Ladies Bowling Team at Mersey Lanes in Liverpool,N.S. in 1965

Can you help identify the people in the picture?

Front Row Left Side
1. ?
2. Doris Gerhardt
3.Alice Huskins
4.Audrey Thorbourne

Front Row Right Side
1. ?
2. Ellen MacLeod
3. Joyce MacLeod\
4.Mabel Roy
5.Geraldine Ingram

Sitting at Table
1. Nellie Schupe
2. Ruth Dalby
3. Lloyd Doane

Middle Row Left to Right
1. Betty West
2. ?
3. Elaine Whynott
4. Mildred Coops
5. Nancy Whynot
6. Sandra Whynot
7. Diane Coombs
8. Helena Keans
9. Lillian Croft
10. Marjorie Roy
11.Geraldine Ingram

Back Row Left to Right
1. Marina Wood
2. Peggy Dalby
3. ?
4. Marion Whynot
5. Joan Whynot
6. (man) ?

Anyone recognize this Queens County house?

Old Ball Field now Sobeys in Liverpool,N.S.

The Old Liverpool Ball Field where Sobeys is now...note the wooden fence on the left...building on the right was later the Dairy Treat.

Next time you drive through the Tim Horton's drive thru in Liverpool remember that you are driving where bleachers once were. Those bleachers were behind home plate at Liverpool's old ball field. That ball field is now Sobeys and it's parking lot. The famous ball team Liverpool Larrupers played on this field. I don't know when the ball field started here but I have a video from the late 1920s early 1930s and it shows a short clip of a ball game held there. I remember going to a ball game in the 1970s with my grandmother where the comedy team the California Cuties played a hilarious, fun-filled game against the Liverpool Fire Fighters ball team. As late as the 1960s there was a wooden fence around the ball field and in it's last years, there was a metal mesh fence around. Sobeys purchased the property and built their store and created the parking lot I would guess the early 1980s. Little did we all know, that this was the beginning of a new commercial area in Liverpool with many other new businesses going in that part of town. Back then it was hard to believe the ball field was gone. Today, one would never know a ball field was ever there. After the old field was sold, a new ball field was created on White Point Road.

Best Western, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

 Who would've thought that Liverpool would ever have a large Best Western Hotel? I'm in the group of people who never would've believed it. A few years back, the Sapp house, the former Astoria Beverages building and the Liverpool Dairy treat were all demolished and all the land behind those buildings, was cleared to make way for the new hotel, the new Rec center and hopefully more. The hotel is in a great location making it visible on the 103 Highway and with the land being cleared, Liverpool can be seen from the 103 as well. Passers by, who are tired and need a place to stay for the night can quickly drive off the highway and get to the Best Western in minutes. I have to admit, I've never been inside the Best Western but the outside of the building looks very attractive and I've heard inside is even better. The staff is both very helpful and knowledgeable, the rooms both comfortable and beautiful. The lounge is apparently really nice, too. Weddings have been held here, Christmas parties as well as many other functions. Now that Queens Place is open, I'm sure business at the Best Western will increase even more. That area is changing and in a good way. None of us could've predicted that Best Western would ever choose Liverpool as a site for a hotel and now we can wait for even more businesses to be constructed on the property.

Building the new Liverpool Best Western

Liverpool Best Western

New Liverpool Legion Branch #38

Building the new Liverpool Legion

For many years the Mersey Branch #38 of the Royal Canadian Legion was on the Liverpool Waterfront. The first building had been located on Inness's Wharf. That building was demolished and a new building was built around the same location. That building was used as the Legion from the 1960's until just a few years ago. The present Legion was built along side of what was the Metropolitan Store (Now Bargain Shop). The new Legion is much smaller than the previous building but is certainly manageable for the Legion members. The previous building was in need of expensive repairs and the cost was too much to handle. Darts, pool, flea markets, bingo, Legion and Ladies Auxiliary meetings, dances and more are held here. I will go in detail on another post of the first 2 Legion buildings. The present Legion is located at 43 Henry Henry Drive and can be seen quite easily when driving through the Liverpool Parking Lot because of it's bright blue and yellow color.

 

The finished product!

Liverpool Curling Club Property, Gorham Street, Liverpool, N.S.

I've always been curious about what was in a certain place before the present building was built there. For example, the Liverpool Curling Club. It's been there since the 1930s and for most of us, that's longer than we've been alive. What was there before the curling club was constructed?

Liverpool Congregational Church

Located on that property, basically where the parking area is, was the Liverpool Congregational Church. It was a large church and from photos that I have, in my opinion, probably the nicest looking church in town. The minister's home was directly across the street and in the late 1980s or early 1990s it was demolished to make the present parking area behind the Astor Theater. The Congregational Church was operational until the later 1920s when at that time, the Congregationalists and the Methodists united to form the United Church of Canada. The Methodist Church in Liverpool was on Main Street (now Zion United) and since the 2 congregations united to form 1, only 1 church was needed so the Methodist Church was the chosen building. Rev. George Ball was the last minister of the Congregational Church. He had suffered the loss of his only son who died from appendicitis when he was about 16 and then lost his church due to the union with the Methodists. The stress took it's toll of Rev Ball and it was said that he committed suicide in the Minister's residence across the street. The Congregational Church stopped being used as a church and I believe was used as a hall for a time and I believe someone said used as a place where auto repairs were done. (I forget who told me that, maybe someone can confirm it). When the Curling Club was built, the church was demolished. I've always thought the 2 cement steps that you can walk on from the sidewalk to the curling club parking lot were probably the steps that took you to the front door of the church. The cemetery for the Congregational Church is located on College Street on the right hand side, now known as the United East Cemetery. Rev. George Ball, his son and the rest of the Ball family are all buried in this cemetery.

Frederickville School in Milton, N.S.

I don't know any of the history of the Frederickville School but have a few photos of it. A few people have asked me to put one on my blog. If anyone knows any history of the school please comment. I believe the building still exists and is a house owned by Clarence "Ham" Waltherr. It is located past the second bridge, perhaps some of the readers might know exactly where this school was.