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    The earliest reference to Childwall is to be found in the Doomsday Book, which was compiled by William I in 1086 .

    Childwall Abbey

    This building is very old and probably sits on the site of an even older pub. It used to contain a collection of autographs including Queen Victoria, King of Hanover and The Duke of Wellington. It has been a tradition over the years for newly wed couples to inscribe their names in the windows of Childwall Abbey.

    It is also said to be haunted with many strories of ghost sitings. The old photograph below was taken and later was found to contain a figure in the (middle) window that was said to have been a ghost.
























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    Had a really interesting night last night. As my strange bellringing hobby keeps me insane, people in charge of church towers are called Tower Captain's. The Tower Captain of Childwall in the 1960's, a chap called Mike Dodd has always kept in touch with our family and he came up to Liverpool last night for a meal out.

    It's always good to speak to someone who knows the area and can tell you things about it that you never knew.

    He gave an amazing account of the Fiveways roundabout with the tram terminus stopping at the end of Childwall Road by the Library.

    Told me about the 'newer' houses on the corner of Bowland/Bentham Drive that were taken out with a bomb in WW2 and had to be totally rebuilt and just across the road from where I live now, the massive spotlight and guns situated in the patch of land below.

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    Find someone who knew your area and you will be amazed at what people can remember!
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    That patch of land (the sink) was always boggy compared to the rest of the field.

    Childwall Fiveways

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    I did pics of the fiveways once but they were cameraphone pics so I deleted them.

    Oh yeah, Abbey pics uploaded to my Flickr.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmoly...7600013045886/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max View Post
    I did pics of the fiveways once but they were cameraphone pics so I deleted them.

    Oh yeah, Abbey pics uploaded to my Flickr.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmoly...7600013045886/
    Cracking pics sir but you missed out on one thing...the lytchgate to the right of the one you took is the original one from the 1700's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jona76 View Post
    Cracking pics sir but you missed out on one thing...the lytchgate to the right of the one you took is the original one from the 1700's
    Is that In the Garden where theirs all the tables and chairs?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max View Post
    Is that In the Garden where theirs all the tables and chairs?
    Nope - the white gate that you took the photo of leading in to the graveyard - there are three in total. That one that you took opposite the stone arch, the one opposite the pub - but further around there's another lytchgate - that's the original one.

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    I've taken pics of the White Gate and the Stone Arch.

    Oh yeah I think I took one of the other white gate but It twas took dark and my memory card was messing around with errors.

    I'll be going back on the next sunny day, I have to go to town soon so not today.
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    I was very interested about the post of the house that was bombed corner of Bentham drive/Bowland Avenue. I had also heard this somewhere else. Does anyone have any information on this please? Was it Bentham drive side or Bowland Ave side. I could look it up in the archives if anyone knows what year.
    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by minerva View Post
    I was very interested about the post of the house that was bombed corner of Bentham drive/Bowland Avenue. I had also heard this somewhere else. Does anyone have any information on this please? Was it Bentham drive side or Bowland Ave side. I could look it up in the archives if anyone knows what year.
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    Not much to go on really. 1944 it was bombed. The whole house (2 houses joined) went, and you can see the 'newer' house today (which looks exactly like the rest now!) It was the two houses situated on the corner of Bowland/Bentham.

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    The all new Childwall website is now up and running. Redesigned with lots more information and pictures. 50,000 hits, I had to change it!

    Usual address at Childwall

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    Excellent site and easy to use. Many thanks. I go to The Fiveways quite a bit and was in there with my daughters a few weeks ago. I mentioned to them that the pub used to have a men-only bar until the change in legislation in 1976. They don't believe me. Anyone else out there remember this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by birdseye View Post
    Excellent site and easy to use. Many thanks. I go to The Fiveways quite a bit and was in there with my daughters a few weeks ago. I mentioned to them that the pub used to have a men-only bar until the change in legislation in 1976. They don't believe me. Anyone else out there remember this.
    Hi birdseye
    I remember that men-only bar - going through front entrance, turn left and go through main bar into a smaller men-only one. Never really went there though.

    The room at the back was waitress serve, with bells on the wall to bring the waitress to the table. How times change.

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    Yes, that's the one. Can't for the life of me think of why they barred women though. It's not as if they got up to anything there. Just old blokes smoking pipes and playing dominoes. When I was working in town, I used to go into The Cracke for a pint at dinner time and that was men only as well. Wonder if there were any others in Liverpool.
    Funny thing was my daughters and their friends thought having men only and women only bars was a good idea and it should have been kept going. I had to point out to them that it was women who campaigned to have the rules changed.

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    That's why they banned the women, so you couldn't go into the crack, it's a pity they didn't try it at the Grafton.
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