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My mother was born in Wallasey in 1931. Maureen Brown. She married a US Air Force Sgt. Jim Humphires in 1955. In my early teens we were stationed in Germany and my mother, brother and sister lived with my grandmother (Mary Brown) in the early 70's. We all attended school there for 6 months. I have never forgotton that experience. My mother was able to get back home several times but became ill and passed away last year. Now my sister and I will be returning next summer for a visit and I cannot wait. Those photos on this website brought back memories as I'm sure it all has changed. My parents retried in Columbus, Ohio and I live just 45 ...read more here
A memory of Wallasey contributed by Patricia Reid
good days
Left Wallasey in 1964 for Australia. Lived in Russell Rd and went to St Albans and St Hildas. Was also in the 28th Wallasey scouts. Those days are full of good memories. I have been back a few times most recently in 2006. If anyone with a memory sees this message I would love to share some memories. I am hoping to make the trip again this year. Peter Maher from Seabank Road, Peter Barber and Michael Thomas?
From Tony Upton, Perth Australia
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Childhood in the village
I lived in Lycett Road from 1955 to 1981, what a change! Mostly the quietness at night, no cars or buses, no people. The street lights went out at midnight. The building on the right was Woods, something to do with cars, behind that was waste land till "Grower" Jones, a kind of home grown veggie shop, then nothing till Big Yard with its pig farm, a builders called H.H.Woods, then about two old cottages, then Hoyland and Garners and an old Anderson shelter, then a big house on the corner of Sandy Lane. Back to the roundabout and on the other side was a block of new shops, I think Timpsons was first, then Taskers, then a paint shop, opened ...read more here
A memory of Wallasey contributed by billy hannah
Wallasey
I remember Saturdays at the Pheonix, Corgi toys from Rushtons,i ce lollies from Fieldings,v inegar from Ellis's, 99 tea from the Co-op and the "divi" (15046) and Green Shield stamps, pink stamps from Berties, school shoes from Howards, sliding face down on the parquet floor in the library and getting told off, crossing the village from the old Co-op to the post office without waiting, milk from the machine by the Black Horse (6p), walking from St Georges Road to the huts by the "Cheese" in a "crocodile" hand in hand, two abreast, every morning, and last but not least, long long happy summer days and snow drifts you could get lost in. "ee bah goom, when I worra lad........"
A memory of Wallasey contributed by billy hannah
Extracts From New Brighton & Merseyside books
Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock
was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the
seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey. Its construction was
first proposed during the Napoleonic Wars, but it was delayed as
Liverpool Corporation and the Board of Ordnance attempted to
out-smart one another into picking up the bill. Because a lighthouse
was also being proposed, it appears that the Corporation was
hoping that the Army would pay for both by building a fort that
incorporated a lighthouse. Not to be outdone, the Army did its best
to convince the Corporation that they should build a lighthouse
that could double up as a coastal artillery platform. After the fort
was completed, local fishermen found that they could earn
themselves a few pounds by recovering cannon balls fired during
gunnery drill and then selling them back to the Army.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
The Black Rock had long been a hazard to navigation
for ships entering or leaving Liverpool. There were
various attempts at providing a light, but it was not
until the 1820s that a substantial stone-built
lighthouse was erected. It was built at a cost of
£27,000. Excluding the lantern, the lighthouse rises
90ft; the first 36ft is solid granite held together with
puzzolana, a volcanic sand that sets immensely
strongly when mixed with lime. The revolving light
was made by Robinson & Wilson of London, and cost
£2300 including machinery. Warning is given by a
white light flashing once every twenty seconds and
visible at 14 miles in clear weather. During daylight
hours, when the depth of water in Rock Gut is less
than eleven feet, a black ball is exhibited by the side
of the lantern. During the hours of darkness the same
message is conveyed by means of a fixed white light.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse. It was built from granite to a height of 90ft, and is a masterpiece of engineering skill. Its revolving light was claimed to be the first of its kind in England.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse. It was built from granite to a height of 90ft, and is a masterpiece of engineering skill. Its revolving light was claimed to be the first of its kind in England.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
This is the chief Mersey bathing-place, which at once gains and loses by its proximity to the great commercial city of Liverpool. There are here a commodious pier, and a sandy beach well supplied with bathing machines, donkeys, minstrels, and the like attractions for the amusement of the Bank Holiday crowds. The pier affords fine views of the shipping and docks of Liverpool, the Irish Sea, and the mountains of Wales.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Seaside".