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Parkgate photos

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Parkgate maps

Historic maps of Parkgate and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Parkgate maps

Parkgate map

Historic map of Parkgate

Merseyside map

Illustrated Victorian map of Merseyside

Parkgate map

Historic Map of any Parkgate postcode

Parkgate maps
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Parkgate books

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Cheshire County Memories
Paperback
£15

Cheshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Cheshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Parkgate books
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Memories of Parkgate

Parkgate memories
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Connah''s Quay Power Station and the Salt Marsh Reclamation Project

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE ALL THE SAND AT PARKGATE AND HESWALL WENT TO? and does anyone have any memories of how the Salt Marsh has changed since the first land/salt marsh reclamation scheme was launched (so I've been told) in the 1930s? Does anyone remember the building of Connah's Quay Power Station in 1950, does anyone remember seeing the sand dredger... [more]

Shared on 08 October 2008

Family memories.

I was amazed and delighted to see a photograph of my mother and grandmother.
Nearest the camera is my grandmother, Mrs Archie Turner (1892-1974) who lived in Whitford Road, Birkenhead. Next to her is her eldest daughter, my mother, Mrs Clifford Bolt (1916-2003) who lived in Arthur Street, Birkenhead. They would both have been tickled pink to... [more]

Shared on 06 April 2006 by Margaret P Halpin.

Merseyside memories

Neston Cross

Remember The Cross very well, worked my apprenticeship at Leighton Printing Works from 1950 to '55 when I joined the RAF, the photos bring back lots of memories. Went back in '77 to visit the old works to see if anybody remembered me. (No). Took a visit to Parkgate too, it has changed so much (no water anymore), but still nice... [more]

Shared on 04 June 2008 by William Mccully.

The bike shop, the sweet shop, Leighton Court and the last Neston family to catch shrimps

On The High Street, Neston as you look towards Liverpool Road with The Cross just behind you you may still be able to see two alleyways. One used to end in a shed where a man had a bike shop. It was an Aladdin's Cave stacked with spare parts. My Dad bought me bikes. We had the lawnmower fixed there too.... [more]

Shared on 18 April 2007 by C Evans.

Extracts From Parkgate & Merseyside books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Parkgate, inspired by Frith photos.

The Wirral Photographic Memories

This is one of the final stretches of golden sand that once graced the foreshore at Parkgate before the estuary totally silted up and salt marsh encroached. Parkgate was a popular yachting centre. Some of the boys on the beach were probably from Mostyn House School in the town; the yacht in the foreground is a typical 12ft vessel favoured by... [more]

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The Wirral Photographic Memories

Wirral fishermen are loading mussels into jute sacks ready for transportation to the restaurants of Cheshire and Liverpool. The Boat House is visible at the end of The Parade. Though shellfish are still gathered by some locals from the brackish sands to the north of Parkgate, the commercial trade ceased when the estuary finally silted up in the 1950s.

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The Wirral Photographic Memories

This building stands at the northern end of The Parade; it was built in 1926 on the site of a former coaching inn, the Pengwern Arms, which had to be demolished in 1885 following storm damage. It originally functioned as a café, serving visitors who chose to stroll along the promenade from the town or those who braved the cool seawater... [more]

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