"Saint Winifred’s RC school, located at the very edge of what had once been a high moor, in Heaton Moor, with long views across the River Mersey valley, over the fertile Cheshire Plain as far as Chester and perhaps on a clear day beyond to Liverpool, was located on Didsbury Road. It was a once fine old white Georgian house, with peeling, fluted pillars at the main door, about eighty yards of a packed earth playground, and at the end a comforting gate-house tuck-shop.

It is my understanding that the Georgian House and Land was owned by someone well known in the area at that time and they donated some land and the house to the RC Church to be used as a primary school in 1936. St. Winifred Church is located on Mauldeth Road and I would love to see some pictures with its history. I live in Winnipeg Canada and immigrated with my family in March of 1956. I am now into genealogy and am interested in the Church and School origins, history and pictures. In 2000, I visited Heaton Moor and of course, it was not anything like I remembered. It was smaller (I have grown) and the moor and farmland was gone. The moor is now the M60 or M? something. I believe they call that progress."

Added 20 May 2007 - I'm happy to be able to report that Toni is now in touch with someone who was familiar with the area at about the same time as Toni knew it.

Jan Abrahamson in Australia is looking for a photo of 2nd Presbyterian Church in Randalstown (Drummail Parish). Her gg-grandparents were married there, and she'd love to know if it still stands.

Can you help John Ahern, who is looking for a photo of Ballyvodock Church (Carrigtwohill Parish) in County Cork? Built in about 1890, it was demolished in 1944 by the Irish Army, who used it as target practice!

Trish McCormack would like to see a photo of St. Saviour in Hockley, Birmingham. Her parents were married there, but the church is long gone.

Anne Brooks would like a photo of Penzance Cemetery where her g-grandparents are buried.

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