Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Heswall, Merseyside
- Wallasey, Merseyside
- Birkenhead, Merseyside
- Bebington, Merseyside
- Hoylake, Merseyside
- Port Sunlight, Merseyside
- Meols, Merseyside
- New Brighton, Merseyside
- West Kirby, Merseyside
- Eastham, Merseyside
- Bromborough, Merseyside
- Upton, Merseyside
- Irby, Merseyside
- Egremont, Merseyside
- Thurstaston, Merseyside
- Moreton, Merseyside
- Barnston, Merseyside
- Leasowe, Merseyside
- Oxton, Merseyside
- Thornton Hough, Merseyside
- Bidston, Merseyside
- Caldy, Merseyside
- Raby, Merseyside
- Gayton, Merseyside
- Hilbre Island, Merseyside
- Greasby, Merseyside
- Grange, Merseyside
- Spital, Merseyside
- Woodhey, Merseyside
- Claughton, Merseyside
- Newton, Merseyside
- Woodchurch, Merseyside
- Lower Bebington, Merseyside
- Saughall Massie, Merseyside
- Rock Ferry, Merseyside
- Pensby, Merseyside
Photos
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Maps
278 maps found.
Books
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Memories
43 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
"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 ...Read more
A memory of Hoylake in 1957 by
Thornton Heath Mid 60s 1972
My family lived in Osborne Road so my brothers and I went to Beulah Infant and Junior Schools. I think Mrs Colby was head of Infznts and Mrs Grumberg head of Juniors. Mrs Bird was my favourite teacher. I loved having ...Read more
A memory of Thornton Heath by
60 Years On And I Still Love It!
My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community centre ...Read more
A memory of Talacre by
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 ...Read more
A memory of Upton in 1959 by
Tales Of College Green
This shows College Green and its grand posh upmarket shops, at a time in the past when parking wasn't a problem. Many famous people lived round the Green over the years including Mary Robinson; actress and mistress of the ...Read more
A memory of Bristol by
A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...
Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean at ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1947 by
Carrog Memory, As A Ww2 Evacuee.
I first visited Carrog in 1939 as an evacuee, at the start of World War 2. I was accompanied by my two sisters, having travelled by train from Birkenhead on the Wirral. All the evacuees were escorted to the Church Hall ...Read more
A memory of Carrog in 1940 by
Innocent Happiness
I was born just after the Second World War and like many people came from a fairly poor working class background. I was, however, blessed in many areas of my life and one of them was having an aunt who lived at 8 Hamilon ...Read more
A memory of New Brighton by
Not So Quiet Evacuation
I vaguely recall my late father and mother telling me that the family made a temporary move from Wallasey, Wirral to Pantymwyn during the Second World War, renting a house (part of a farm) owned by a Mr Jones. It was a vain ...Read more
A memory of Pantymwyn in 1940 by
I Know You!
It’s lovely to read all your memories especially yours Deb, my best friend! I was at Berwick Road Primary school from 1960-1965, I remember the aptly named Mrs Pie the dinner lady, also Mr Jones the new assistant head who had radical ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by
Captions
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Situated in Heath Road, Wirral Grammar School for Boys was officially opened on 26 September 1931, at the same time as an almost identical building, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, was opened round the
For all its evocative name, Higher Bebington Road is quite short in length; it services Bebington High Sports College, the Higher Bebington recreation ground and the local branch of Wirral
Wirral was colonised by the Norsemen long ago, and many names reflect those invaders who settled here.
The resorts of the Wirral are well known for their long association with small craft usage and sail training.
The view of the Welsh coastline across the Dee Estuary is almost an obligatory picture for any photographer working in West Wirral.
Raby Mere lies two miles east of the village of Raby, and has always been a popular Wirral destination, especially with Sunday School outings.
Thurstaston Common is one of the highest points on the Wirral Peninsula, and an ideal vantage point to view the hills of Snowdonia across Caldy golf course and the Dee Estuary.
Irby is one of the many Scandinavian names on Wirral, and means 'place of the Irishmen', referring to Vikings who had previously lived in Ireland.
19th-century telegraph station that stood on top of the Beacons, to the west of the road; but if that was the case, it was not part of the telegraph system used for shipping, as most such stations on the Wirral
Linking Lower and Higher Bebington, Heath Road also forms one boundary of the Wirral Grammar Schools site.
The building now houses the Wirral Museum.
Wirral fishermen are loading mussels into jute sacks ready for transportation to the restaurants of Cheshire and Liverpool.
In common with so many towns on The Wirral, West Kirby is not enslaved to the usual High Street brand names and retains a remarkable measure of independence.
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
In 1830 a retired builder from Everton, James Atherton, bought 170 acres of sandhills on the northern tip of the Wirral, with the aim of creating a new seaside resort to rival Brighton.
Egremont was planned by developer John Askew, a former slave-trader who made his money on land deals involving Liverpool Corporation's unwanted properties in the Wirral.
In 1984 the present licensee made significant changes internally, but managed to do so without destroying any of the character of what he describes as 'a vintage thirties Wirral pub'.
The parish church of St Nicholas, like many of Wirral's fine buildings, is constructed from local red sandstone.
Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.
For most people, the village of Heswall is centred on this road, the A540, linking Chester with all the towns along the western side of the Wirral.
In common with most of ecclesiastical sites on the Wirral Peninsula, St Peter's can trace its origins to the original Viking settlers who established a base in West Lancashire and North Cheshire after
Situated on the junction of Telegraph Road, Brimstage Road, Barnston Road and Chester Road, one of the busiest in West Wirral, this atmospheric pub has changed little in appearance since
He was one of a number of wealthy Manchester merchants who settled in the Wirral.
Though they are now one, as Wirral, there was for 75 years a very healthy rivalry between the two.
