Comments on: Friday Photo: Parish Church & The Great Storm

By: GILL MCMAHON

GILL MCMAHON — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:34:07 +0000

My grandparents were Elizabeth and William Mills (Lil and Bill) of 14 Trinity Road and I knew Jackie’s parents in law very well. Not sure who lived at number 18 after the Powells – my grandmother moved after the death of my grandad in 1969.

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:29:05 +0000

I think number 18 was the Roberts family. The father was sea going, but I do remember you and your Mother and Father. I married Ron Hall in 1967 and lived at number 16 till 19 69, with his parents, and then we bought number 12 from the army. The Mills family lived at number 14.

By: Bob Mason

Bob Mason — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:37:28 +0000

My parents bought in 1952, but don’t know from whom.

By: Richard McIntyre

Richard McIntyre — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:38:45 +0000

Do you know the name of the person who owned # 20 Trinity Rd. before your family, I am trying to find the name of the person or persons who owned # 18 and # 20 in 1953. I think the owner of # 20 was a Mrs. Banks.

By: Bob Mason

Bob Mason — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:00:18 +0000

Have just found Hoylake Junction – bringing back memories.

Saw the post by Sue, August 25th. 2010, with reference to Julian Lennon.

I was born in a flat on Back Sea View, and as a teen, lived at 20, Trinity Road, opposite the Parish Church and next door to Cynthia Powell at # 18. I met my wife-to-be on the R.M.S. Sylvania, as she and I emigrated to Canada in March 1964. We returned to the U.K. to get married, and the week before the big day, Annette came up from Kent to meet my family, so a big party was held. That Saturday night, September 4th. 1965, Annette and most of my female cousins got to see The Beatles, Cynthia Lennon and baby Julian. By standing on the toilet in the second floor bathroom, looking over the 6 foot high wall between our place and next door, they could see right into Mrs. Powell’s kitchen, The group had come back with John, so it was an exciting time for my wife and cousins.

By: Gordon Evans

Gordon Evans — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:49:07 +0000

Hi Hoylake Philip

If your are Philip BELL (b1936), son of George BELL and Florence May nee ARMITAGE (b1901), then according to my family tree relationship-calculator you and I are 5th cousins.

Wondered if you’ve ever corresponded with Gail Brumfitt in Hobart, Tasmania, who was born 1964 in Hoylake and who according to the same relationship-calculator is your 3rd cousin once removed?

By: Gordon Evans

Gordon Evans — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:31:46 +0000

My understanding is that all five named were crew of the fishing smack ELLEN and ANNE.
The STAG was crewed by John BECK, his sons Harry & John BECK and his cousin George BECK.
As far as I’m aware their bodies were never found, the STAG having simply disappeared whilst on the way back to Hoylake from Anglesey during the storm of 22 December 1894.

By: Jennifer Triggs

Jennifer Triggs — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:20:49 +0000

Reading Philip’s message reminded me of when we were coming home off the last train after a night out, we lived down Trinity Road near to the beach. We would dash down in the hope of getting past the graveyard before the street lights went off at midnight as it got very dark and spooky then.

Why didn’t we think to get an earlier train and not stay in the clubs so long ???

By: Philip Bell

Philip Bell — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:32:37 +0000

My grandfather was George Reuben Armitage and my grandmother was Margaret Eccles both of whom are buried, together with their families, in Hoylake Parish Church. Hoylake Sherlock would have been quite terrified if she had passed the Church on a dark winter`s night and heard ghostly sounds from behind the grave stones whilst suddenly an apparition presented itself in the form of a choir boy or two dressed in cassock and surplus and gliding quietly ( though sofly moaning) away into the vestry for choir practice. If it happened to her I was one of those boys.

With regard to fishing, my grandfathers boats were Vigilant, Birch Castle, and a knobby named Isobel.
George retired from fishing in the late thirties and passed on in the middle forties. Grandma Eccles whom I never knew died in 1906. Both are buried together with their families in our Parish Church.

I spent many years in London and upon my return home my church had gone. An act of vandalism and the weakest of excuses given for it`s demolition.

Hoylake Philip

By: Hoylake Sherlock

Hoylake Sherlock — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:56:14 +0000

I lived in both Trinity Road and Grosvenor Road when I was a lass. I remember passing the church on my way home from school on dull winter nights – (School Lane and Market Street) – as a child I was terrified of the place! Admittedly a lot of my family are buried in that churchyard – My Dad was a sea-faring Sherlock and his father, his grandfather and great grandfather (and further back than that again) were fishermen.

I often peek at this site and it takes me right back – I’ve not been home for 30 years .. I really should go …