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Posted By: yoller 104 Letters The Chester Street - 30th Dec 2016 9:35pm
The Letters, Chester Street


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Posted By: yoller Re: 104 Letters The Chester Street - 30th Dec 2016 9:41pm
I think this is the Letters pub in Chester Street on the corner of St Mary's Gate (possibly 1920s-1930s). But there were a few other pubs of that name in Birkenhead, so I don't know for certain.
Posted By: bert1 Re: 104 Letters The Chester Street - 30th Dec 2016 10:03pm
Yes, Yoller,

Chester St with Williams saddlers,1938 directory.

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Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: 104 Letters The Chester Street - 30th Dec 2016 10:15pm
From the 1910 Kelly's directory

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Chester Street

169 Palmer&Williams,saddlers
171 Cross Samuel B, Limited, leather warehouse
173 Welsby & Deakin, wine & spirit merchants
173 Townshend William H. victualler
... here is St. Mary's gate ...


The Williams saddlers makes it look like you are correct.

Ha, I spent too long on that Bert wink
Posted By: yoller Re: 104 Letters The Chester Street - 31st Dec 2016 3:00pm
I've found this fuller version of the picture, confirming the location.

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