West Park Swimming Baths

[Mr Bump]

Does anyone have any pictures of the old swimming baths that used to be located just off Millbrook Lane?  I 'think' it belonged to the West Park school that was previously located at the bottom of Alder Hey Road, but I can't find pictures of it anywhere.

[boblyn]

I think that they were where the new houses and Washbrook Close is now. When I used to cycle areound that area -many many years ago, don't ask-  I can remeber passing them on my bike.

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added 3 minutes later

Yes they did belong to West Park, the boys school,but I don't know if Notre Dame, the girls school, used them as I wasn't intelligent and went to Eddy Camp.

[FRANK]

The pool was for the exclusive use of West Park boys. It was opened when the ''new'' school was opened on Alder Hey Rd. The school moved there when I went into the fourth form, 1965. Previous to its use as a pool, it had been used as changing rooms for sports. Before moving to Alder Hey Rd, on games days we boys would walk down from the old school in St Georges Rd/Prescot Rd, around the lake in Taylor park, down past Fibreglass and round to Millbrook lane.

[Mr Bump]

Yes I remember it being the same and used it quite often.  Would be great to see any old photographs if anyone happens to have any, probably a long shot.

[Brianza]

In 1957, three of us were walking to games class at Alder Hey Rd, down Dunriding Lane and bumped into Tom van Vollenhoven and his wife. He had just signed for Saints, they stopped had a chat to us, signed what pieces of paper we had and I believe we were one of the first supporters to get his autograph. 1957 - a lifetime ago but still a good memory.

[Alan]

Round about the same time, I had a school summer holiday job working for St Helens council in their pavement repair gang. We were repairing the pavement near Saints ground when the foreman told me to go and get some hot water for the tea-cans from the Saints club building. Vollenhoven took care of it - a perfect gent