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Eastham, Merseyside
Eastham maps
Historic maps of Eastham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Eastham maps
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Eastham books
Displaying 3 of 5 books about Eastham and the local area. View all Eastham books
Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
Paperback
$26
Southport Photographic Memories
Paperback
$26
The Wirral Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
13 Eastham photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Eastham
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I lived at Hall Farm during the war years and along with my sister attended the Village School where Bill Haining was headmaster. My father farmed 300 acres in and around Eastham and kept a dairy herd of about 50 cows. The farm was bombed just a few days before Christmas in 1941, the farm buildings skirting the roadside... [more]
Shared on 16 February 2009
Hi, can anyone tell me if they went to school with any of the following names, firstly my dad, Alan Maxwell Waring, Gillie Waring, Walter/Wally Waring, Dulcie Waring. They lived at Rose Cottage, Eastham. I would love to hear from anyone who knew them or any stories they could tell me. All my father's side of the family including the Stockers... [more]
Shared on 22 February 2009
I was growing up in Eastham during the 1930s, attending the village school when war was declared. We had occasional day visits by the Lufwaffe and a couple of bombs were dropped. Then, after Dunkirk, the Merseyside blitz started with a vengeance, we in Eastham took some hard hits, Masons farm, opposite the Stanley Arms, took a direct hit and lost... [more]
Shared on 30 May 2008
Lived in Eastham in late 40s and early 50s at Carlett Park (in the old army camp) during the digging of the dock and went to the village school. Had a lot of fun riding on the machinery when they were doing it. That was before they made a park down by the old ferry, while playing in Eastham wood was... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2008
My grandad Gillie (John Gilbert) Waring live at Rose Cottage, 172 $astham Rake with his wife Dorothy and their children Alan, Gillie, Wally and Dulice. I have vague memories of my dad going to Eastham to park his wagon at Eastham, why he did this I do not know as he then came home to Little Sutton. I think my grandad... [more]
Shared on 26 February 2009
Merseyside memories
Bike rides from Ellesmere Port
I remember bike rides first with my dad and then with my brothers Glyn and Paul and cousins David and Neil to Raby Mere. The lake was so calm and peacfull and we hired the lovely clinker built skiffs for a row. My dad taught us to row there without 'catching crabs'! I remember the penny machines well and ice cream... [more]
Shared on 03 August 2009
I spent a few summer holidays with my auntie who lived in Bromborough. I used to go to Raby Mere with my cousins, Gerrard and Chris. I remember some swing boats there, we used to love going on them.
Shared on 15 February 2009
My memory is not so much of the Wheatsheaf although I did visit a few times during my youth, a nice place to take a new girlfriend for a drive.
But nearby is the mere, a huge lake in the middle of an agricultural area.When I was a kid there were rowing boats that could be hired for a trip up... [more]
Shared on 29 January 2008
Extracts From Eastham & Merseyside books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Eastham, inspired by Frith photos.
The Wirral Photographic Memories
This view northwards along the Mersey shoreline towards Eastham Pier shows one of the Mersey ferries alongside. The iron pier was built in 1874 by the lessees of the Eastham Ferry Hotel, obviously with an eye to improving their own trade as well as that of the village.
This is an extract from The Wirral Photographic Memories.
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The Wirral Photographic Memories
A ship is sailing along the Manchester Ship Canal towards the old docks in Eastham in the same year that the canal was opened. Work began on the canal in 1887, and at its peak 97 steam excavators, 174 locomotives, 6,300 trucks, 194 cranes, 212 steam pumps, 59 pile engines, 196 horses and 16,000 navvies were involved. However, only 15,870 of... [more]
This is an extract from The Wirral Photographic Memories.
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The Wirral Photographic Memories
The photographer was standing outside St Mary's parish church and looking towards The Hooton Arms, the white-painted building at the end of the road (right). The inn was built in 1852, originally as the schoolmaster's house adjoining the new village school, but by 1860 it had become a public house.
This is an extract from The Wirral Photographic Memories.
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