Comments on: Joan Naylor of Bellevue Place

By: Neil Reynolds

Neil Reynolds — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:35:42 +0000

I forgot to add that my father (Earnest Reynolds) worked at Charringtons Brewery along side Bill Naylor until 1974.
Some of The Charringtons Brewery operation moved to Warrington in Cheshire shortly before we moved to Cheshire ourselves (my father followed his career)
Best of luck and love to all!

By: Neil Reynolds

Neil Reynolds — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:25:35 +0000

I lived at number 5 Belle Vue Place with my dad: -Earnest Reynolds, my mum Patricia Reynolds and my brother Ian Reynolds, until 1974.
I remember Bill, Joan, Julie and the lovely Mrs Boxall who was our next door neighbour and lived at number 6 I think?
I think Julie used to have a tortoise? And I remember making mud pies…happy days! 🙂

By: stephen riley

stephen riley — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:06:46 +0000

good evening.my great gran was born in belle vue place in 1866…..i have visited the place a few times, joan always spoke to me if she was in her garden.i am doing my family tree and woud welcome any contact with anyone interested in my great gran, emily moran…….her house was one pulled down by, im told 1871……..very best wishes,i live in lancashire and love to visit london…..

By: Jan Moxham

Jan Moxham — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:59:17 +0000

I am Stan’s eldest daughter and remember life behind the “green door” as a magical time. Joan was often the butt of my father’s pranks. she was an easy target as she would collapse into peals of laughter.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:30:19 +0000

Lovely story – and so true. Joan’s daughter and my daughter met when they were 3 years old and are friends to this day. I remember in the 70s going with my family every 5th Nov. for many years to celebrate in Bellevue Place with the Naylor family. It was such a magical little place.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:05:58 +0000

Fab, loved the three glamorous ladies , they could be a ‘girl group’ of their day.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:03:34 +0000

Lovely stories, and fabulous photo of Lil, Teddy and Tilly dressed up to party having all visited the hairdresser that very day… I can almost smell the Elnett!… very glamorous ladies.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:29:55 +0000

This is beautiful. The photos remind me so much of ones taken in my childhood (both still and Super 8)and also of the Terence Davies film ‘Distant Voices, Still Life’. I often worry that my children don’t have that same sort of communal experience. When I was young there were always parties (usually based on the parish) and there were lots of adults who I knew as aunties and uncles even though we weren’t related. Of course the downside was that it was very difficult to break away from, or to bring different ideas to.

By: jackie

jackie — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:45:14 +0000

I just enjoyed that so much that I wanted to say so.

By: Rachel Cotterill

Rachel Cotterill — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:59:46 +0000

What a charming piece of history! Thank you for sharing this.