Nostalgic memories of Oxton's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I grew up in Kylemore Road, Oxton. One of 5 children. The Arno features heavily in my memories. We would walk up there following instructions from mum to 'get out from under my feet'. We'd take plastic flasks of ribena, dress up in our cowboy costumes and spend hours playing cowboys and Indians. I can remember a park keeper telling me he'd get me a horse and totally believing I'd find it there the next day. I was so ...see more
I have many memories of the church. I went to St Saviour's School and we went to the church at Easter and Christmas. I was confirmed there in circa 1973 and my sister was married there in 1973. Happy memories!
Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse door relating to Whartons the butchers (no relation to me). Reg and Freda Hinton went to lodge there for a while, ironic, as Reg Hinton was also a butcher with his shop in Grange Road ...see more
Does anyone remember School Place, Birkenhead? It was in Watson Street. Also does anyone remember the prefabs at the top of Garnet Street opposite Oak and Eldon Gardens?
The pub had only recently been rebuilt, the original haveing been flattened by an aerial mine in 1941, which also damaged St Saviour's, parts of which were still awiting repair. Until the rebuild it was an bomb site and used to play there. The property behind the photographer was also hit and had been demolished. New properties were built in the 1950s (5, 7, 9 Bidston Road). Even in the early 1960s there was still extensive ...see more
This photo was taken from against the wall of our property at 3 Bidston Road, where I grew up (1945-65). You can just see the shadow of the sycamore tree that stood at the top of the garden. This is the Bidston Road / Gerald Road / Townfield Lane junstion. The church and the cottage (2 Bidston Road) still reamin, all that is left of No3 is the sandstone wall. Note the gas light - this is about as far as street lighting ...see more
The Arno used to be our local play area. We used to take water and jam butties. We would be there most of the day.
I used to work in a greengrocer's shop on Rosemount in Oxton. The shop was owned by Mr Samuel Wharton. He had a sister (I can't remember her name) and her husband owned the butcher's shop which was also in Oxton, although I can't remember which road it was on. It may have been Christchurch. When I first started working there, I was very nervous of the customers because they all seemed so posh to me, a Tranmere girl, but they ...see more
We moved to live in Oxton Birch Close.  Happy memories of this house. Both my daughters spent their teenage years here.  I also had my son here to bringing him home from Arrowe Park Hospital.