Comments on: One event… http://boakes.org/one-event/ nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:17:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Lesley http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-124132 Lesley Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:03:30 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-124132 Oh yes, and the bombed site where I saw <a href="http://gowen.org/my-first-bonfire/" rel="nofollow">my first bonfire</a> was between Sham St , Poulton Rd and Broughton Rd. I believe new houses were built there in the late 1940s. Oh yes, and the bombed site where I saw my first bonfire was between Sham St , Poulton Rd and Broughton Rd. I believe new houses were built there in the late 1940s.

]]> By: Lesley http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123723 Lesley Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:10:35 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123723 Oh dear... call myself a navigator??? They turned right onto Poulton Rd.... i was looking at it upside down! Oh dear… call myself a navigator??? They turned right onto Poulton Rd…. i was looking at it upside down!

]]> By: Lesley http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123721 Lesley Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:08:40 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123721 Now then.... You were exactly correct in pinpointing No.9 Poulton Rd. However, Mum & Dad did, in fact turn LEFT along Poulton Rd when the left what was left of Northbrook Rd. The reason they had to divert along Halville Rd was probably because there was a huge crater in Poulton Rd just past it, totally blocking the way. Mum told me that the long-buried former tramlines were left sticking up into the sky, looking very gaunt and frightening. It was here too that Mum saw the warden without his hat on and reprimanded him. When they got to Pop's house, they told him that their windows had blown in..... understatement or what? I don't think they had much on in the way of clothes and were cut to pieces and very black. Dave & I went there last year when we went to visit Joan Fearon in Liverpool. I always felt sad that they didn't rebuild my first home. It is a part of the schoolyard now. Anyway, avoid diverting along Halville Rd and continue along Poulton Rd until you come to Hillcroft Rd. Rufford Rd (where we eventually moved to and lived until 1950) is a square. Nana & Pop lived on the bottom RH corner of that square. Very close by are the allotments where I bought flowers for Mum when my brother & sister were born after the war Now then…. You were exactly correct in pinpointing No.9 Poulton Rd. However, Mum & Dad did, in fact turn LEFT along Poulton Rd when the left what was left of Northbrook Rd.

The reason they had to divert along Halville Rd was probably because there was a huge crater in Poulton Rd just past it, totally blocking the way. Mum told me that the long-buried former tramlines were left sticking up into the sky, looking very gaunt and frightening. It was here too that Mum saw the warden without his hat on and reprimanded him.

When they got to Pop’s house, they told him that their windows had blown in….. understatement or what? I don’t think they had much on in the way of clothes and were cut to pieces and very black.

Dave & I went there last year when we went to visit Joan Fearon in Liverpool. I always felt sad that they didn’t rebuild my first home. It is a part of the schoolyard now.

Anyway, avoid diverting along Halville Rd and continue along Poulton Rd until you come to Hillcroft Rd. Rufford Rd (where we eventually moved to and lived until 1950) is a square. Nana & Pop lived on the bottom RH corner of that square.

Very close by are the allotments where I bought flowers for Mum when my brother & sister were born after the war

]]> By: Lesley http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123567 Lesley Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:52:31 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-123567 By the time of the blitz, Nana & Pop had moved from Poulton Road to 18 Hillcroft Road...ie in the other direction. Pop had built an Anderson shelter in the back, with a garden on top ('Dig for Victory' was the slogan of the day). After six months living with them, we moved into 32 Rufford Rd, about 150 yards down the road...I lived even closer to my grandparents than you did to yours. After Nana died, Len & Prim moved into her house and you & I visited them there the year we camped in North Wales By the time of the blitz, Nana & Pop had moved from Poulton Road to 18 Hillcroft Road…ie in the other direction.

Pop had built an Anderson shelter in the back, with a garden on top (’Dig for Victory’ was the slogan of the day).

After six months living with them, we moved into 32 Rufford Rd, about 150 yards down the road…I lived even closer to my grandparents than you did to yours.

After Nana died, Len & Prim moved into her house and you & I visited them there the year we camped in North Wales

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-39346 Rich Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:33:15 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-39346 I'm trying to work out what the route from 58 Northbrook Road to 9 Poulton Road might have been. I know where 58 Northbrook road was, because I've been there, and the fact that it was never rebuilt helps; but I'm not sure about the location of 9 Poulton Road. The computer tells me it's east of Northbrook, but a diversion up Halville Road would head west, then north; entirely the other direction. This is feasible, but... I need to know where Number 9 is to be sure. <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http://boakes.org/geo/pts/northbrook_to_poulton.kmz&ie=UTF8&z=17&t=h&om=1" rel="nofollow">See route version 1</a>. Or in <a href="http://boakes.org/geo/pts/northbrook_to_poulton.kmz" rel="nofollow">Google Earth</a>. In any locals can help, please speak up! I’m trying to work out what the route from 58 Northbrook Road to 9 Poulton Road might have been. I know where 58 Northbrook road was, because I’ve been there, and the fact that it was never rebuilt helps; but I’m not sure about the location of 9 Poulton Road.

The computer tells me it’s east of Northbrook, but a diversion up Halville Road would head west, then north; entirely the other direction. This is feasible, but… I need to know where Number 9 is to be sure.

See route version 1. Or in Google Earth.

In any locals can help, please speak up!

]]> By: gowen.org » Blog Archive » Living on borrowed time http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-26422 gowen.org » Blog Archive » Living on borrowed time Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:13 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-26422 [...] My son has published the ‘Epic poem’ on his website. [...] [...] My son has published the ‘Epic poem’ on his website. [...]

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-4018 Rich Mon, 05 Sep 2005 13:35:32 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-4018 I notice that on friendsreunited there's a Lesley Shone with links to the Wirral, but I don't have an account that I can contact her on to ask if she recognizes the story. I'm sure Internet will do it's thing, and everyone googles their own name eventually. I notice that on friendsreunited there’s a Lesley Shone with links to the Wirral, but I don’t have an account that I can contact her on to ask if she recognizes the story. I’m sure Internet will do it’s thing, and everyone googles their own name eventually.

]]> By: Lesley http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-3994 Lesley Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:34:36 +0000 http://boakes.org/one-event/#comment-3994 Until I read this poem, when Dad wrote it, I had always believed that all the other neighbours were 'out in the street' watching what was going on. It was only all those years later, that I learnt from this poem that they were in fact all dead. It really brought home the reality of how very lucky we were to survive. BTW, Mrs Shone named her second daughter 'Lesley' as a 'Thank You' to Dad. The first daughter who was my age(2) was Sandra. Until I read this poem, when Dad wrote it, I had always believed that all the other neighbours were ‘out in the street’ watching what was going on.

It was only all those years later, that I learnt from this poem that they were in fact all dead. It really brought home the reality of how very lucky we were to survive.

BTW, Mrs Shone named her second daughter ‘Lesley’ as a ‘Thank You’ to Dad. The first daughter who was my age(2) was Sandra.

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