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Why did you let them do that?
I left Crosby 37 years ago. On returning there a few years ago, I found an ancient cottage - by the name of Pinfold or Penfold Cottage - had vanished only to be replaced by shops. Surely this thatched cottage was a listed building?
Does anybody have photos or memories of this happening?
A memory of Crosby contributed by LES NORMAN
Old shops in Great Crosby
Who remembers a shop in Great Crosby with the names Mary Anne Minnie and Charlotte Louise over the door?
A memory of Crosby contributed by LES NORMAN
"Hoylake Baths"
I recall happy memories of the Bathing Pool. It had two fountains spurting over fake rocks. We used to climb on these to cool off. In those days the Summers seemed to go on forever. The baths used to attract large attendances in those days.
I can remember when the baths were closed on warm evenings. With a crowd of friends we would climb over the rear walls to enjoy free swimming until the police came and we would all scarper. Great fun & laughs, life was so much better in those days.
The baths were eventually closed by the Council because of falling attendances and running costs but a local group of volunteers ...read more here
A memory of Hoylake contributed by ron mcshane
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
A memory of Birkenhead contributed by Ian Tait
Extracts From Lairdside Technology Park & Merseyside books
We are looking south-east along Neston’s main shopping street, with the wall of St Mary and St Helen’s church on the immediate right. The road is still rather narrow and congested, but the scene has changed quite considerably in the intervening years, with many of the buildings being demolished, replaced or altered. With the silting up of the River Dee and the decline of Chester as a port in the early 19th century, Neston began to thrive as a market town and coaching station.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
This lovely old building stands in Leighton Road, close to its junction with Wood Lane. There are records of millers in Neston dating back to 1672, and the Mostyn Estate map of 1814 indicates two windmills in the area, but one was demolished in 1822 following severe storm damage. The sails of the mill last turned towards the end of the 1880s, but from 1975 to 1990 it had a new lease of life when it became home to a glass engraving business. It has since been renovated with a new roof and turned into a lovely one-bedroom residence by the owner, Mr Blackburn, who lives in the cottage just visible to the right of the mill.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
This view along The Parade at Parkgate has changed very little over the intervening years. All of the houses still stand. The Old Quay Inn, to the right, is still trading, and so are the majority of the shops along the front. One change, however, is the demise of the slender spire in the centre of the picture.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
The town of Parkgate has a rather fascinating history. It started as a small, coastal hamlet occupied by a few fishermen and shrimpers. It then evolved into a bustling sea port during the 18th century, and finally, before the tide ceased to lap against the sea wall, it developed into a fashionable seaside resort. Encroaching sands and developing salt marsh put paid to both the shipping and sun-worshipping trades, and today Parkgate serves as a pleasant commuter town. However, it still retains the atmosphere of a seaside resort. The Red Lion Inn still trades on The Parade.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".
One of these very similar views shows the town on a bright summer day with the road thronged with vehicles and the pavements, benches and sea wall busy with visitors enjoying the Cheshire sunshine and the expansive views across the Dee Estuary. The second photograph depicts a virtually deserted Parkgate, but there is still evidence of a beach beneath the sea wall. The projecting section of promenade shown in both photographs is known as the Donkey Stand, because it was possible to take donkey rides along the sands from here as far as South Slip and back.
An extract from from"The Wirral Photographic Memories".