Sorry marky, yes of course they can. Cheers.
Sorry marky, yes of course they can. Cheers.
Christopher T. George
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Very interesting Chris. A snippbit side here:
"Brodie recognised how important the motor car was going to be in the future. He was a Vice-President of the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association, which went on to become the Royal Automobile Club (RAC). He also found the time to invent goal nets for use in football matches."
Text quoted from the E. Chambré Hardman Archive
There were three Aigburth Halls.
The third one was built in 1840 for Peter Challoner.
Awesome series of photos. Well done.
Drawing shows the steps leading to the monk's refrectory (NB the artist has written this at the bottom, but a note says it is the monk's granary). Someone confirm?
Courtesy LRO
Great to see this illustration of Stanlawe Grange. It is new to me and is fascinating to see. What is called the granary is the lower building in the foreground that ends at the top of the steps with the gable end. The so-called monk's house or "refrectory" as they term it in the watercolor is the higher of the two buildings and is now demolished. You can see the same gable end in my photograph from 2007. The area where the monk's house stood is now an entranceway and the adjoining nursery as can be seen below. A shame some of the original buildings were swept away but at least the granary, what remains of the grange, has been preserved and renovated.
Chris
Christopher T. George
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On this page on Mike Royden's site, the monk's house is shown in the second photograph down from the top, with the man with horse and cart standing in front of it.
http://www.btinternet.com/~m.royden/...tic/mondoc.htm
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
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Facinating, I grew up in Stanlawe Grange and lived there from 1968 to 1976. My grandparents lived next door in the Granary for much longer (until the early 1990s). Love seeing the pictures! Thank you for posting them.
Thanks, Swimmy. Did you ever meet Miss Frith? She was living at Stanlawe Grange in 1963 when as a schoolboy I got up the gumption to knock on the door and enquire about the building. She gave me a tour of the property. I understood that she was a niece of the photographer, Francis Frith. She was quite aged when I knew her. As I recall, as a Catholic she was quite interested in the fact that Catholic priests supposedly were hidden at Aigburth Hall during the persecutions. As you may know, there are some initials on the sandstone wall of the granary steps which might or might not be those of priests who were buried at Stanlawe Grange. I have a photograph of the inscriptions that I took at the time that I will try to post. The other thing interesting is that there is a mason's mark like a double "H" on the mullioned window at the western end of the grange and I saw the same mark at Birkenhead Priory which probably indicates that the same man worked on building both properties.
Chris
Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
Chris on Flickr and on MySpace
No Chris, sadly not. I was born in 1968 so I suspect if Miss Frith was elderly in 1963...
My architect father (David Brock) renovated Stanlawe Grange into the current two homes in the late 60's. I have very clear memories of living there, although I'm sure the place was haunted! I recall the inscriptions on my Granny's steps, but have no idea what they were of...so thank you for your insights and your history.
Looking at your profile, we are both scouses in the US, I now live in Houston!
I'll ask my Mum if she ever met Miss Frith, and will post any pictures of the house from when we were living there.
I will follow these bogs with great interest.
Charlotte
Hi there, I am a direct descendent of John A Brodie and live in NZ. I am having trouble looking at the photos of the Hall as it stood in his day. I was wondering if there was a way I could look at them for free on line. I have managed to find an old photo but would be interested in seeing more. Thanks for any help you may be able to give me.
Amanda
I will post one up later and also of its demolition.
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