old cottage at aintree station

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pjsmith
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I know this is not strictly Bootle, but it not far!!!

Does anyone remember a little cottage on the corner of
Ormskirk road and Park lane..faced the main road, and backed
onto the cottages behind, which are still there

It was demolished some time in the 1950's along with my
grandma's front garden in Warbreck Moor, opposite the Queens Arms,
for a road widening scheme

I haven't got a clue what it was called, but the family name I remember
was Hegarty, and they were somehow related to my gran.

Hope you wonderful peeps out there could shed some light

Here's hoping

Kind regards
PJ :lol: :?:
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daveowe
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Hi pj

One of our site posters, Rivermersey, has a collection of pics from around the Old Roan, Aintree and Netherton area some are early 1950s. Here are a few he posted:

http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ivermersey

http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ivermersey

http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ivermersey

http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ivermersey

Try a PM he might have one of the cottage in question.

daveowe
pjsmith
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Hi Dave
thank you for your reply

I had previously seen the photos from rivermersey and what
memories they brought back..

I have to say that when I saw the one from dunningsbridge road
with the house on the right, all alone and waiting for neighbours,
I was gobsmacked, as this appears to be my family's first home,
which was at the very end of Homestead ave, and I have never
seen photos of it before I went all a bit wobbly!!!!!

Thanks again, and yes I will email rivermersey

regardsPJ
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Bernie R
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I've just posted some modern takes of rivermeresy's shots of th Old Roan Bridge that may be of interest - the middle 2 threads of Daveowe's post above refer.

Bern
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
rivermersey
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Here's the only pictures I could find around Aintree station they show the old bridge and ticket office. Views are from both sides of the bridge.
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You can just see the old Sefton Arms pub in the background.
Born in Bootle 1960 lived on Bailey Drive then the old roan.
Joycen60
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Thank you for those photos from so close to where I was brought up. I can almost smell the smoke from the steam trains as they went under the bridge. There used to be a signal box opposite the booking office where my father often worked as a signalman.I went a few years ago to take a photo but alas it was gone.

Does anyone know where the actual boundary line was between Liverpool and Bootle? I think it the railway line was in Liverpool but then anything to the side away from the Sefton Arms was in Bootle.
Lived Olive grove- just in Bootle. Schools Netherton Moss A, Netherton Park and Bootle Girls Grammar
pjsmith
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Many thanks for the photies of Aintree station.

What year were they taken?

I also think you have captured the cottage in question, although
my childhood memory is that it was much smaller, but then again
I dont think there would have been room for another proptery on
that corner.

thanks again
regards
PJ
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Great pictures, many thanks for your work in making them available to us.
Formerly Assissian Crescent, Netherton - Bootle Grammar 1968-72

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Joycen60
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Lynne, These were the photos I was thinking of.The ones you want are not too clear but will give you an idea. Joyce
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lynne99
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If the second photo is facing towards the main road A59, then my family's house is on the left, just before the railway line. It was a big old house, with little of no garden.
Thanks
Lynne
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Dan
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rivermersey wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:08 pm Here's the only pictures I could find around Aintree station they show the old bridge and ticket office. Views are from both sides of the bridge.

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You can just see the old Sefton Arms pub in the background.
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Dan
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From 1912, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. :)

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1912 Aintree station platform

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