RATTY]

This reminded me, I remember reading the story of Richard Seddon born in Eccleston who became the Prime minister of New Zealand in which he described the tunnels running from the old schoolhouse chapel on St Helens Road Old Eccleston to Knowsley Hall estate which he fell through in cave in in his youth.