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Little Crosby Village maps
Historic maps of Little Crosby Village and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Little Crosby Village maps
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Little Crosby Village area books
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Memories of Little Crosby Village
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I Remember The Bluebells!
Fifty years ago, I was 8 years old and lived in Crosby. Every morning I walked to school (Forefield Lane) along the Northern Road. I used to walk over the roundabout (there wasn't much traffic) and head towards the area where you now see the flats on the right hand side of the photo. I remember when all that area was wooded and in the spring, there was a profusion of gorgeous bluebells which drew me too them. I would stop to pick up a few to take to teacher in school.
Crosby, Myers Road East
That would be Scotts Bakery to the right, surprising us with sliced bread!!! in the 50's and Jump's Dairy to the right foreground; their cows would come in through that gap between the front and the other shops further down. Heigh Ho! I knew and played tennis with Billy Jump at the Brownmoor Club [1955-6] not far off right down Stuart Road, here in the foreground. In the 40's and early 50's, the grocer's on the left corner there used to sell butter from a great lump; "A pound of butter please", would have the gent carving off about that amount and 'patting' -- with butter pats -- it into manageable shape before weighing and wrapping in greaseproof paper. The local post-office is just off camera to the right in Stuart. The L8 and L2 Ribble Bus services both ran past the front of this intersection, turning down Endbutt Lane further off to the right.
Crosby - Rosedale Aveune
I was born in my grandparents' home in Rosedale Avenue in July 1947. I remember Crosby well, the cinema at the top of Endbutt Lane, going to church at St Peter and St Paul's RC Church, seeing the Beatles, and here I am in 2010 just back from a visit to my home village! So much has changed, some not for the good, Crown Buildings was knocked down last year, Sainsburys wants to expand and take over most of the village shutting all the little shops, there is another swimming pool on the beach at Mariners Road, (still looks like a space ship) there is also a sewerage plant, although disguised it still looks like an eyesore and as for the Anthony Gormly statues, don't get me started, a danger to all and rust buckets to boot! But I still love Crosby and will always go back to tend the family graves and to see relatives.
Pet Shop
I went to Crosby Road School from 1959 'til 1963 and served at Crosby Fire Station from 1966 'til 1970. I remember getting my very first dog from a pet shop in either Fir Road or Sycamore in 1967 on my way home from a night shift at the Fire Station. Does anyone remember this shop and the name of it??
Why Did You Let Them do That?
I left Crosby 37 years ago. On returning there a few years ago, I found an ancient cottage - by the name of Pinfold or Penfold Cottage - had vanished only to be replaced by shops. Surely this thatched cottage was a listed building?
Does anybody have photos or memories of this happening?
Old Shops in Great Crosby
Who remembers a shop in Great Crosby with the names Mary Anne Minnie and Charlotte Louise over the door?
Picture Postcards And Photos
Just wondering if there are any photo's with regards to a sweet shop on Bridge Road Blundellsands called "Confectioners" and photographs of Merrilocks Road.I also remember a great design house on Burbo Bank Road called "Ramleigh Park".
This was a fantastic build in its time with stables and clock tower. I have searched over the years for an early photo of Ramleigh. Can anyone help with photos?
