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This is Elvis GingerTom 17th Mar 2024 2:37pm Selling two tickets to see Ben Portsmouth “This is Elvis” on the New Brighton Floral Pavillion
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Front Stall seats ; M20/M21(good view)
Cost £70 selling £50
Can’t go due to unforeseen circumstances
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Tall Brick Chimneys diggingdeeper 16th Mar 2024 11:56am With demise of the tall brick chimney at the old oleo works/mill on the corner of Canning Street and Sandford Street in Birkenhead, I was thinking about how many tall brick chimneys Wirral has left.

Staying outside Cheshire I can only think of a few:-

The old Carr Lane clay works between Moreton and Meols. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4000076,-3.1358003,42m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

Birkenhead High School for Girls by Grosvenor Place, not very tall but it qualifies by style. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3...6thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

The mill by the Irish Ferry https://earth.google.com/web/@53.40...36358d,35y,128.69344763h,59.97118936t,0r

The tunnel ventilation towers, but these aren't traditional chimneys.

Any more?
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D.I.Y. / Building Shop mharford91 3rd Mar 2024 8:53pm Hello from Canada!

I'm trying to do some research on my family, who I believe used to own a shop in Bebington. It was a D.I.Y. / timber supplier and possibly builder. From researching old phone books, I believe it was located at 2A Bromborough road. It's listed in the phone book as "Harford W.E. & Co, Bldrs Mrcnts" and later, "Harford W.E. & Co, D.I.Y."

Does anyone remember this shop, or even better, have any photos of it?

Edit: I should add, I'm not sure when it first opened, but the phone book entrys I looked at are from the 1970's and 1980's.
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Xbox TudorBlue 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm Having a real pain in the backside issue with my Xbox live connection! My connection is hit and miss and most of the time I can’t connect! I can sign in etc! I’ve tried changing my dns etc and it’s still the same! Any help with this will very much appreciated! I have tried wired and wireless and it’s still the same!
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Wiper mechanism needed Peter0787 20th Feb 2024 4:07pm Hi all,

Looking for a breakers yard that has the full wiper mechanism for a Citroen Nemo Van 2009?

Been on to Green Lane and the one on Borough road but no joy.

Any other places that I can try or does anyone have one?

Thanks
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Liverpool Fire Fox Street diggingdeeper 27th Jan 2024 3:59pm Big smokey fire in Fox Street, Liverpool. One of the abandoned developments. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-fire-smoke-liverpool-28523818

Have you ever seen a modern building clad in wood before? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4...i-j_N72Et9Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
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Milkman passed on my bank account details bobi1 26th Jan 2024 2:33pm My milkman sent an A4 printed note with my milk on 16th Jan saying he was retiring but was handing on the route (throughout the Wirral) to another company. It was obvious from the logo on the milk that arrived with the note that the new company had already started delivering my milk. I was not consulted in advance and would not have gone with the new company given the choice. Having texted the old milkman and getting no reply I tried phoning, no answer so I texted again, still no reply to date. Had to stop the deliveries from the new company (22nd Jan) who said I didn't have to pay for the milk they had delivered, I assumed that was the end of it until I noticed a direct debit had been set up for the new company! I have cancelled it but will be in contact with Trading Standards when their online form is available (currently down till this evening). Has anyone had similar issues? I'd just like to warn anyone who's milkman has said he has retired that your contact info may well have been passed on without your knowledge.
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Novel about Wallasey in the 1970s and 1980s – help needed Cip0lla93 20th Jan 2024 11:03am Hi there,

I am writing a novel set in Wallasey in the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. It’s a coming-of-age story about a young woman grappling with the aftermath of her older brother’s schizophrenic breakdown.

I was initially inspired by some of Tom Wood’s photos, which led to me to researching photography in the Wirral during that period more widely. My main character is an aspiring photographer – a young woman attending Wallasey College of Art. If anyone has experiences of studying there, I would love to hear your memories, so that I can build an accurate portrayal.
 
Likewise, if anyone has experiences that they are willing to share related to the treatment of mental illness/schizophrenia during that time, I would be grateful for your input. I have been reading about the transition from long-term hospital admission toward ‘care in the community’, and have accounts from my extended family, but I am struggling to find material related specifically to Merseyside. 
 
More generally, any anecdotes or info relating to this time would be hugely appreciated. My family and I are from the Wirral, so I have lots of stories from them as context, but I was born in 1993, so did not experience this period myself!

Thanks so much.
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VW keys lost robin47 13th Jan 2024 8:25pm Lost Friday morning 12/1/24 near Royal Oak Liscard VW keys. Robin, Clarence Pub New Brighton
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Storeton Radar Station WW2 era DaveCaraher 29th Dec 2023 12:16pm Does anyone have any images of the buildings here please? They were in the field on the corner of Levers causeway/Mount road until sometime in the 90's when they were demolished
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