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Posted By: bigpete Millers Place, Birkenhead - 27th Aug 2013 2:30pm
Does anybody have any information on when this street went ?.

I have it on a 1899 OS map, off Oliver Street, between Wilson and Wesley Street.

It is one of those hideous 'court' type streets, with pedestrian access only and no back yard so I hope it did not last too long.

My interest is that it seems to have been the first place one of my Dad's ancestors lived in Birkenhead.

Trying to post a jpg.....

Attached picture millers.jpg
Posted By: bert1 Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 27th Aug 2013 6:51pm
Pete,

Its on a 67/70 map.
Posted By: bert1 Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 27th Aug 2013 7:08pm
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Attached picture millers 67.JPG
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 27th Aug 2013 7:16pm
I lived in Oliver Place and in the 1950's there were no houses in Millers Place, it was just a piece of land we called the bombie (or bombfield?) and as far as I can remember no bricks or remains of houses were there .
We used to dig worms up there for fishing and was where we had our bonfire on bonfire night
Posted By: YinYang Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 27th Aug 2013 7:29pm
Originally Posted by derekdwc
We used to dig worms up there for fishing and was where we had our bonfire on bonfire night


I bet the morning after Bonfire Night the worms were more like 'pork scratchings'!

Would that be the area where the fly-over was built?
Posted By: Alonso Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 7:31am
bigpete,try the reference library, Borough Road. I went there looking for information about such a, now extinct, place called Carpenter's Row. Not only did they give me information on it, they provided me with two photographs which were taken early last century before it was demolished. Living conditions were dreadful.
Well worth a visit if you haven't already. They are very helpful people.
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 8:53am
It looks like there are 2 different spellings - Millers & Millars
1916 and later it is Millars


Description: 1916 street directory
Attached picture m.jpg
Posted By: bigpete Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 10:30am
Brilliant - thanks all.

The early map shows 13 dwellings in the row - wonder if this had been reduced by 1916 to the 8 in Derek's post ?
Posted By: bigpete Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 10:32am
The flyover was a little further north YingYang - directly above Conway Street - but not far away at all...
Posted By: bigpete Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 10:35am
Originally Posted by bert1
Pete,
Its on a 67/70 map.


Wow - did not expect that...

Suppose it is a pretty useless little parcel of land not suitable for more 'modern' development.

Unless you want a worm farm....
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 28th Aug 2013 7:36pm
A couple of pics posted by marty99fred click


Description: the gap between the houses was as wide as a road (think you can see the Millar's Place sign on one of the houses
Attached picture 100-122_Oliver_Street gap.jpg

Description: Where all the bricks are would have been the entrance to Millar's Place
Attached picture Cromwell_Street_Playground.jpg
Posted By: bigpete Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 4th Sep 2013 1:03pm
Cool pics - thanks ;-)

Wonder if that is my Gran and Grandad on the swings !
Posted By: bigpete Re: Millers Place, Birkenhead - 4th Sep 2013 1:06pm
Originally Posted by Alonso
bigpete,try the reference library, Borough Road. I went there looking for information about such a, now extinct, place called Carpenter's Row. Not only did they give me information on it, they provided me with two photographs which were taken early last century before it was demolished. Living conditions were dreadful.
Well worth a visit if you haven't already. They are very helpful people.


Is the ref library open on Saturday...?
Stuck working out in Sunny Wales - so can't get there in the week...

Will get there if I can...
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