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• Re: Brairs Hey childrens home with education school Rainhill by joanne ashcroft (Member 10237797) on 28-May-2009
  hi i was at brairs hey as well in the late 80s,my names joanne ashcroft,do you remember mr crawford and mrs curd,which level were you on,i started at the secure unit and ended up in the flats,i cant remember your name,but there was that many girls that came and went,

• Re: Brairs Hey childrens home with education school Rainhill by joanne ashcroft (Member 10237797) on 28-May-2009
  if you want to get in touch my email is juicyjoanne@live.co.uk

• Re: Brairs Hey childrens home with education school Rainhill by Stephencebu (Member 10259160) on 13-Mar-2011
  Hi I am one of the Crawford boys, and I have just found this site by accident while trying to find a picture of a H3 Crosville bus, Lol.
  I was surprised to see our name here. Our family is all split up now. I never knew the club at St James was called the attic even though i went there myself. I am writing my autobiography which has a large chapter on Rainhill, hence my trying to find a H3.
  Rega
  rds
  estilloresteeve@yahoo.com.ph
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• Re: Brairs Hey childrens home with education school Rainhill by caroline hough (Member 10259780) on 29-Mar-2011
  hi i just came across this site while looking up information about briars hey,i was at briars hey from 1985-1988 i remeber mr crawford and mrs curd.i worked my way round the different floors also i ended up in the flats by the time i left.i went to the village high school aswell rainhill high.im not sure if we were there at the same time or not im not to good with names,my name is the same as it w
  as then caroline hough.e-mail me if you would like to get intouch.
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• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by Margaret Darbyshire (Member 10092938) on 13-May-2009
  Did Gill have reddish hair? If it is the smae Gill she married Mike Porter and went to live in South Africa. I think her dad had something to do with the NSPCC though I think he died when she was young. She was tallish and slim.

• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 14-May-2009
  Hi to you margaret and thanks for info .very kind of you did you know her well...

• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by Margaret Darbyshire (Member 10092938) on 7-Jun-2009
  Yes I knew her quite well. The last time I saw her was approx 20 yesr ago when she was over in England for a visit. I ahve tried lloking in the bt phoenbook for Mikes realtives as I know they lived in Rainford. There is a Davenport but not sure if it is his relation. I may just call it sometime and see then would be able to trace Gill.

• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 8-Jun-2009
  Thanks for that Margaret .if poss could you contact me on my email at tonypilk@hotmail.com and Thanks again ..

• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 12-Jun-2009
  Hi and thanks again margaret re.. GILL BROWN when you get time could you email me on tonypilk@hotmail.com

• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 2-Sep-2009
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• Re: Gill Brown rainhill jones estate by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 4-Dec-2009
  Hi again Margaret if you can email me I might have some info for you regards Gill BROWN ... thanks Tony .....

• Re: Rainhill jones estate Gill Brown by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 2-Sep-2009
  RE GILL BROWN ANYONE CAN CONTACT ME THRU FRIENDS REUNITED AND MY WEB PAGE IS TONYPILK.MYFRIENDSREUNITED.COM MY EMAIL IS tonypilk@hotmail.com

• Re: Rainhill jones estate Gill Brown by tony pilkington (Member 10227394) on 2-Sep-2009
  sorry that should be tonypilk.myfriendsreunited.com or just get me thru friends reunited search engine

• Re: rainhill by john berrigan (Member 10192991) on 24-Jan-2008
  wasn't that owned by the websters.could be wrong.

• Re: rainhill by Russ Naylor (Member 10201811) on 24-Feb-2008
  Yeah,I remember the shop.You went up steps to it and it had a corner entrance.How yah doing John ? I am still in touch with Mark Unsworth.Remember him ?

• Re: rainhill by john berrigan (Member 10192991) on 26-Feb-2008
  Hi Russ long time no see.I certainly do remember Mark.He was a big help with his electrical skills.I've been living in Whiston Village since 1981 so don't get to Rainhill much these days.Anyway nice to hear from you.

• Re: rainhill by David Norman (Member 10229890) on 31-Jul-2008
  The sweetshop was called "Bettys". A great old fashioned sweetshop with jars of everything imaginable that you would buy in a quarter pound - or 2oz - and get them in a concical paper bag. Wow! what memories. Me and my sister Janet were trying to recall the line of shops on the other side of Warrington Road - all family run - in the early/mid 60s. From left to right (please correct us if we'r
  e wrong)
  
  Jack Philips's newsagents
  The cafe / snack bar
  A bit blank...Was Kenwrights Drapers store next to that?
  The chemists - was that run by the Lightfoots?
  The butchers - Welsbys?
  The Wool Shop
  The bakers / cake shop - also run by the Welsbys
  Monaghans hardware store
  Howarths greengrocers
  .. and then Reynolds supermarket
  
  The post office was run by the Lowe family
  
  Next to the Vic was the Village Chippy that did the best spam fritters ever! A small split (chips and mushy peas) was a shilling - and when they put it up by a penny we'd make a point of asking for a "One and a penny shilling split please"
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• Re: rainhill by john berrigan (Member 10192991) on 6-Aug-2008
  do you remember ma jessops junk shop opposite the the station by the commercial.the stuff in there would be worth a fortune these days but i could never go in because she had it seemed about a dozen pekenese dogs and the place stunk something awful.happy days eh.

• Re: rainhill by Robert H Rippon (Member 10233456) on 17-Nov-2008
  Re the sweetshop. It was owned by Mr & Mrs Glover. My sister Enid Rippon married their son Tom Glover and they emigrated to Western Austrlia. Mr & Mrs Glover followed them some years later. I lived with my family in Ansdell Villas Rd Rainhill We had a large family My brothers Phillip.Geoffrey. Peter. Roger. myself then known as Robin and two sisters Enid and Audrey.

• Re: rainhill by Robert H Rippon (Member 10233456) on 17-Nov-2008
  to Edna Townsend
  Hi my name is Bob Rippon. I remember several names from Rainhill .Bob Forshaw. Alan Platt. Bob Dixson .Anita Lowe . Clive Lowe. Margo Holly. The Frodsham family. Nevil Thomas. Len Pimblet . Do they ring any bells.
  Bob Rippon
  

• Re: rainhill by Pauline Hurst nee Longstaff (Member 10234933) on 29-Jan-2009
  Yes I remember the sweet shop, seem to remember the owner wasn't all that friendly. Hi Russ how are you doing?

• Re: rainhill by susan roberts (Member 10237089) on 27-Apr-2009
  Hi
  Do you remember the village cafe in rianhill village , i see some one was asking the same, and said they had a son who was a solder well im sorry to say i can't remember that one, do you know what year that was. you see i lived there with my mum and dad and my brother and he is very much alive.
  I was born there in 1956 and moved in the 70s.
  I would like to know if any one remembers us my
  mum's name was Millie and my Dads name was Ron my Brother is Roy it would be nice to hear from you thanks
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• Re: rainhill by Helen (Member 10241776) on 21-Oct-2009
  Depends when you are thinking about. When I was growing up we knew the sweetshop as Betty Hughes'.

• Re: rainhill by Stephencebu (Member 10259160) on 13-Mar-2011
  After Betty Hughes it became known as Pownalls. It seemed to be mother and son and they let it go a bit. This was during the 1970's. The son killed a girl in the entry at Tasker terrace and was done for murder. After that it became a Mexican restaurant.
  estilloresteeve@yahoo.com.ph

• Re: rainhill by moe (Member 10262682) on 22-Jun-2011
  Hi. I remember Ma Jessop well, although I was younger in those days. King George V, VII, and Elizabeth, use to visit her shop, although I never saw them. The stuff in there, if you could stand the smell, was a fortune.
  
  I have only become a memeber tonight, as I am trying to find out, what Ma Jessops first name was.
  
  Rega
  rds Moe.
  
  Moe1@gmx.co.uk
  
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• Re: rainhill hospital now the larches by Geoff Lovett (Member 10159020) on 1-Dec-2005
  Funny you should mention this,years ago there used to be a tale of a hooded monk that walked the grounds of the ''Menc'' as we called it.Also there used to be a farmer called Major who leased land that the hospital owned,he told tales of weird goings on.Try this web site
  http://www.sthelenschat.co.uk/default.asp
  Geoff.

• Re: rainhill hospital now the larches by Michael Armstrong-Smith (Member 10144877) on 18-Nov-2008
  Hi
  I used to work on the annex side of the road, that's the side on the right as you come from St Helens. The site of Rainhill Hospital sits on top of a much older structure. Under the main corridor by ward 11 was an opening, in the walls of which were hooks to which the unfortunates were chained. This area was out of bounds to the staff but I knew someone with a key and got to look around.
  
  Pr
  esumably this area was bulldozed when the hospital closed but I would bet 10 pounds that the chained area survives as it was hewn out of the sandstone. I'm wondering whether the hooded monk isn't from that area and that perhaps what your dog is picking up is the spirits of those poor unfortunate people who got incarcerated.
  
  I tell you, England's dim and distant past was no place to be mentally sick.
  
  I could also tell you stories about the research that used to take place there well into the 1970s but that's another story and one which is probably too close to home. Does anyone else remember the research ward that belonged to Liverpool University?
  
  Michael
  Best wishes
  Michael
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• Re: Rainhill by Danny (Member 10204074) on 5-Mar-2007
  Poeple who live (ok well born in Rainhill) are NOT scousers... plastic one yes, i hate the rainhill accent, sounds awful, and this is coming from a lad from south liverpool

• Re: Rainhill by Stephencebu (Member 10259160) on 13-Mar-2011
  I'm also from south Liverpool and lived in Rainhill for some time. When we first moved there our address was rainhill, Lancashire!
  The young lads in Rainhill 'put on' the scouse accent to think they are hard. They over do it coz even in the Dingle or Toxteth the accent is not as bad as rainhill lads so proves they make it up as they go along. Rainhill accent is a mixture of Lancashire and woolie
  back and I agree its awful. My daughter was born in Whiston hospital and got that accent and she also hates it, lol.
  estilloresteeve@yahoo.com.ph
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• Re: Rainhill Cricket Club by Peter Connolly (Member 10233654) on 28-Nov-2008
  I also played for Rainhill CC in 1964 and 1965 before returning to Australia. Jack used to pick me up on game days in his Austin A40. I played Saturday and Sunday games. Unfortunately I 've lost the information with all of my team mates but I do have a couple of team photos if you'd like a copy.

• Re: Rainhill Cricket Club by Michael Armstrong-Smith (Member 10144877) on 28-Apr-2009
  Hi Peter
  I would love to see some photos of those days.
  
  How are we going to arrange it?
  Michael

• Re: Rainhill Cricket Club by Peter Connolly (Member 10233654) on 2-Sep-2009
  Send me an email to
  
  peterconnolly128@hotmail.com
  
  I'll have to find them but I know I have some

• Re: Rainhill Cricket Club by Peter Connolly (Member 10233654) on 31-Mar-2010
  I'll be retired if you don't contact my email address or provide yours so I can send the team photos

• Re: Rainhill Cricket Club by Peter Connolly (Member 10233654) on 5-Oct-2010
  Michael Armstrong-Smith are you still out there?