These photos were take by James Davis and can give us an idea of what the hall looked like in the late 1950s. You can see the piano up on the stage, and can just make out the steps down from the stage.

The bride in the photo is Jean Booth who married a US airman from Burtonwood Air Base at St Peter’s Church in (we think) September 1956. The Booth family were good friends with the Davis family, and asked James to take the photos. Also pictured is Ann Booth Butcher (the bride’s sister) and her husband. (I don’t have Mr Butcher’s first name at the moment but hope to find it! He was a great swimmer, according to Rod Davis, and a stalwart of Woolton swimming club!)

The Woolton Follies

St Peter’s Church Hall was home to the Woolton Follies for many years! These photos were taken in the late 1950s/early 1960s.