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Posted By: uptoncx 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 8th Jan 2009 5:22pm
The Eastham Ferry Hotel early in the 20th Century
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Posted By: derekdwc Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 21st Jan 2009 2:22pm
474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911

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Posted By: BMW Joe Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 25th Jan 2009 10:27pm
Picture from c.1900:

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/180250/


I did have a now and then done for this too, but I cant remember where I posted it think
Posted By: derekdwc Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 5:48pm
474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham

OPPOSITE EASTHAM FERRY PUB RESIZED

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Posted By: Angela Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 8:07pm
Very nice photos.I believe the building in the last pic was the ticket office in the days when the ferry still went from Eastham.
Angela
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 8:15pm
yes it was!
Posted By: Angela Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 9:19pm
See, I'm not just a pretty face wink
Angela yipee
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 9:44pm
Yer your right was the ticket both!
Posted By: uggla Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 9:49pm
I dont go there very much but its nice place to go for a quiet pint out of the way
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 9:52pm
Lot of intresting things in the woods to see!
Posted By: uggla Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 9:56pm
the old bear pit is cool when i was a kid me and my mates would sneak into the back of the pub where the bottles where stored and steal them.

Anyone remember the 10p return on them we could easily make a few £ each it was alot of money back then.

Its also cool walking down along the mersey on the rocks if its still possible.
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:01pm
yer i rember the 10p return bottels did you live in eastham?
Posted By: uggla Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:05pm
lived in bromborough not same house i live in now used to go there every sunday for a walk or on on my bike.

summers seemed so much warmer back then lol

And spend my pocketmoney at the sweet shop i presume its still there.
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:09pm
I lived in easham so just down the road!
Posted By: uggla Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:18pm
its great liked to watch the big tankers passing would spend the whole sunday there wouldnt get bored.

Last time i was there think i got hammered in the tap lol.

Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:22pm
all good girl!
Posted By: derekdwc Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Feb 2009 10:40pm
My friend who took those pics of Eastham Ferry Hotel,for me lives in Eastham House
The Stables have a sign 1691 and there are a good variety of different trees in the gardens

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Posted By: totoEASTHAM Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 10th Jan 2010 6:14pm
The building opposite the Eastham Ferry Hotel was the ticket office for the Liverpool-Eastham ferry. A very busy place at one time, upto 40 coaches a day neded by travellers. The Chester to Birkenhead railway had a detremental effect on the ferry, the last sailing was probably 1929. The local council owned the building until around 2002.
The building was in need of repair and in 2007 was converted into an ice cream parlour and snack bar.
Posted By: Norton Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 23rd Oct 2011 12:35pm
The Eastham Ferry Hotel, Summer 2003, just before the rain...


Description: The Eastham Ferry Hotel, 2003.
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Posted By: derekdwc Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 5th Mar 2012 10:11am
As you came off the Eastham Ferry pic

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Posted By: chriskay Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 5th Mar 2012 10:51am
That's a great pic, Derek; never seen that one before.
Between being the ticket office and becoming a snack bar, the small building was public toilets.
Posted By: woodley Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 5th Mar 2012 11:20am
Many happy hours spent here and in Eastham woods on our bikes - but how it's changed. Great photo's, brought tears to my eyes. Thanks folks.
Posted By: bri445 Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 5th Mar 2012 12:57pm
When the Q. Elizabeth Oil Dock was built 1949-54 the spoil was tipped along the top of the bank from the dock to the pier by means of a standard-gauge rail track with a steam loco and side-tipping trucks. I spent many hours watching the proceedings and wandering around the site works. No H & S worries in those days for inquisitive lads!
The hotel looked splendid as originally built, with ornate balcony and glass verandahs for viewing the river scene. I wonder when they were removed.
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 5th Mar 2012 11:45pm
Originally Posted by bri445
When the Q. Elizabeth Oil Dock was built 1949-54 the spoil was tipped along the top of the bank from the dock to the pier by means of a standard-gauge rail track with a steam loco and side-tipping trucks. I spent many hours watching the proceedings and wandering around the site works. No H & S worries in those days for inquisitive lads!
The hotel looked splendid as originally built, with ornate balcony and glass verandahs for viewing the river scene. I wonder when they were removed.
Thanks for sharing thumbsup
Posted By: Anonymous Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 6th Mar 2012 9:48am
There was a glass verandah in situ in the mid/late 1960's. I used to imbibe there with a crowd of friends. Whether it was the same style of construction as is shown in the early photographs, I can't recall.
Posted By: billy_anorak59 Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 7th Mar 2012 1:08pm
Another postcard - about 1910-ish? Similar to Uptons' post opener, but with a big sign on the roof...

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Posted By: Excoriator Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham 1911 - 15th Mar 2012 10:25pm
I think the place looks about as inviting as a police station. It is as forbidding a building as you could imagine.

What it needs is for the portico with the little conservatory and the veranda to be restored. I don't suppose that'll happen though.
Posted By: Christo Re: 474 Eastham Ferry Hotel, Eastham - 16th Mar 2012 9:29pm
Not sure where I snaffled these from! LOL! smile

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