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Originally Posted by minicooper
I remember two young girls who lived in The Avenue, around the sixties. Rhoda Prosser was one and Dorothy Staples the other.I can't remember much more than that.


Knew them both well. Actually Rhona not Rhoda though. A relative of theirs runs the weigh shop in Liscard road.

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sorry, Rhona, its been a long time. I remember her red hair! very nice people

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Also interesting to note on that map is the laundry that in later years became the Tick Tock cafe & eventually Grandma's club, before it burned down. Many a misspent Sunday afternoon was spent in Grandma's!

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You mean this one Tatey? Note The Avenue a little way down Egerton street.

Someone sent me this so if breaching copyright and you own it then please feel free to remove.

Love the phone number.

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French Laundry???

That must be the Eiffel Tower I can see in the background!


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Originally Posted by Helles

Love the phone number.


Interesting that New Brighton didn't have its own exchange. I guess that would imply that Liscard is older than New Brighton.
By coincidence, for a while in 1963 I rented a place in Berkshire & the phone No. was Twyford 8


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I don't know much about the local telephone exchange but, certainly in terms of general history, Liscard is positively ancient compared to New Brighton.

New Brighton was a Victorian development on the coast of Liscard. A lot of Wallasey's early public services were centralised around Liscard Village, including things like the police, fire brigade, and electricity. Perhaps the telephone exchange was just another one of those things.

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New Brighton was classed as part of Liscard and could well still be for all I know. New Brighton was nothing until the 19th century when Atherton and his son in law Rowson bought the land from Penkett and built big houses for posh people. Us riff raff came later and I bet he wouldn't have been too pleased. Tough at the top isn't it? laugh

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Originally Posted by Helles
New Brighton was classed as part of Liscard and could well still be for all I know. New Brighton was nothing until the 19th century when Atherton and his son in law Rowson bought the land from Penkett and built big houses for posh people. Us riff raff came later and I bet he wouldn't have been too pleased. Tough at the top isn't it? laugh


Only a small community of fisherman and workers of the lighthouse and fort residing in the area. (Devils Nest).

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Originally Posted by Tatey
Also interesting to note on that map is the laundry that in later years became the Tick Tock cafe & eventually Grandma's club, before it burned down. Many a misspent Sunday afternoon was spent in Grandma's!


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Where that new boundary wall is was the part that was bombed in the war. Was a bomb site for many years when I was a kid. The remaining building was a peanut factory after the war with the upper part (i.e. upstairs) being the Tick Tock cafe/restaurant and as stated night clubs later. The Avenue was just behind the large chimney. My house still had a bulge in the front wall from the same bomb.

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[quote=Helles]You mean this one Tatey? Note The Avenue a little way down Egerton street.

That's the one!

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Originally Posted by Helles
You mean this one Tatey? Note The Avenue a little way down Egerton street.

Someone sent me this so if breaching copyright and you own it then please feel free to remove.

Love the phone number.


Took me a while to find the phone number as well idiot

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LISA, I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE AVENUE BUT CAN'T SEEM TO UPLOAD IT. IF YOU SEND ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS I WILL MAIL IT TO YOU

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