Streets of Hoole & Newton: Difference between revisions

In the 1950s, football fans could catch a double decker bus from behind the Bromfield Arms to take them to Chester Stadium in Sealand Road. It’s unlikely that the bus would get through today.

 

[[File:8SHN4 Montage of Cinemas in Chester in the early 1900s.jpg|thumb|301x301px|''<small>A montage of Cinemas in Chester in the early 1900s</small>'']]

It is not widely known that in 1913 an application was made to build a picture house opposite the Co-operative Store which opened in 1906 in Walker Street. The proposal by William Williams, Hoole’s well known builder, would have seated 450/500 people. The architect was R. Cecil Davies recognised for founding Hoole's Volunteer Fire Brigade and who became Mayor of Chester. A major concern was protection in case of fire, and exits and equipment came under scrutiny. Mr. Williams said that, if a license was granted, he would allow firemen to be on duty there, as they did in cinematograph halls in Chester.

The plans were not proceeded with and today's terrace of houses with then a shop at either end was eventually built on the site. Hoole residents had to go to the pictures in Chester and a montage of the cinemas there is shown.

 

The area of land between Pickering Street and School Street has over the years seen some interesting activities. The Hoole Millennium Book incorrectly attributes the street’s name to George Pickering, an artist who lived at Brook Lodge and whose work included paintings of the gardens in Hoole House. Pickering Street was actually named after Thomas Walker's daughter, Elizabeth Pickering, who had married Charles William Harrison Pickering a merchant banker from Liverpool, who helped finance the second transatlantic cable.

[[File:8SHN5 Advertisment 1914.jpg|left|thumb|386x386px|''<small>Advertisment 1914</small>'']]

A number of images relating to the Walker Street area follows.

 

[[File:8SHO1.png|thumb|''<small>Mayfield House</small>'']]

'''Mayfield House''' - the home of Rev. Isaac Temple from 1833-1880 and the family of S.J.R. Dickson from 1881-1949.

Isaac Temple was married twice. His first wife, Sarah Jane was born in 1797 in Endon, Staffordshire and died in the 1860s. His second wife, Anne, was local from Trafford. There were 5 children from his first marriage:

 

 

[[File:8SHO4 Map showing Rectory next to Church.png|thumb|265x265px|''<small>Map showing Rectory next to Church</small>'']]

 

 

[[Westminster Road|'''Westminster Road''']] is a main link running from Hoole Road in the North to Lightfoot Street in the South.

 

The [[Lost Streets of Hoole|'''Lost Streets of Hoole''']] include Bishop Street, Law Street, and Griffiths Terrace. These properties along with those in Faulkner Street, Charles Street, and the northern end of Peploe Street (Westminster Road) were the first streets of urban Hoole.