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
2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.
Memories
43 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
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
Dacre Hill
All the days playing footie on the halfie at the bottom of Richardson Road. Spending endless summer evenings on the grass at fairs, cameras with my mates Gary M, Degsy, Paul Foster, Bogga etc. I recently bought a book called 'Liverpool ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead
Evacuated To Talsarnau 1940/41
My name is Edward Hughes and at the tender age of 3/4 I was evacuated from my home town of Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire to Talsarnau during the second world war; staying around 2 years or so in an allocated home for ...Read more
A memory of Talsarnau in 1940 by
Evacuee To Bedford 1939
I was evacuated to Bedford in 1939 aged 7 and stayed first of all with a Mrs Drake ,the wife of a captain Drake who was in command of a ship called the Warspite. I remember it was off Goldington rd. by the school where all the ...Read more
A memory of Bedford by
Evacuted To Borth Y Gest 1940 1
Hi there, my mum was evacuated early in the Second World War to Borth y Gest from New Ferry on The Wirral, with her sister, they stayed for 2 years or so at Wendon, a large modern flat roofed house, it was owned ...Read more
A memory of Borth-y-Gest by
Fond Memories Of New Malden
My parents were also married here in 1939. I was the their only child. I loved the 'village' as we called it. It was great cycling down the High Street on the very wide pavements and everyone acknowledging you with a ...Read more
A memory of New Malden in 1930 by
Great Times..
I was at the Royal Hospital for a few months in 1971, a wonderful memory rekindled due to working on the Wirral lately...38 years since I was there but I remembered just where it was while passing through Heswall. I remember Nurse Hessian ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1972 by
Growing Up In World War Ii
I was born to Jewish parents whom had a ladies clothes shop in Kensington Gardens (The Lanes) my Father died in 1941, My Mother now a very young widow decided she wanted us all to live above the shop because of bombs ...Read more
A memory of Brighton in 1930 by
Happy Memories
I have so many happy memories of growing up in Weaverham. My young friends and I making our way through the woods off Northwich Road near Walnut Avenue. I think it was known as Beech Wood or Hazelwood. We would follow the path and ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham
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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The village also has a windmill, which at 80 feet is the tallest windmill to have been built on The Wirral.
With the building of the railway in 1866, prosperous businessmen from Birkenhead and Liverpool moved to this part of the north Wirral coast.
The corporation thought that this area was so important that they paid towards the cost of the Storeton stone from the Wirral for this French Renaissance-style building.
It must have been a welcome hostelry for many a weary traveller crossing the Wirral over the centuries, and it still provides a warm and friendly welcome to visitors today.
There were eight piers and ferry points on the Wirral side of the river at the time of our photograph, including the one at Egremont.
In contrast with the western side of the Wirral Peninsula, the towns and villages of the east have become one continuous conurbation because of their proximity to the River Mersey and Liverpool.
This is Wirral's tallest mill at 80 feet; it is constructed from materials salvaged from mills that had previously stood on the site.
Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.
Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.
The Mersey ferries are world-famous, even without a boost from pop music, and no printed coverage of the city would be complete unless homage was paid to these links with the Wirral Peninsula.
The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.
When this much-needed new Post Office was built, to make it look more impressive it was faced with stone from Storeton Quarry in the Wirral.
Birkenhead, the largest town on the Wirral, was the dream of one man, John Laird.
James Atherton, who bought the 170 acres of land on this north-east corner of Wirral, had to modify his original grand plans.
It also accesses the equally important Central Station junction (right), where the Wirral and Northern local rail lines interconnect.
When this much-needed new Post Office was built, to make it look more impressive it was faced with stone from Storeton Quarry in the Wirral.
In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.
In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.
A ship carrying cotton bales was shipwrecked off Wirral, and the bales washed ashore.
When naming ships, Birkenhead Corporation stuck to local names from the Wirral: 'Thurstaston', 'Hinterton', 'Claughton', and 'Bidston' were all names in the fleet at the time.
New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.
The Co-op still had scattered shops along the street, alongside Lillian Worrall (dresses for smart ladies) and H Winstone (tobaccos) with their elaborate Abdullah sign for Turkish cigarettes.
The Co-op still had scattered shops along the street, alongside Lillian Worrall (dresses for smart ladies) and H Winstone (tobaccos) with their elaborate Abdullah sign for Turkish cigarettes.
