Welcome to Hale Village Online, this is the website for the historical village of Hale. Hale Village Online is a rolling format website with new updates every week from news, whats on`s to photographs of Hale Village, past and present.Hale Village Online is privately owned and independent of any village organizationsHale Village Online is a 24 hour a day broadband website dedicated to Hale Village.Hale Village Online is a website which includes audio and video material, therefore headphones-speakers are required to get the maximum benefit of the content on the website.If you wish to contact Hale Village Online regarding website content or items to be included in/on selected pages, visit our Contact Us Page. The aim of this new web site is to provide a source of up to date community information for people in the village and those visiting Hale Village Online, together with information and background links to local facilities, places of interest and historical references for those interested in the area or perhaps planning to visit Hale Village.In spite of being close to the City of Liverpool, the village's tranquil and quiet atmosphere still survives today. The many whitewashed cottages, with brightly coloured country gardens, set against a background of mature trees, present an attractive picture in the spring and summer.During these seasons many cottages display bunches of cut flowers , for sale, on their gateposts. The visitor will quickly appreciate why Hale Village has several times won 'Best Kept Village' awards. Situated on Grade One agricultural land, Hale Village is surrounded by several farms, nursery gardens and rolling countryside.
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Two of Cheshire’s popular parks are set for a major transformation, thanks to grants totalling over £2.48million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG).
Castle Park, Frodsham, and Hale Park, Hale, will use this money to regenerate and restore these much-loved green spaces. The funding has come from HLF and BIG’s ‘Parks for People’ initiative.
The five hectare Hale Park in the heart of the historic village of Hale, Cheshire, was once a small part of a much bigger parkland estate belonging to the residents of Hale Hall, who lived there over several centuries. Many of its features such as stone gate piers, the lodge building, prominent carriageways and boundary planting hint at this fascinating past.
The grant of £643,000 will be used to provide a community park that can be enjoyed by local people and visitors to the village, whilst still retaining its historic value. Plans include restoring original views and planting schemes. New paths to enable year round access and improved play facilities will meet the needs of modern-day users, and an exciting range of events and activities to encourage more community involvement are also planned.
Cllr Phil Harris Halton Borough Council's Executive Board member for Parks said ''The ongoing investment in our parks is part of a wider urban renaissance of Halton and this funding for Hale Park couldn't have come at a better time.''
Cllr Mike Wharton the local Councillor for Hale Village and Chairman of the Friends of Hale Park said "This is fantastic news for Hale Village and is the result of over four years hard work and commitment from the friends group and the Council. We are all really excited and looking forward to seeing the transformation of Hale Park."
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Hale Village Online is privately owned and independent of any village organizations.
Hale Village Online is a 24 hour a day broadband website dedicated to Hale Village.
Hale Village Online is a website which includes audio and video material, therefore headphones-speakers are required to get the maximum benefit of the content on the website.
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Hale village is located 3 miles from Widnes in Cheshire and 1 mile from Liverpool John Lennon Airport on the north bank of the the River Mersey. Although Hale is served by Halton Borough Council, it has a Liverpool post code of L24.
Local Groups
Hale Village Online has now started to include new pages dedicated to village community groups in Hale. Hale village has numerous local groups who's awareness is worthy of more publicity,, locally and nationaly!?
If you are part of a local group and would like to have webspace on Hale Village Online, please make contact with the site and we will accomodate you, by making a webpage similar to those now online.
To see other groups pages navigate to the drop-down menue above and click on:
Local Groups
The Vicarage Picnic
Hale Village is home to reputedly the tallest man in Britain, John Middleton,, the Childe of Hale who, it is alleged that he was 9ft 3" tall. His grave is located in St Marys Chruch graveyard and his cottage still stands today on Chruch Road. To see more, visit the Village history pages, under, The village is also home to one of only three remaining duck decoys in the UK and also Pickerings Pasture, an award winning Green Flag Local Nature Reserve with magnificent views of the River Mersey estuary and the Welsh mountains to the west.Hale Village is steeped in history as can be seen from some of the information on this website. Although progress and modern times have crept in,, the village still holds on to it`s past history, such as the elections of a Parish Council, Lord Mayor, Guilds Women and Freemen for the villageCelebrations took place in 2000 to celebrate and mark the Millenium year in Hale Village. A booklet was produced in memory of Colin Naylor once a councilor for Hale. To Mark the celebrations, various projects were undertaken, such as, Hale Hall/Park gates restored. Plaque for the Childe of Hales CottageThe Village sign on the monument/war memorial. The Bench for Hale Church yardThe big Village Photo The Wellington Green signThe Hale Millenium CalendarMore celebrations took place during 2004, these were to celebrate 700 years of The Freemen Of Hale.
Saturday 12th July saw Janice throw open the doors, well, the garden gate of the vicarage, for a vicarage picnic in the garden.
The day started off at 2pm in the afternoon as locals started to arrive with their picnic hampers full of who knows what!? By 2.30pm the afternoon picnic was in full swing, with a Jazz band playing as people tucked into their wine, sandwiches and chatted. Janice played the perfect host greeting people as they arrived, it was nice to see familiar faces during the afternoon, from Keith Banks, Ruth Hilton, the two Carols and Mauirine and Richard...
During the afternoon the jazz band and "The Straws" headed by St Mary's very own Jeoff entertained with numerous country and Irish songs.
Thankfully the weather stayed fine with sunshine and the odd dull moment as the clouds hid the sun. Nevertherless,, the afternoon was a huge success and by 5.30pm everyone was pleased with the afternoons picnic and entertainement
Well done Janice!
Historian Peter Hatton
Local historian Peter Hatton has written and published several history books about Hale.
One of his earliest books is seen here in black & white.
His latest book (top right) is now on sale in Hale Village Sub Post Office, on the High Street.
Orchard Dell Cottage
Orchard Dell
Cottage is a small
b&b close to
Liverpool Airport.
We offer very comfortable
facilities reasonably priced. all
prices include a full Englishbreafast.
Orchard Dell Cottage is within the walls of the long gone Hale Hall within the park in Hale Village.
Orchard Dell Cottage Website
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A380 Airbus Over Hale Village
Picnic At The Vicarage
Hale Park Wins Lotter Bid
Cheshire Police-Roadside Unit
Hale Rose Queen From 1967 Sends.....
New Guildswomen
Greetings cards, Sweets, Drinks, Eggs, Tinned food, National Lottery and more.
The afternoon of Saturday July 12th, around 1.20pm, saw a brand new Airbus A380 double-decker aeroplane over the skies of Hale Village.
The Airbus A380 was scheduled to make several appearances around the North West as a test/speed flight. First stop was an overshoot approach at Manchester Airport at 1.20pm followed by an overshoot approach at Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 1.25pm and also a brief appearance at the Wirral show at 1.30pm.
The aircraft also carried out several air maneuvers over the Mersey and by the Seaforth docks in recognition of the current Liverpool City of Culture 2008 status.
Below are 3 photographs taken of the aircraft on approach and overshooting the runway at Liverpool Airport.
Photographs by Mr B Thompson.
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Large Aeroplane over Hale Village
The Monthly Advice Surgery by Councilor Mike Wharton, PCSO Steve Marnick and MP Derek Twigg will be held on Saturday 26th July in Hale Village Hall from 9.30am. If you have any village related issues, please do come along.
A Seventies Evening takes place at the Wellington Hotel/Pub on July 26th starting at 7.30pm. Live entertainment on the night comes from the "Glam Rock Band" there will also be a buffet supper. Tickets £5 from the Wellington Pub or contact them on 0151 452 2178.
Coach trip to Chatsworth House and the Derbyshire Hills has been organised for Sunday 27th July. Departing Ivy Farm Court Shops at 9.00am Tickets are £9.50 each and are available from Betty on 0151 425 2971 or Pat on 0151 425 3179
Friends Of Pickerings Pasture will be holding a "Project Day" on Wednesday July 30th at 10:00am till 3:00PM at Hale Duck Decoy, new members welcome. Meet at Pickerings Pasture at 10.00am.
Police/Community Action Meeting Monday 8th September 2008 at the Hale Primary school off Hesketh Drive Hale Village 19.30hrs
The Monthly Advice Surgery
Hale Village Post Office
A Seventies Evening
61 High St
Hale Village, Liverpool, L24 4AE, UK
0151 425 4687
Greetings cards, Sweets, Drinks, Eggs, Tinned food, National Lottery and more.
Coach trip to Chatsworth House and the Derbyshire Hills
Friends Of Pickerings Pasture
Hale News Newsagents
Police/Community Action Meeting
Ivy Farm Court
Town Lane
Hale Village, Liverpool, L24
0151 425 2587
Newsagents, Tobacconist
Confectionary, News Papers
Magazines, Phone Top-up
Newsagents, Tobacconist
Confectionary, News Papers
Magazines, Phone Top-up
The Freemens Parade Sunday May 18th 2008
Sunday 18th of May saw the annual Freemens parade take
place, on a sunny morning at 10.45 am.
The Lord Mayor of Hale, Mr Mal Sutton and Freemen,
gathered at Tec9 on Hale Road where the parade assembled
around 10.45am
The parade was lead by the T.S Conway Marching Band, also in the parade where the Guildswomen of
Hale along with the current Hale Carnival Rose Queen. The Parade set off just after 10.45am and marched
from Hale Road along the High Street, up Church Road and on to St Marys Church were a service
commenced at just on 11.00am.
After the service, the parade re-assembled and then marched to Hale Park, once in Hale Park the parade
was dissmissed, those who attended where then invited to Hale Hall Gardens for a bbq,, prepared by it's
resident The Lord Mayor Of Hale Mr Mal Sutton.
To the right, for the first time ever via the internet, Hale Village Online
can present moving footage of the Freemens Parade through the
village of Hale. In the short video you will see the parade entering
the High Street from Hale Road, then moving down the High Street
past the War Memorial towards the Child of Hale Pub, followed by
the parade arriving at St Marys Church for the Church service.
The parade then falls out and enters St Marys, greeted by
the Rev Janice Collier.
There are also a number of photographs available to view in this
item and also the complete photo shoot of the parade has now
been added to the Public Events 2008 Gallery section of -
Hale Village Online
The Freemens Parade Video
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Friends Of Hale Park Website
Village Memories
Can you remember some of the these village memories from the last 50/60 years ago. Gather your family around and see if you can recall some real village memories, from decades gone by. If you can recall some other memories of village life over the years, then please do email them in for inclusion in the below list. email: halevillageonline@tiscali.co.uk
To find out more about the Friends Of Hale Park, they now have their own website devoted to the group. You can access the website at:
http://www.friendsofhalepark.org.uk
halevillageonline@tiscali.co.uk
Turners potatoes-cows on the field around the Cricket Pitch opposite the Church
Alf Stonehouses Shed with his mower in, by the Tennis/Cricket
The bench/seat opposite the Church
The helicopter that use to come and aerial spray the crops up Church Road
Ivy Farm Shops being built on Rat Villa
The Prefab houses being built in Carr Lane
Winning the Best Kept Village for 1968
The Limes
The rose bushes in the triangle on the village green
The decorated billboards with balloonson,, on the village green/memorial for the 1999/2000 Carnival
The stained-glass window in St Mary's Church
Billy Allan was always on the hey bailer at Webbs
The two small sets of prefab sheds next to Ivy Farm Court Shops for residents of the flats above
The very first slide and swings in Hale Park with the big tree trunk to sit on
The Cricket Clubs tea's in the Pavilion
Billy Allan, Herbert Bent and Billy Bagley cleaning out the ashes for two weeks after the church burnt down
The Scouts in Hale Youth Club, run by Mr J Rylance
Turners cows in the lean-too's/Sheds next to the walled garden in the park
The big rats in Church End Farm
Yanks during the war, travelling through the village to Burton Wood in their big trucks
The splitting boxes in the old barn on Church Road
Woodcocks Garage
Thwaites Farm at the top of Ramsbrook
H1/H25 double decker Crosville buses
The old hey rake on the green infront of Church End farmhouse
Billy Allans flag-pole
The wooden bench on the war memorial
The Caravan Club in Hale Park,, on the left
Bernard Webbs cows in the Church Field
The motorbike.scrambler races-competitions event down Ramsbrook Lane on the right
Hale Carnivals procession starting off from Burnes Farm/Houghton Towers
The Hot Air Balloon in Hale Park
Billy Allan, Herbert Bent and Billy Bagley riding home from Webbs at 5pm on their bikes around the War Memorial
The fruit trees planted in the bottom walled garden at Hale Hall by Bernard Webb for sale
The first playgroup in the village was held in the Wellington Function Room in the late 60's.
(Playgroup later moved to the old school annexe.)
The Jaycee School of Dance that was held in the Wellington Function Room
Home Farms (Jimmy Pickups) cows grazing the parkland.
Mr Jenkins, the vicar!
The orchard by the stream in the woods, next to the walled garden.
The Air Raid shelter in the park on the right.
Maud and "Big Jim Leather"
Webbs burning stubble after harvesting
The tennis courts and tennis club down the park/Hall
Turners farm, mowing silage/cutting the grass in the park and storing it next to the walled garden in the park
Air Raid shelter at Ivy Farm Court
Ned Huyton cleaning the village
Annual bonfire in the park, 5th November.
The petrol pumps infront of the old Smithy on the High St
Mark Stonehouse/Almond mowing the cricket pitch
Christmas tree on the village green
Playing in the ruins of Hale Hall before they were demolished, especially the couple of cellars
The Home of Hale Football Club down Carr Lane, first field on the right.
The curb painted black and white all around the War Memorial
Doug StoneHouse mowing the grass in the Church
Mrs Edith and the Church Pram Club
The daffodil fields behind the park/hall
Mrs Claytons shop on the High St near the old Smithy
Italian prisoners of war cleaning out the ladypool brook in the park
The frozen ice in winter down Carr Lane on the right
The Wellington field, before the Curlender was built
Webbs Nursery on the land now built on-Wimpy Estate
Bernard Webbs potatoes and cows in the walled garden down the park/Hale Hall
Barrage Balloons down Withins Way at the bottom on the left
Bernard Webbs estate shoot
Mrs Allan stood at the gate on Town Lane/Ivy Farm
When Pheasant Filed esate was built
The privet bushes spaced around the war memorials iron fencing
Hemmings Garage/Hale Carrage Company
Molly Huyton with her cut flowers for sale on the High St opposite the garden center
Mr Heskeths vintage car parked up in front of the Manor House
Hale Church being burnt out
Horses in their paddocks in the park
Hale Cricket Clubs Wooden Pavilion
Mr and Mrs Cox who lived down the old Hall/Hale Hall Gardens
Rat Villa
Hale School being burnt down
Webbs little red fergies collecting wood around the village for bonfire night in Hale Park
Playing in and around the Ice House woods
Turners cows down the shore on the Warren
Jan and the Sparr shop
The original width of the red shailed-park track
The orchard were the Poco homes now are
Cut flowers from Dick and Bernard Webbs greenhouses
The greenhouses in the walled garden
Mr Scott the vicar
Church End Farm during the height of harvesting the wheat/barley
Hale Park before people were aloud in
Billy Allans whitewashed wall by the war memorial
Alf Stonehouse taking care of the war memorial and green
Home farm tipping manure on the old tennis courts.
The Queens Visit to Hale
The original mock cannon off the war memorial, in Mrs Rogers garden by the drill hall
Poplar trees next to Ivy Farm
Unexploded incendiary bombs in Hale Park dropped during the war
The Poco Homes being built
The old conker tree in the park on the right, with the rope swing on it, tied to one of the branches
Jeff Grimes the village Bobbie
Mr Dolan, Mrs Watkinson, Mr Smith, Mrs Littler, Mr Wall and Mrs Todd from Hale School
The village playgroup in the old wooden hut next to the Top School
Mrs Evans in her cottage down the old Hall, Hale Hall Gardens
The red telephone box on the High St next to the garage
The aeroplane crashing in Carr Lane
The Coffee shop in Lucy's Cottage
The thresher at Ivy Farm and Hale Hall Gardens
Bonfire night in Hale Park and the fireworks exploded on the trailer
The parkland/estate gates opposite the war memorial, to Hale Hall, were always closed to the public
Webbs Onions down the shore
Mr Jenkins who had the old Smithy
Sitting on the small stone wall next to the Blackburnes gates/Park Lodge, opposite the war memorial
Mrs Belcher, Billy Howell and Mrs Boydell
The Tea Rooms on Town Lane
The "Grey Lady" (ghost) down the park
The Village Hall being built
The old cottages in Cocklaid Lane before the new houses were built
Cordwells grass team who use to cut the airport airfield, carting cut grass through the village
Brenda and Norman Nuttalls milk/round float
Manchester Airport going on strike and jumbo jets/747's flying over the village and landing at Liverpool Airport,
Billy Allans Geese
Allan & Evans Nursery in the parkland of Hale Hall
When Mr Arnold Cox secured the park for public use
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