The old West house on Waterloo Street was demolished yesterday, December 20,2011. It was the home of Charles and Jessie West and later the home of their son Earl West Sr and his wife Rhoda. The house was approximately 120 years old and the last years it had been
sold and fallen into a state of disrepair. Many Liverpool kids might remember taking their bicycles there to be repaired by Earl West who could fix any problem with any bike and normally charged next to nothing to do it. Earl and Rhoda were wonderful people and both lived good and long lives. They had a large family and a few still reside in the Liverpool area. Rhoda was an awesome baker and when entering the house the smell of cookies, cakes and bread always filled the air inside. They loved to play cards, I can't even imagine how many games of cards were played in that house. In the yard, way back when,was a boxing platform and many boxing matches were held here in the 1920s and 30s. Yet another piece of history gone from Queens County!
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I drove past there last night and I didn't even notice it was gone.
ReplyDeleteBreaks my heart to see this house go. It stood as a symbol of integration and tolerance that we should remember and commemorate. We take for granted the black families that lived in Queens Co. and especially within the town of Liverpool. While other areas struggled with integration, the Wests (and Warrington's, Jarvis, Chase etc.) walked across the street to attend school. And the West boys to play (and star) on the basketball team. As had Alfie Warrington. We shouldn't take this for granted. And I would love to see pictures of that boxing ring!
ReplyDeleteI spent many hours in that house as Freda was one of my very good friends.My Dad and Earl Sr went on many hunting trips together.I could tell you a few stories about that too.
ReplyDeleteThe West house didn't look like that any more Tim. He had painted it half way up with light grey paint and the back end was wrapped in green garbage bags. There was so much junk in the back yard, it was piled every where. We live next door and sure was not sorry to see it go. It was worse for the neighbour on the other side, at least we had a street between that and our house.Will have pictures for you soon Tim. I even took a picture of it as it looked before it came down.
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