Comments on: Friday Photo: Before The Row

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:28:04 +0000

Hi Sid,
Sorry about the delay in replying. We have just returned from a trip up to the Wirral, enjoying visiting the old stamping ground, but mostly to celebrate my 70th birthday with family and friends.
When I first married and left home, I was not too interested in old family photos, and consequently now I have hardly any, but I would be interested to see some if you would kindly post them for me.
I take it the shop you refer to on the corner of Lake Place and Market Street was the one set back from the street, and not the old Echo office on the other corner. I think it was Scott’s bakery in my day.

By: Syd Bird

Syd Bird — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:12:29 +0000

Hi Mike,
glad I had the right person,I remember your grandfather telling me he was also the Manager at Gibsons Stores which used to be located on the corner of Lake Place and Market St. He allowed me to copy a photo he had of him standing outside of the shop,I take it you have a copy already?

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:31:41 +0000

I was sad to read of John Morgan’s death. We all grew up together in that part of Hoylake.

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:28:23 +0000

Hello Syd,
Yes my grandfather lived at 9 Celtic Road, Meols, which is where my father, Harry Wilson, was born. My grandfather’s brother Rex used to have a fish shop on Market Street, opposite the Punch Bowl.

By: Syd Bird

Syd Bird — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:58:15 +0000

Hello Mike,
I was wondering if your grandfather Leo Wilson is the same Leo Wilson that I knew in the early 1960`s. The Leo Wilson I knew lived in Celtic Road, Meols and he was very helpful to me at that time when I was collecting old photos of Hoylake and Meols

By: Ian P

Ian P — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:03:24 +0000

I remember John Morgan, (bn 1943) and bumped into him at a golf tournament in Wales in the 80s (he was playing and I was watching) Sadly, he died from a brain tumor in 2006.

By: Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:38:51 +0000

My Grandfather, Leo Wilson, was the manager of the Coop on the right of the picture. The shop at the end of the row on the left, not Johnny Haskins sports shop, was I think called Storey’s. It was a hardware store and was home to John Morgan, who became a golfer of some repute.

By: helen carr

helen carr — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:51:49 +0000

Cynthia Lennon’s maiden name was Powell Helen Carr

By: helen carr

helen carr — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:50:23 +0000

I was in the art class with cynthia at the parade school. Her maiden name was Cynthia Powell. i think i have spelt it right. Helen Carr

By: Terry Roberts

Terry Roberts — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:53:20 +0000

Cynthia Lennon. Maiden name was ” Powell”