Picture Postcards And Photos

In the 40's and 50's there was, what we called as children, the posh sweet shop opposite St Nicholas church. I think it was called"Fullers" i think it was Mr and Mrs Wilkinson who ran it. it sold homemade ice cream aswell as sweets. The other sweet shop was "Snapes" corner of Riverslea and "Wrights" further up near Devonshire rd

Me and my brothers have been recently writing up a lot of our childhood memories: we lived in Mariners Road. I thought the confectioners was Finlay's but I think you might be right. Snapes later became Crightons.

The house was called Ramleh and was occupied by an old lady called Miss I. I. Johnson who owned a lot of other properties in Crosby. It was demolished and Ramleh Park was built on the site.

My great aunt Rene and het sister Emily lived at Ramleh until their deaths. If anyone has any information on the magnificent house I would be very interested. I think it was built by a ship owner from Liverpool????

I was brought up in Crosby and my family lived in a flat in Fairholme Road that we rented from Miss Johnson. She was a lovely lady & I think was a member of the Christian Scientist church (which my mother also attended). I remember visiting Ramleh as a boy in the mid 1970s, having afternoon tea and watching an FA Cup Football final on TV.
I know that Ramleh has long gone, but I'd be interested to learning more about Miss Johnson and her lovely old house

I've just been doing some research online and Ramleh was build by Sir William Bower Forwood. He wrote a book called Recollections of a Busy Life: Being the Reminiscences of a Liverpool Merchant 1840-1910

I have a feeling that the sweet shop with the fantastic ice cream on Bridge Road was called Fuller's but I think the gentleman behind the counter might have been Mr Finlay . I remember Ramleh (1950-54) as having two ornamental cannon, one on either side of the main entrance. I was taken in to the house when it was flats at some stage (perhaps late 50s) and told that the terminals in the hallway were for a telegraph apparatus to keep William Gladstone in touch with London when he visited (presumably so he could despatch a gunboat at whim and with a few dots and dashes to any troublespot worldwide) but since he was a Liberal and Forwood was a Conservative, I doubt that he was a frequent visitor - more likely the terminals were for a very early telephone.

Good evening Ian - It was great to read your comments on Ramleh - a wonderful and amazing house that I will never forget - even as a child walking passed it everyday in the 1980s took my breath away.
I have photographs that I took when the demolition took place. such a sad day. A very good friend of ours from years ago - Miss Patricia Rhodes (Sutcliffe Rhodes) who was a great artist used to tell me great stories of her visits to Ramleh during our afternoon tea visits. I am still trying to find an old black and white photograph or postcard of Ramleh showing all its glory with the stables.
Such a small world we live in. You met my son through school whilst watching an afternoon of cricket. He mentioned Ramleh during your conversation as he remembers me talking about this house to him when he was little. Thank you for sending him the images and information of old Blundellsands. It was a great read. Kind regards