The Bootle Times

maureen howell · Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:09 am

Hi Folks
The Bootle Times has made many changes since the 60's.One change for the worse is the wedding and christening pictures that were published in the 60's suddenly stopped.Bootle was a smaller place then but the community loved to see who was getting married and whose baby was getting christened and where.Did you have your picture in the Bootle Times?What was it for?I had my picture in the Bootle Times on a freezing night protesting about a council house rent increase .My daughter had her picture in the Bootle Times as she was in the winning netball team at St Catherine's School
Take Care
Maureen

Gortaphuill · Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:05 pm

I had my wedding reported in the paper and still have the cutting. Also my children, were photographed several times at various parties as part of the Children's Corner - my Mum used to collect the ship halfpennies.

Elaine Goulding · Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:39 am

Funny story to tell regarding my wedding photograph in the Bootle Times. Mum sent my photograph in to be published etc. A week or so later people kept stopping me asking what PARIS was like! I knew Mum had kept the Times edition with my picture in to give me when we got back from our honeymoon in "Moreton", however the Bootle Times wrote above my picture "Honeymoon in Paris"!! Mum explained Paris sounded more exciting than Moreton!!!

bjones · Sun Dec 07, 2014 1:57 pm

Love that Elaine! Your mum must have been a real character

My wedding was in; Dodds always submitted their pics. I loved to see who had got married.
Does anyone remember the feature in the 1960s called something like "down your street"? Each week a different street would be visited and residents would be interviewed and photographed. My mum, sister and niece were in it the week our street was featured.

Glenys · Sun Dec 07, 2014 4:40 pm

In the 1970's our local paper did something similar...........a pic of myself and baby daughter was published............I won't put that pic on here!!!!!

Bigtezza · Mon Dec 08, 2014 8:21 am

In the mid 70s my Auntie Mo sent a photo of myself and her son Tony Fullalove with a couple of football trophies we won that year with the mighty Acacia Ridge Football Club. It was on the back page. Unfortunately she wrote a few lines to go with it that finished up with "Australia is such a lonely place" - she actually wrote "Australia is such a lovely place".

Brunnyboy · Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:00 pm

a photo from the bootle times

Conlo · Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:10 pm

I remember being in the Bootle Times when our school (Our Ladys) had a trip to a library (I am assuming it must have been a Bootle Library). I also had my photo in the Catholic Pictorial when a group of us passed our cycling proficiency test - I must have been 10 or 11 and I passed on my ultra violet chopper - god how I loved that bike.

Conlo.

jmoorcroft · Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:29 pm

Our wedding was in it. As I recall I am sure it had the groom, myself, best man, myself. Jimmy Murphy was not to pleased. Jim

Patricia · Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:41 pm

On my first visit back home a girlfriend arranged for several of my friends and school friends for a get together
I was really touched. Believe my Mum had spread the word all over the locality!!!

This photo did appear
in the Bootle Times -Happy Memories!!

My wedding photo must have also appeared as it was taken by Dodds! Never got to see it!!

Brenda M · Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:34 pm

Hi Patricia - I remember almost all of those faces but the names escape me !! Post the names if you can remember. Great picture. I also have a picture of one of my first visits along with my then three year old
Steve and my mother.. "Auntie Margaret" was so kind and enrolled Steve in the Children's Corner. Hope I can find that picture...................

Patricia · Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:20 pm

Hi Brenda - It really is disgusting when you can't remember some of the names - here are the names I do remember:

Front row: Left to Right as you are looking at the photo:

Believe it is Clare Folder, Shirley Sherrington (Smith), Moi !, Nancy ??? & Nita Bonici (sp) Always thought that an unusual name!

Second Row: Lilian Sherrington (Shirley's twin) Brenda Birch (who lives at the top of Melville) ?????, Meg Ferguson,
Dorothy Hastings in flowered blouse & Margaret Porter.

Back Row: ?????, then Sylvia Phillips, (she became a nurse. Her bro whom they nicknamed "Blondie" was a good friend
of Norman's & he became a Surgeon.) Always remember him telling us never to use frying fat more
then twice due to the carcinogens, as it could cause cancer! Often wondered if the Chip Shops went by that
rule?

?????? then Lily Evans (one name came back to me)

If any of the names I can't remember come back to me, I will post same.

So great to hear from you - it is snowing here right now, always seems to snow in February.

dorothy834 · Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:41 am

Patricia..is that the same ..Dorothy Hastings
that lived in Ash Street??????

Patricia · Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:29 pm

Dorothy - So sorry, wish I could help but I have no idea where Dorothy lived - just know she, Meg, Margaret and Alice stuck together
like glue - they were extremely good friends. Brenda Birch's Mum owned a China Shop just down from Scotts on Hawthorne
Road. In fact, I still have a pair of China Ornaments that I bought from her on one of my trips home.

Funnily enough, when Brenda Birch & also Lilian Sherrington married, they both came to live in Melville Road and Shirley, Lilian's
twin, bought a house in Norman Road, the next road over. Just wish I could remember the other girls names.

Brenda M · Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:30 pm

Thanks Patricia - I remember the Sherrington twins quite well. Their cousin Margaret Sherrington was in my class at Linacre School back in the 40s. I also remember Brenda Birch.
You mentioned your wedding picture taken by Dodds. Joan Dodd (nee Flannagan) is one of my dearest friends and we are still in touch after all these years. She and her husband Eric
are now retired and live in Blundellsands. Sounds like you are having bitterly cold weather there on the east coast. It's in the 50s here today and the ski resorts are going broke waiting for snow!!!
Stay warm and keep in touch.
Brenda

Elaine Goulding · Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:29 am

Patricia, as soon as I looked at the photograph I picked you out right away! Your face is still the same and still very pretty.
Elaine

Patricia · Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:00 pm

Elaine - What did you have breakfast - you're certainly in a great mood

- that was so sweet of you. It really was a lovely
"Get Together" left so many good memories particularly as I have since found out that a couple of my friends have passed.
Makes one treasure each day!!

Hope you're enjoying some lovely weather although that darn cold spell is covering most of the East Coast!

If you happen to be near - please dont hesitate to call - otherwise perhaps we can get together next year in NC.

Elaine Goulding · Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:02 am

Cannot believe the weather we are experiencing. Last night we put the heat on as it was so cold!!. Got up this morning still a little chilly, however by the afternoon we were able to go down to the beach and enjoy the sunshine. Mind you I am not complaining, my daughter emailed from home and said it was -40° with the wind chill. Hopefully she can get away and join us in March.. Take care Patricia...........

jddry · Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:42 am

this photo was in the bootle times when we were married in july 1973. quality not to bad after all this time.

jetjockey · Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:22 pm

jddry wrote: this photo was in the bootle times when we were married in july 1973. quality not to bad after all this time.

I can remember your wife's parents jddry from my days at 57 Hood Street but did you wife have an older sister

JJ

BOBHAMO · Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:43 pm

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jddry · Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:14 am

yes jj your right my wifes got a sister Margaret has lived in Runcorn for the past 30 years.

jetjockey · Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:03 am

jddry wrote:yes jj your right my wifes got a sister Margaret has lived in Runcorn for the past 30 years.

Thanks for that jddry I remember Margaret well btw have you looked up Hood Street on the forum I'm sure there is
a photo of your wife's mother on that thread

JJ

rosieinoz · Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:24 am

Hi my name is Rose , Patricia sent a pic of her reunion . I actually have that Bootle times from 22nd Aug 1969 . And I can remember a few girls Patricia couldn't , next to her is Betty Moffat next row Elsie Farrer Back row Doreen Brown in the pic of classroom I can remember Barbara Wade Isabel Jones Jessie McKenzie Marjorie Mansfield . My name was Rose Ussher . We are scattered all over the world . Lovely Memories best wishes to you all . Hope it helps you Patricia its a long while ago .y

Patricia · Sun May 17, 2015 10:42 pm

Rose - Really appreciate your help with the names. Let me know if the following is correct:

As you are looking at the photo:

1st row: Clare Folder; Shirley Sherrington ;Moi; Betty Moffet; Nita Bonnici.

2nd row: Lillian Sherrington; Brenda Birch; Elsie Farrer; Meg Ferguson; Dorothy Hastings (in flowered blouse) & Margaret Porter.

3rd row: Marjorie Mansfield; Sylvia Phillips; Doreen Brown; Lily Evans.

Brenda - This may also jog your memory, as mine certainly needed jogging!!

Going to make sure I list them on the back of the photo!

Glenys · Mon May 18, 2015 9:07 am

Were the Sherrington girls related to the late Ron Sherrington who was a member on here??

Patricia · Mon May 18, 2015 3:17 pm

Hi Glenys - Wish I could answer your question but I really don't know if they had a brother or
other siblings, only knew the twins through our school days. By the time they had moved to
Melville & Norman Road after their marriages, I was already in the States. I was told the last
time I was over that sadly, Shirley was deceased, but no further information regarding her.

Brenda M · Tue May 19, 2015 4:44 pm

Hi Patricia - Looking at your picture again, I do remember Nita Bonnici, Elsie Farrer and Marjorie Mansfield. Wonder where they are now and how life has treated them!!
Sorry to hear Shirley Sherrington had passed away. I do remember a few names from our old neighborhood - Thelma and Clifford Holmes, Stanley Chase ( who lives in Canada) Marjorie Ryder,
Norma Hewson, Billy Crowley, George Fitzgerald, Eileen Rigby Rene Oldfield and Marcell Eubank...................I'be been searching for an old picture with more names, if I ever find it I'll let you know.

Always enjoy your posts.
Brenda M,

Patricia · Tue May 19, 2015 5:43 pm

Brenda - It really is lovely to see you posting. Those names brought back a lot of memories. I always thought Stanley Chase was
rather a handsome chap (older than me so I was completely ignored!!

) Also remember Stanley Dempsey, Frank Goodier, who
was still living in his parents house after they passed( last time I was home.) Sheila & Eileen Rooney (Heard Sheila worked for
British Air Lines in the States) George Mercer, who also continued to live in his parents house; Maureen Patterson,.Jean &
Pat Usher (who lived next door on Melville Road) Maureen Cooper (lived next door the other side) Marlene McLoughan
(across the street ) Pauline Baden. and Mary Jack.

Eileen, Jean, Pat, Marlene, Maureen, Pauline, Mary & myself were all about the same age and had such fun, especially during
the summer hols. Pat & Jean Usher's Dad was a carpenter and he had turned his Anderson Shelter into a Club Room for us. We
called it the "Star Spangled Club" and we even had our own Anthem. We used to play for hours with Paper Dolls on the long
counter he had placed in there and even put on a show in their garden for the older boys and girls,( having bribed them to
come with "Refreshments!") We had a blanket draped over the clothes line for the "Curtain!" Remember one of the boys falling
off the top of the shelter he was laughing so hard at us trying to "Act!" In the end, they all started 'booing' and we got mad and
packed it in!!

I often wonder as to the whereabouts of several of them. Hope you are able to come across that photo.

Take care................Patricia. xx