Copyright © the members of the St Luke’s History Group 2003
The authors assert their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work.
First published in 2003 by
the Parochial Church Council of St Luke’s Great Crosby
71 Liverpool Road
Crosby
Liverpool
L23 5SE
Research by the members of the St Luke’s History Group
Dorothy Armstrong,
George Bradley,
Peggy Burns,
Barbara Chambers,
Joyce Fell,
Lindsay Hayward,
Hugh Hollinghurst,
Glenys Linford,
Peter Owen,
Dora Parr,
Carol Roocroft,
Paul Roocroft,
Ray Terry,
Sandra Tickle
Written by Hugh Hollinghurst and edited by Peter Owen.
Designed and typeset by Peter Owen in Berling Antiqua with Golden Cockerel for
display.
Cover design by AlphaGraphics, Liverpool.
The Group would like to record their gratitude for a generous grant towards the cost of production from an anonymous charity. Thanks to this the quality of the work has been greatly enhanced.
The Group thanks all those who have helped in the writing and
production of this book. Particular thanks go to the Crosby Herald, Crosby
Library, Doug Chisnall, Graham Hignett (Alexander PR & Communications,
Crosby) John Morris, Craig Redmond and Peter Wotton.
With special acknowledgements to A History of Merchant Taylors’ School,
Crosby, 1620-1970 by the Revd Mark Luft and The Story of the Church in
Great Crosby by the Revd John S C Miller.
The following illustrations are reproduced with permission from items held in Sefton Libraries’ Local History Collection at Crosby Library: page 1 - West Prospect of Great Crosby (ref: lantern slide); page 3 – Harvest Home Festival ticket; page 20 – St Michael’s Well (ref: CRV42); page 52 – St Luke’s Church (ref: CH65); page 93 – 1863 map
Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New
International Version.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Hodder and Stoughton Limited.