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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.