YOUR PAGE
On this page you can add anything about anything at all
(within reason!).
It doesn’t have to be about Lydiate,
it is for the people of Lydiate .
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Topical comments, poems, moans, gripes, photos,
reviews of plays, films, books,
events, bars, restaurants, places in and around the area.
Music on this page is
"For so Long"©
by local musicians
Chris and Heather.
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E-mail anything you would like to post
including music to:
A couple of photos of Lydiate in the recent cold weather!!!
A blog written by Debbie Atkinson of The Southport Visitor
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ The King
October 2009
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Lydiate Cottage
Paul sent these photos of his old Lydiate Cottage on Hall Lane
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Thanks to a Lydiateworld viewer who sent in these fantastic photos
taken whilst walking his dogs on the Cheshire Lines Path in August 2009
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Scarisbrick Marina
A couple of photos of the new marina at nearby Scarisbrick
Snowy winter Lydiate morning
(thanks to Andrea from The Mace supermarket, Southport Road for the photo)
Leeds-Liverpool Canal link
in front of The Liver Buildings
November 2008
'Superlambananas'
Some photographs of the " Superlambanas"
in and around Liverpool
as part of the
Capital of Culture 2008
celebrations
"Superlightbanana"
"Superstegbanana"
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
at St. Katherine’s Chapel, Lydiate
by
Christopher T George
O! Perfect faith!
Although your chapel stands unroofed
to the grey Lancashire sky,
vast underbelly of God,
it is yeomen -builded, time proved!
I, the poet priest, escaped
from the vaporous slums of Liverpool,
sit alone in your house,
once host to Lent lilies, incantations,
companioned by elderflower, field mouse.
Katherine, I see your sainted life shine,
Chiselled in the sainted reredoes,
I ,the convert know your face
that converted so many,
although dank grass chokes altar- space
as I know the simple bearded ones
And their hands that thresh,
who drove you to your death,
fire stump, heart scourging
beheaded end of mortal flesh.
Poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins worked as a priest at St Xavier’s Church, Everton in 1880 to 1881.His letters reveal that he disliked working in the slums of the city and preferred the nearby countryside.
Thanks to Christopher T George for his permission to post his poem.
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Doing some research on the U.S. Army World War Two. There was a large US Army
Camp at Deyes Lane and it was visited by the
American Presidents wife - Eleanor Roosevelt in November 1942. Does anyone have information about the subject ?
http://www.nowandthen.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/World%20War%202.htm
click this link for more information
Regards
John Kerrigan
john-kerrigan@blueyonder.co.uk
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Antony Gormley's 'IRON MEN' on Crosby beach.
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GIRLGUIDING UK
A history of Girlguiding in Lydiate and
Girlguiding in the 21st Century
sent in by
Elizabeth Holt
Guiding started in 1910, when girls wished to join the Scout Association. Baden Powell asked his sister Agnes to start an organisation similar to that of the Boy Scouts-a very radical step in those days. We in Lydiate belong to the North West Region of Girlguiding. Our county is the county of Sefton, which although taking its name from our metropolitan borough includes part of Lancashire. Our Division is Maghull and our local area is Oakhill District. The name being taken from Oakhill House which was situated on the corner of Kenyons Lane and Liverpool Road where the bowling greens are today. There are many references to Oakhill in the local area.
Guiding in Lydiate started in 1934. during the 1950's the Brownies and Guides met in Lambshear Lane school until a small group of parents spearheaded by George Tate decided that everyone would benefit from their own home. Work began to raise money and permission sought to build on the land where Lydiate Youth Club eventually was erected in Lambshear Lane . Thankfully permission was not granted and eventually permission was given by the trustees of Lydiate Parish Hall to erect a building on the field to the rear of the hall. Bungalows were being built in Nedens Lane and the builder Mr Marshall gave the wooden building, which was formerly a bungalow and home on the site of Nedens Close, to the guides as long as it was taken down and removed from the land.This was our home for over 40 years until it came to the end of its repairable life.The building of the new Girlguiding Centre has taken a massive fund raising programme for over 10 years and with assistance from the Big Lottery Fund and other donors, our architect and builder have provided a state of the art building for the 21st century for the girls to enjoy.The new centre was handed over to the girls on 7th January 2007 in the presence of many people who have supported girlguiding in Lydiate over many decades. The recent visit of the Chief Guide has provided the," icing on the cake," and was a great honour for us to have her visit.
Guiding in Lydiate has grown over the years and from the first Brownie and Guide Unit there are now two Rainbow units, four Brownie Units, two Guide Units and the Division Rangers use the HQ for their meetings, but not on a regular basis. The Units at Lydiate are open to all denominations and religions. Only one of the Brownie Units is Church sponsored. Girlguiding UK is the largest youth organisation in the UK with over 200,000 more members than the next largest The Scout Association. Here at Lydiate we have enjoyed excellent relations with St Thomas Scout Troop ,sharing in fund raising events, camps and activities.
Girlguiding in Lydiate has provided girls and young women with the opportunities to take part in many camps and activities outside the Guide Meeting. Often using the County Camps Site at Scarisbrick as well as camping further afield and at Region, National and International events-with a good number of our members being asked to represent the Association at special events and Royal occasions in this country and abroad.
Girlguiding provides a very great service to the community and offers girls oppportunities that are unbelievable in magnitude and only available through belonging to this very special organisation.
For further information please call at the Guide Centre, it is in use every night of the week.
Parents are invited to support the Guiders as members of The Parents Group which meets on the first Monday of the month in the Girlguiding Centre at 7.30 pm. Tel:526 5377
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