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    This is a interesting site -...

    This is a interesting site -
    http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/liverpoolrcburials/
    11,000 burials by St Oswalds church in just a few years. Bodies brought from all over Liverpool for...
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    Ordinance survey maps are searchable at this site...

    Ordinance survey maps are searchable at this site :-
    http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html
    Type Old Swan into the search box, then choose your map and click on "enlarge map".
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    Back to the mass grave... Just checked on the...

    Back to the mass grave...
    Just checked on the Old Swan site.
    Fr McCartney knew it was a burial ground, he tipped off the builders that the graves at the bottom of the garden would have to be moved,...
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    Hi Martin, Got that info from this site :- ...

    Hi Martin,
    Got that info from this site :-

    http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/Old-Swan/index.html

    Can remember the Church being rebuilt, passed it with me mam going shopping to Old Swan. I am...
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    We will never know the truth. The burial ground...

    We will never know the truth. The burial ground as featured on old maps, shows it belonged to a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1845-1856) Which was purchased by the Catholic church in 1856. The church...
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    Donna, Ringo Starr was born in Smithdown Road...

    Donna, Ringo Starr was born in Smithdown Road Infirmary in July 1940.(126 Smithdown rd)
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    Martin, your site is coming on excellently. Nice...

    Martin, your site is coming on excellently. Nice to see my old watering holes, Rose and the Rathbone, featured.
    Have posted a couple of photos on site, don't know if you will be able to use them....
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    View from front bedroom window 316 Rathbone road....

    View from front bedroom window 316 Rathbone road. Elms House in middle distance. Queue at the number 60 bus stop. Prefabs on Rathbone park. c1954...
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    It was on Rathbone Road, on the corner with...

    It was on Rathbone Road, on the corner with Borax Street. It was originally built of sandstone, but in the fifties it was coated in concrete to keep the damp out. It appears on the 1830's map on...
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    I lived in Old Swan in the 1950/60s. The house...

    I lived in Old Swan in the 1950/60s. The house was called Swan Hill Villa. It was situated between Elms House and Swan Hill Farm. (Rathbone Road on the corner of Borax Street). It was owned by the...
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    A very good site. I used to live in Swan Hill...

    A very good site. I used to live in Swan Hill Villa in the 1950/60's. A very damp old house, long ago demollished. I believe that is was the farm house for Swan Hill Farm. It was owned by the Scraggs...
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    I was born in Smithdown Road Infirmary. It is on...

    I was born in Smithdown Road Infirmary. It is on my Birth certificate as 126 Smithdown Road. Before NHS, makes me feel old. Billie Fury and Ringo Star were also born there.
    Now a...
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    I remember the Gents on Rathbone road, opposite...

    I remember the Gents on Rathbone road, opposite Borax street. Underground and smelly.
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    The article below was sent to a local paper by...

    The article below was sent to a local paper by the bloke who was in charge of the operation.

    "I have followed with great interest the recent articles in your paper with regard to the mass grave...
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    http://www.tramway.co.uk/ Check out the above...

    http://www.tramway.co.uk/
    Check out the above site. Just select photographs and type in the location you want.
    Maybe a bit early for you, as it just shows trams in the depo/yards.
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    Was Frankie Vaughan from Toxteth, he made a film...

    Was Frankie Vaughan from Toxteth, he made a film on the cazzie.
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