Leisure & Recreation in Hoole: Difference between revisions

[[File:CC1 Bonfire.jpg|left|thumb|''_{Painting of a bonfire lit for the 1831 coronation}'']]

 

It would appear that the men had a roast sheep dinner at 3 o'clock, and the women and children had tea at 5.00.

[[File:CC3 Tithe Map.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Tithe map of Newton - sites of buildings in red; today's places in black</small>'']]

It has never been clear where The Green in Flookersbrook was located. The schedules accompanying the Tithe Map drawn up only a few years later do not list it and the location of the Flookersbrook Pits and the then 30 or so properties rule out likely possibilities, although the water over which the two cannons were fired seems obvious.

 

No mention is made of The Ermine, its landlord nor well-known families from the area. No information has been found about Mr Shand of Liverpool or Mr W Beck.

 

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File:CC4 Application.jpg|''<small>Dr Moor's application for position as Physician at Chester Royal Infirmary 31 December 1830</small>''

File:CC4 Application Transcription.jpg|''<small>Transcription of Dr Moor's application for position as Physician at Chester Royal Infirmary 31 December 1830</small>''

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[[File:CC6 Memorial.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Memorial to Dr Moor in Chester Cathedral</small>'']]

 

 

Dr Moor became President of the Mechanics Institute in Chester, cataloguing and expanding its library. He sought to open a museum at the Water Tower, the Gentleman's Magazine reporting that he paid 13 guineas for a case of stuffed birds to go there. He contracted scarlet fever and died in 1837 aged 34.

 

A memorial to him in Chester Cathedral is inscribed with the words "cut off at the opening of his professional career by fever caught in attendance of the poor". Records of St John's Church show that he was interred there in the altar tomb of his grandfather Thomas Tolver and his aunt Frances Bagnall; his mother Maria Moor, although recorded on the tomb at St John's was buried at Plemstall Church.

 

 

 

===J.C. Loudon, Hoole House Estate, and the People’s Parks in Hoole<ref>''<small>Article researched and written by Linda Webb, July 2021, Hoole History & Heritage Society</small>''</ref>===

 

===29 April 1953: His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh opened Coronation Playing Field===

[[File:5LRBA 2a Hoole House Estate Notice of Sale.jpg|left|thumb|367x367px|''<small>Sale particulars for Hoole House 1896 (1)</small>'']]

[[File:5LRBA 2b Hoole House Estate Notice of Sale.jpg|thumb|''<small>Sale particulars for Hoole House 1896 (2)</small>'']]

===‘Hoole boys’ who played for Chester F.C. in the past===

 

In 2010, during the celebration of 125 Years of “The Blues”, one of ‘the City Legends’, Chester F.C. players invited to relive yesteryear, was John “Basher” Evans, from Hoole. Working his way up through the junior ranks of Chester Football, at the age of 18, in 1961, he became a part-time professional, and turned full time professional at 21. At this time, playing conditions, using heavy footballs, often on muddy or wet pitches, meant that strength was essential for success in the game. Always “Basher” to the crowd, possibly due to his robust playing style, John made 44 First Team appearances for Chester F.C. under four managers: John Harris, Stan Pearson, Bill Lambton, and Peter Hauser.