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Old Roan maps
Historic maps of Old Roan and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Old Roan maps
Old Roan photos
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Old Roan area books
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Memories of Old Roan
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Davenhill Sschool
I used to live in Aintree Lane, by St Giles's Church in the only council houses. I'm one of twelve children - the Ferrie's, and everyone knew at least one of us. I remember playing in Aintree race course, skating around the old race track, and going down the Old Roan bridge on carts and skates. The park, peapicking at Martland Farm, walking along the canal, to Maghull, the little shop by the Anchor bridge, the Holy Rosery School being built, and walking along Melling road to get fish. My sister remembers going for bricetts, walking to the tweny one houses and Birchells to get homemade cakes for when my Gran came.
The Old Roan Estate, From The Start.
My mum and dad were the first people in the Old Roan estate in 1936, living in 18 Bradfield Ave. The cost of the house? It was a through room, and cost £425! The houses with a front and a rear room cost £450! And if you were very well off, then you might have been able to afford one of the houses on Ormskirk Road, at a cost of £475.00, wow! All the houses on the Old Roan were built by Sammy Bleasedale, and he gave all the houses on the left of Altway, from Bradfield Ave to Winchester Ave, to his wife, and she rented them out. She was later killed in the Henderson's fire in Church Street, Liverpool in the early 1960s. Their son Colin Bleasedale formed the Sefton Building Co. and this was sited on the land were the Old Roan British Legion is today, the Legion being a large tin hut on the site of B&Q. The only shops at the Old Roan were the... Read more
Merseyside memories
Sefton Church
I grew up in Netherton, it was a was nice place then, well sort of, amongst the fighting, as a child we used to go to Sefton church every Sunday, past the village green post office shop (not there now) and on through the farmer's fields, there would be horses and cows and sheep, we would ride the horses in the field on the way to Sefton church. When we got to Sefton church the old Punch Bowl I remember it well and the livestock in the field with the white gate we would climb over, it was our paradise as a child. It's still beautiful today. I visit quite often, the old mill houses now and there was lilttle shop on the corner (gone now). I remember the days when we got to the Punch Bowl and had a packet of cheese n onion and took the lemonade bottle back for ten pence, I still live here and have fond memories.
New Hall Baths
I remember before leaving Fazakerley Comprehensive School I was learning to swim and the teachers took us to New Hall baths, I remember one day I had my swimming lesson and had to return to school in a wet swimming costume as someone had decided to look in my bag and nick my undergarment. I was easily embarrassed them and sat with a red face for the rest of the school day. I loved going the swimming baths and now it's closed down I miss it as I uld escape to the warmth of the pool away from everyday life. I even went once and found a cockroach swimming towards me.
Lazy Summers
I remember the summer club run by mothers at Formosa Drive School. We used to meet up on the school field with lunch and spend the afternoon chatting with friends and playing rounders. I remember being in Miss Jackson's class sucking polos we use to pass around and drinking warm milk.
Grandparents
My nanny & granddad lived in Orrell Park, Westfield Road. I remember very well growing up because I lived in Aintree at that time, visiting them with mum & dad. We would get the number 60 bus up to the corner of their road. On an occasional Saturday evening I would stay with nan & grandad while mum & dad would go to the Carlton Cinerma to watch a film. Many a happy time was spent in Orrell Park. The good old days!
The Way it Was
I remember as a little girl running to the Sweet and Tobacconist shop on the corner of Westfield Road, where we lived, for 5 Woodbines for my mum. The shop was owned by Tom Lewis. Obviously it wasn't a problem selling cigarettes to little girls then. As rationing was still on I would also be sent next door to Wormwells, the grocers for 2oz of sugar, which was sold in a cornet of blue paper, which my mum called a "screw of sugar".
On the block between Westfield and Mossfield Roads there were 9 shops: Dry Cleaners; Simmonds' Tobacconist/Newsagent; Mayfair Hairdressers; George Dangerfield Butchers; Greengrocers; I have a blank in my memory for the next shop, then a Bike Shop (where my "Pink Witch" bike was bought); Wormwell's Grocers; and Tom Lewis' Sweet and Tobacconist. Can anyone remember what that other shop sold?
