Photos

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Maps

278 maps found.

1896, Claughton Ref. RNE669702
1947, Grange Ref. NPO718672
1947, Newton Ref. NPO791675
1896, Woodchurch Ref. RNE872907
1896, Woodhey Ref. RNE873342
1902-1903, Newton Ref. RNC791675
1902-1903, Claughton Ref. RNC669702
1896, Newton Ref. RNE791675
1947, Woodchurch Ref. NPO872907
1896, Gayton Ref. RNE712530
1902-1903, Woodchurch Ref. RNC872907
1902-1903, Woodhey Ref. RNC873342
1909, Prenton Ref. HOSM57094
1909, Landican Ref. HOSM55184
1897 - 1898, Bromborough Ref. HOSM39169
1898 - 1909, Higher Bebington Ref. HOSM48404
1909, Meols Ref. HOSM53506
1897 - 1898, Thornton Hough Ref. HOSM61751
1909, Tranmere Ref. HOSM50634
1902-1903, Greasby Ref. RNC719558

Books

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Memories

43 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Camp & Fish

What a wonderful place to camp and fish in the 1950's and 60's. Plenty of fish and sea birds and so very peaceful. In recent years the old railway track Hooton-West Kirby line, which ran alongside Thurstaston shore, has been ripped out ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston in 1958

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 William Marshall

Camp & Fish

Beach Path c1950 What a wonderful place to camp and fish in the 1950's and 60's. Plenty of fish and sea birds and so very peaceful. In recent years the old railway track Hooton-West Kirby line, which ran alongside Thurstaston shore, ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston in 1950

The Down And Up

We went to stay at Plas-Y-Nant, Easter, Whit and Summer every year in the 50s. It was simply wonderful. Yes, I remember Auntie Lena and the whole range of little customs and practices we willingly engaged in. Not the least ...Read more

A memory of Betws Garmon in 1955 by Derek West

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 Valerie Waring

Waterloo Chapel Bath Street Liverpool

Hi I was born in Westkirby the Wirral but have been living in Denmark since Iwas 18. The other day I came across an old box at a car boot sale in Denmark with the letters Waterloo Chapel Liverpool across ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo

Irby Hall Farm

Irby Manor is a very old building listed in the Hundred of Wirral and was once surrounded on three sides by a moat. There are stories of an underground tunnel leading to Thurstaston so as the early occupants could escape via the River Dee ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1964

Wartime And Later

My mum and I were evacuated to Ingleton during WWII from Wallasey in the Wirral, after we had been bombed out. We lived at 129 New Village and when we went back to Wallasey after the end of the war, my Grandparents, Mr and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Ingleton by Brian Corbett

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 Keith Palmer

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 Anita Lewis

Captions

47 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Willaston, The Green C1950

The village also has a windmill, which at 80 feet is the tallest windmill to have been built on The Wirral.

Caption For Great Meols, Dinghy Slipway C1965

With the building of the railway in 1866, prosperous businessmen from Birkenhead and Liverpool moved to this part of the north Wirral coast.

Caption For Liverpool, The London And North Western Railway Hotel 1890

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.

Caption For Raby, The Wheatsheaf Inn C1950

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.

Caption For Egremont, Ferry Boat 1912

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.

Caption For Bromborough, The Cross C1965

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.

Caption For Willaston, The Mill C1950

This is Wirral's tallest mill at 80 feet; it is constructed from materials salvaged from mills that had previously stood on the site.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Caption For Liverpool, The Ferry Boats C1965

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.

Caption For Glastonbury, Wearyall Hill 1896

The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

Caption For Preston, New Post Office 1903

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.

Caption For Birkenhead, Hamilton Square 1967

Birkenhead, the largest town on the Wirral, was the dream of one man, John Laird.

Caption For New Brighton, General View 1892

James Atherton, who bought the 170 acres of land on this north-east corner of Wirral, had to modify his original grand plans.

Caption For Liverpool, Ranelagh Street C1950

It also accesses the equally important Central Station junction (right), where the Wirral and Northern local rail lines interconnect.

Caption For Preston, Town Hall 1893

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.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1955

In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1960

In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.

Caption For New Brighton, The Lighthouse 1887

A ship carrying cotton bales was shipwrecked off Wirral, and the bales washed ashore.

Caption For Liverpool, The Ferry Boats C1965

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.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

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.

Caption For Kettering, Newland Street C1955

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.

Caption For Kettering, Newland Street C1955

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.