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Anyone on Forum remember Maris Stella Rowson St New Brighton or have memories of 1950's of St Alban's Liscard?

i went there also till 1981 i think...?
mrs page was a form teacher, scary....

also went to Liscard primary , it was called Egerton Grove Primary then
my first teacher was Miss Pelos think her name was...

yes i remember it,barnston lane school,it was painted greenhouse green,i went there for a time,there was a teacher called yerdsley little round,red haired man,used to terrify me.

50s i lived in rowson st,remember maris stella school,the girls there were taught by nuns who lived in the holy family convent which adjoined the school,also remember saturday night dances at st albans church hall wonderful!!!

I went there from age eleven to sixteen. There were about 240 pupils so you knew everyone.
Don't remember the socials at St Albans, but my dad was strict so doubt I would have been allowed to go. I was not allowed to go to English Martyrs Youth Club as he though 'Teddyboys' went there which was far from the truth.

I was allowed at fourteen to go to Scout Socials with my Mum and Grandmother. Big deal!

I loved my dad,and it was explained in later life that my parents did not want me to come to any harm. Unfortunately I hardly had any fun as a teenager and even older. It's weird to have more fun over forty than when you are younger!

Using church as an excuse I did manage to go to some Sunday afternoons at Kraal Club, and a couple of afternoon 'booze' cruises on Royal Iris until a neighbour who was on the boat spilled the beans!

I remember the school well. Marie Kaine, where are you now?

Well done for escaping on sunday afternoons,went there most sundays,great happy memories.

Thanks Parkgater

here i go again,has anyone got pictures of cathcart street in the 1950s please,seems like every school but !

Sadly, I suppose we have to add Mostyn House School in Parkgate.

Yes, sadly it looks in decline with no buyer on the horizon!

Just read this post,band I played in "entertained" ther on many Saturday evenings.Can't remember the name(s) we played under,like lots of other bands,these were changed regularly if we didn't go down too well.They weren't even called gigs then, they were bookings!
A visit to The Boot was usually required,either before starting,or during the break.The second half always started with prayers from the Parish Priest before he rushed off to give "last rights" to his whisky bottle.
It was something for lots of young folk to do,no trouble and paid for our equipment and beer.What more could a teenage "rock god" ask for?

Dorothy ,
Didn't Norah Reynolds live in School Place ??

Do you remember the Barm Cakes from Blackledges the Bakers just up from you ....??

I don't recognise this - I used to work there in 2000 on security- it must have been before there was a lot of building done

I was going to Our Ladys school during the blitz a nd our Canon Tallon was killed when our junior school and the church was hit.This meant us having a short holiday while some teachers retrieved books etc from the half demolished juniors. How is that for health and safety.Our classes were then moved into the hall of the infants and the classes were taught side by side which made it very hard to concentrate. Happy days. Joney.