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If you recognise the images below then this page is for you. If the pictures bring back memories of days in Rainhill - even more so. By clicking either of the images you can put yourself in touch with other Rainhill exiles. You don't have to live far away; Prescot will do. But even if you live as far away as the Antipodes you can still join in. |
| If you click to the next page you will be asked to give some details about yourself and you can leave a brief message to be passed on to other ex-Rainhillians. |
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Below are the people who would like to get in touch, and the method of contact they would like. To respond you can either contact them direct if they've put up their address or you can email the Society for details at rainhill-civic@freenet.co.uk You can, of course, use the next page to put up a message of your own.This can be just a reminiscence or a bit of information about Rainhill that you would like to share - if you don't wish to be contacted that's all right. |
| Message from page editor. I have had a request from Bob Rippon who is trying to contact Bob Mitchell, using the address on this page. His messages are returned as un-deliverable. I get the same response. If you're out there Bob Mitchell, could you let me know if you've changed your email provider. Thanks. |
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| Sheila Crone | Shropshire UK | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
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| John Taylor | Melbourne, Australia | john_taylor1@bigpond.com |
| Message I am 63 years old and lived in Brookfield Avenue until the late 1960's. I attended both the Infant school and the Junior school in View Road. I was in the St. Anns Cubs and Scouts, a choir boy and a member of the youth group. I was an active back stage member (Stage Manager for a while)of the Garrick Society and the Operatic society. I am still in contact with some of my childhood friends and visit them whenever I am in the U.K. Some of them have been to Australia to visit. My mother (Veda Taylor) keeps me informed of happenings (births, deaths and marriages!!!!!). | ||
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| Rod Hughes | Cardiff, UK | rod@hughescardiff.freeserve.co.uk |
| Message I used to live in Longton Lane, Rainhill, until my mid-twenties when I moved to Cardiff (1971).I attended St Ann's church and youth club and was educated at St Ann's School and Prescot Grammar School.I would be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers me. | ||
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| Elaine and Malcolm (Bill) Wood | Rainhill | wmwood@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Message Incomers to Rainhill - only came here from Manchester in November 1967. Harold Corscadden said you had to have lived in Rainhill for 40 years before you were accepted so we're nearly there! | ||
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| Peter Rigby | Banksia Park, South Australia | Email address provided on request. |
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| Robert Harold Rippon (Robin) | Worthing, West Sussex, England | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message My name is Rippon (known as Robin).My full name is Robert.H.Rippon. I lived in Ansdell Villas Road .Rainhill. I had 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Brothers Phillip ,Geoff,myself, Peter and Roger. Sisters Enid and Audrey.If anybody remembers me or my family please contact me. I was born in 1937 and went to St Ann's village school ,then to Whiston Central, Regards Bob Rippon | ||
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| Alan Hughes | Sydney, Australia | sba.alan@ezylink.net.au |
| Message Hi. My name is Alan Hughes living in Sydney Australia; landed in Melbourne in Feb 1963. The Hughes family lived in Market St,later changed in name to Exchange Place,situated almost in the centre of the village. I was born in 1937, my brother Bill in 1933. We both went to the infants school,then to St Annes. I then went to Whiston Sec Mod, brother Bill to Prescot grammar. My grand parents,later my aunt Betty, owned the ice cream,sweet shop. My aunt & uncle had the post office (then the first house at the bottom of the bridge coming into the village on the right hand side). | ||
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| Ann Hensley (was Ann Blundell) | Charente Maritime, France | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
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| Margaret Bradbury | British Columbia, Canada | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message Left Rainhill area in 1961. Now in Canada since 1975. Live close to my children and grandchildren. Visit Rainhill and my mother Veda Taylor regularly. | ||
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| Alf Hughes | Manchester | hughes3@ntlworld.com |
| Message I am brother of Rod Hughes, and lived in Longton Lane until 1953. Moved to Prescot on marriage, and then to Eccleston Park. Moved to Manchester on remarriage in 1976. I worked at all the local collieries and retired from Cronton Colliery on closure in 1984. At all the collieries was employed as electrician. My schooldays were spent at St Ann's infants and junior schools and Higher Grade St Helens were I left in 1946.If anyone remembers me I would be pleased to hear from them. | ||
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| Tony Downey | Lake District | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message Lived in Rainhill Road until 1979 then moved to Longton Lane, where I stayed until I left for the Lake District in 1987. I went to Longton Lane infants and junior school and then to (the old) Rainhill High School and spent my last two years in the new school. The pictures bring back fond memories of Rainhill. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. | ||
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| Edna Sanders nee Kilshaw. | USA | mayflower737@hotmail.com |
| Message Hi. My name is Edna Sanders, formerly Kilshaw. I was born in 1937 and I attended St Ann's church and was educated at St Ann's schools. In December 1957 I married an American and went to live in Georgia, USA. If anyone remembers me I would be happy to hear from them. | ||
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| Peter Welsby | New York State,USA | pjwelsby@adelphia.net |
| Message My parents were William and Dorrien Welsby. I lived on Knowsley Road from 1950 until 1962. Dad ran the grocery shop on Victoria Terrace. Mum, now 92, is still in England with my sister Christine. | ||
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| Margaret Carden (nee Tyson) | Sydney, Australia | mjcarden@tpg.com.au |
| Message My mother was a district nurse and midwife in Rainhill for many years and lived in King Edward Road. I was born in 1942 and I went to St Ann's school and later to Whiston Secondary Modern. I left Rainhill in early 1960. I did my nurses training at Bolton Royal (1960-62) | ||
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| Audrey Wheeler (nee Rippon) | Brighton, W. Sussex | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message As Audrey Rippon I trained as a State Registered Nurse at Whiston Hospital in 1943-46. I would love to hear from anyone who knows me or who worked at the hospital at that time. In particular, I would like to know the whereabouts of Jean Cherry, who was in my year and married a soldier, Kit. I met my husband, Capt. Stanley Wheeler at the hospital when I was treating Italian P.O.W. He was there to arrange their repatriation. My father, Philip Rippon, used his car, a Standard drophead, to carry the Rainhill Carnival Queen and also lent his lorry for the carnival procession. I was confirmed and married at St Ann's church. | ||
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| Deborah Collett (nee Seddon) | Spalding, Lincs., UK | tobytoes2@yahoo.co.uk |
| Message I was at St Ann's school from 1965 to 1972, before going to Prescot Girls' Grammar School. During my time in Rainhill I was a member of St Ann's church, youth club and guides. I even remember the wonderful Miss Owen. I have spent the last 23 years teaching around the country. I now live with my husband and son in Lincolnshire. Best wishes and happy memories. | ||
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| Dennis Halsall | Canada | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message I moved to Canada in 1967. I used to live in Sandhurst Road and went to Longton Lane primary school. I then went to Whiston Secondary Modern. I have lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba since then. I would like to hear from anyone who knows me. | ||
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| Jeanne Dimelow (nee Hall) | nr Peterhead, Scotland | jeanne@dimzsnaz.waitrose.com |
| Message I moved to Rainhill Road in 1947 and attended St Ann's infant and junior schools. I went to Whiston Secondary Modern for 12 months then transferred to Tower College. Moved to Mill Lane (very close to the original site of the stone cross in my mid-teens. My maternal grandmother (D. Kenwright) had a draper's shop right in the centre of the village until 1969. Moved to Aberdeen in 1976 with husband and sons, but unfortunately widowed in 1998. Have since met someone else and now live in rural Aberdeenshire growing soft fruit and veg. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers me or was at school with me. | ||
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| Ken Ashton | Prestatyn, Wales | kenashton@aol.com |
| Message Iwas born in Rainhill, at the stationmaster's house, in 1932. My grandad Fahey was the village bobby and my gran the midwife. He used to say she brought 'em into the world and he kept 'em on the straight and narrow. I went to the village school with Maggie Lowe and Ken Acourt etc, then to Prescot Grammar. Grew up in Sandhurst Road. After working at Rainhill Hospital, I became a journalist, working on the Reporter for a while, then dailies, then edited the Rugby Leaguer. I moved to Prestatyn in 1972 and was mayor of the town 86-87. At 75, I'm still working - I tutor journalism for the London School of Journalism. | ||
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| Bob Mitchell | New Zealand | boborval@clear.net.nz |
| Message Hi. My name is Bob Mitchell. I lived in Rainhill for about 16 yrs, in Chatsworth Road then later Trent Road. I left there in 1955, moved to Australia for a few years then to New Zealand. I have lots of memories of Rainhill and the surrounding area. School life - infants Portico Lane, then St Ann’s schools, on to Grange Park Sec. I was a member of the St John Ambulance in Prescot for a few years, then the Scouts in Rainhill (curlew patrol). Also a choirboy at St Ann’s church. I can only remember a few names, Eric Finney, Brian Lowcock, Gordon Unsworth, Donald Platt and the Rev Jones. I remember big carnivals in the Rainhill Ex-services club grounds; I was the Herald with the scroll. I did that two years in a row. A bit like this, “Whereas on the 13 day of June 1949, Miss June Haddon was elected carnival Queen, she shall now be crowned.” Mrs Glovers Sweet shop was a favourite. My father, also Bob Mitchell, was barman caretaker of the Ex-services Club for about ten years. I remember he had an allotment near to the railway station. | ||
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| Paddy Pfeil | Florida, USA | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message This is in memory of my dear mother, Mary Coleman Steele, who passed away on Dec. 30, 2007. She was born in Lea Green in 1918 and lived in a small farm cottage on the Liverpool to Warrington road in Rainhill. Her mother and father, Ellen and Paddy Coleman, used to clean the Sanctuary lamp in St. Bartholomew's- it was a big hanging brass lamp and her dad brought it home. She went to St. Bart's school, as had her mother, and visited with a lady named Lady Hamilton who lived in the cottage of Loyola Hall - the owners at the time were Lord and Lady Bretherton. At the age of 7 she was chosen to present flowers to a Princess Bleucher on behalf of the ladies of Rainhill! My great grandfather, Paddy (Patrick) Coleman is buried in the grave yard at St. Bart's | ||
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| Matthew Philip (Matt) Gilsenan | Rainhill UK | mattgils@yahoo.co.uk |
| Message Born in Longton Lane, I have lived in Rainhill most of my life except for a short stay in Prescot with mum and Dad. I have contact with many names on the list, and recognise many more. I would like to know if any of our Historians can shed any light on the wooden building that stood in the Vicarage grounds until the mid fifties. I started my Scouting life between this building, the old school Kitchen and the loft above the coach house. The building was destroyed by fire and finally dismantled, I remember the stone work from the church steeple was stacked around it. I would like to know if it was built as a Scout HQ or a Church Hall. [Editor's note: Matt was the winner of the 2007 "Rainhill in Bloom" competition and has won again in 2008.] | ||
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| Terence Colin Steele | Great Falls, Montana, USA | tcsteele@bresnan.net |
| Message I actually lived in Clock Face, but my mother, Mary Elizabeth (Coleman) Steele, was born in Rainhill in 1914. My mother passed away on December 31, 2007, and never ceased to tell us of her youth in Rainhill. | ||
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| Geoff Lovett | Brisbane, Australia | geoffnee@bigpond.net.au |
| Message Born and bred Rainhiller; used to live in Second Avenue. I attended both the old and now not so new St Barts primary. Then Edmund Arrowsmith in Scotchbarn Lane. I was a member of the Lifeboys at the Holt Congregational church. Then I had a few years with the Scouts (5th Widnes). Ran for Sutton Harriers until we emigrated to NZ in 1974. We then moved to Oz in 2003. I have great memories of the Attic discos at St James church on Friday nights. | ||
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| Dawn Smith (nee Johnston) | England | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message Attended St Bartholomews and remember Betty's. My daughter has fond memories of Mrs Welsby's cake shop. We lived on Station Street from the 1950s to the early 90s. | ||
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| Dorothy Cartmell (nee Tirebuck) | Queensland, Australia | neilanddot@bluemaxx.com.au |
| Message I was born in Sandhurst Road, Rainhill in 1946. I attended St Ann's school, both infant and junior, and then went to Whiston Secondary Modern. I married Neil in 1964. We have three children, 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. We have lived in Australia since 1973. Most of our family live there now. | ||
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| Joan Langlois (nee Welsby) | England | langlois@tesco.net |
| Message Hello to all relatives and friends in Rainhill. I am John and Anne Welsby's daughter and sister of Rosemary, who unfortunately is no longer with us. I left Rainhill in 1962 having married Michael Langlois and moved south. Now living in Brackley, Northants. We have two children, Helena and Jeremy and three grandchildren, Rosie, Lily and Dylan (Helena's three). Would love to hear from anyone who knew me. Love, Joan. | ||
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| Jan Norman | Derby, UK | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message I lived in Calder Drive until 1970. I attended St Ann's school and youth club, then Preccy Grammar. I also went to the Attic at St James - it was wonderful, brill music. I hung around with the Vic Mods - have recently been in touch with Geoff Lovett; would love to hear from anyone out there who remembers me. (I was the one with the red hair and freckles!!) | ||
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| Max Lycett | Orange County, California, USA. | Via Rainhill Civic Society |
| Message Anyone remember 35 years ago? | ||
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