Here we go again with me and my districts. Chris, isn't the Ford Factory supposed to be officially in Halewood though. Would you say Speke is the other side of the boulevard? or is that a bit black and white...?
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Here we go again with me and my districts. Chris, isn't the Ford Factory supposed to be officially in Halewood though. Would you say Speke is the other side of the boulevard? or is that a bit black and white...?
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Christopher T. George
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Is one of George Harrison's In Speke on those council houses?
No other type of Council houses In Speke from what I can find.
Gididi Gididi Goo.
I quite like Speke as an example of urban planning. Much more spacious and better laid out than say the contemporary houses of Childwall. I suspect the Speke houses were built to a higher standard than the ones built by private speculators who built what is modern day Childwall.
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
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I've seen similar plywood inner walled buildings going up in the rear gardens of property Upper Parliament St, Princes Park, Toxteth. These are so called Mews property which front onto Upper Hampton St. They go for about £250,000 each. Not bad if you can get it.
One of the more frightening buildings I've seen is a 3 storey block of flats building on Smithdown Rd built of timber frame construction with a brick outer skin.
Aye, Taffy, that's exactly the sort of thing I am talking about. The buyers probably think they are getting a substantial building judging by the facing on the outside of the structure. But they might think twice if they saw what was inside those walls! Buyer beware.
Chris
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
Chris on Flickr and on MySpace
Many of the buildings in Hale were built using timber with daub infill and they have seen many generations of Liverpool buildings come and go and they are still standing!
Speke seems almost a tale of two halves - the success of the retail park, airport, estuary park, pharmaceutical plants, the new retail centre being built off Speke Boulevard anchored by Morrison's and the slow but steady development of the area between the retail park and the airport, and the Speke of burnt out shops (bottom of Western Avenue) and the mostly boarded up shops off South Parade. I have noticed the refurbishment taking place - well, what you can see as you drive along Speke Boulevard so maybe it's on the up. But I understand that it's one of the most deprived parts of the city with low home ownership, a high proportion of people of working age on benefits, and there's not much social mobility. People tend to stay there and at least until recently not many people from outside moved in. It's a good thing therefore that the houses are well built with decent guardens. I like the wide roads.
... and it's convenient for the airport ...
Come to think of it, one of my favourite walks in Liverpool is the walk down to Speke Hall when you get past the industrial bits. Especially when the Hall is closed. I like to watch reflections in the lake (ok, pond) and imagine the shore behind the Hall and a river without the eyesore of Stanlow.
Last edited by Jericho; 06-02-2007 at 09:26 AM.
THE heart of Speke has been transformed with the opening of a new Morrisons superstore. Read
And t'think when aye lived there 'twer alllll fields
and houses and cars and people and stuff.
Well done Speke, remember morry's do cheap petrol but the queues are silly!
Peace and Happiness.....Gaz.
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