Thanks Stan, I suppose, given the date of that directory, 77 may have been a victim of the Blitz? At least I know now that the road was continuous. By the way, where did you get such quick access to the directory. Is it online or CD perhaps? Regards Neil ----- Original Message ---- From: Stan Smith <stan.smith1@ntlworld.com> To: Neil Grantham <neil40@btinternet.com>; eng-lan-warrington@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 2 February, 2007 10:42:26 PM Subject: RE: [LAN-WARR] Catherine Street In the 1951-52 warrington directory, Catherine St runs uninterruptedly from Bewsey Road, and is bisected by Lilford street between nos 69/71 and 73. It is classified as 'no thoroughfare' and is comprised entirely of private houses, apart from occasional grocers' shops (which were probably live-in premises). There is, however, nothing between 73 and no 81. There is a cluster of small shops here: 69/71 is a fish and chip shop, then Lilford St intervenes, then 73 is a greengrocer and 81 a grocer, so there may have been a small corner here, though probably not a square, but without houses (they could have been demolished, as much of the area was gradually over this period, usually starting with the oldest houses first). There is no interruption of the house numbering on the Lilford St corner across the road, in the even numbers. Stan Smith -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-warrington-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-warrington-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil Grantham Sent: 02 February 2007 21:41 To: ENG-LAN-WARRINGTON@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN-WARR] Catherine Street Dear List My grandma's birth certificate names her birthplace as 77 Catherine Street, Warrington If I look at a modern map, I see it as two 'bits' of road, and a search on Google shows commercial properties in one section. Can anyone tell me if it really was one complete road in days gone by and has it been re-developed. Are there any pictures online anywhere that I might see what it was like? Many thanks Neil ** PLEASE CHANGE YOUR SUBJECT HEADING WHEN E-MAILING THE LIST ** ** PLEASE REMOVE "signatures" from your e-mails to facilitate easier searching of the archives ** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-WARRINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message