Garston News Views and Discussion

[Kev]

Don't know but I di see the hekylopter at 9am over the scene

[A.D.Williams]

Might find out in the Echo or Post on Monday.

[Max]

Wonder what made it plunge in the water?

Possible suicide?

[Paul D]

The car was empty and was probably dumped there by car theives,it's a pity they wasn't in it.

[Kev]

The car was empty and was probably dumped there by car theives,it's a pity they wasn't in it.

Oh dear, what a pitty

[Kev]

LIVERPOOL celebrities are the latest supporters trying to save a threatened community centre in Garston. Les Dennis, who was born in the area, heads the group of stars campaigning to stop the bulldozers demolishing Bankfield House.

Actresses Pauline Daniels and Margi Clark, crooner Neville Skelly, writer John Forde and poet Dave Kirby are performing at a fundraising night.

Other invitations have been sent to Gerry Marsden, Ricky Tomlinson, newsreader Peter Sissons, sports commentator Alan Parry, John Aldridge and John Parrott.

Bankfield House is facing closure after Church of England leaders decided it was unsafe.

Campaigners have been staging a round-the-clock sit-in for the past five weeks to try to save it from the axe.

Garston councillors have recently joined their cause and will present a motion to Liverpool council tomorrow.

Tomorrow's evening of entertainment at the Woodcutter Social Club has been organised as a thank you by LA Productions who are shooting a film near Window Lane.

Karim's Story is based on a Pakistani family from Bradford and a scene for the Channel 4 film will take place in Garston.

The film company contacted the celebrities who were keen to raise money for the threatened centre.

Campaigner Terry Dooley said: "With so much opposition against shutting Bankfield, I can't see how the church can go ahead." Nikki Bonner, from LA Productions, said: "Les Dennis is a Mudman, he's from Under The Bridge. It's great that he's not forgotten his roots."

The event starts at 7.30pm and tickets are selling fast.

[A.D.Williams]

Kev! Why are Garstonians called 'Mudmen'?

[Kev]

Kev! Why are Garstonians called 'Mudmen'?

Is it because of their proximity to the Docks area?

[jimmy]

Mudmen of Garston, I think the name derives from the days of sail, ie Mersey Flats as they where called {sailing barges} used to carry the coal from Garston to the iron and steel works either side of the river, and in the hard times era men used to go out to the sand banks {mudbanks} and collect the coal which had been washed from the decks of the sailing flats during rough weather, thats what I believe was the reason why Garstonians where called {Mud men} maybe they should have been called Madmen, because of the river being ever so dangerous.

[Kev]

Les supports Bankfield House' cause.....



Aldo....

I had an email from The Webmaster (Garstonlad) from the Garston Woodcutters website: Here

[Kev]

MONEY from the sale of a threatened community centre in Garston is to be ploughed back into the area.

The Bishop of Liverpool said he did not have the authority to save Bankfield House.

But responding to a two-month sit-in staged by campaigning residents, the Right Reverend James Jones said proceeds from any eventual sale should be ploughed back into Garston.

Following a meeting with campaigners, Bishop Jones called for discussions about ways to save the site.

But he said he lacked the authority to order the Parochial Church Council, which manages the centre, to keep Bank-field open.

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[garstonlad75]

Funny enough,
the bishop of liverpool is saying that and then local residents have had a letter from Frank Roderick:

People in Garston Under the Bridge have recently had letters from Councillor Frank Roderick regarding the Labour Party use of the Bankfield house situation as a " easy party political slogan". He also states that he and a fellow LibDem Councillor have written to the Bishop of Liverpool to ask him to stop the Church closing Banky and he is raising Banky's case through the City Council.

It seems he just missed the boat doesn't it, bad timing Frank (how coincidental).

[Kev]

A £15,000 windfall could clear the way for a scheme which could save Bankfield House in Garston.

The donation comes courtesy of former mayor Cllr Frank Roderick, ward member for Garston, who selected the centre last year as one of his three chosen charities.

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[garstonlad75]

Kev i know this will interest you,

Garston CofE school is to close, i have just found out.
I have put this in the local developments forum because i think this is going to be a future development to do with the South Liverpool Parkway that is being built on the old South Liverpool Football ground. Mark my words this will end up being used for that new tram line i bet you.
The reason for closing the school is because not enough children are attending it.

I have said it before and i will say it again, the people in charge of this city will trample on anything and anyone to get their way.

[Kev]

Kev i know this will interest you,

Garston CofE school is to close, i have just found out.
I have put this in the local developments forum because i think this is going to be a future development to do with the South Liverpool Parkway that is being built on the old South Liverpool Football ground. Mark my words this will end up being used for that new tram line i bet you.
The reason for closing the school is because not enough children are attending it.

I have said it before and i will say it again, the people in charge of this city will trample on anything and anyone to get their way.

Bloody 'ell (pardon my french) My old school It was to close a few years ago until it was saved. I really thought it had a future. I cant tell u enough what that place means to me

School website: Here....