George and I is OUR project about the people's memories of St George's Hall, Liverpool-based Memory Catchers is just waiting for your stories, pictures and memories to be woven into the evolving history of this much loved building. To contribute to the project, you can either call into the Heritage Centre at St George's Hall on one of the Memory Catching days listed below, between 10 am and 4.00 pm.or send us your memory or story or image and your contact details by email to enquiries@memorycatchers.co.ukDrop in Memory Catching days are:Saturday April 19th 2008Monday May 5th 2008Friday June 20th 2008 Heritage Centre, St George's Hall, 10am.-4.00 p.m. So what’s the latest? Well, March 25th was a busy day at St George’s Hall. We collected a number of stories from visitors. Harold Lesley Manns called into the Hall to be recorded telling us how he had marched through the city alongside his mine sweeping shipmates to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic.The march culminated in a banquet in the Hall. Harold brought in a photograph of him and his shipmates on the steps of St George’s. This will be included in the September exhibition. Les has not one but three separate memories of St. George’s! As a sixteen year old builder’s apprentice he worked alongside his father to build the toilets in the air raid shelter underneath the building. After the war he used to come to dances at the Hall. His favourite dance was the foxtrot and he recalls one New Years Eve dance that went on until three in the morning.Charles Mac Bride recalled how as a child of seven in the 1930s he had witnessed a collision between the car he was a passenger in and a horse and cart. Sadly the horse died in the accident. Whilst James wasn’t called into court by the judge he was questioned in an ante room about the incident. He cannot remember the verdict but does distinctly remember the trumpeters on the steps of the Hall heralding the arrival of the judge, who was treated like royalty as, after all, he was the King’s representative!Another great story – Imagine a cinema full of children emerging from watching Bed knobs and broomsticks in the 80s –the first thing they see are St George’s lions and they are all transfixed just waiting for them to come to life! Recollections of Saturday afternoon R.S.P.C.A. talks- Beryl used to attend and write a report that she relayed back to her school the following Monday morning. Does anyone else remember those meetings, she wonders?Derek recalls Eamonn Andrews visited the Hall in the Spring or Summer of 1965 and gave a very entertaining speech.Eileen remembers singing as a child in the school choir on the steps at the Battle of Britain ceremony. Also she recalls proudly watching her father, returned from the war, in the Victory Parade.John remembers watching a brilliant performance of Hamlet by Alan Rickman, Later that evening he saw the actor all alone on the steps of the Hall, presumably waiting for a lift. There was such a stark contrast between the image of him hours earlier receiving rapturous applause from the crowds and then this silent solitary stance. To read more memories of St George’s Hall visit www.memorycatchers.co.uk. Memories page. If you have a memory of the Hall we’d love to hear it. Please call into the Heritage Centre at St George’s Hall any time between 10a.m. and 4p.m. on Saturday April 19th, Monday May 5th or Friday June 20th. Better still-if you are happy to contribute to our exhibition please bring in any photographs you might have of events at the Hall. With your permission we’ll copy them and return them immediately.
