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GREAT ESCAPE by Stephen Guy The First World War was raging with both sides suffering the horrors of trench warfare – for years little progress was made on the Western Front. Although the thunder of guns in France
Second World War, these had little effect. could be heard in the south of England, there was little physical impact on people at home. German warships shelled some coastal areas and Zeppelin airships made sporadic bombing raids but, compared to the
Life, for many, continued as before the war. Sadly, seemingly normal routine could be shattered with the arrival of a telegram with bad news. This happened when my Uncle Ted was killed at Ypres in 1914, aged 20. No-
one was immune – shocking news came to Croxteth Hall when the 6th Earl’s 16-yearold son was killed in the naval Battle of Jutland. It the countryside it must have seemed the Great War was a world away. It was January 1916 and among those escaping the realities of war was a well-off Scottish visitor at the Childwall Abbey Hotel. A century ago Childwall was very rural, the village clustered around the church nestling in wooded countryside. Score Lane was gated to prevent sheep and cattle straying. The visitor sent a sepia postcard (pictured) to Dundee, perhaps written while admiring the wintery view over Childwall
Valley. Earlier they negotiated the steep lanes in a car similar to one seen parked by the hotel. The visitor wrote: “Have motored out here this afternoon and had tea and a look round. We enjoyed ourselves very much. It’s lovely countryside here with fine hunting
sembled, in some ways, a monastery. The inn and other nearby structures were castellated to match the Hall – hence the Abbey nickname. Some years later Childwall Priory Farm (now demolished) was also given a Gothic makeover – but only on the side visible from the Hall. • Learn more about the history of Liverpool at the M u s e u m o f Liverpool, PierHead, open 10 am to 5 pm every day, admission
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country in the distance in Cheshire. “Weather rather dull but dry. Going off to bed in a minute or two, feeling rather tired.” Motoring was still a well-heeled adventure, with few roadside garages. Achauffeur dealt with breakdowns and difficulties finding petrol. There was never a religious abbey or priory at Childwall. The names arose after wealthy landowner Bamber Gascoyne built Childwall Hall in 1780. With its fashionable Gothic features it re-
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