Liverpool Catholic Schools 1840/1850s

[lesleystree]

Thank you Ken

It's really hard to believe how people lived. We take such things like individual water taps for granted. Thank you for the info about the steps and cellars too.

This really helps.

[km1971]

That's why the first public washhouses and baths had such an impact on public health. Can you imagine what you had to do to have a bath, or wash your hands after using the 'facilities'. So most people didn't bother.

Ken

[km1971]

I forgot to mention. If you discover the house number in Court 3, we should be able to tell you which one it is.

Just noticed...there might be a seventh house in the top corner.

Ken

[lesleystree]

Thanks again, you've given me lots to think about. I'm wondering whether David may have been infected with cholera in that very court.

It's also strange as well to think of ancestors relying on the gas lamp in the court to get about in the evening. It makes it seem so much more real.

[km1971]

I don't know if they would have had gas lamps in the 1840s/50s.

Ken

[lesleystree]

I was wondering that myself lol

Found an interesting snippet about Liverpool gas lights in 1819 on the following site:

http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/snipsAug1819.html

NB I particularly enjoyed the article underneath

[km1971]

The 1864 plan shows lamps posts (LP) out in the street, but not the wall mounted lamps in the courts.

Ken

[lesleystree]

Thanks Ken, well spotted.

I just cannot believe that I now know this much about the court/street where they lived. Thank you.

[Dancing Master]

St Anthony's  in Scotland Road, has a very active Family History Group.

Why not write to the Group at the Church and see what they can do for you.

The Old Courts were still around in the 1950's as were the wash-houses.  a good book to read about those times is "The Life and Times of Kitty Wilkinson.