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Wallasey, Church And Tower 1895
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The history of St Hilary's church spans the centuries since the Norman Conquest, and it may even go back to the earliest days of Christianity in Britain. The first church here was built by Robert d'Avranches, one of William the Conqueror's barons. The tower in the foreground is all that remains of the fourth church, which was built in 1530. 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 of the church apart from a charred shell and the tower. The tower has recently been renovated, and is due to open to the public as part of a Heritage Trail.

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A Selection of Memories from Wallasey

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Guinea Gap Baths

Saw some memories about Guinea Gap on here. I went there as a Kid from Moreton in the 1960's probably from 66 - 68. It was old then - Victorian I believe. I learnt to swim there (and Moreton shore) cant remember the instructors name (he had jet black hair) but he was a good bloke and taught me well. My Mum also took lessons there at the same time she was very nervous around water so it took some bottle for her to do ...see more
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Added 10 June 2020

Guine Gap
Remember Guinea gap baths in 60s.Dick took my swimming lessons and taught me to swim.Drink of bovril afterwards from vending machine!! Used to also play outside the baths sliding down grassy hill on cardboard.Then to the cake shop and then walk home to Lea road.Happy days!!As a kid you could go and play anywhere without fear and just have fun.
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I Too Lived In Seacombe And Used To Go Down To The Allotments That Where Down By The Farm
I went to Riverside School and played out in the sunny weather in the summer we had back then. This post I have just found fiddling around on my iPad. What a joy it is to see the old places The Derby Pool, Harrison Drive, Central Park and the Wallasey show and circus that was there in July. I married in 1961 and left Seacombe for Moreton . ...see more
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Liscard Roundabout,
I loved liscard roundabout at Christmas, all the different things they had each year, the beautiful Norwegian spruce, snow white one year, Cinderella the next and so on, and shopping in liscard village, mainly in woollies, you could get most of your presents there, my granddad told me about the monkey house and the toilets that where under there, when they made the one way system, did they remove the toilets, or ...see more
Wallasey, Village, looking towards Harrison Drive c1965
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