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iremember st andrews square ilived on marion street and used to walk through. i wonder iff anyone has any pictures of marion street and the swings at the bottom on camden street.also cathcart street school iwas there 1952-58.my name is paul hill.

I was born in number 6 wilson street and lived there for 7 years before moving to ilchester road, i also attended st johns school

Are you sure these came down in 1972? I was born in 1971 and lived in Elm Street, just off Hemingford Street and I (vaguely)remember the flats. I think I still have a photo taken outside our house of my Dad standing with his car, a Vauxhall Victor 101 saloon and you can see the flats in the background. I remember the photo being taken so I would have been 2 or 3 then. Mind you, the memory's an odd thing!

Hi my name is Michael Haydn Brothers Tony and Dave I remember Ronnie well, we played together with the brothers Kenny Irvine Jimmy Irvine Davy Waters Davy Jones Chippy Jones we had great times in that Square Then there was Rocker Roach and his brother Tommy Roach who died some years back.

OK MATE I WAS IN THE SAME CLASS IN HEMIE AS U MY NAME IS ROBBIE JOHNSON

Hello, my dad was from the flats and I've just read your post and some of the names you mention I know through my dad. Am not sure what flat number he lived in, I will get that info off him as I've only just registered. His names Teddy Upton brother Eric and sisters Eileen and Ann.

My name was Fowlis when I lived in the flats, your dad and his family lived next door to us in number 66, I was best friends with his sister Ann, mention me to your dad, my older sister is Gloria, and I'm Maureen.. he will know Gloria better as they are about the same age ..I loved living in St.Andrews Square,it had a very warm community feel about the place, and we all knew each other .. but your dad would maybe have told you that

Hi Maureen, did you go to Conway Street School

Last time Maureen spoke on this site was 2nd Dec 2012 8:29pm.

I lived in St Andrew Square the Haydn family along with the roach family,the Jones family, the waters family, the Irvine family, along with lots more yes there was a scotch grave yard there and a steel works and Wilson's printers, you also had a chippy by the swings which has slipped my mind, my local was the Manchester Arms The Conway Arms known as the flat iron because of its shape. And yes I did go to Tombos Mission, which many years ago was a old Quaker meeting place.

Where was the steel works?
I knew some people from St Andrews Square - Crostons, Billingtons and Rocker Roach
Chippie by swings in Oliver Street was Rossi's ?
Do you know the name of the sweet shop at the bottom of Wilson Street.
Knew the lads in Wesley Street better

Just up from Saint Andrews Square it was only a small one yes I knew the crostons and the billingtons and Rocker Roach until 2013 was still alive and living by Trinity Street, sadly we lost Tommy Roach and Ronnie Croston some years ago I think the name of the steel works was called Collins, the name of the shop I do not know but it was owned by a Mr Dixon.

Hi Ray i have just registered with wikiwirral and read some great comments from the fowlers haydens and yourself. I new Ronny very well we whent to hemmy together with davy haden davy waters and kenny sadly he passed away I also whent to school with dougy fowler and gorden I remeber Maureen I also whent to St Johns school and sat next the head masters son dave daves. I loved calling for the lads in the mid and late sixties great times. I worked with ronny on Whites Milk they were in Borough Road opp were i lived on corner of stafford street and Borough Rd the football in the square was great little tommy roach and the joneses and billingtons all got out on the square great great days keep in touch Mogsy Morris

I lived in St Andrews Square until I was about 12 or 13 so we moved out around 1969. The "flats" all had open coal fires which probably contributed to their demolition not long after. I remember climbing up on a wall with my brothers to watch men in protective overalls and masks dig up lead coffins on the Conway Street side where Bob's garage used to be. They also found an unexploded bomb at the garage site when that was dug over. There was also a huge fire and explosion where a couple of the kids from the flats got badly burned when oil/paint drums exploded. I remember one of the kids also over reached for the washing line on the first floor and Curly caught him when he fell. In the weeks leading up to bonfire night, the fire brigade would come and take away all the wood we'd collected and sometimes it would be hidden above one of the arches.

Remember Mr Dixon in his long brown coat and fingerless gloves - we used to wind him up by going in and asking how much penny arrow bars or halfpenny chix were. We never dared do it with Heseltines on Conway St though.