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Merseyside map

Illustrated Victorian map of Merseyside

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Rocklands

I was born at Rocklands December 1954. It was sold shortly after and later demolished for a new build home.

Shared on Sunday, February 25, 2007 by David Twemlow.

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 Monday, August 03, 2009 by Ian Mabbitt.

Swing Boats

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 Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Angela Carr.

Mere Memories

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 Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by Pete B.

Waring/Stocker Family

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 Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Valerie Waring.

WARING OR STOCKER FAMILY

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 Sunday, February 22, 2009 by Valerie Waring.

Hall Farm, Eastham

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 Monday, February 16, 2009

Wartime in Eastham

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 Friday, May 30, 2008

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