Garston News Views and Discussion

**taffy** · 01-01-2007

Originally Posted by PhilipG

Is that one of the new signs?
There's loads in the wrong place, but the Cricket Club sounds about right for Garston.
Grassendale and Cressington are part of Garston.

With all these definitions of what is Garston, like all things it depends on who you talk to !!! Elsewhere on this site , you'll see photos of boundary markers for Garston on Rose Lane, Mossley Hill., Also Ashfield Rd, Aigburth

So we have the original township of Garston which merged with the City of Liverpool around the turn of the 20th C and what is now called Garston. The township boundaries stretch from the old Bryant and May Match Works all the way to essentially Ashfield Rd. The other township boundary is roughly the railway line running through Mossley Hill Station and the mid point of the River Mersey.

The council's new district signs across Liverpool seem to have been based on post code boundaries and are mainly in the wrong place historically. Those for Allerton are a classic case of mis siting. I would suspect most people these days would distinguish Garston from Grassendale but where does Grassendale end and Garston begin. One definition is the parish boundary for St Mary's Grassendale. It may surprise some to know that this includes Hartington Rd in what many would call Garston. So all in all I prefer to use the original township boundaries to define Garston as these have an historical basis going back several hundred years. On this basis , St Matthew and James Church Mossley Hill was built in Garston. Indeed this was a stipulation of the will of Matthew James Glenton who provided the money to build the church in the mid 1870s.

**john** · 01-01-2007

There seems to be a discussion about two different books.
Norm do you know any of the families from Pg 84 VJ day 1945 ?

**Norm NZ** · 01-01-2007

Originally Posted by john

There seems to be a discussion about two different books.
Norm do you know any of the families from Pg 84 VJ day 1945 ?

Hi John, The book I have is the same as the ISBN No. you quoted previously.
I lived in "The Tennies' (Speke Rd Gardens) at the time so afraid I cant recognise anyone on either of the two picturs on page 84, but I'm sure I would have known some of them from local schools. I can certainly name some of the families on the page 103 top picture.

**Norm NZ** · 01-01-2007

To Taffy! Thanks for reply Taff! I'l get in touch with you once I compile more info. Regards Norm.

**Kev** · 01-04-2007

GARSTON Police Station, one of the oldest in Liverpool, faces permanent closure after a shock survey revealed few members of the public ever use it.

The threat to the future of the Victorian station in Heald Street, off St Mary’s Road, has been made in a letter from Merseyside Police Liverpool South commander Andy Cooke., who has announced a public consultation on the closure proposal before any decision.

Last night, former Lord Mayor Cllr Ron Gould said he expected public uproar about the plan.

The first reaction is expected tonight at a meeting of the city council’s Garston Neighbourhood Committee, at the Speke Community Centre, at 5.30pm.

Chief Supt Cooke has been invited to expand on the role and future of Garston Police Station. continues.....

PhilipG · 01-04-2007

Quick, Kev, take some photos while it's still a cop shop.

**Kev** · 01-04-2007

I might go and ask if I can get inside and take a few, seems they have plenty of time on their hands

**A.D.W** · 01-05-2007

Mmmm, interesting. Keep us posted on any news about his please Kev. Thanks sausage.

scouserdave · 01-05-2007

"Chief Supt Cooke said that the number of members of the public calling at Garston Police Station’s inquiry office was extremely low"
No reason to close it.
Kev, just walk in there and snap away. It's not like you'll get arrested!