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Upton, Thermopylae Pass c.1950
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This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow. Until 1851 the hill was a mass of flagpoles, as signals were sent by semaphore all the way from Holyhead to Bidston. From here signals were sent by raising various flags into the port at Liverpool, so that ship owners could be made aware of their vessels' arrival.

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Memories of Upton, Thermopylae Pass c1950

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. These memories are of Upton, Thermopylae Pass c.1950

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Thermopylae Pass Revisited
Dear Joan, Thank you for your contact. It was a wonderful surprise. I am sure a shared memory amplifies the nostalgia. I logged in to FF and got very teary (I am a big strong boy 73) and memories flooded back. I too played on Bidston Hill and Thermopylae Pass was a favourite Sunday walk with my wonderful dad. I remember the summers and snowy winter walks and home to Sunday roast. I often told my ...see more
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Thermopylae
I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass.  We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted and happy after playing and running about all day.  At the time we didn't know its real name, and called it The Moppoly Paths.  Sometimes we called it "The Mops".  The grandmother of ...see more
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