Demolition updates, Carrington Street, Rundle Street and around Milner Street, Birkenhead.


Carrington Street

Rundle Street

Im doing the maintenance and breakdown work on the machines. I think all the houses are eventually coming down!

why are they demolishing them? are they going to build the lego houses crushed against one another .

you havent give me your address for monday

Yes. Cheap, cramped housing with the doorstep on the road, that starts to fall apart within ten years. Sound familiar?

I personally think its about time most of the slums came down, they were slums when I was a child, outside toilet coal in the yard or cellar. look at all the interviews they did back in the 70s regarding people blaming the houses for their health. There not fit for modern day purpose, no where safe to park your car, do front or back garden means kids can run straight out onto the street, Lead water pipes, Lead paintwork, rubber wiring!They were good in there day, few cars, and no need to worry about anti social aspects, today then we have very different needs.
katrina

Its people that make them slums, not the houses. Whilst the design of an area can have a bearing, there are many nice streets with the same styles of accommodation as areas you might call slums.

A possible exception is where vandalism is encouraged by making many houses empty and boarding them up.

I will second that Digging deeper! But some people may not have any option to live anywhere else.

We don't really know what slums are,

I haven't been there for a while, but it looks as if Pine Walks has slipped a bit judging by the above photo !

On the off-topic of outside loos, many houses retained them as well as internal loos, I am sure there were grants to have indoor lavs made, in fact I thought it was made compulsory to have one fitted (new or retrospectively), but I can find no details of the dates this happened, can anyone help? I guess it was around 1950-60 but I think many were converted before WW2

Iteresting read, if nothing else.
http://www.localhistories.org/toilets.html

Sorry, but this topic has gone down the pan!

has anyone got pictures of marionst birkenhead and the old cathcart st school birkenhead.

Hi I suppose by your user name you must be from our around Cathcart Street? Am I right? Jess