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.
Paradise
1969 wasn't my first visit to Blackwaterfoot, that was two years earlier, but it was probably the year I fell in love with the place. We stayed at The Rock Hotel, and I was 12 at the time. It was a small establishment, probably ...Read more
A memory of Blackwaterfoot in 1969 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
National Service And Finding My Wife!
On 3rd of June 1953 I arrived at West Kirby by steam train with a good many other RAF recruits who had been brought to the town to do their recruit training at Royal Air Force Recruit Training School West Kirby ...Read more
A memory of West Kirby by
My Uncle And Auntie
My Uncle Brian and my Auntie Doreen used to live here along with their 4 girls - Lynda, Pam, Debby, and Trisha I will never forget the first time we visited - coming from then the built-up area of the Wirral, we lived near ...Read more
A memory of Melin-y-Wig in 1971 by
Memories Of A U L
I was born in 1930 and lived in Ashton till 1951. Attended schools at St James, St Michaels, and Christ Church Central. I see Harry Henshaw is mentioned, there was also Jack Higginson. The Headmaster was Mr Siddal and one ...Read more
A memory of Ashton in 1930 by
Magical!
Talking last night of childhood holidays, my thoughts always go back to Tyn Y Morfa. Travelled by train from Chester General to Talacre station in the late 40's and it seemed a long way away, later in my youth cycled there from the Wirral. ...Read more
A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by
Looking For My Great Grandmother
I doubt very much if I will get a reply or if anyone can help. I am researching my family tree, I am looking to what happened to my great grand mother Alice Waring (nee Reed). Alice married Walter Waring ...Read more
A memory of Southwood in 1880 by
Looking For My Great Grandmother
This is a long shot. I am tracing my family tree, I live in the Wirral. My great grandparents were Walter Waring and Alice Waring (nee Reed). Alice Waring was living on a farm in Childerthornton, Wirral, when she ...Read more
A memory of Litchfield in 1890 by
Living In Ellesmere Port
I lived in Ellesmere Port from 1954 to 1966, in Wolverhampton Rd. I went to Milton Rd primary then the Wirral Grammar school as the Port had no grammar school then. Every day there were 6 full special Crosville buses ...Read more
A memory of Ellesmere Port by
Lingham Lane School Moreton Wirral
I remember happy days in Lingham Lane School, I had many friends including Sandra Satterthwait and sister Carol. I would love to get in touch, they lived in the children's home in Curlew Way, Moreton and were from ...Read more
A memory of Wallasey in 1956 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.
