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The Wirral Photographic Memories
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Upton memories
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New Home
Upton has many happy memories for me. I was only 15 years old at the time we moved to Upton from Aintree. I spent many happy times in Upton those days. I remember the village so well. And in particular The Stone House Bakery! Where my mum would buy her bread and other deli items. I married in St. Josephs Church in 1963, and had my wedding reception in The Eagle & Crown Hotel. I live in Canada now and the last time I was back home I visited the village and so many changes I came across. Fond memories though.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Thermopylae
I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass. We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted and happy after playing and running about all day. At the time we didn't know its real name, and called it The Moppoly Paths. Sometimes we called it "The Mops". The grandmother of a friend used to live in the house in this picture, I recall that there were stables on the west side of the house. I am not sure whether she owned it or just lived there. We used to love Thermopylae, it was wild ...read more here
Contributed by Joan Grey
Our Wedding Day.
I was married in St. Joseph's 9th February 1963. The Priest who married us was Father Mc'Gonigal. Such a nice gentleman. The weather that day was snowy & very cold.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Merseyside memories
Our Wedding Day.
I was married in St. Joseph's 9th February 1963. The Priest who married us was Father Mc'Gonigal. Such a nice gentleman. The weather that day was snowy & very cold.
A memory of Upton contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Extracts From Upton & Merseyside books
This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow. Until 1851 the hill was a mass of flagpoles, as signals were sent by semaphore all the way from Holyhead to Bidston. From here signals were sent by raising various flags into the port at Liverpool, so that ship owners could be made aware of their vessels’ arrival.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
Upton is an ancient settlement mentioned in the Domesday survey as ‘Optone in Wilaveston Hundred’. (A hundred was an administrative unit within a county, and was named after its central meeting place, in this case Willaston). St Mary’s parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
We are looking west towards the cross-roads in the part of Upton known as The Village. Up until the end of the Second World War, Upton was a stand-alone village, but with urban expansion on the Wirral, it has coalesced with Woodchurch, Greasby and Moreton, so that now it is not a separate community any longer.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
Taken from the corner of Arrowe Park Road, this photograph is looking east along The Village. Traffic lights now stand on this corner, which is much busier today than in the relatively quiet days of motoring. The large stone building on the left is still there, but it is now a hair and beauty salon, not a tea shop.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
Apart from the extra, more modern vehicles in Upton now, little has changed from this photograph. E J Clarke (right) is now a Balti House, the clock on the wall advertising sweets and ices has disappeared, and the shop beneath is now Central Pets. The black and white half-timbered building (centre) is the Eagle and Crown public house.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".