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Innocent Happiness
I was born just after the Second World War and like many people came from a fairly poor working class background. I was, however, blessed in many areas of my life and one of them was having an aunt who lived at 8 Hamilon ...Read more
A memory of New Brighton by
Rivacre Baths.
For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by
Happy Days In Heswall (Rlch)
I guess I was on the same bus as Gina and her life long friends who I also remember. The Liverpool girls would meet up on a Sunday night to catch the ferry to Birkenhead and the bus to Heswall. If the girls from the Isle ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1969 by
Mixed Feelings
I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more
A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by
Sun Street
My grandmother lived in 24 sun street Elizabeth Amos her father was called Alfred John but that was in 1911 we could be related. Hope you had a good birthday back here in Birkenhead x
A memory of Birkenhead by
Looking For Family And Friends From 'old' Birkenhead
Hi, I have just found this great site - thank you! I am trying to write some family history, especially about our life in Birkenhead, for my two daughters - who have grown up in Scotland - where ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Stories Of Birkenhead
I can remember my dad, who has since died, telling me stories of his childhood and also my mum's. It was all about Birkenhead - it was all very interesting. Yes, he did mention the Cooks and Ainsley, as he was one of the ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1965
Cathcart Street School Conway Middle School And Hamiton Street Birkenhead
i just love rembering back in them days im now 44 2 sons 1 age 27 and 22 ant 2 gawjaws grandchilden my little grandson riley whos 2 and my little gradaughter olivia whos 2 weeks old
A memory of Birkenhead in 1880 by
Birkenhead In The 1950s
Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Birkenhead
Who remembers Hursts Bakery on the corner of Parkfield Avenue and Claughton Road? It was still there when we went back around 2006. And the Sayers cake shops, the curry and chips that every chippie sold and all the good old English ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Captions
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The most famous stagecoach was L'Hirondelle, which covered the 122 miles from Birkenhead Ferry to Tewkesbury in 9 hours.
The buildings stand beneath the Birkenhead Road where it spans the railway line near Meols Station.
The 'new' Railway Inn opened along Birkenhead Road on 1 December 1938, allowing the old inn to be pulled down and the site turned into a car park.
It stands on the junction of Forest Road and Birkenhead Road, and is most imposing, thanks to its turrets and ornate brick and tile work.
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.
This is the Birkenhead entrance to the Queensway Tunnel.
Wallasey was very proud of its Corporation Transport Department, and would do anything to match or better Birkenhead's efforts.
A campsite of 450 acres was provided free of charge by the then Birkenhead Corporation.
A campsite of 450 acres was provided free of charge by the then Birkenhead Corporation.
This lovely thatched, half-timbered inn has stood on this site, alongside the connecting road from Birkenhead to Neston, since 1611.
By 1965 the docks at Birkenhead were in severe decline, as we can see from the sparse shipping in these views.
By 1965 the docks at Birkenhead were in severe decline, as we can see from the sparse shipping in these views.
It was destroyed by fire in 1857: by the time someone had raced to Birkenhead to alert the fire brigade, and they had harnessed the horses to the fire tenders and galloped back to Wallasey, little remained
Laid up at Birkenhead in 1890, she was taken to Preston for breaking up in 1899.
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.
The well-laid-out Hamilton Square in the centre of Birkenhead is named after the town's founder, John Laird, in honour of his Scottish mother.
In 1889 the Great Western Railway took over the Weymouth & Channel Islands Steam Packet Co, immediately ordering three new ships, 'Lynx', 'Antelope' and 'Gazelle', from Laird Bros, Birkenhead.
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