Whiston

[Olliebeak]

Stevie G lived on the Bluebell Estate, Huyton as a child and went to Huyton-with-Roby CofE School in Rupert Road, Huyton. In his autobiography there's a photo of him as a child wearing his school uniform. My eldest son went to the same school, but he's a few years older than Stevie G.

 

For anybody who travels that route into Liverpool, the Bluebell Estate is directly behind the TA Barracks on the left-hand side of Liverpool Road (between what used to be the Bluebell pub and the Oak Tree.

[Rubber Ducky]

Ollie for the memory's My oldest brother used to be in the ta's wanted to make him a lance jack he said no way after i dropped my girl friend on the estate and my brother used to take me for a shandy or 2 at the bluebell (Funny Ollie until you commented I hadn't given her any thought thinking back her name was Sandra Fingerstone she had the worst case of lack of esteem proberley the kid's used to rag her and lost confidence in her self she was jewish and had a very large nose and was big, funny she And her friend picked me up in the middle of the skating ring and just prograssed from there sorry just had a little weep you reminded how close i was to my brother john) John he died 6 month's afer my dad in 1991 mum used to say kid's are supposed to out live the kid's

[Olliebeak]

Sorry to hear about your brother, rd - that was w-a-y too young to go like that.

 

I don't think I know your friend Sandra Fingerstone - never lived on that particular estate - though I've been in Huyton nearly 40yrs. I did a 'fair amount' of man-hunting around the old Silver Blades rink as well .

 

The Bluebell was closed down and then demolished quite a few years ago now - there's only the Oak Tree left in this area now. Big new Health Centre been built where the Bluebell used to be - looks like Noah's Ark from outside .

[gypsygeoff]

When Denise worked at W.H.Smith in Huyton village she used to go the Bluebell with her mates,one was going out with Peter Reid who was at Bolton ,then Everton.Hell of a nice guy too.

so the Bluebells gone,I suppose the Hilly (hillside) and the Eagle and Child are gone too?

[DJGAZZA]

Did any of you lot go to Whiston nurses club discos on Monday and Friday around 15 years ago?

[Phyll]

DJ, I was a Nurse at Whiston back in the 80s, we used to go to that club on that road at the side

of the Nurses Home, is that still there and what's the name of that road? Can't remember now.

[DJGAZZA]

the building is till there but not used as a club. I think it's used for archive storage. My brother and I used to dj every monday and friday at the club, my brother has worked in the NHS since leaving school, he worked at St Helens and Whiston in his time. He now works at Pilks head office on the computer side of things

[gypsygeoff]

Delph Lane.

Its also where the TB hospital was in the 50's and early 60's.

Sadly I missed out on the discos there,went to few at Reeve hall in Rainhill hospital grounds.

[Rubber Ducky]

Back to chippies again what was the name of the chippy on the cnr of Longtons lane/warrington rd I took my wife for some chippys back in 80/81 he turned around when he heard a sort of ozzy/english twang and said thought you had dropped of the perch I said I have I live in wa now since 1970, I said can you do our chips as in a cornet he said omg I haven't done that for years but we have to use the white paper now great fish in one 1/2 and chips in the other Janice said I loved that that way

[gypsygeoff]

Ah it used to be ''Nellie Sharratts''.

She had it fer donkeys,it was still hers in 1974 when we left.

she made her own fish cakes,they were brill.

 

 

[Rubber Ducky]

thank's GG yea her fish cakes used to melt in your mouth, mum & dad used to live in Severn rd then when My dad died the gardenening got to much for her so she asked for a transfer moved up the road to 433 warrington rd hated it from minute 1 wwhat ever room you walked in you had to shut 1 door before you could open the other drove her crazy then my sister talked mum into EMERGRATING to Scotland sister told me she was lonly so I said so is that why she went up there? but your married yea but he loves his brother so I loved mine!! yea but not that way

[stephen nulty]

My brother and I used to dj every monday and friday at the club,

 

I used to go there in the early 1980's on Monday nights but packed in cos you had to be signed in as a guest. There was always a load of fellers hanging around outside the door asking members to sign them in.

[DJGAZZA]

Yeah while all the women were inside with us LOL

[Rubber Ducky]

Talking to my sister the other day she asked me if whiston central & holt's transport were closed down and what are they now housing estates? also she went to a special school just down the hill from Prescot I suppose that was closed years ago, I mentioed to mam about someone saying about a disco at the nurses quarters she said she remembered it well

[leah182]

What is the story of the hands of halsnead 

[RATTY]

Whiston Central is gone, became Rainhill High School then moved to Rainhill, next door to Loyola Hall, it is now a housing estate. Holt Transport is closed, company dissolved and that also is a housing estate called Quiston Grange I think. Can't remember when they shut but they were over 85 years old at last input  of accounts in 1996.

Don't know a thing about the ghost story Hands of Halsnead this is the only time I ever heard it mentioned. Probably some children's story about St Nicks churchyard to keep them out of mischief.

[leah182]

Lol ok thanks 

[vinceprince]

On 10/5/2010 at 23:58, gypsygeoff said:

Yer right about Sheilas,finest chips in Lancashire,or should we now saw Merseyside.

Alan Cheward rings a bell,who did he throw for?

We had a prescot get together in aucklnad NZ in 2003,must have had at least 20 from Prescot,Whiston and Rainhill.

Alan Chew played in the same darts team as me, it was the Kings Arms in Prescot

[Jean Barnes]

I have only just discovered this site and love the memories. believe it or not after traveling here there and everywhere I am back on the same Avenue in Whiston where I was born. I went to Halsnead in  1945- 53 and the headmaster at the time was Tom Valentine. Just to let you know the Horseshoe is now a Mini Tesco!! I walked  to school every day over the iron bridge, it is still there but the sides have been heightened. I will try and take some pictures some time. The Mucky Mountains have been flattened so no kids can experience the  original fun of riding up and over them on their bikes, I recon we were the original Mountain bikers. I have a couple of photos of school classes taken 1949, I will fish them out sometime and post them. Such happy memories

[RATTY]

I just came across the story of The Hands Of Halsnead.

A young man in the sixteen seventeen hundreds got caught stealing, up before the judge, found guilty his sentence was to have his hands chopped off, This was done and he died and his ghost as a pair of hands, haunt Halsnead park. Halsnead Park was a walled estate owned by the Willis family, hence Whiston Willis school that was built on the land

[kizzy]

I used to live on Halsnead Park caravan site when I was first married in 1968. I heard the tale about the hands from some of the residents though I never saw anything spooky; it was a lovely place to live back then. The wall mentioned above by Ratty ran along the back of our caravan and was about 15/18 feet high.  (I often wondered why it was there in that setting - now I know) There was a small lake on the site too with all kinds of wildlife. It was all still there last time I looked a few years ago, I was having a fit of nostalgia one day and drove to take a look

added 3 minutes later

Just remembered it was while living there I watched the moon landing on a tiny portable B&W tv attached to a generator. No electric in the van!