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Earlestown maps
Historic maps of Earlestown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Earlestown maps
Historic map of Earlestown
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Earlestown books
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Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
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Southport Photographic Memories
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The Wirral Photographic Memories
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6 Earlestown photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Earlestown
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I was now old enough to drink (18) but unofficially you could always get a drink at certain pubs, which I'll not name but say thanks for looking out for me when I got tipsy on two pints of mild.
My memories of Earlestown are magic, the Viaduct club & Vic's dance nights, they were something to look forward to.
Sadly... [more]
Shared on 30 October 2008
I remember when there were two fishmongers in Earlestown, Lyons's fishmongers in Bridge St. and one whose name I can't remember in Legh St., now we have none.
We also had two picture places, the Rink where the Police Station is, and the Curson near the station, now we have none of those either.
My interest is fishing, we... [more]
Shared on 26 July 2008
Merseyside memories
I was born in Newton-le-Willows in 1946 and 21 years later married Jackie Emms from Newton-le-Willows also.
During that time we would often spend the evening having a drink in the "Leigh Arms" cocktail bar (see photo). In 1967 we married at "All Saints" church and held our wedding reception at the "Pied Bull" Newton-le-Willows (see photo N149027).
We are still... [more]
Shared on 27 February 2007
Sad to see all the games we played as kids are no longer around - hop scotch, he rolly, hide and seek, tic, the skipping rope, piggy, hig im jig, throw out can, cigarette cards, marbles, all healthy outdoor activites. Just writing about these games brought back many happy memories, hope it triggers the same effect on older readers, and I... [more]
Shared on 01 August 2009
I remember the build up to the Silver Jubilee when we were all having a street party, it was great when all the neighbours came together to make it great. I lived on Two Butt Lane in Rainhill. It brought all of us together. It was so much fun. I lived there all my young days when we used to have... [more]
Shared on 28 September 2008
I had never even heard of Huyton, much less been there until I joined the Territorial Army in 1967. I had enlisted at a recruiting office in Manchester and attended the Alamein Barracks for my basic training in 1967.
In those far off days we wore our uniform instead of civvies when leaving the barracks and I have... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2008
I remember my time in Quarry Green, and the white council 2 storey flats next to what we knew as "Spinney woods", and the bus turnaround, the pub called "The Black Swan", and then there was the primary school opposite Quarry Green, and I recall the "Z cars" programme was also based on a character at the fire station, Bob Steel.... [more]
Shared on 07 May 2008
I moved to Hunts Cross in 1948 when I was two. I lived in Laxton Road and went to Kingsthorne School from 1951 to 1957 when I, like virtually everyone else, passed the eleven plus. I went to Hillfoot Hey, now sadly demolished when it was only thirty years old!
Hunts Cross was a fantastic place to be a child... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2009
Extracts From Earlestown & Merseyside books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Earlestown, inspired by Frith photos.
Solid evidence of Victorian endeavour and values, Stephenson's great viaduct carries the Liverpool/Manchester railway over the Sankey Canal. The juxtaposition of factories, railway and canal give the strongest indication of the prosperity that accrued to this area in the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. It is worth reflecting that the two forms of transport - water and rail - were not, at first, incompatible. Later the growth of the commercial road vehicle industry was to deal a killer blow to them both.
This is an extract from Merseyside Living Memories.
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The Market is still very much a part of modern life, and fulfils its prime function on six days of every week.
This is an extract from Merseyside Living Memories.
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Here and above we see contrasting aspects of one of the town's most important thoroughfares: a quiet residential section overlooked by the comforting bulk of the Town Hall, and the busy shopping area where the opportunity is often presented to meet and greet friends and neighbours in addition to purchasing life's necessities. The young mother on the right is probably a grandmother by now, and does not remember the quality... [more]
This is an extract from Merseyside Living Memories.
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