Comments on: Dr Browne of Hoylake

By: diane hind

diane hind — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:15:16 +0000

Miss Rose also kept a horse with one eye on the car lane estate behind newhall offices she took a lot of animals in,

By: Elaine Ball

Elaine Ball — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:27:29 +0000

I remember Miss Rose I got my kitten from her …… Amazing lady with lots of cats

By: Douglas Bayley

Douglas Bayley — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:27:24 +0000

I am pleased to say I knew Edna Rose well. I totally agree that the neglect was unintentional,she was a true animal lover.Sadly the house in Warren Rd Ibelieve became uninhabitable.
I am also proud to say that Edna gave me one of her sculptures and it is displayed in my house to this day.

By: Irene Smith (Mitchell)

Irene Smith (Mitchell) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:21:53 +0000

I remember Dr McBirnie making house calls at the births of my siblings. She was a brilliant doctor, years ahead of her time. I remember seeing her riding to her calls in her car that always had a fresh flower on the dash.

By: Charles Morris

Charles Morris — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:28:55 +0000

Both comments about Miss Rose are correct. She was Edna Rose and she did live in one of the houses of that terrace in Market Street. She owned that and then bought the house in Warren Road in about 1960; she owned both for a short time before moving fully into Warren Road. Yes, the house became overrun with cats as Miss Rose sadly began to lose her grip. It was most sad that in 1980, aged 78, she was prosecuted by the RSPCA for failing to look after a dog properly. I have no doubt that any neglect was unintentional; as I said, she was beginning to lose her grip. She had been an accomplished artist and sculptor, and I think she was commissioned to produce a sculpture for Chester Zoo.

She had two sisters, I think. One was Mona and another ran some boarding kennels across the railway line somewhere.

Regarding local doctors, many people will probably remember Dr. Eliott, who had a surgery in the house next to Bunny’s Garage on Market Street, also Dr. Rigby. Do people also remember Dr. Mawby (if I have got the spelling right) and, going further back, Dr. Burgess ?

By: Ian P

Ian P — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:43:23 +0000

For the baby boomers amongst you, I also researched two other local doctors of note.

Dr Janie Isobel McBirnie, qual. 1916 Edinburgh/Glasgow regd at Kings Drive Caldy but practice was opposite Manor Road. I had pneumonia in mid 50s and remember the bitter orange tasting penicillin she gave me!
(my friend Mal later bought her house – sadly he is no longer with us) Janie had a brother Fred (or maybe Frank?) who had something to do with the council and often was at Parade School functions.

Dr Edward Samuel Armstrong Ashe. Qual. 1933 Univ Dublin. Practice at 188 Birkenhead Road. Dr Ashe sewed up my knee at the Cottage in 1964 following a motorcycle accident. I have said elsewhere that Dr Ashe was also a member of the Lifeboat crew and a keen photographer.

By: Pat Ireland

Pat Ireland — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:44 +0000

Miss Rose in her later years was known as the “cat” lady as she had that many cats they took over the house – but that was in Warren Road. One of the many “silly” thing we remember people for.

By: Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:15:44 +0000

The late Enid (or was it Edna?) Rose of Warren Road had a family connection to one of these houses, I think she was brought up in one of them.