Oxton, Arno Park c.1955
Photo ref:
O90012A
Photo ref:
O90012A
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A Selection of Memories from Oxton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Oxton
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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?
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