NEW PLANS FOR GATEACRE GRANGE
We only recently learned that the proposed sale of Gateacre Grange to the TRB Estates Group (see the September 2000 Newsletter) fell through before Christmas, and it has instead been sold to Mr Bill Doyle of Mossley Hill. He has submitted an application for listed building consent and planning permission (refs. 01L/0318 and 01F/0339) to convert the house and ancillary buildings into 20 apartments. We have not yet studied the plans in detail, but they have been drawn up by reputable local architects. Once again we shall be looking for assurances about the future maintenance of the buildings and grounds.

OLD PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED
We are currently trying to build up our collection of local photographs. In particular, we are looking for pictures of long-standing residents of Gateacre, and other people with local connections. Also, pictures of houses now demolished: Lee Vale, Belle Vale Hall, Rough Grange and Elmsfield (Grange Lane), Orient House (Halewood Road), Rockfield and The Slopes (Cuckoo Lane), etc. If you possess, or know someone else who has, any such photographs which we could copy, please contact Beryl Plent.
(Who is the lady on the right? Answer in the next Newsletter!)