kirkdale

[Famous Scouser]

Whata guy!

[gregs dad]

The old Gordon Institute on Stanley Road,Kirkdale, still looking in good shape in its roll as a community centre.

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe. Know it well.

[Debra]

Hi Billy D,
did you know the late Canon Hopkins whose pic you use for your profile image ?

When my Dad asked Canon Hopkins for freedom of the Parish so he could mary my mother , Canon Hopkins called him the Al Capone of Kirkdale !!!

[Billy D]

Took a little trip back home,,,,,Dont know why but i always say that about Kirkdale

First job i had was a paper lad,,,walshes on wessy rd,,,i was about 6/7 years of age,,imagine that now,,

Took a few pics,,,

Bill,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
This Shop used to be Walshes

Wessy Rd towards Scottie RD

Wessy Rd towards County RD

St Johns

[brian daley]

Hello again Billy,
Nice pictures there cuz, last time I was in that church was to bury my dad, that was in the early part of this century; the first I entered that church was in May 1942,when my Nin ,at the head of a raiding party,took me to get baptised as a taig before the protestant side of the family could get me christened as a proddy. They did anyway , got done in St Lukes a week later. Happy days eh!!
BrianD

[gregs dad]

Anybody remeber Chalmers Hall on Westminster Rd.Originally a church built in 1862, but schools used it as a dinner centre in the 1940`s
We used to have 2 lines of kids ,them that recieved free dinners (this includes me) and them that could afford the 5d. The dinner was good with water to drink on each table but I never liked the puddings (sweets as they call them now) as they were nearly always served semolina.

[Billy D]

Hi BRIAN,,,,how are you
Hope the party went ok

That chuch brings back so many memories to me,,,,father Hopkins,,,Baptism,,First Holy COMUNION,,Confirmation,,,confession every friday with the school,,,,,,had to go every sunday no iffs or butts,,,,suppose it was were i began....

Your story is a good old fashioned kidnapping() and you get the bragging right with that one,,,imagine that happening today..
talk about dual passport,,,,,you got dual religion....

Bill D

[Ged]

Just in case none of you had seen it before. Canon Hopkins in Kirkdale.



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[Ged]

Canon Hopkins residence at the far end of this block on Gt Mersey St.



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[transalpino]

Feel free to jion this facebok site dedicated to Kirkdale and the surrounding area.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...0603652&ref=ts

[Billy D]

Driving through kirkdale yesterday....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ksoQnEBH4

[lindylou]

Nicely done Billy D. I like the way the images open up in squares and some are sort of pixelated as they open.
Wish you'd added the whole of the street sign there - I can just see L4

Thanks for posting Billy

[wsteve55]

Used to live in Rumney rd.opposite the Kirkdale homes,it's hardly recognisable now,bar for the "Medlock" pub'!

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Canon Hopkins residence at the far end of this block on Gt Mersey St.



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Ged,is there any way of confirming that canon Hopkins,lived in that house? He was my confessor,many times,when I went to St.John's! (My better half,insists it wasn't)

(dont know what's happened,but these posts have "doubled up" ??)

[gregs dad]

Geds had a relapse, Canon Hopkins was parish priest for many years at St Johns and lived in Fountains Rd. That building was the priest`s house for St Ollies.
Father Winder, parish priest of St Ollies (Alphonsus) lived there, and there is a close in Kirkdale named after him..