Birkenhead

Farewell to Birkenhead

This was where my 'farewell' party was held before I emigrated to Canada. Many old schoolfriends, co-workers and family came to wish me luck!! and I'm still here in Canada 42 years later!!
Contributed by Angela Rickett

HALFWAY HOUSE

I used to live next door at 295 (Now demolished) to HALFWAY HOUSE on Woodchurch Road....still have vivid memories of being taken into pub cellars from aged about 3 to 4 during frequent AIR RAIDS around 1941 surrounded by many neighbours, lots of tea, and the landlord (the Murche's)......I left area before being old enough to enjoy a drink, although I was often sent to "offee" for a half bottle of port...... Happy memories of the ARNO and junior school alongside....would love to return one day before it's all too late
Contributed by Mike DENNIS

Days of my childhood

As young children my nanna would frequently walk my sister and I up to the Arno to play in the rough ground behind the rose garden. That was way back in the 1950's. She would sit and spend quiet time in the gardens whilst we ran and played like banshees. Later on we would go there with friends to play in the hills and bushes away from the watchful eyes of adults. My last visit as teenager was on the day we finished our A levels, when a group of us quite spontaneously headed up there. Perhaps it was a subconscious goodbye to a childhood that was so peaceful and idyllic and safe.
In 2003 I returned from Australia for my ...read more here
Contributed by Ian Tait

Cleveland Street.

I used to live across the main road from the tunnel, on Cleveland Street, next to the Seamans Mission. That road looked hundreds of yards wide, and I used to sit near the entrance on a wall, watching the cars going into and coming out of the tunnel. A long walk up to Hamilton Square, then through the bus depot into the ferry.

At that time, the world was huge, but relatively quiet compared to nowadays. I last visited back about 2003, and it all looks minute in comparison.
Contributed by Gary Jones

1960's Tunnel Memories

I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965.  I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the cream colour as ordinary Police vehicles were either all white or sky-blue with white doors. My family used to visit my grandmother (who lived in Tranmere) virtually every week and my Dad used to play a game on the way home with me and my mother when it was dark.  It was called "How Many Cars in the Tunnel Without Lights?".  Each of us had to guess a number for how many cars would be seen in the tunnel without any lights on, ...read more here
Contributed by Brian Jones

77 Bus.

Memories! Memories! I just logged on to the site and how interesting to see the old 77 bus at Woodside Ferry. My husband to be at the time worked on the Birkenhead Transport . I met him on the 77 Bus route going through from Woodside to Upton. We married in 1963. Fond Memories. Still together 45 years down the road.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert

Visiting The Birkenhead Library

I was not long married at the time and we lived in Charlesville and there was many a night I would visit the Library for books.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert