piaf Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Are there any Waterworths still living in the St Helens area? Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 192.com reveals a few in the WA9, WA10 and WA11 areas of St Helens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaf Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Thank you Dave, will look them up Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizzy Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I knew a Waterworth family from Eccleston Hill/Portico area who ran the local farm on Prescot Road, during 1940/50s onwards. They farmed the surrounding fields and worked on others in the area. One of them was opposite my house in Scholes Lane, during the 1950s and Mrs Waterworth, a small dynamo of a woman would drive the tractor along Prescot Road and up Scholes Lane, work in the fields all day then drive the tractor back later in the day loaded up with potatoes, or other vegetables. Some of this produce would be sold from a shed at the farm, either by Maggie Waterworth herself, her son Derek, or daughter Maryon. I don't recall a Mr Waterworth..the cottage they lived in fronting Prescot Road is still there and pretty much still recognisable as the way it was during the early 50s. I don't know if this family have any connections with the one you are interested in, but I would love to know if anyone knows anything about the farming Waterworths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaf Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thank you Kizzy, what a fascinating story. I don't think these Waterworths are related to me as I have never heard their names before. However my Grandfather John Henry Waterworth(1854-1924) married three times and there are some family members that we cannot trace after WW1 so there is a possibility they are related. Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RATTY Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I used to visit the farm in the early sixties with my Nan, the shop was in the back of the house by then and they kept pigs in the shed. I never knew their name but if it was the same family they still run that farm now, although I think they sold the house,they run the farm shop from the warehouse on Prescot Road. I still shop there and buy my christmas tree there every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaf Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Thank you Ratty, Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizzy Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Interesting, Ratty. I'll stop by there shortly and take a look, it would be interesting to find out what happened to the family, although I've discovered since my last post that the son, Derek Waterworth died some time ago whilst still a young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RATTY Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Ive been there today and made a point to notice the name, It's Birchalls farm now and I'm almost sure it was the same family in the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaf Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Thank you so much for going to the trouble of finding the name of the farm; concidentally I have a cousin named Derek W. Regards Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RATTY Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Speaking to my mother today,she tells me that the Birchall that is running the farm now is Marion, the daughter of Maggie Waterworth so that solves that one Correction, its Miriam not Marion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickycrockett Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I went to school with Ste Waterworth..And Jonny Bucket 'Waterworth' is still a good mate of mine.. They still about town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 went to school with jimmy waterworth he used to live in central street in the late 60's went to school with jimmy waterworth he used to live in central street in the late 60's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdobeFlats Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Thank you Kizzy, what a fascinating story. I don't think these Waterworths are related to me as I have never heard their names before. However my Grandfather John Henry Waterworth(1854-1924) married three times and there are some family members that we cannot trace after WW1 so there is a possibility they are related. Gill Gill - Here's one I located in St Helens cemetery. 'Fraid it's not very clear, but it certainly is a Waterworth grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindave Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 hi my grandma was elizabeth waterworth 1892-1953 she married william cotterill he died at flanders in 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Naylor Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 There was a Waterworth family lived in Bleak Hill Lane (Eccleston) in the 40s/50s, on the corner with Gunning Avenue. Mr Waterworth was elderly by then, and known to be a bit deaf.. I think his wife may have been mixed race; she was darker-skinned than normal for someone living in Eccleston! They had a grown-up son and daughter who both had musical interests, he as a pianist and she as a singer. Some local people were not very appreciative of the fact that improving your performance could involve constant repetition of difficult passages, not to mention practising scales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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