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It is widely, but mistakenly, believed that the brook called [[Flookersbrook]] is the watercourse that runs down the middle of the Flookersbrook plantation parallel to the Hoole Road. That watercourse is in fact a tributary to Flookersbrook and joins it near Hoole Bridge. The course of Flookersbrook begins in Little Heath near Christleton, and meanders its way through Vicars Cross and Boughton, until it arrives at a point under the junction of Westminster Road and Lightfoot Street (though Lightfoot Street did not exist in the 1860s). Its natural course, prior to 1840 and the coming of the railway, then zigzagged across what is now Thomas Brassey Close, the railway lines and part of the station building itself.
[[File:SWC5 Course of brooks.png|center|thumb|461x461px|''<small>The course of Flookersbrook, Bache Brook, and Finchett's Gutter</small>'']]
As a consequence of the construction work connected with the station, the course of the brook was straightened to a line parallel to the future Lightfoot Street. It was also culverted, so became invisible to a passer-by. The original course continued to be shown on maps because it retained its status as both the city boundary and the parliamentary boundary. The brook then made its way north-west under Brook Lane and to an ancient glacial pool called Bache Pool (now filled-in, the current site of Morrison’s Supermarket and petrol station). The water left the pool and entered Bache Brook, which flowed in a line almost identical to Countess Way from the Morrison’s roundabout. In doing so, it passed within 50 yards of Bache Hall. This building, now a student hall of residence, can be seen on a knoll on the right as one passes down Countess Way towards Sealand.
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The accusation was that the Committee, whose duty it was to have the collection tanks, fed by three rudimentary brick-built 'barrel drains', emptied at regular intervals, had failed to do so. The result was that sewage had overflowed into Flookersbrook. The water in Bache Pool had previously been used by Bache Hall for brewing and other domestic purposes. There had also been fish in the pool. The outcome of the case is unclear from the record.
However, Hoole subsequently decided to adopt the provisions of the 1858 Local Government Act by setting up a Local Board through elections. Even this process was not without its problems as there were allegations of illegality of the vote taken at a public meeting. Disputes arose as to the boundaries of districts to be included or excluded. The result was a Public Enquiry, answerable to Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary.
===The first sewer project in Hoole===
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