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Church farm before the barns were demolished. Photo: Des Griffiths
Willaston in the Past has researched the history of local buildings and businesses.
Willaston in the Past has researched the history of local buildings and businesses.
All the information on this page are working documents that are constantly being updated, as we learn more. If you can add to them or have amendments to suggest, please contact us.
We have used information through public outlets, including social media, newspapers and books, acknowledging sources where possible. We have also talked to people to record their memories and to find old photos of our village. If you have any concerns about content, please contact us to have it changed.
To read the article, click on the link. Most articles are pdf versions and open in a new page.
Acres Farm (now housing)
Albert Jones, Cobblers
Astons (now Reid Café)
Atworth House (now Jillian Dawn Floral Designs)
British Legion and Willaston Services Club (now Symonds Grange)
Butcher Shop (now Willaston Barbers)
Cherry Brow Farm, Hadlow Road
Church Hall, now Elizabeth's Cottages
Colliers (now Keel Hey)
Colls (building no longer exists)
Corner House Farm, was Pollards Inn
Green Lantern Café, now Lantern House
Grocery Shop, now Spar
Hairdresser on Hadlow Road, now a private house
Home Farm, now Willaston Farm housing
Hooton Road Service Station, now Sols Campers
Horseshoe Stores, now Willaston Physiotherapy
Leech's Farm House (Neston Road)
Mill View, Neston Road
Newsagents, now Classie Grooming
Silverstones, now housing on Hadlow Road
Smithy on the corner of Willaston Green
Willaston Detachment of the Red Cross (now White Feather Home)
We are talking to local residents to record their memories of the village.
We are talking to local residents to record their memories of the village.
We are also identifying where there are memories from former residents in documentation.
To read the memory, click on the link.
Muriel Aston remembers the WW2 years in Willaston
George Cecil Barnes affidavit to the Commons Commission recalling how he played on the Green
Geoffrey Boston remembers his life in the village during WW2 and after
Anne Hughes discusses life in Willaston since 1954
Bill Lee remembers working at Cherry Brow Farm in the 1950s
John Reney-Smith remembers the Hooton to West Kirby railway
Les Tillier discussed life in Willaston since 1952
Willaston in WW1
Willaston in WW1
In 2018, Willaston Village Festival Society undertook research about the lives of the people on the war memorial to commemorate 100 years since the first world war. It is believed that 148 men from Willaston served in the war. 34 people are listed on the village war memorial as having lost their lives and a further two died shortly after the war as a result of their service. Some had strong links to the village, others weaker and came from a wide range of backgrounds. Officers attended public schools such as Eton College and Oundle School, while many of the privates attended the village school.
To find out more about each individual, click on their name below.
Lonsdale, James Raymond McClintock
Wainwright, Frederick Reginald
The two soldiers not recorded on the war memorial are:
There is also a video associated with the project which covers the village in 1918, the lives of some of the men and some of the research that was done. This can be seen here.
In 2018, Willaston Residents and Countryside Society produced a walk around Willaston showing what the village was like in 1918 and information about some of the soldiers. This can be downloaded here.
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