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2024-03-28T21:14:08+00:00text/html2010-11-21T20:39:12+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.452356 -2.780286SJ4895 : Eccleston Methodist Church, sad end for the building.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2169689
Quote from Eccleston Parish Council magazine 2005/2006.
“In 1963 Westfield Street Methodist Church in
central St Helens closed for worship and the
building was demolished under a compulsory
purchase order. The trustees had already made
provision for its continuing life by purchasing a
large house with extensive grounds in Burrows
Lane, Eccleston.
The house became a residence for the minister and
the lounge served as a place of worship for nearly
four years until the present church was built and
opened in June 1967 by the late Lady Pilkington.”
The church closed in May 2006 and the land was sold for residential development.
On the night of 5th November 2010 a fire badly damaged the building though its fate was already sealed.text/html2010-10-17T12:12:00+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.007003 -2.288030SJ8045 : View from Hawthorns H block
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2114836
Hawthorns is a collection of buildings located on its own site close to the village of Keele and about 20 minutes walk from the main campus of Keele University. It provides accommodation for approx 600 students and its various buildings span 4 decades from the 1950's - 1980's.
Central to the complex is the Templar Bar, named after the Templar Knights to whom Keele was given by Henry 2nd in 1060.
The image was taken from H block, looking across Hawthorns with Keele Church on the skyline.text/html2010-10-12T23:54:26+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.452013 -2.763866SJ4995 : One of the last training sessions at the old ground
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2108851
Knowsley Road (latterly re-named The GPW Recruitment Stadium) has been the home of St Helens RLFC since 1890. The final season finished in Sept 2010 and the club will play all of their "home" games at Widnes in 2011 before moving to the new stadium for the 2012 season. This image shows one of the final training sessions at Knowsley Road, open to the public on this occasion. On the skyline is another well known St Helens landmark, Pilkingtons Head Office.text/html2009-08-14T04:34:07+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott50.808981 -0.542198TQ0202 : High Street, Littlehampton
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441431
A view of the south side of the High Street at its junction with Clifton Road.
At the centre of the photo is Hunnies Cafe which opened for business in summer 2009. Evidence of previous use can be seen on this building (and the charity shop next door) at first floor level, where empty sign brackets still exist awaiting fresh use.text/html2009-04-26T22:29:33+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.412147 -2.727948SJ5190 : Colliery Gates, a reminder of the past.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1273806
The former Sutton Manor colliery site is now a public open space, part of the Mersey Forest managed by the Forestry Commission. In April 2009 The Dream statue was erected on the highest point of the site, 270ft above sea level.text/html2009-03-17T22:37:22+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.445124 -2.715112SJ5294 : Sutton Brook Greenway
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1208268
St Helens is criss-crossed with these "greenways", other examples being the Sankey Valley Park, the Ravenhead Greenway and the Newton Greenway. In addition to providing natural habitat corridors within the urban area, they provide good walking and cycling short cuts.
The image shows Gaskell Street crossing the Sutton Brook Greenway with the brook itself flowing under the road bridge to join the Sankey Brook and eventually the River Mersey.
Sutton Brook was also known locally as "Stinky Brook", a result of historical pollution from the local chemical industry.text/html2009-03-15T23:19:36+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.446821 -2.731702SJ5194 : Cannington Shaw No.7 Bottle Shop
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1205206
This Grade 2 listed building, currently in serious disrepair, lies within the site planned for the new "Saints" stadium. Time will tell, but presumably it can only benefit from the protection within the planning permission granted for the stadium development. For an alternative view of the stadium site as demolition of the United Glass plant proceeds, see [[1205186]]text/html2009-03-15T23:05:09+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.445940 -2.728676SJ5194 : Site for the new "Saints" Stadium
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1205186
Under demolition, the former United Glass plant at Peasley Cross....another example of the changing landscape of a town famous for its glass industry.
This 46 acre site is the chosen location for the new St Helens Rugby League Stadium to replace the current Knowsley Road ground.
A ground capacity of 18,000 is planned and the club are aiming to play their first game there during 2010. The site has much improved access compared to the old ground, being ideally located for a quick getaway via the link road onto the M62, whilst still being fairly close to the Town Centre buses and trains.
The only building which will remain is the Grade 2 listed building in the NW corner of the site, known as the Cannington Shaw No. 7 Bottle Shop.text/html2009-03-02T21:13:36+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.464646 -2.756110SJ4996 : Cowley Language College
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1186661
Now mixed gender for approx 1200 pupils, previously Cowley Boys (Grammar) school, it is currently undergoing a further transformation scheduled for Phase 1 completion in Sept 2009.
The core buildings in the photograph will stay.text/html2009-03-01T22:33:13+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.466006 -2.679310SJ5596 : Haydock Sports College
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1185022
Motto "Caring and Achieving"...... formerly known as a "High School" (and before that a "Secondary Modern") this College and the attached Leisure Centre (with its Climbing Wall and Multi Use Games Area) are important parts of the local community in and around Haydock.text/html2009-02-19T17:04:38+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.427863 -2.744922SJ5092 : Linkway Distribution Park (Suttons Transport)
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1169421
Opened in the 1960's as the St Helens depot for Suttons Transport, these premises are now known as Linkway Distribution Park....the location eventually becoming highly appropriate for this type of activity with the recent opening of the St Helens Linkway (to J7 of the M62) a matter of yards away.
The clocktower is a well known local landmark with the twin sayings "Time and tide waiteth for no man", and "There is a tide in the affairs of men" visible on opposite sides of the clock.text/html2008-09-16T22:42:33+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.464069 -2.703380SJ5396 : A58 Blackbrook By-Pass...Completed
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/966004
Opened "on time and within budget" in March 2007. An award winning project which has succeeded in diverting large numbers of vehicles away from West End Road, as by-passes tend to do....good result for some people, not for others.text/html2006-09-04T11:38:15+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott51.982725 -2.177592SO8731 : Flood Mark on the Boat House
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232941
The 1947 Flood Mark is shown on the boat house wall. When this photo is viewed in conjunction with the photo taken from across the river Avon, the extent of the flood level becomes even clearer. text/html2006-09-03T00:06:01+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.459320 -2.745472SJ5096 : "South Block", Cowley Hill Lane
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/231842
Before moving to its present site in Hard Lane, Cowley High School occupied 2 adjacent buildings in Cowley Hill Lane. These were known as "North Block" built in 1882 and "South Block" built in 1911. North Block was largely destroyed more recently by fire, demolished and replaced with houses seen far right in the photo. South Block has been retained as private apartments. text/html2006-08-29T12:45:22+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6996Roy Prescott53.471060 -2.736639SJ5197 : Scafell Road, along the old railway line.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228119
This road runs along part of the disused railway line from St Helens to Ormskirk via Rainford. The line closed as a through route in 1964 though some trains still ran on this stretch until 1967, between Old Mill Lane and Pilkington sidings. Scafell Road runs under the A580 East Lancs Road at this point. It provides a much safer road route between St Helens and Moss Bank than the hazardous junction 1/3km to the west.
The Moss Bank pub can be seen in the far distance, also at [[SJ5097]], marking the location of the former Moss Bank station and level crossing.