How about author Lyn Andrews.. still lives in Merseyside and has written so many wonderful stories about Liverpool....:handclap:
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How about author Lyn Andrews.. still lives in Merseyside and has written so many wonderful stories about Liverpool....:handclap:
Hi Verdi, the 2 men your on about was my Uncles Frank and Fredrick OConnor they lived in caryl gardens and Frank worked on the appolo, he told us that he carved his initials into the nose so that he was the 1st man on the moon lol, wen i told my friends at school ( i was only 9) they took the mick out of me calling me a liar lol true gents Freddy lived in yorkshire but he wanted his ashes scattered on the mersey which we did, the ferry stopped for us to do this,we called it Freddy across the mersey, my Uncle Franks getting done next year, they were the cousins of Richard Shields (dickie) who won the golden gloves and ran the carylie boxing club. scousette
Scousette1st, do you mean Franky and Freddy who wrote the books 'it all came tumbling down' and the 4 'pub on every corner' ones. Has Freddy died then? What do you mean 'my uncle Franks getting done next year'? Is he palnning to die too - he's a presenter on Radio Merseyside isn't he, does he know about these plans for him :)
That's what I was wondering Ged but didn't like to ask :shock:
Frankie is still on the radio isn't he.
As far as I know Lindy, wait a mo.....the airwaves have gone quiet.........:ninja:
Hi, they are different men ged, my mums family lived on top landing of caryl gardens there was 12 of them, and my uncle dickie shields lived on the 1st landing waterways, they are bringing my uncle Franks ashes home next year to be scattered on the mersey. scousette
What Toxteth resident wrote this:
When your mother has grown older,
When her dear, faithful eyes
No longer see life as they once did,
When her feet, grown tired,
No longer want to carry her as she walks,
Then lend her your arm in support, escort her with happy pleasure—
the hour will come when, weeping, you must accompany her on her final walk.
And if she asks you something, then give her an answer.
And if she asks again, then speak!
And if she asks yet again, respond to her, not impatiently, but with gentle calm.
And if she cannot understand you properly, explain all to her happily.
The hour will come, the bitter hour, when her mouth asks for nothing more.
Adolf?
So his sister-in-law Bridget Hitler, married to Alois Hitler, claimed:
William Patrick Hitler was born in Liverpool, the son of Alois Hitler Jr., and his Irish-born wife Bridget Dowling. They had met in Dublin when Alois was living there in 1909 and got married in Marylebone, they then moved back north, to Liverpool where William was born in 1911. Hitler's nephew is recalled by elderly former neighbours, and in Liverpool folklore variously as "Billy" or "Paddy" Hitler. The family lived in a flat at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, which was destroyed in the last German air raid of the Liverpool Blitz on January 10, 1942. It remained a bomb site for many years, but has now been rebuilt and landscaped. Dowling wrote a manuscript called My Brother-in-Law Adolf, in which she says Adolf Hitler had moved to Liverpool with her and Alois from November 1912 to April 1913, in order to dodge conscription .
The claim is,to say the least, distinctly dubious Spiderman. Historians have found no evidence of it. The only "evidence" is Bridget's book. This is the 2nd book she wrote on the subject: in the 1st she made no mention of Adolf's visit. Possibly money was tighter when she wrote the 2nd? Although places like the Adelphi will tell you Hitler worked in their kitchen, they never provide any proof whatsoever. It's a local legend.
The Adolphi - I like it!
Yes, it is a matter of historic record that his half-brother Alois, lived in Upper Stanhope St. They shared the same father. Alois was by his 2nd wife and Adolf by his 3rd wife.
You might care to read more here:
http://www.btinternet.com/~m.royden/...nliverpool.htm
Evidently, the only bit of Adolph that ever visited Liverpool were the bombs the Luftwaffe dropped. :PDT_Xtremez_42:
and those Luftwaffe bombs bombed Alois' former house to smithereens! Yet left the synagogue at the end of the road untouched!
Ha ha! So the Jews had the last laugh:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Another famous resident worth adding is Margaret Simey who lived in Blackburn Terrace for years and was famous for her run ins with Mrs Thatcher and for being outspoken against the establishment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Simey
More here
John Brodie, city engineer in the early 1900s has a Blue Plaque erected to him in Ullet Road.
Aside from having invented the goal net in football, he made major contributions to improving roads in the area, including the provision of ring roads and the East Lancs road and the design of Liverpool's electric tram scheme.
BTW, I notice that the borders of Toxteth have been allowed to stray even wider than usual in this Thread, as well as a certain vagueness in how we define where someone is 'from'. Aside from qualification by birth, how long does someone have to have lived there to be counted?
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:handclap:
You've omitted an 'e'. - Such modesty!
They've pulled my old house down , so no Blue Plaque:cry:
Heavyweight boxer Billy Aird was from Edge Hill and later went to live in Toxteth. He fought for the European and British heavyweight championships. Terry Kavanagh
Helen Forrest ? living in Canada, Lived in Roseberry St (Princes Park side of Toxteth) author of many Liverpool related books 'Penny Across the Mersey'
Akinwale Arobieke
Not so famous maybe but I just came across this genealogical site--
Nicholas George Paspati (1815-1895), Liverpool Merchant, born Chios, Greece, died on 23 September 1895 at Hellas House, 3 Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool, England, buried in Smithdown Lane (Toxteth Park?) Cemetery.
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As noted on another thread, Helen Forrester passed away on November 29.
Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) from Corrie. My cousin lived in the house that Jean Alexander was born in.
Cousin Murial, Jo? ;)