Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 4

[MissM]

Hi everyone

I was up at St Peter's Church in Woolton today for a meeting so I took the opportunity to visit Robert's grave. 

We had a light layer of graupel (something between snow and hail!) last night leaving the ground white but the sun was out so it's been a beautiful winter's day here.

The heather I left last year looks like it's given up in the cold to be honest, but the stone is still looking smart and proud!  I took a couple of photos for you in the snow!

Lynne

[clematised]

Great Pics Lynne,

It is good to see this thread continuing with new found family members

Edna

[MissM]

Hi Edna

It certainly is!  It's what we were all wishing for!

Hope all is well with you,

Lynne x

[lynonline]

Hi Everyone

I have just been contacted by a descendent of Harriet Ann Steads and Richard Butterworth's daughter, Mary Hope Butterworth (a sister of the roguish Joseph Steads Butterworth and Euclid Hope Butterworth).
I have directed him to this thread as well as the Robert William Stead website, so hopefully he will sign in sometime.  He didn't know about the Butterworths, so all of the research you all did will be of great benefit to him.  Another distant relative for Robert.

Regards, Lyn

[Tephra]

Thanks for the pics Lynne.       

[tazzie]

Well here we are many years after we started this big adventure I know it's been a while.
Finally I visited Liverpool for a couple of days and got to pay my respects in person to "our" Robert. I booked a Beatles tour which included a visit to Woolton to see the church hall and the church yard. I told our driver Steve all about the story of looking for Robert and his family. How we found his grave and the story that ran in the Liverpool echo about our fund raising to restore his headstone.
 Steve was amazed at our "little " story and the journey we'd been on and would love to add his story to his visit.........If that's ok with anymore of Roberts family on here?

 Any newbies who read this believe me it was a epic piece of work and an honour to have played a small part in the process.

 Best wishes all.

 Tazzie

[Ruskie]

That’s so nice to hear Tassie. Woolton is a nice part of the city … so happy you were able to make the pilgrimage.

The search for Robert really is an amazing story about the determination and generosity of rootschatters. So sad that we have lost our wonderful liverpool Annie.

It would be amazing if Robert’s story could be included in the Beatles Tour.

I feel a re-read coming on now. 

[brigidmac]

I will enjoy reading this in the morning
Hope it's easy to find part 1 2 & 3

Tazzle Did your Beatles tour include John Lennon's house . It's just as it was in 1950 when my father was a student lodger there.

Is there a summary of this story somewhere .?  I.ll have to look up Woolton
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[Ruskie]

Brigid, if you go to page one of this thread there are links to the earlier threads.

John Lennon’s house was purchased by Yoko Ono and donated to the National Trust. It was then restored back to how it looked in the 1950s. St Peter’s Church, Woolton is only a short walk from the house.