Eastham, Queen Elizabeth II Dock c.1955

Photo ref: E9027

My Mum, Norma Hardie, lived in Eastham in the 1930s and went to the local school. She had wanted to name me Dulcie, but as you can see, I'm called Valerie. I wonder if she was a friend of your relatives.

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 came from either Eastham or Bromborough and my grandfather lived on ...see more

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 all its cattle when the shippons collapsed, also the park had some ...see more

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 the norm. Used to go swimming in the canal and over the banks into the mud in the Mersey and collect baskets of ...see more