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Knowsley Park
Approximately 1955 to 1959. I remember going to Knowsley Park for the Sunday School 'treat'. We would walk round the town in procession in our best clothes behind our banners. The procession would end in Knowsley Park and we would have tea in a marquee - sandwiches, cakes, jelly and cups of tea in white cups and saucers. After tea we would have races - for example the egg and spoon race. Does anyone else remember this? My maiden name was Lamb.
Beaconsfield St Was my Childhood.
I was born in number 11 in 1932. My family name was Clough. MY dad was known to most people as Sammy Clough. We moved to number 28 a few years later. My Grandparents lived at 24. My great aunt at 22. I went to primary school and Sunday School in the Street . We used the shop at the top of the street known as Ginny Woodward's.
Most of my memories were of 1940s, of air raids when my sister and I slept under the stairs during the Liverpool blitz. I recall evacuees coming to the school. I lived in Beaconsfield St. all my early life I left Central School in Whiston at 14 years and 2 months old. I left school on the Friday and started work at Stephenson's Printers in Market Place on the Monday.I was married from the street at Prescot Parish Church. My first child was born in Beaconsfield street. It truly was my life for so... Read more
Beaconsfield Street
I went to primary school in Beacoonsfield Street from 1952-1959. I have a very hazy memory of a street party in the street for the coronation. I remember white cups and saucers, a large teapot with an extra handle on the front, sandwiches and cakes. I remember tables down the street and me sitting on a bench at the table. I remember bunting in the windows. Does anyone else remember this? My best friend was Jean Finney who lived at the bottom of the street parallel with Beaconsfield Street. Her back gate opened out into Albert Street where I lived. My grandparents were Eva and Bill Harrison and my mum was Annie Harrison.
Beaconsfield Street School
I also remember the school in Beaconsfield Street and I remember Audrey who was in my class.
Albert Street is clear in my memory too as it was in the Salvation Army there that I learnt to play the cornet in their band.
Strangely, I have little recollection of the coronation celebrations though I do remember the street party in Victoria Place for the Festival of Britain.
There was also a day in 1953, I think when the school had a holiday so we could watch the Queen drive through Prescot. I watched from opposite the Council Offices.
Ken Fairclough: ken.fairclough@smithsonlaw.net
Watching The Queen
I remember the Queen coming to Prescot and waiting opposite the council offices to see her go past. We all had little flags. We waited for a long time then the car was spotted in the distance. We raised our flags and whoosh! She had gone past before we had time to wave them. I can remember being disapointed. I remember the Salvation Army place. On Sunday nights in summer we used to go out and watch their open air services. I remember Mrs Bamforth and also Miss Batton and Miss Chataway. Audrey
Childhood, Great Memories
I was born in Victoria Place, Prescot in 1940. Does anyone remember Jonny Mather's sweet shop? I remember the street party when my dad painted Cictoria Place white, and the first car in our street, it was an Austin 8 owned by Mr C Fairclough in no 1 Court. And the Christmas that our Christmas tree caught fire and burned down, it was run off an accumulator because we only had gas. I 'remember 'pegleg' Williams the baker, Bobby Roberts the policeman, old Oakey's shop and sitting under the gas street lamp on a evening telling ghost stories.
Beaconsfield St.
Although I was born at 96 Manchester Road, I too remember Beaconsfield St very well as my aunt and uncle lived there.
Doe's anyone remember The Brownbills?
I went to the Church School in the next St, before moving on to the Board School on Warrington Rd, Mister Barnet was the headmaster, does anyone remember him?
Then I went on to Whiston Central School, only for one year though, as we moved away down to Devon, that was in 1943.
Looking back, I still have some very fond memories of my life spent in Prescot.
I remember the early war year's. sleeping in the air-raid shelter for week's on end,
wondering if we would have a house when we woke up.
we used to go to Sunday School at the Parish room's at the top of Warrington Rd.
Lookin back they were great time's.
