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Date Posted: 02:54:18 05/16/06 Tue
Author: ROB TITCHEN
Author Host/IP: 86.133.171.157
Subject:

FLYING HIGH

Hi Again
What a joy recently departing for the First time from Liverpool Airport. Having lived in Speke from the Age of 2 in 1953 and watching the airport develope. Original area consisted on the 'DAMWOODS. trees from Oglet lane, Now the start of the Runway. The woods was outlined towards Hale road with the Playing Field where Speke schools transfered the Pupils by Bus to the Then New changing Rooms. Many Sporting events took place with regular vcenues for football and Baseball teams. That was the Early 60's and all gone and fence with the new Airp[ort Boundary.
Ther used to be a little farm House cottage on the Grass verge at the top of Eastern Avenue oposite the Dove and Olive. Doe's anyone Reember It.??. Flying in over Speke lets you pick out the memories but sadley with Time and Changes not Mutch to see anymore.' I'M Glad that the days walk into Hale will newver Change and we thought we where in a different Country when we where kids. Does anyone Remember a Competition with # 'KELLOGS' CORNFLAKES; to win a Luxury Country Home. Well That HOUSE IS STILL THERE IN HALE on the Right hand side 3rd or 4th after the Hale garage on the Right. I've always wondered Who Won''
Changes will always be made but the Asmespere of Speke in those days is only a memory but GOOD memories from a clasic childhood.
Cheers Again Rob.

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Re: INTO THE ''''21 ST CINTURY.;;''' -- ROB TITCHEN, 05:48:14 06/15/06 Thu (86.133.60.59)

HI Tom
Have you heard the news Ł22 million on hotel ??? for the airport.Great for those who can afford to use it. What will will the visitors think when then pass through Speke.
The money would be better spent on the community and housing inprovements. landscaping would give a better outlook and could benifit the whole area, '''but alass. 'NOT TO BE.' the only advantage of the Hotel it will create many jobs.
Will they never realise the pride that people have in the Speke area and so many Councel houses are now owned. This is because of the nature of the people and the place as a whole. Tenants in the early 50s & 6os never had the opertunity or morgage facilities to buy as they where council owed, and you could not buy them.''. The Majority of the houses where well looked after and often in my early would pass painters up ladders. They would be doing the 'CORPY' green on the gates and busy with facias and window painting. WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE THIS being Done These days. !!!!!!. They put a gate or door on unpainted let it rot for a few years then they decide to send a painter to fill the rot holes and paint it. How 'Sad is that.''
Anyway I LOVE a good Moan,'' But I Miss Speke as we all do, everyones childhood sets a bsic path for your future Adult Years. I had A GREAT childhood and enjoy life to the Full.
My Way of THinking is 'THIS IS NOT A REHEARSAL' you Don't get a second chance. Boy am I Glad I experienced the Old Speke in it's hey day.'''

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[> [> Re: INTO THE ''''21 ST CINTURY.;;''' -- Tom Ryder, 16:57:05 03/01/07 Thu (86.133.159.238)

You are right Rob....Speke was one of the greatest places to be for children in the 50's and 60's. We were close to town and yet we had all the facilties of the country with the woods, the ponds and the shoreline at Oglet. What more could a kid want.....paradise? Now Oglet is home to the "Fly Tippers" and the woods have all gone and the ponds built on or filled in. No more fishing on a Saturday morning with your mates at the "Millies". That, I guess is progress but the cost was a high one to pay with the destruction of the countryside, depriving all the future generations of ever knowing what it was like to live in that environment. Sad........

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[> Re: FLYING HIGH -- BOBBYJONES, 01:40:22 07/03/06 Mon (80.189.13.173)

DEAR ROB
THIS SITE IS BRILLIANT,THE LITTLE FARM-HOUSE WAS THE SPEKE BOYS CLUB ONE OF THEBEST IN THE COUNTRY TOP FOOTBALL,TABLE-TENNIS,CROSS-COUNTRY. I USED TO HAVE A PAPER-ROUND FROM HALE GARAGE I ALSO DONE ONE FOR ROBERT HORSLEY,SWOPPED MY MINI-COOPER FOR AN AUSTIN-HEALEY.GREATDAYS.HAD MY FIRST PINT IN THE CHILDE OF HALE 1959 CHRISTMAS EVE GREAT DAYS BE BACK AGAIN

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[> Re: FLYING HIGH -- jim (kellogs house), 06:54:54 03/01/07 Thu (86.4.226.74)

sorry to disapoint you about the kellogs house but the house you mean was built by the calvert family.they owned a department store in widnes and one in frodsham. this info is from my ma in law dolly who cleaned for them in the 80s. they moved to a bungalow next to hale post office nice people, sadly no longer with us.

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[> Re: FLYING HIGH -- Tom Ryder, 05:48:57 03/03/07 Sat (86.133.159.238)

Calverts owned a shop in Albert Road, Widnes. As far as I know it was Charlie who built the house in between the thatched houses on Hale Road and he lived there for years. Then the Calverts moved into the bungalow which was next door to the Post Office and which was originally built by Mrs Lynch. Mrs Lynch previously run the village shop which is now the Hale post office. After Mrs Lynch the shop was run by Yan Imink ( don't know if that's spelled right) Then Yan moved to Ivy Farm Court shops and opened a small supermarket. The original Post Office was located next to the Smithy and it was run by Mrs Nailor. Next door to the bungalow was Doctor Mercer's surgery and house. Just a little more information I found by asking the locals.

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