NEWS AND UPDATES
August 2008
Another 30 plus photos have been added and you will now be able to see most of them on a whole new page to the site called People in the Community. Most of these photos have been donated by Rob Dobie and his Mum Edna, and by Joan, daughter of Len Broley who took many photos around this area which, thanks to Joan will be displayed on this site. She also has many wedding photos taken at all Saints Church which we have decided not to display here unless we have permission from the couples themselves. If you were married here and think Len Broley was your photographer, please contact me and I'll check the files to see if I have your photo which can be displayed on the Wedding pages!
Thank you to everyone else who has taken the time to give me extra information, corrections or new items to go on the website. I am working very hard to get them all sorted.
Unfortunately I am not going to be able to include any further family photos on the website due to space limitations but if your photo is of someone known in the community for a particular deed or group or shows a place of interest, please let me know. I'll be happy to find a home for them.
July 2008
I have added another 27 photos to the site (it's taken about 5 hours....) on the following pages:
Weddings 60's
Guides
Misc
People
School
Scouts1
Village
St Aidan's services
I have a few more to add and some more details and dates which I'll sort as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who contributed, especially at the Exhibition.
June 2008 - Apologies for not updating the site recently but I have been totally engrossed in preparing for the Speke Exhibition at the end of this month. I didn't realise how much 'stuff' I'd collected over the last 5 years since the last one and have been trying to sort, scan, copy, file, make new files, make displays, advertise - that reminds me I need to put it in the Echo!!! Today I have added two photos to the Weddings of 1970's page, one article to the Photographs - Miscellaneous page and one to the Photographs - People's page.
After the Exhibition I will be adding all the new items that I've scanned in over the last month or so. Hope to see some of you on 28th/29th June!
May 2008 - I have steadily been adding to the wedding pages and more photographs have be put on the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1990's and 2000's pages. These have also been added to our Wedding File that will be on show in the History Exhibition in June. I have also added a Rose Queen photo to the People page. The new St Aidan's pages have also been added to and if you have any contributions, please let me know.
April 2008 - 4 photographs have been added to the Guides page, thanks to Karen Edwards and 2 to the Scouts page. 2 photos have also been added to the Church photographs page showing the names of our Patron, Adelaide Watt, and the 2nd Minister of All Saints and his wife whose ashes were all buried under the Altar.
The St Aidan's page is now up and running and a 2nd one added showing the inside of the building. There will be more photos added soon.
February 2008 - I have been working on the site to add more photographs and have recently finished adding 30 new photos to the Wedding pages from the 1940's to the present day. Unfortunately when my computer died last year some of the details disappeared so if you can fill in any missing information, please let me know.
I have also added the details of our upcoming Local History Exhibition which will be taking place in June and is a chance for everyone to meet and catch up, sharing their memories of their days in Speke. All of the information on this site will be on display and much, much more that I will never be able to include here! The Hale and Garston groups will be joining us too. Have a look at the Exhibition page for more details.
Sometime soon I will be adding a St Aidan's page or two to the site so if you have any contributions, please let me know. A lot of the photos already here include some from St Aidan's so they will be hard to separate. However, if I get enough interest, I guess I'll have to! Please let me know if you have anything of interest through the Guestbook.
We are currently campaigning in Speke for the old Parade shops to be demolished as soon as possible and the new playing fields to be installed. If you still live in Speke and would like to help us speed this process along, please contact me through the Guestbook. I will get a letter to you to send to the City Council who have given us three dates up to now and have now moved it to March.
Thanks for your continued support. I hope you are still enjoying the site!
September 2007 - More photographs have been added to the site and some pages moved around to group the pictures together in a more organised way. I will be adding more and the supply I have will keep me busy on the scanner for a long time! I have decided to move the site to it's own domain so it is easier to maintain and access. The new address is www.spekeliverpool.co.uk I've bought this myself (none of this website is funded by the Church) and hope to keep it in years to come as a permanent home.
I'll be adding photographs soon of our new shopping parade which we have fought long and hard for! I never really thought it would happen when I was first attending meetings many years ago to discuss the old parade, but having seen the process through the ideas, advertising, planning, objections, replanning, it is a wonderful boost to the people of Speke who never gave up hope! There are still many areas that need dealing with, but the arrival of Morrisons and the smaller shops around it has given us the impetus to keep moving forward!
April 2007- It is with great sadness that I tell you that Billy Symonds passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home in Speke Hall's North Lodge just before Easter 2007. His uniqueness and individuality will be greatly missed, especially by those of us who counted him as a friend, despite having to run the gauntlet of abuse every time we visited the Hall and Grounds only to be met by a big smile and a wink on the way out!
March 2007 - More pictures have been added to the Photographs section including a new page called Scouts. Please let me know if you can add any details to them or if you have anything you'd like to include by leaving a message in the Guestbook.
Update: Sadly Dorothy's husband Bill died shortly after we discussed the 313th reunion so it will not be happening this year. We will remember Dorothy in our prayers.
April 2006 - I have been contacted by Dorothy Haslem who was my Girl Guide Captain back in the 70's. She is interested in having a reunion of all the Guides and Brownies who have attended the troops across the years. If you would like to be involved in any way, please let me know through the Guestbook. We are looking to get together around the middle of June.
March 2006 - A new section has been added containing 6 pages of different photographs I have been sent or found along the way. You can find these by going to the Photographs section on the main page of the website.
April 2005 - A new page called All Saints Memorial Cross has been added to the Information Pages of the web site. This might be helpful to anyone researching family history. Added to the Graveyard page are photographs of some of the graves at All Saints that are beginning to wear away and become unreadable. I have included as much of the inscriptions as I can.
February 2005 - At last, I have obtained extra website space and should be able to combat the problems of not being able to load all the pages! I have also split the website into 3 separate sites to help with space problems. The links to the Wedding Photographs at Webshots Community should now work too. I am working on adding the old photographs I have been sent.
There are two new pages - 1881 Census of Speke and All Saints Graveyard Records. These should help anyone trying to research their family tree or local history projects.
My apologies to anyone who has had problems visiting the site or has sent items I couldn't include - hopefully, all that is a thing of the past... but should you encounter any problems, please let me know via the Guestbook. I have had to take my email address off the site due to unscrupulous spammers!
Old News!
October 2003 - Freeserve are now giving 100 mb of space to web site owners. Hopefully now I'll be able to add more photos, and provide a link to the wedding photos I've managed to scan in so far.
August 2003 - I'm attempting to update the site again, but if anyone knows of some 'easy to use' free web space, I sure could use the help!
December 2002 - My apologies for not updating sooner. After two bereavements, my new PC broke down three times, causing the loss of a lot of my records. I have also lost all my emails so if you donated something you see on the site, and I haven't acknowledged you, please let me know. I will be getting back to work on the site now, and hopefully adding more information.
If any of you have an email account with blueyonder and don't use your free web space, please consider letting me use it for this site, at no cost to you. Thanks!
Many Thanks to Karen Ashmore who has already volunteered her space!
08.06.02 - More old photos have been added to the School Faces pages. Unfortunately I've run out of web space for the second time and can't post any more for the time being. I will be changing the photos on some pages now and again to keep them fresh!
02.05.02 - A new page has been added about Service Times at All Saints
16.03.02 - Two new pages have been added to the site - Speke Now! and 16th Allerton Cub Scouts.
Feb 2002 - I have added a new link on our Links Page to a brand new site that aims to reunite pupils at Speke Comp between 1965 and 1972. I'm sure it's owner would love to hear from anyone, even if you didn't attend in these years. When I get more web space arranged, I should be able to added more Stocktonwood Photos to this site.
I have finally managed to get the School Faces page up and running, and will be working on the other photographs which have been missing!