"Many Thanks Max" Great Pics! I get the feeling that you've taken them just for me!!! Lot of the people there were customers of mine when I worked for Irwins the grocers (Garston Village) and I well remember them all!
Re Hale Village
"Many Thanks Max" Great Pics! I get the feeling that you've taken them just for me!!! Lot of the people there were customers of mine when I worked for Irwins the grocers (Garston Village) and I well remember them all!
Some great photo's there
I spent 15 years of my life living down
the road from there and never got further than Hale Park
I never really knew the truth of the childe of Hale until now so thank you for
sharing that bit of knowledge
The rumour that spread around the schools was he was remembered for a certain part of his body being well-oversized
It took 10 years of work forOriginally Posted by Max
the idiots round there to get it to that condition.
Im glad I moved when I did
hale
brilliant
pictures
you guys make us ex-pats dead jealous...
lemmo...
Hi all
Great photographs, Max. And just to clarify, Hale used to be part of Lancashire until the administrative changes of the 1970's lumped it in with Halton. More logically, it should be part of Liverpool as you say along with Sefton (by the way where does that leave Bootle?). Also in the 1970's there was a fire in the parish church that meant that weddings had to be performed in the village hall instead, which appears among the photographs you kindly posted. I wrote a poem on seeing a happy couple emerging from the hall after their wedding, including getting in a mention of the Giant.
Chris
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
Chris on Flickr and on MySpace
Excellent pics Max. One of the places I always try to visit whenever I come "home".
Last time I was there I was speaking to a gentleman who told me a legend about John Middleton. He said he, John Moddleton, was the legendary "Little John" of Robin Hood fame. He explained that John Middleton was on his way to join the Crusade of Richard I (The Lionheart) when he met up with Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. I guess there's no way of knowing the veracity of the tale. I also met a gentleman of Polish origin who said he owned, and lived in, Hale Point lighthouse.
Last edited by Sloyne; 11-11-2006 at 12:12 AM.
Pictures of what you can get up to on a Thursday night at St Mary's - Hale!
Also included some very rare pictures of when the bells went back in the tower - plus a few of the church when it was gutted!
Last edited by theninesisters; 03-23-2007 at 06:59 PM.
Why Hale is top day out
Mar 22 2007
by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo
HALE Village has been revealed as part of an alternative tourist map of the north west.
The village was put forward after the BBC’s Inside Out programme appealed for people to say where they go for the “perfect day” out in the region.
Hale claims to have once been home to a real life giant and is highlighted as one of the best hotspots.
It was nominated by Tracey Morgan, from Speke, who is fascinated by the story of John Millington, born sometime in the 1570s, whose gravestone in Hale Village says that he was 9ft 3ins.
In tomorrow night’s programme Tracey visits the village to see the grave of “The Childe of Hale”.
Story continues
FACT CHECKER NEEDED! That should of course be John Middleton not John Millington!!!
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
Chris on Flickr and on MySpace
Thanks for those memories on HALE.. Loverly village.. Loverly thatched roof homes.. JUST great photos.. keep them coming Max... ta
Brill Pickies mate. Thanks for sharing. I took a few last year in the same location but they are not of the same quality as yours. Would you mind if I copied some of these and sent them to relatives and mates overseas.?
Cheers
oh please share.. would love to see them... StevenBrill Pickies mate. Thanks for sharing. I took a few last year in the same location but they are not of the same quality as yours. Would you mind if I copied some of these and sent them to relatives and mates overseas.?
Cheers
I thought you had already seen them Paulette ?
no.. never saw them...
Great pics Maxie - your best yet.
Not really, there my old camera phone pics I did before I had any camera.
I'm going to go back sometime and redo them.
Gididi Gididi Goo.
No, look lad, I told you they are didn't I - those muscles don't scare me.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks