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OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF GATEACRE
from the collection of the Gateacre Society
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If you have any further information about any of the subjects depicted here, or if you have any old photographs of Gateacre people
or places which
we could copy,
please let us know.
Left: Gateacre Unitarian Chapel, Gateacre Brow (c.1910)
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Left: Last day at the old Post Office, Gateacre Brow (1978). W.McAndrew, Evelyn Dykin and Claire Crinnon in the doorway.
Right: Mr Hulme at Belle Vale Service Station, Belle Vale Road (1960s). Woodholme Court now occupies the site.
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Left: Thornside (later Banks's/Davenport's shop), Grange Lane (c.1900?).
Right: Crosby's Shop (formerly Halfway House Inn) and Soul's Cottage, Belle Vale Road (now Childwall Valley Road) (1950s). The Fire Station now occupies the site
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Left: Gateacre Riding School pupils in Grange Lane (c.1950)
Right: Photo taken at Gateacre Grange on the occasion of William Hall Walker's wedding (1895)
Below left: Builder's Yard, Sandfield Road (1979)
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The Gateacre Society will be holding a series of monthly 'history in pictures' meetings between February and May 2008. The meetings will be held in Gateacre Chapel on Sunday afternoons, starting at 2 pm. At each meeting, a varied selection of old photographs and maps from our collection will be projected and discussed - each session concentrating on a different area of Gateacre.
Here are the dates and the topics:
17th FEBRUARY: the Grange Lane area.
2nd MARCH: Gateacre Brow/Sandfield Road.
6th APRIL: Rose Brow and Cuckoo Lane
4th MAY: Netherley and Belle Vale
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Page created 2 Feb 2008 by MRC
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