Ormskirk.

[Ged]

As there's already a thread on Skelmersdale and Hale which are other Counties, I thought i'd post some pics of Ormskirk that I took around Christmas.

Named after a viking settler, lots of ancient history here with its 1000 year old market and nearby Burscough Priory and Lathom House. The quaint villages of Haskayne and Parbold are only a short distance away with canalside pubs and Ormskirk itself is only 15 mins from switch island (3 hours if you're walking)


Here is the International food market that's on every now and again. The main market is on every thurs and sat.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6247/internationalmktormskirhz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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looking South down Aughton Street from the Clock Tower - Liverpool bound.

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[John(Zappa)]

Nice pics Ged.
I like Ormskirk.A lot nicer and cleaner than most of L/pool:handclap:

[Kev]

Nice pics Ged.
I like Ormskirk.A lot nicer and cleaner than most of L/pool:handclap:

Will u behave yourself John, stop knocking Liverpool :PDT_Xtremez_12:

[John(Zappa)]

Will u behave yourself John, stop knocking Liverpool :PDT_Xtremez_12:

Ok Kev,I will leave it to Liverpool to do it.I am not knocking Liverpool,I just am honest.Some people don't like honesty but tough I say.
I do think Ormskirk is cleaner,so is Thornton,Rainford and Chester.
I also think Rome is a dump along with Liverpool coming close.My opinion and entitled to it:PDT10

[Kev]

A lot nicer and cleaner than most of L/pool:handclap:

This John, is just a sweeping statement about Liverpool, I wouldn't say most of Liverpool is dirty and untidy. There are lovely, clean, attractive places in Liverpool, lots and lots and lots.

I don't know enough about Ormskirk to comment but its tiny in comparison to Liverpool.

Nice pics of Ormskirk. Have been there a couple of times, might dig out a few pics.

[Kev]

Taken in 2006 when we went to get our family photos done. Since we went there, there has been a Liverpool studio that opened.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2166678922_ecb80e8b84.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2166678922_ecb80e8b84.jpg)

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[Cadfael]

Ormskirk is only one of three parish churches to have both a tower and a spire!

[John(Zappa)]

This John, is just a sweeping statement about Liverpool, I wouldn't say most of Liverpool is dirty and untidy. There are lovely, clean, attractive places in Liverpool, lots and lots and lots.

I don't know enough about Ormskirk to comment but its tiny in comparison to Liverpool.

There are some nice clean places in L/pool but there's a whole load of ugly dirty places,and I mean "a whole load".
I open my eyes and see all this crap and wonder where all this "great stuff" is (Oh yes,city centre).

Maybe Ormskirk has a smaller population but it is the people that make the place a nice place to visit/live.

I never need to put L/pool down as it does a fine job by itself.

[Kev]

I never need to put L/pool down as it does a fine job by itself.

Yes, you keep reiterating this point.

[ChrisGeorge]

Thanks for the pics, Ged. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Chris

[Cadfael]

Yes, you keep reiterating this point.

Let's sooth the situation with a bit of 'music' from Ormskirk's Church:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IxeZJRU0s

[Libertarian]

Liverpool is a hell of a lot cleaner than it was 20 years ago when Church Street was terrible for litter. Furthermore, it was the Duke of Westminster who said he would rather go for a night out in Liverpool rather than Chester because he feels safer in Liverpool. Most of my work colleagues tell me how rough these small towns are after dark Ormskirk and Southport being no exception. Furthermore I have seen urban decline in these places too.

[Libertarian]

In fact yes I agree Chester city centre is nice as is Liverpools but what about some of the estates in that city? Loads of people I know who live in Chester say they are ver chavy and rough and don't go near them.:hug:

[John(Zappa)]

In fact yes I agree Chester city centre is nice as is Liverpools but what about some of the estates in that city? Loads of people I know who live in Chester say they are ver chavy and rough and don't go near them.:hug:

The chavs and the rough are all over the place just like the hoodies.
I reckon we got more than Chester.I haven't heard of many shootings,stabbings,muggings,robbed cars or smackheads being a major problem in Chester unlike Liverpool.

[Libertarian]

The chavs and the rough are all over the place just like the hoodies.
I reckon we got more than Chester.I haven't heard of many shootings,stabbings,muggings,robbed cars or smackheads being a major problem in Chester unlike Liverpool.

Chavs are not all over the place in Liverpool as we have nice areas and poor areas just like Chester. If Liverpool is worse for crime than Chester produce the statistics. There is no evidence statistically that crime is worse here than any other part of the UK.

[shoney]

what is the definition of a chav ?

[Libertarian]

FACT


http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/northwest07.pdf

Levels of crime by police force area – North West Region (Tables 7, 8 and
Figure 1)
Police recorded crime
• Total recorded crime decreased in all of the police force areas in the North West region, apart from
Greater Manchester which increased by one per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.
• Between 2005/06 and 2006/07 all police force areas in the North West region saw falls in the
number of burglaries recorded, with Lancashire showing the smallest percentage decrease in
burglary (1%) and the highest percentage increase in offences against vehicles (2%). Greater
Manchester recorded the only percentage increase in violence against the person offences (8%). In
the same period Cumbria had the greatest reduction in burglary (10%) and Merseyside had the
greatest reduction in total recorded crime (11%), offences against vehicles (12%) and violence
against the person (25%). Cheshire recorded the greatest reduction in criminal damage (10%).
• Greater Manchester recorded the highest rates of burglary, offences against vehicles and violence
against the person in the North West region (18, 23 and 22 offences per 1,000 population
respectively). The recorded crime rates for these three offences were also above the overall
England and Wales rates for 2006/07. In Cumbria recorded crime rates across these three offence
groups were lower than for other forces in the North West region and the overall England and Wales
rates.
• In 2006/07 there were 475,807 recorded crime BCS comparator offences in the North East region.
Levels of recorded crime BCS comparator offences decreased in all police force areas, apart from
Greater Manchester which increased by two per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.


So much for car theft jokes about Merseyside when Greater Manchester had a higher rate last year.

However, the thread is about small towns, and the figures show slightly higher crime rates for Liverpool as opposed to Cheshire. Not really suprising for a big city as opposed to small rural areas and towns is it? However in 2007 Merseyside showed a significantly larger fall than Cheshire in crime figures. Furthermore Ormskirk is West Lancs right? The figures show a jump in vehicle crime there and the smallest decrease in burglary. These are the objective FACTS

[DaisyChains]

There are some nice clean places in L/pool but there's a whole load of ugly dirty places,and I mean "a whole load".
I open my eyes and see all this crap and wonder where all this "great stuff" is (Oh yes,city centre)

Have you never been to Sefton Park? Lark Lane? Calderstones? Allerton? Menlove Avenue? Princes Park Mansions? Otterspool? Hope St? the 2 cathedrals? (I could go on)

[John(Zappa)]

Have you never been to Sefton Park? Lark Lane? Calderstones? Allerton? Menlove Avenue? Princes Park Mansions? Otterspool? Hope St? the 2 cathedrals? (I could go on)

Of course I have been there,have you been to Norris Green,Breck rd,Tuebrook,Kensington,Walton where there's loads of boarded up shops,houses,crack dens etc etc I could go on.
By the way I live in a dirty part of the city,a place where shootings,drugs and stabbings are all part of everyday life here.Ahh you gotta love it.Not!
:PDT10

[macateb]

This link went from being one with nice photos of Ormskirk, to one about grime and crime.
Unfortunately I don't have any photos to post, but here are some crime figures for Liverpool, Chester, Ormskirk & Manchester

http://upmystreet.co.uk/local/police-crime/figures/l/liverpool.html
http://upmystreet.co.uk/local/police-crime/figures/l/chester.html
http://upmystreet.co.uk/local/police-crime/figures/l/ormskirk.html
http://upmystreet.co.uk/local/police-crime/figures/l/manchester.html

We can see from these that Chester is about the same as the national average, Liverpool is twice as bad, Ormskirk is less than the average & Manchester - well, don't go!

[PhilipG]

And there's loads of litter in Ormskirk on Market Days, but then nowhere's perfect.

I'll post some photos of Ormskirk when I've scanned them, and made sure there's no litter. :PDT10

[wallasey]

Ormskirk is great; its where some fellow college students have eloped to for the delights of Edge Hill Uni!

I like the compass at the crossroads; it shows which direction other places are in, and how far away they are!

Getting there on public transport can be fun; take my advise and use the train! The bus goes here there and everywhere, especially when it passes through Maghull!

[Libertarian]

In today's Daily Post T.V's Dead Ringer's Star Jon Culshaw is reported as saying that his home town of Ormskirk is part of Liverpool

"Ormskirk is in Liverpool's field of gravity" he says.

[Ged]

Aughton Street.

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[PhilipG]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2412/2198313236_43233eb64d_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2197527497_5e39b1beb3_o.jpg

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Former Pavilion cinema.
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Former Regal cinema.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2197525377_d285db2fcc_o.jpg

[Ged]

Larverly :handclap:

[Ged]

This is PhilipG's photo of Woolworth's, Ormskirk, lifted from the Wooly's thread.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8684/21975247732f606ff6eeopg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



I am hearing reports that a man threw himself off the roof of this building today, through the canopy of one of the market traders, to his death.

[PhilipG]

This is PhilipG's photo of Woolworth's, Ormskirk, lifted from the Wooly's thread.

I am hearing reports that a man threw himself off the roof of this building today, through the canopy of one of the market traders, to his death.

Oh Dear!
That's spooky.
R.I.P.

[Max]

Thinking of going to Burscough and wondering the farmlands are, are they close enough to the canal and train stations.

Burscough seems worthy enough to put up with evil weekend trains for.

[wallasey]

Bursough is a really nice place these days; Lancs CC have spent alot of money regenerating the Town Centre, the obligatory posh paving slabs and ornate lighting have been installed with trees...looks great at night!

[Max]

Was going to give It a try, but I have to get two trains, starting at St Michael's to Sandhills, then to Omskirk from Sandhills, then a cycle up a country lane to Burscough since I ain't getting a third train. Says 56 minutes of train travel and thats daft since It's only on the outskirts of North Liverpool.

Makes Max want to smash, cannot wait till I can drive.

I can cycle to Widnes faster than that.

Went to Tarbuck and Halewood Instead.

[Max]

Well I went to Burscough and all I got was a photo of a tractor and an electric and telephone pole In a field of wheat.

Winds were too heavy so I had to pedal extra and couldn't find anything.

Just been told harverts won't be there till August as the Inspiration for going there was because of Maddie Digital of Flickrs photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddiedigital/1184492495/

Couldn't find Martin Mere either despite looking at the signs.

[Ged]

To find Martin Mere, go over the 2 bridges, one the canal, the other the railway in Burscough and take a left down Redcat Lane until you come across it some way down. It's near to Windmill animal farm, also well worth a visit.

[Max]

Aw crap, I forgot about the Windmill pic I saw on Flickr too. I found the canal but lack of scenery except for boats and stuff put me off.

I'll go next month when the farms harvest so I don't waste another 5.20 on a train ticket.

I think I've gained a 4th sunburn too, I would use suncream but I never think I'll be that long haha.

[Maggie May]

I used to love visiting Ormskirk..especially the big market they used to have on Thursdays and Saturdays...........is that still going

[Ged]

Sure is.

[quincyg]

took my Nan to my aunt's today and we had to change buses at Ormskirk.
as we sat waiting to go out I spotted this out of the bus window
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture835.jpg

on the way back I had enough time to go and get a proper set of pics before the Lpool bus came in.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture844.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture845.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture846.jpg

I'm sure I've seen summat similar before, will have to check the net see if it's a specific graffiti artist, unless someone already knows?
UPDATE there's one in Bristol done by Banksy. this is a copy.

[julieoapw]

Well spotted Quincey - brought a smile to my lips!

[Ged]

Some great pics here on the site capturing every street in the L postcode area.

http://www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=41&page=1



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[Max]

Some great pics here on the site capturing every street in the L postcode area.

http://www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=41&page=1



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Thought Ormskirk was In Lancashire and had no Liverpool postcode?

[wallasey]

Thought Ormskirk was In Lancashire and had no Liverpool postcode?

Yeah, the L postcode continues as far as Burscough/Rufford before the Preston (PR) Postcode takes over.

[PhilipG]

Yeah, the L postcode continues as far as Burscough/Rufford before the Preston (PR) Postcode takes over.

Ormskirk is L39 & L40, but it doesn't make Ormskirk part of Liverpool.

[Ged]

That's true, it's not even in Merseyside but the Liverpool streets site is doing all the L postcodes.

[Ged]

The parish church with tree and nativity scene.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4169/ormskirkchurchnyd09sx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3518/ormskirkchurch2nyd09la9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/ormskirkchurch2nyd09la9.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img293/ormskirkchurch2nyd09la9.jpg/1/)


The North side.


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Looking down Church Street.

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Up Aughton Street towards the Clock Tower.

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A serene and peaceful town centre as dusk falls on the first day of the new year.



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The Eureka pub on Halsall Lane.


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[ItsaZappathing]

Good pics Ged. I like Ormskirk shops :handclap:

[Norm NZ]

"Ta! Ged, I enjoyed the pics. I visited Ormskirk Market last time I was in UK, brought back some good memories" Cheers:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[Max]

I;d visit Omskirk more If It didn't cost ?5.20 on the train! :mad:

Should be close to driving soon though.:PDT_Piratz_26:

[Ged]

Cheap at half the price. Aren't you a student or out of work. Should be free then as far as Maghull at least. Cycle the rest in 15 mins easy peasy.

[Partsky]

I always like to go to the lovely Mystic Mews, in Ormskirk, which is a nice arcade off the main street with some lovely but expensive shops off each side. There is a mad shop called the Fairy Wing Repair Shop at the end of Mystic Mewswhich has all manner of odd things. You can get a reasonably priced cup of tea in Chapel Gallery and also have a gander at the latest art works.

I think the increasing student population from Edge Hill is changing the face of Ormskirk in terms of shopping and that seems a good thing to me as it was stagnating a bit a couple of years ago

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4379271618_dbdf9108e6_o.jpg
old furniture shop
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4379271470_4384481d1e_o.jpg
Magistrates court in Ormskirk
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4379271292_4ec633e91b_o.jpg
Ye olde police station
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4379270794_e320a917e9_o.jpg
Ormskirk parish church with it`s tower and steeple
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4378517757_c5bdc337cb_o.jpg
Steps out of gravestones in Ormskirk parish church

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe.

[Ged]

Very nice Joe. Stokers Furniture store was once a school. There's pics in an old book showing kids in the playground, the wall of which was right on the main road though a none busy main road back then.

The church is only one of two in the country with both a spire and tower due to two old ladies bequeting their savings to the church with one instructing a tower to be built, the other a steeple/spire.

[julieoapw]

My Dad used to tell me about the two sisters who couldn't decide about whether to have a steeple or a tower. Unfortunately, it seems it is a myth. The steeple dates from the 1400s (rebuilt from 1790 - 1832) whilst the tower dates from around the time of the dissolution of the monasteries (mid C16) when Burscough Priory was closed and Ormskirk church got their bells and built the tower to house them. But the legend of the sisters is very widespread.

Seems even Spike Milligan got it wrong which is a shame as it's a great rhyme and story:
http://lancashire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/lancashires-ormskirk-is-an-inspiration-to-all-881/

[ChrisGeorge]

My Dad used to tell me about the two sisters who couldn't decide about whether to have a steeple or a tower. Unfortunately, it seems it is a myth. The steeple dates from the 1400s (rebuilt from 1790 - 1832) whilst the tower dates from around the time of the dissolution of the monasteries (mid C16) when Burscough Priory was closed and Ormskirk church got their bells and built the tower to house them. But the legend of the sisters is very widespread.

Thanks, Julie and Ged. The revised story sounds closer to the truth. I remember the church very well from Ribble bus journeys I used to take with my Grandad when we went to Blackpool or Preston. After he retired from the Post Office telephones as a general manager he had a job installing phones for the "Blower" in betting shops. My wife and I drove through Ormskirk, at least on the bypass, on our way from Liverpool up to Lancaster in October, on our way to catch the ferry from Heysham to Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. I regret we did not have time to have a look at the church. Hopefully on our next trip to the UK, . . . :)

C

[lindylou]

Great photos GD

[gregs dad]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4371121030_ddb40a9f71_o.jpg
Ye olde drinking fountain in Ormskirk,1858

[Ged]

Open for the last month, the proprietor of this shop claims to be able to get his hands on any of your childhood sweets from sweet tobacco, liquorice sticks, sherbet dips, bulls eyes, arrow bars, egg n milks, bon bons, sugar barley, black jacks, spanish gold, gobstopper, truffles, rum balls or whatever and is doing a roaring trade.


http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9096/ormskirkoldsweetshopfeb.jpg (http://img251.imageshack.us/i/ormskirkoldsweetshopfeb.jpg/)




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[Ged]

The Continental Market was in Ormskirk today which means Spanish Paella in great big pans, Frankfurters like only the Germans know how, Belgian Chocolates and my fave, French Garlic Prawns the size of Mr T's fingers.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3301/ormskirkcontinentalmkt.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/ormskirkcontinentalmkt.jpg/)


http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/917/ormskirkcontmktgarlicpr.jpg (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/ormskirkcontmktgarlicpr.jpg/)


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[pablo42]

Nice one Ged.

[GNASHER]

Spent a lot of summers there as a pup.Worked on the library last year and Edge Hill in 2004 (the FacEd).Hasn't changed that much,the market it not as big as it was but the place is full of charity shops.The locals are livin' in the past,every new thing they try to stop.More building at Edge Hill(the towns biggest employer,the studets put loads of cash in and they don't want it) My mum and some friends wanted to open a day center for the terminally ill,a place where their carers could leave them so they could do shopping etc.Oh no! Ormskirk does not want sick people,lowers the tone etc,etc.
And another thing,in reply to Zappas older posts,go and have a look at the Scott estate,off the A59 by where Burscough Rd meet it,BEIRUT.

[Ron Ham]

Thanks Ged for all these terrific pics ,reminding me of a great day I had in Ormskirk in '93 on a trip home ,on Market Day too! I toured the church & cemetery ,noting the gravestones as pathways , felt a little odd walking on folks gravestones though. Ron

[Partsky]

Its a nice little town with some good tea shops. I love Mystic Mews, the lovely old arcade of shops off the main street. I like the fact that Edge Hill University has expanded, although I dont think all the locals agree. The town seemed in danger of dying a few years ago. Chapel Art Gallery and Teashop is a nice place to stop and have tea and a browse. Ruff Woods, just outside the town is gorgeous too.

[Ged]

There's about 3 millions bakers/cafes. I don't know how the town supports them all. They even had two Sayers in the same street until they restructured that time and closed one down.

I think the locals are a bit miffed about some of the rowdy student antics. Wednesday night is cheap ale and the town's only club is open til 1am - Las Vegas or what eh? :)

[kdraper42]

I absolutely love visiting Ormskirk every time I am home from Australia, I particularly enjoy market day on a Thursday and a Saturday, and I found out recently that the West Lancs Town crier, Don Evans, ls living in my old house up on Elmers Green, Skelmersdale, I wish I was still living there , a beautiful area, in all of Lancs, Beacon Park etc, if any of you know this area. I know where John Zapper is coming from Kerv , as much as I love my old city of Liverpool , a lot of it has declined, much to the worse, from when I was living there, and I go back far longer than you, 1942 till the present, and I still go back in my memories of how it used to be. But still proud to be a Scouser.

[Ged]

[QUOTE=Ged;105989]This is PhilipG's photo of Woolworth's, Ormskirk, lifted from the Wooly's thread.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8684/21975247732f606ff6eeopg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


This is now an Iceland.

[Ged]

Yes, I know Elmers Green well, the post part of Skem ;) High up, not far from Dalton, great views - you can see the Cathedrals and Tower from there.

[H_Asbo]

My mums mum and all her family are from Ormskirk/Lathom I got her side of the family tree to the 1700's in no time.

All the rest are Irish and as soon as I hit them its a brick wall, researching Irish ancestry is so so difficult.

[Ged]

You've done well getting back to the 1700's there H.

The problem with the Irish ancestry records is they were all destroyed in a fire so I've found it difficult to get any further back than my gt gt gt grandparents coming over during the famine in the mid 1840s.

[H_Asbo]

Yeah but that was just the Govt records Ged, all the Church records are still there, its just knowing what district and Church to look in.

I got my Dads side to 1843 they came over from Dublin ( found a source on Census for info), and even though I know there Dubliners I can't go further online, need to get over there and scour the archives to find wedding and birth info.

[H_Asbo]

Ormskirk info was so easy Ged, its all been transcribed and free to get online.

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ormskirk/index.html

[Ged]

Great stuff H. Looks like a cheap ferry in the summer and plenty of guinness to fuel you around.

[H_Asbo]

Ah tomorrow would be the day for sure begorra!

[Ged]

Catch yerself on.

[gregs dad]

this is in Ormskirk parish church,any idea what it is? Looks like one of the old liverpools urinals which were on the dock rd

[Partsky]

I want to live in one of those big posh houses in Ruff Lane in Ormskirk. They are gorgeous. Just far enough out of the town to be quite but still accessible. A previous postee wonders how the town can support all the cake shops. Thats because all the students wander around scoffing them all day. It still has really old fashioned butchers and independent cake shops too.

[Ged]

Joe Royle still lives in Ruff Lane, saw him the other sunday morning. A big house with a sweeping drive, in one side, out the other. Some grand properties in Ormskirk and Aughton.

[Ged]

In 1956 the murder of shopkeepers, the Ormesher sisters rocked the small market town of Ormskirk and despite every male over the age of 16 being fingerprinted, the murderer was never found.

http://www.ormskirkmemories.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/12/1956_ormesher_murders_in_ormsk_1.html

Here is a scene of crime pic.

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And here is the same scene today

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The secret garden

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[Ged]

Gypsy was performing at Ormskirk clock tower last saturday.

Her voice was captivating, effortless opera. I was never into that sort of thing but have accompanied my better half to a few Andrea Bocelli concerts (imho better than Pavarotti)

I was talking to her, I'd heard her and her husband 'Purple' on Radio Merseyside the other week. She's sold out the Royal Court in the past and is next up on Southport Theatre. And no, i'm not on a commission.


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[Ged]

On foot today and enjoyed it - must do it more often as you see so much more.


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[lindylou]

Very nice pics Ged.

[Ged]

Fresh in from midnight mass.

There's something about Christmas and a medieval church in the snow. A brisk walk up the hill and a church organ blasting out Silent Night and O come all ye faithful.

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[ChrisGeorge]

Very fine photographs, Ged. Thanks for sharing the occasion with us!

Cheers

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[Ged]

Some more pics from last night when I braved the -11 temperature on foot from 11pm until 1am.


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A very festive double fronted house I passed on the way.

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[Ged]

A wedding at Ormskirk Parish Church at Mid-day today.


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