I don't have many dates for all these pics
Brighton Street
Tennis courts, bottom of Rowson St
Marine Park, postcard
Bowling and swings. Demesne Street.
Bathing Bungalows
Tower being demolished, Molineux Drive 1919
Fair Ground
Rather busy
The lake, not a lot of people knew it even existed.
New Brighton Football Club and race track, plus the tower.
Another good set Zipper - (Bowling and swings. Demesne Street. - Riverside School in the background) - thanks for posting
Woodside
Love the photos of new Brighton fairground. Takes me right back ,most Sundays my mum nan and us kids sometimes dad too would board the cream number 10 and off we would go. Remember the lake , used to have our picnics there. Did they hire boats out, seem to remember dad taking us on one? Happy days!!
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Egremont Ferry Hotel with the Institute just behind
By 4 bridges. Many a lad went flying after getting their bike wheels stuck in the train track.
Dock Road, another view
and turn the camera 90 degrees. Blazing Stump aka The Swan Hotel just on the right.
2008?
Tommy Manns Train, went around the "Fairy Grotto" track...
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1920`s???
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Seabank Road. 1900`s
Bottom of Victoria Road, New Brighton
Little Nelson Hotel, Trafalgar Road, Egremont
Egremont Slip
Called "The Monkey House", Liscard. Looking towards Liscard Road.
New Brighton Baths
Fair
Tower and some kid :-))
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Wowzers, what a lot of peeps
Central Park, Liscard Art School, as I called it.
Pier, I like the postcards as you cant always get good pictures.
Green Lane.
Egremont
The lake, not a lot of people knew it even existed.
Great pics. My Grandad (now 94) and his to-be brother in law were larking about in the lake, they fell in and got soaked.
They used it to their advantage though- later telling a couple of young ladies that they were wet because they had rescued a lass who had fell in the Mersey.
Seabank Road
Sepentine Road, between Liscard Road and Martins Lane
Fire Station, Liscard 1915
Mangled Egremont Ferry
Liscard Road
Now then.... I think the church is St Albans in Liscard, used to be a childrens farm by there from what I recall.
Manor Road, Liscard, Grosvenor Ballroom on the right, Magistrates Court on the left.. for the rowdy dancers :-)
Old path between The Breck and Bidston
Dilapidated Mother Redcaps, on the prom
Wallasey Road, Liscard before the one way system.
Mother Redcaps looking a bit better
Love this one, St Hilarys Brow. You can see how much the must have widened it for the road of today.
Seacombe Railway Station. Facing the Ferry
Pasture Road, towards the shore.
Wallasey Village
Last One for Tonight.
Mill Lane Poulton, St Lukes Church on the Left and just before it was Liscard and Poulton Railway Station. By the fence..
Tommy Manns Train, went around the "Fairy Grotto" track...
Agghh , "The Fairy Glen". I just remembered.
I've been trying to get this book for years.............
I missed a copy years ago in Usa, very rare. From what I remember it is only 10 to 12 pages.
The church is St. Mary's on Withens Lane .
The church is St. Mary's on Withens Lane .
Cheers, I thought I got it wrong.
Few more...
Duke Street Bridge.
king Street
Prom
Wallasey Road, Liscard
Limekiln Lane, Wallasey. Used to be the Jolly Sailor Pub.
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Mother Redcaps on the prom
Brighton Street
Victoria Road, New Brighton.
Vale Park
Tower
Central Park
Water Tower, Liscard
Seacombe Ferry
Tower
Central Park, Liscard
The Royal Ferry Hotel, New Brighton
Seacombe Shelter by the ferry
Fairground
Food time
Mariners Home
Night time at the New Brighton Super Pool
Fairground
Portland Court, Wellington Road, New Brighton.
Fairground
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Circus, New Brighton.
Excellent pictures. Thanks for posting.
Model Boats, New Brighton
Changing Booths, By Baths
Cant remember this one...
Fairground
Pier
Fairground
New Brighton Pier
Mother Redcaps
Prom
Palace
Kids paddling pool
Looking up Victoria Road
Duke Street Bridge
Vale Park bandstands construction
Victoria Road, New Brighton
Harrison Drive
Seacombe Ferry
Fairground.
Magazine Lane, The old Magazine Gate where they stored the gunpowder of visiting ships.
Liscard and Poulton Railway Station. The bridge is on Mill Lane
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Egremont
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Fairground
The old Gaumont/Unit 4, Apollo 6 Cinema corner of King Street and Trafalgar Road
New Brighton Baths
Last one for tonight
Victoria Road, New Brighton
Excellent pictures. Thanks for posting.
Cheers, I`m deleting them all as I post them, so if people want them they should right click on the pic and save it.
Fabulous pics from the past, really enjoyed viewing them, thanks for posting them x
What an amazing collection Zipper. How long have you been sitting on these ?
Lovely to see them all, thanks .
What an amazing collection Zipper. How long have you been sitting on these ?
Lovely to see them all, thanks .
Had some of them for quite a few years, still got 1000`s to list :-)
Yes, great collection Zipper. I remember being in Mother Redcaps a few times. Spooky to say the least. Keep them coming. I keep thinking I'm going to see myself in one one of them!
Really enjoyed looking at the pictures.Thank you for posting them up.We used to go to New Brighton a lot when we were kids back in the 60's and 70's.Happy memories were brought back of time spent there with my Mum, Dad, my brothers, and kids from our street.
I remember getting in one of these paddle boats and it let in a lot of water, I was petrified. I never realised the pool wasn't deep.
baths
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Egremont
War days, Poulton Road. Sherlock Lane on the right.
Good Old Days
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Milk Race..
Prom construction
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Egremont
Rake Lane
Belgravia Hotel, Wellington Road
Marine Lake.
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Very Early Seacombe Ferry, bit before my time
One legged man used to dive off New Brighton pier for money
Victoria Road Seacombe, Now called Borough Road as the Fire Department was never sure which Victoria Road was on fire.. New Brighton or Seacombe. So they renamed the Seacombe one.
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Old Coop In Liscard Road, Now its the manky slop shop called McDonalds
Hose Side Road, pic is a bit squashed...
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Liscard Road on the right.
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The Old Boot Inn Liscard
Liscard Road
Mill Lane Liscard
Kingsley Road Wallasey
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Rose and Crown
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The Breck
Mill Lane, by Pool Inn and St Lukes Church
Ok, I have not got a clue where this one is
The Breck Again
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Fire
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Fire
More fab pics- thanks for posting
I hope my Dongle works next time I visit my Grandad!! (aged nearly 94).
With saying that, my sister took him 'home' last week and they enjoyed looking at old pics- may upload some myself in a day or so.....
Ok, I have not got a clue where this one is
Is it the junction of Poulton Road and Oxton Road? (Oxton Rd going up to the left.) It looks like the old Oxton Rd Methodist Church just on the left of the picture and the corner of Central Park on the junction.
Liscard... Chippie on corner of Manor Road right ahead..
Last one for tonight
Ok, I have not got a clue where this one is
Gorsey lane traffic lights ?
Ok, I have not got a clue where this one is
Is it the junction of Poulton Road and Oxton Road? (Oxton Rd going up to the left.) It looks like the old Oxton Rd Methodist Church just on the left of the picture and the corner of Central Park on the junction.
Yep, with Gorsey Lane on the right. I think you are spot on. Cheers
Dilly beat me to it :-)
Great pics ,love seeing them. Thanks zipper club.
Can anyone tell me where the 'Tower Street' Photo was taken???? Please don't say Tower Street !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About where the entrance to Cherry Tree shopping center.
The Coop on the map is where McDonalds is now.
Better Map.
Liscard Palace, Seaview Road, The old Lennons supermarket, then the Shoe Market.
Wowzers...
Wallasey Village
New Brighton baths, I lived their when I was 16
Liscard Road
Egremont
Pier
Never did find out why so many people
A quiet day..
Seacombe
pier
So the Grand Hotel was a Coach Park...
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Cheshire Cheese pub
Guinness Clock, Vale Park
Is that one of those blue invalid cars on the prom (Invacar)
Bottom Of Victoria Road just on the left, out of view
Liscard, 6d to get in on a saturday
Before the prom was built, water must of been lower those days.
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Liscard
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Map of the Fair
Football ground
Very busy Vale Park Bandstand
A million year old Plough Inn.... :-)
Top of Liscard Road
The inside of the Tower Ballroom. Rather Grand
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Love the cars
Great view of the fair
Earlier pic
very busy Egremont
fair
Tunnel Approach/M53. Breck Road bridge ahead
Central Park Liscard. Jamboree
Guinness Clock, Vale Park
Snap!! Soho, about 1960
Twenty Row Pub, Leasowe Road. 20 houses, pub on the end...
I give up on this one as well, brain dead.
Wallasey Road, Used to be Safeway, now Weatherspoons
Liscard
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liscard
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A lot of big houses and gardens.
Church Road
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Wallasey Road, Liscard.
The simple things in life kept them happy in them days.
Strounds Corner
The Breck
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Seaview Road, Liscard.
Wallasey Church, somewhere or other, up the hill, Cheshire Cheese Pub to the left, down the hill. Without Googling can I hell remember the name of the road where the person is walking too.
Fair
Bottom of Seaview Road.
Derby Pool, Harrison Drive end of the prom.
Spot the shovel............
Liscard Road
Makes me want to go back in time.
Liscard
agh.. the other side of that church
Mother Redcaps, no prom.
Busy Busy, chop chop, busy busy, work, bang....
Mariners Home, love the added fire escape.
Liscard Road
Busy Pier, I study all these pics very closely.
Side view of the Boot Inn
Central Park, Liscard
Floral Pavilion, love the sign for the lavatories, I remember using them once or twice. Also a cut through to the bus stops and before they built the crazy golf their. Lady in the middle with a parasol, strong shadows must be near mid day. Ladt sitting on the bench with her feet up, is that a worn out dog by the bench?
The last one for tonight.
Egremont Pier
Guinness Clock, Vale Park
Snap!! Soho, about 1960
Looks like they moved it around.
Liscard Rd
Did you mean Seabank Rd?
Liscard Rd
Did you mean Seabank Rd?
I thought it was Liscard Road as from what I remember Liscard Road had the most trees than any other road. There does not seem to be any houses on the left of the pic either.
No.1 bus. New Brighton direct to Seacombe Ferry.
Just checked on google maps, yep your right. Warwick Drive on the right. God, look how many trees they chopped down :-(
I think they have been gone for quite a while. Maybe to widen road.
night Zips.
I cant remember a road having more trees than Liscard Road, but I`m only a youngster.
Guinness Clock, Vale Park
Snap!! Soho, about 1960
Looks like they moved it around.
There were several. The original was built for the Festival of Britain 1n 1951.
Don't want to rain on your parade but most of these can be found in local history books plus the many facebook pages such as old pics of New Brighton etc.
You should add some facts. The photo of the Plough Inn for instance is the one on Breck Road, not Moreton. Building still there but the pub long gone. Supposedly haunted?
Some kid in one of your photo's is Tony Ryder whose family owned numerous stalls and rides in the tower grounds. Died around 1972.
Guinness clock despite many people telling it was not in Vale park but in the tower grounds above Tommy Manns railway and near the Rockpoint Castle Restaurant and bar. Watched it many times. There is one left in existence and I think that is in the Guinness museum in Dublin?
Too many to comment on individually after the fact but hope you get my drift?
At least one of those photo's is copyright but has been reproduced that many times that I think the owners (a very large company) have given up on it. I note someone has put their moniker on it which is very cheeky in my humble. Photo's are for sharing but people should not suggest they own them. Some photographs I took myself have appeared on websites with no acknowledgement to the owner and to make it worse their own details on them. Not you of course but the people whose site it came from.
I shall cease putting up pics, please state where we could see these pics. I know the liberator site no longer exists sadly. I don't do facebook. Newbrightonpostcards site bit the dust too.
Zip please keep posting, many people on here enjoy what you post and like you many of us don't do face book. I for one look forward to more from you. Cheers Dilly.
I agree Zips, keep posting, we love seeing those pics.
Thanks Dilly and snowshoes, I`m not a historian, I just like old photos of Wallasey etc.. I`ll stick some more up now, and if I know a kids name I`ll feckin add it on :-))
Liscard and Poulton station, Mill lane bridge behind, Breck Road bridge in front
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Wallasey Village, roundabout where the lady is crossing the road and Leasowe Road goes of to the left. Harrison Drive ahead.
New Brighton Fairground
Zipperclub don,t stop please. The pics are fabulous , I have really enjoyed looking at them and thinking back to when I was a kid. Thank you for taking the time and effort to show us, it is appreciated, don,t let one spoil it for the rest of us.
Seacombe Ferry and good view of where the railway once was.
The sunken car park to the left of New Brighton baths, about where the car park is now for the shops
Baths with the fountain, good for getting used to the cold water before braving the pool.
Before 1919 as the tower is still there
King Street, now its Egremont Pharmacy. Church Street to the left, Union Street to the right of the flats, shops underneath.
I think I remember a chippie and a newsagents
Map of a bit of Breck Road, I see a garage, used to be an Esso one where I got an Esso tiger key ring from. Ruins and also a shelter???.
My mum used to work in the fair, never seen a pic of her yet. I do have one the family took but its copyrighted :-)))
Now then... look at all those slippery slimy rocks. All covered in sand these days, years ago it was quite fun walking over them.
Victoria Road New Brighton, a bus
Albion Street garage. Went there once to blow up my mates inner tube, more holes than a cheese grater. His dad had helped him get the tyre off with a couple of kitchen knives...
Liscard roundabout
Not a lot of cars them days.
Is this on Seabank Road close to Magazine Lane??
Liscard and Poulton Station, Mill Lane bridge ahead. Never see a soul in any of these pics no wonder they shut it down.
Again, before 1919, tower is still up. They started to dismantle it in 1919
Vale park
Just by Demesne Street. Riverside School..
War Days, note the Barrage Balloon in the picture.
Liscard Hospital, Vch
Dukw, New Brighton
Harrison Park
Rowson Street
Big Gun on Fort Perch Rock, I have never been, so I don't know if it is still there.
Bottom Of Victoria Road, I wonder what they sold on the stalls on the sand?.
Another view of the Hospital in Liscard
This gives you a good idea of how much is buried
I'm enjoying all these photos too; it's kind of you to take the trouble to post them, whether or not they're captioned or already in books somewhere. I grew up in Wallasey (born in '52). Spent a lot of time at New Brighton baths in my ghastly little ruched swimsuit, dabbling round the shallow fringes and climbing up the fountains! I can still remember the clanking sound of the turnstile gate and the brightness of the water beyond, and all the pale green and cream walls. My cousin, when he was older, could dive off the top board. <meep>
Funny thing is, I have no memories of the pier. I don't understand why. I remember Victoria Road and the fairground - the waltzer made me feel sick, but there was a ride there called the Miami Twist that I found easier to tolerate.
There was a comment about a road having lost a lot of trees; I grew up on Broadway Avenue which used to be lined with elms, but Dutch Elm Disease put paid to all that, and it was bare of trees for quite a long time. That might have been what happened.
Bye Bye Tivoli Theatre
I see Donkey, where is Shrek...?
Dukw again, sure gets around
Closer pic of the Tivoli being demolished.
Top of Tower dismantles, so after 1921. Odd that the pic has 2 crosses either side.. I have seen it quite a few times, I think it was on the original photo.
Jungle Railway
Glass slide picture, I think a view from the tower.
Last one for tonight, just dug out the picture of my mum standing by a van which was parked in the fair.
Feel free to copy it. Cheers for tonight :-)
Zipperclub don,t stop please. The pics are fabulous , I have really enjoyed looking at them and thinking back to when I was a kid. Thank you for taking the time and effort to show us, it is appreciated, don,t let one spoil it for the rest of us.
Cheers, he does not need to look if he has seen them before. I love digging them out now and then. I don't have to leave the room to find them either, all in one place. But they are all over my computers hence me going through them to sort them out.
Last one for tonight, just dug out the picture of my mum standing by a van which was parked in the fair.
Feel free to copy it. Cheers for tonight :-)
Good looking lady Zips. Was she from the Wirral?
Yes, Seacombe. Another, Mum And Granddad.
Maybe he was in Liscard, in Boots with Puss.
Oh dear - this hasn't come up next to the photo, so it makes no sense! Look for the 'there's donkey but where's Shrek?' picture.
I'll get me coat...
Maybe he was in Liscard, in Boots with Puss.
Oh dear - this hasn't come up next to the photo, so it makes no sense! Look for the 'there's donkey but where's Shrek?' picture.
I'll get me coat...
We know what you mean... honest....
The Anti aircraft gun was new in the 50s there is some pictures of it being hauled in, they are on New Brighton pictures, the gun was sold off and is supposed to be on the East coast of the USA, as a kid I can remember getting shouted at messing about with the controls, if my memory is correct it didn't have the breech block, bought in the days when the MOD sold off war suplus by the ton, not via EBAy as the old aircraft carriers were sold off. .
Guinness Clock, Vale Park
The Guinness Clock
by Tony Franks-Buckley
It was the brainchild of the Guinness Advertising Manager Martin Pick, who had trained as an engineer before he entered the world of advertising. The Clock was designed by the firm of Lewitt Him and took five months for clockmakers Baume and Co Ltd. of Hatton Garden to construct. Standing 25 feet high, the Clock's internal mechanism was highly elaborate and included nine reversible electric motors and three synchronous clocks.
No clock of comparable complexity had been made in England for 300 years. Every fifteen minutes the crowds were spellbound by the four and a half minute routine featuring well known characters from Guinness advertisements which everybody knew at the time. The 'Guinness animals' were the creation of artist John Gilroy of S.H.Benson's advertising agency. He produced a series of colourful and amusing posters in which different zoo animals made off with their keeper's Guinness! (The zoo keeper was actually a caricature of Gilroy himself.)
The menagerie included a sealion (balancing a glass of Guinness on its nose), an ostrich (who had just swallowed a glass of Guinness whole), a pelican, bear, lion, tortoise, kangaroo, crocodile and even an upside-down kinkajou. The most famous of all, however, was the Guinness toucan who retained the public's affection from his debut in 1935 right up to his final retirement in 1982. Guinness also made use of characters from Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice in Wonderland' in its advertising in the 1930s-50s. We might think it unheard of now to use characters from a children's book to advertise beer, but at the time it was quite acceptable. This explains why the Mad Hatter, with his fishing rod, appears on the Guinness Festival Clock, along with the zoo keeper, toucans and other Guinness animals.
The original Guinness Clock proved so popular that Guinness received enquiries from a number of local authorities, department stores and exhibition promoters who all wanted to borrow it for display. This inspired the building of slightly smaller 'travelling versions' of the clock, the first two of which were ready by September 1952. One went to Morecambe loaded on a Guinness trailer to be installed at Happy Mount Park as the main feature of the town's illuminations. It remained there until October 21st and was seen by thousands of people, young and old, as they walked through the park. Next it appeared in the fifth floor exhibition hall of John Lewis store in Manchester where, although it had to be dismantled to negotiate the stairs and the centre well, it was back in working order within three days. The other clock went to Southend's Western Esplanade as part of the seaside town corporation's illuminations. In all weathers and at all times people gathered to see the clock go through its routine. From Southend it went to Park Royal, where it stayed for a short time before moving on to Berwick-on-Tweed, where it stood in front of the town hall for the Christmas festivities. In all eight travelling Guinness Clocks and one miniature (5ft high) version were constructed, and they were seen at many places including Paignton, Barry Island, Folkestone, South Shields, Leamington Spa, the Isle of Sheppey, Chester, Warrington, Brighton, New Brighton, Southsea, Bristol, Great Yarmouth and Butlin's Holiday Camp, Ayr, Scotland (illustrated).
The clocks toured seaside towns for seven years or more and also made appearances at trade fairs, carnivals, agricultural shows and in department stores. One went to the USA on loan for two years, and two went to Ireland.
On June 9th 1959 another Guinness Clock appeared called the Guinness Time Piece (pictured left), which also became known as the Guinness Clock. This was an even more elaborate mechanical contraption, built in three sections, weighing four tons, and mounted on the back of a trailer for easy transportation. It was designed by John Lansdell and Willy Szoomanski and manufactured by F.B.Elcom Ltd.
As with the original Guinness Clocks, every quarter of an hour brought a frenzied burst of activity from an assortment of Guinness animals and their keeper accompanied by fairground music. In the centre a revolving stage with four set pieces showed Guinness in every season of the year and to the right in front of the caravan the ever-harassed keeper is chased by various animals from door to door. At first the keeper has the bottle of Guinness, then a few moments later, they all reappear, now running in the other direction, with the brown bear in front with the bottle being chased by the keeper. It was first exhibited at the Guinness Bicentenary Garden Party that summer then set off on its travels via Battersea Pleasure Gardens where it stayed for a fortnight. Since the Clocks' mechanism could easily be affected by wind, it was necessary to have an electrician standing by. He would also be responsible for counting the visitors to the clock.
Changing times were soon to doom these travelling mechanical wonders. Guinness no longer used the animals in its advertisements, and spare parts for the clocks became difficult to obtain. They were finally withdrawn in October 1966 and sent for scrap - a sad end to a much-loved and unique form of Guinness advertising.
Another great set of images Zipper - keep 'em coming
I have loved and been fascinated by your pics Zipper,please keep them coming.I am not from Wallasey but have lived here since the early 70s and I married a Lovely Seacombe lad who was born in James Street.He had a wonderful memory and he would tell me all about his childhood.He could remember all the shops in Borough Road and the surrounding area and the people who used to run them,and the shops that would give 'tick'.The amount of times he got a packet of biscuits and then a belting off his mam is countless !! Sadly he is no longer with us but he could have written a book about it all.You have brought me Very Happy Memories with your pics. Thank You.
I love the way the gents insisted on wearing suit,tie and hat even in hot weather (wonderful pics,Zipper - I could look at them all day. Thanks for posting them)!
Thanks Buddy, Joany And Atw1960, I`ll post a few more later.
currently trading as 'talullahs'
soon to be THE CORNER, run by myself and my daughters
Say what you like about bankers, the banks have given us some lovely buildings to enjoy. I'm glad so many of the ones the banks no longer want have found new uses, and not been knocked down. Good luck with The Corner!
Is this on Seabank Road close to Magazine Lane??
It's Mill Lane with the old Marymount Convent [now the car park] & St. Alban's Church .
Is this on Seabank Road close to Magazine Lane??
It's Mill Lane with the old Marymount Convent [now the car park] & St. Alban's Church .
Cheers
currently trading as 'talullahs'
soon to be THE CORNER, run by myself and my daughters
Will be down for a free pint :-) Good luck, hope you do well.
Ok, not to sure about this one, allotments, maybe by Derby Pool
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St Lukes, Breck Road
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Wiki will have the most pics of New Brighton/Wallasey than any other site :-)
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Percy Road, Seacombe. Dilly and his mates :-)
That's a lot of meat
Poulton and Liscard station
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I remember the days well. Always pact on a Sunday
Lo-cost, Victoria Road.
Water :-))
Bottom of Rowson Street
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I can imagine it to have been rather rickity.
Very Very early pic.
Posing for camera at the bottom of Victoria Road
Tommy Manns miniature railway.
I`m 93.89% sure this is Manor Road Liscard with Withens Lane just to the right...
Liscard road with the Kings Pub behind the bus.
Snow...
Older than me.
Bugger if I can remember lol, on the prom by The Floral Pavilion I think.
Lonesome chappie called Helles on the Liscard and Poulton Railway Station :-) Breck Road Bridge above.
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Floral
Again, brain dead day. Might be Bottom of Manor Road where the car park is now, opposite that chippie on the curve(if it`s still there)
Fairground
Liscard, looking up Seabank Road
Central Park, Liscard. Pumping out water during the war. Tis all I know.
Mariners Home
New Brighton Baths site
Saecombe Pottery, bottom of Kelvin Road-ish..
Liscard Road ahead, with the famous Lunts Bakery in view. Wallasey Road to the right.
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Folly Lane, now known as Broadway
Liscard again, with the Maypole grocers shop
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New Brighton Super Pool
Bottom Of Victoria Road, New Brighton.
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Liscard roundabout, some tramps left a load of crap!!. In my opinion.
Is this Gorsehill Water Tower?. plus a cow :-)
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Love the name of the ride, Fathers Asses.
Liscard again
Egremont
they refloated it ok.
Marine Lake overflowing
Note the engine shed at the bottom of the pic...
I always wanted a go on this.
I had one of those push along dogs on wheels, helped you learn to walk.
No idea where.
Wallasey Road
The older than you , is between 1892 and 1900, looks more 1892, reason, the Royal Engineers were remodelling the fort, and had removed all the guns and had not yet worked on the walls or removed the old gun positions and the gun tower at the rear of the fort is there also the gun slots in the front wall haven't been blocked up by the west tower.
But then it looks like a painting, so artistic licence leaving the guns out but the ship is a steamer.
Victoria Road, New Brighton
Seabank Road Liscard, now the Shoemarket(If its still there)
I just spot the girl in the bikini lol
Claremount School?
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The King Orry grounding is showing the ledge the lighthouse stands on,I can remember standing on that ledge as a kid, it's under all the sand now.
Limekiln lane with Bird House on the left, Mill lane ahead. St Lukes Church steeple showing.
Gorse Crescent off Gorsedale Road, Wallasey.
Liscard??
Seabank Road bus Depot, where Asda is now.
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For New Brighton Pier
Wow!.
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After the fire.
What New Brighton pier used to look like
Last one for tonight, Seacombe Ferry with the Light up Players Cigarettes Advert. Blue and red if I remember correctly.
The older than you , is between 1892 and 1900, looks more 1892, reason, the Royal Engineers were remodelling the fort, and had removed all the guns and had not yet worked on the walls or removed the old gun positions and the gun tower at the rear of the fort is there also the gun slots in the front wall haven't been blocked up by the west tower.
But then it looks like a painting, so artistic licence leaving the guns out but the ship is a steamer.
I have seen lots of postcards with bits added, one is a liner sailing between the fort and the shore. I have a pic somewhere, hopefully it will turn up. The water would have not been deep enough, I wouldn`t sail a ferry boat between the fort and the shore and they are flat bottomed.
Seen a jet go between the fort and the lighthouse even a couple of seals messing about over that stone abortion runs from the fort past the light, that thing is damaging the fort walls, concentrating the tide directly into the walls, the google map of the fort gives a better idea of what I mean.
Have you any close up pictures of the fort, especially the top of the glacis, I don't go to the place anymore but it still interests me.
I don't think I have anymore, I just had a glance through, sorry.
Still, you keep putting those pictures up and I will delight in looking at them, thanks mate.
Magazine pub.
Now then, that big building is the old Co-op in Liscard Road, now its McDonalds. So this is the rear view.
New ramp for New Brighton Pier
Old Ramps
Cant remember this one
The old Plough pub in Moreton, knocked down and rebuilt when the widened the road. The trees are where Sacred Hearts church is now. And the horse was called Ginger :-)
Bottom Of Victoria Road
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Liscard
imagine having to live their. Is that a pram on the right...
Docks, Wallasey
Duke street
By Duke Street Bridge
Wallasey Road, Liscard. Looks like the precinct had not long opened.
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Liscard
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Dock Road. Wallasey
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Bidston Tunnel, 1941
This is Blackpool Big Dipper.
Back to New Brighton.
Brighton pub on the left
Grange Road, Birkenhead
I used to hate going there with my mum, always so busy.
Dock Road Wallasey 1951
Dock Road Wallasey 1952
Entitled, The Black Horse, Wallasey village
Oh for a time machine.
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Borough Road, Seacombe, Empress Club just on the right
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1922
Breck Road,
Breck Road with the Ship Inn
Cheshire Cheese, the only building left standing
Breck Road School House
Duke Street bridge
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British Leather Company Old Chester Road
Opps, British Commander Ship Made A slight mistake. 1932, Egremont Pier
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Building New Brighton Baths
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Victoria Road.
Derby Pool in the background
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I`m not a train buff but I remember just getting passed here before the last train went by. Loads taking pictures. Now it looks like a jungle, bridge has no floor, I think it may have been robbed.
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Central Park Liscard
Charing Cross, Birkenhead
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Cheshire Cheese
I think some are getting repeated but slightly different
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Last one for tonight, eyeballs need a rest :-)
Bottom of page 30, the Breck Road Schoolhouse - I was pleased to see the windmill peeping out behind the building. I have a postcard with a tinted drawing of 'The Mill on the Breck' and I was never quite sure where it stood. Thanks!
Just for you :-))
St Hilary's church - with the old tower positioned to the left of the church it must have been taken from the direction of either Wallasey Road or Belivdere Road - as gap between the two buildings looks quite small I'd guess Wallasey Road, with Claremount Road going towards the church across the middle of the picture. Incredible to see it all under cornfields!
Thank you ZipperClub - I will scan my postcard of the mill and add it to the collection. When I find it, that is - it's in a *cough* very safe place!
St Hilary's church - with the old tower positioned to the left of the church it must have been taken from the direction of either Wallasey Road or Belivdere Road - as gap between the two buildings looks quite small I'd guess Wallasey Road, with Claremount Road going towards the church across the middle of the picture. Incredible to see it all under cornfields!
Thanks Cobby
Broadway
Claremount Road 1900`s
Concertina Cottages, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe, by Lloyds corner
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Moreton Cross
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Building Derby Pool 1931
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Dismantling Tower 1921
Dock Road Seacombe
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Bit of ice never stopped them those days
1905
1914
1905
1906
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1918
1920
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first one dated 1955
1910 and 1912
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second one dated 1910
First one dated 1949
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1941 and 1959
both 1960
both 1960`s
second one dated 1942, rather busy
Fairfield Hotel 1908, bottom of Well Lane Birkenhead
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flour mills demolished
Old forest at Leasowe, well buried now.
Bye bye rock pools, all sand now, cant win :-)
Old cannon just laying around. Hope that's a football he`s kicking or else broken toes :-))
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1929 Wheatland Lane, note only a few houses built in Vernon Avenue and Oakdale Road. No Oakdale Avenue yet or Gorsedale Road School.
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Gardenside/Leasowe Road
Gaumont Palace, King Street
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Last one for the night
Gorsey Lane, Wallasey
On page 35, posted 9.30pm - I have an original print of the picture of the six youngsters on the beach. The girl in the middle of the left group is my mother - she died in 2005 - and the tall lad in the right hand group is her brother, my Uncle, still alive.
Wow, its a small world. Your pages don't match up, there is only 19 pages total on my computer, are you using a phone?
Phone, computer or tablet?
The number of the post is #900740 which is next to the date and time of the post, top right hand corner, I think is the same for whatever is being used.
How intriguing - I never thought of the number of pages showing differently on different machines. Certainly not using a phone - my 'one step up from steam-powered' phone doesn't even have a camera! I'm using a laptop. I'll remember to quote the post number in future if I need to - a good tip, that.
Phone, computer or tablet?
37 on mine (laptop)
I think I have the solution,
Go to My Stuff, Edit preferences and change to these setting, that way you get less pages and saves time
Change both to 30.
My Total topics to to show per page: (default is 20)
Total posts to show on one page when viewing a post in flat mode: (default is 15)
Grange Road map
Grange Road West August 1979
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Grove Road, first one dated 1938
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Guinness Clock 1960, by the prom
Baths
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Herculaneum Dock, Dingle, Liverpool. Train runs under the houses there and you could hear them rumble. The comedy series "Bread" was filmed just up on the left. I have relatives living in the next road. The view was fantastic as a kid looking down at the ships and trains. Always looked a million feet down.. still does :-)
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1975
Moreton
Birkenhead Market
Empress Club, or was the Irving Theatre, Borough Road, Seacombe
Ivy Cottage
Dock Road/Limekiln Lane wallasey
I took this one, junk on the Mersey...
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1921
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King Street, Egremont
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1903 and 1912ish..
Laird Street, Birkenhead Bus Depot
Lawtons farm Wallasey Village 1894 and 1902
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Leasowe Road 1905 and 1944
first one dated 1908
Leasowe hospital
1909, Wallasey Village with Leasowe Road off to the right
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Top of Liscard Road
same, but dated 1905 and 1910
Seaview Road, Liscard
Liscard
think we had this one, well here it is again :-)
Tower Hotel Liscard, must be 35 years of so since I had a drink in there.
Kents auctions in Wallasey Road, Liscard
and the other side of Wallasey Road.
1973 and 1961
1961
Seaview Road, before time began lol
Egremont... second one dated 1904
Egremont
Pier at New Brighton
Duke Street Bridge
Rowing club engraving
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This one says Seacombe Ferry, but I think its Egremont. Look how many people on board on the way to new Brighton
Seacombe Ferry and Seacombe Potteries
Lot of postcard ones, but better than no pictures
New Brighton open air super baths..
Monks Ferry etc..
Central Station, Birkenhead and Seacombe
Marina Picture House 1916, about where Riverside Primary School, Brighton Street is now.
Second one dated 1920
1920, and 1951. Marine Hotel, Birkenhead Road opposite Seacombe Ferry. That bike wouldn't last long these days :-( some scally would be well gone with it.
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Last ones for tonight, Market Gardens down Leasowe Road 1926, they knew how to grow a carrot in those days :-)
Marylands Lane, Moreton. First one dated 1907.
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Pasture Road, Moreton
Fair, second one dated 1946
3d a ride, like almost 2p in new money
1895, Frozen Mersey. I think these figures are superimposed.
Oh, look ice didn't stop them those days, not like the big sissy`s of today.
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Mersey Street, Seacombe.
No Idea. Titled, Mersey wreck, Archangelos
1908
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Birkenhead, Metropole Theatre
Wheatland Lane runs up the middle. Concertina cottage by the church, loads been knocked down and rebuilt. The red arrow points to Oakdale Road.
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Sunken Forrest At Meols, Supposed to go all the way To Formby.
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all covered in sand now :-(
Bottom of Pasture Road, Moreton.
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Moreton Cross
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Now called Pasture Road.
First one date 1900
1950`S 1940`S
1959 1971
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1940 AND July 1963
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1969
1948 and 1969
1969 and 1948
1946, 1960
New Brighton football club and stock car racing
busy...
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Last 2 for the night
Few more..
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1914, 1965
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1967
Mammoth crane helping to repair New Brighton Pier after a storm in 1969
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Lots of postcard pics coming up,
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First one date March 23rd 1956.
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1920
1920
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first one dated 1950
1899, 1920
first one dated 1950
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First one date 1938
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1919, 1910
second one dated 1913
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second one dated 1915
first one dated 1920`s
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1923, 1903
first one says, bank holiday crowd. Second one dated 1930
First one dated 1935
Second one about 1906
Second one dated 1850`s
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Oakdale Mission, corner of Oakdale Road and Lucerne Road
Oakdale Road, the shops. Johnny Lodges Offy was just on the left out of the photo
Oakdale Mission. Corner of Oakdale Road and Gorsedale Road. I once went to Sunday school there.
1954 Oakdale Road, Kids nursery railings on the left
1967 Oakdale Road, Kids nursery railings on the right
Breck Road and Liscard Road
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Old Town Hall that used to be in Church Street
Omnibus Seacombe
Bidston Ore Docks, went up these cranes with the School
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That's all for tonight..
Great collection Zipper - thanks for posting
Cheers, Buddy
Pembroke Service 1906. Church meeting?
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1st one is Duke St
1st one, Pool Inn
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Second one is where Morrisons is now
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first one dated 1903.
first one 1969. Queens Picture House, where Kwik Save is/was Poulton Road.
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mmm, wonder where I found these two??
Second one is Saughall Massie Bridge, still there, one way now
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Both Seabank Road, 1907 crash
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both dated 1875, Seacombe Ferry reconstruction
1914, 1928
Seacombe Station
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any duplicates.. I cant remember them all :-))
1947 map
1925, 1930
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1915 on the first one
Seacombe railway
second one dated 1908
First one dated 1954
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second one dated 1932
1940`s, 1900`s
first one dated 1905
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Oakdale Road 1970. This is the only picture I can find of the Childrens Nursery. Also shown is the garage for the Rank, Hovis, McDougall wagons. St Joeys Church, Citrine Road, Little Blue Invacar, The Swings. My dad worked in the building this Photo was taken, at the bottom of Oakdale Road, just after the curve... I remember him waving to me when I was about 5. I think they had their breaks on the top of the roof. A Smoke break maybe?.
Last 2 for the night. 1908 on the first one
Liver Buildings under construction on the 1908 Seacombe Prom card .
Best photo I've ever seen of Riverside School.What a Gothic pile it looks.I was there from 1953 to 1959.Actually enjoyed it.
Seaview Road bus depot where Asda is 1933
Sebastopol Inn 1920.... no idea...
1959, 1920
1920, 1914
1907, 1969
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Spillers, dock road, Wallasey
Top of Leasowe Road, second one dated 1917
1909 St Georges Road, and 1920 Rowson Street Etc..
St Pauls Church Seacombe.
St Pauls Road 1905.
1904 St Georges Road,
Bottom of Trafalgar Road, back of shops, Post office etc..
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St Pauls Church where I was christened.
St Pauls Road Swings
1909 Map.
Atlantic Garage, Fender Lane to the left, Stavordale Road to the right. Now its Aldi. I`ll take the blonde with my purchase of 5 gallons, you can keep the green shield stamps :-))
Stringhey Road with The Nelson Pub and Guest The Butchers. 1930`s
Sandhills c1910
Pool and The Tavern as we know it, used to be a school. Grab a granny night was a hoot, wonder how many mini Zippers there are? LOL
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First pic, Beach huts 1940. Second one believe it or not during the war, not a typical view on a Sunday morning after a good old pub crawl that ended up in The Brighton on a Saturday night :-))
1920, 1906
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Blundell Sands 1913, New Brighton Tower in the middle, in the distance.
Moreton Cross with the Old Plough Pub
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Second one dated 1916
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Second one dated 1911
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Second one was not really at night
1928
Ah, the good old downstairs toilets. My mum would not let me use them as I was only about 5 and there where naughty men around..
Tommy Manns Choo Choo
Second one dated 1904
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1969 fire
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First one has 1992 on it, this is wrong, its 1969
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Trafalgar Road not Street.
and now.
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This one says "Travellers Rest 1930`s". Not bottom of Rowson Street, was it opposite The Tavern?.
I see no ships...
Upton Road, Moreton and Vale Park
Both Victoria Road
Now Borough Road Seacombe.
Back to NB.
1902 on the second one
1920, 1910
Borough Road Seacombe
1904
Last two for the evening.
The Travellers Rest was in Wallasey Village , part of the current St. Mary's site .
No, It was at the bottom of Rowson St at the Prom.
Ah yes, cheers again. Pity someone didn`t have the time to put all these on a website on their own, all with descriptions etc.. I did think of doing it but it would take ages and as I sleep for England at times I`d never get it done. Websites come and go, some of my pics came from 2 that are no more and maybe the pictures could be lost forever. I suppose as we get older, most of the younger generation wouldn`t care at all if these pictures where never seen at all. :-(
No, It was at the bottom of Rowson St at the Prom.
No, that was a different one Snowshoes, that one is on a slope.
Oh,ok. I stand corrected.
Travellers Rest Rowson St.
I used to pop in there with my mates before invading The Grand
1942, 1910
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Wallasey Village 1920`s , 1951
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1940, 1908
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Second one is Percy Road Seacombe
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1954 Wheatland Lane/Kelvin Road. Map is 1909
Winter Gardens 1908. Atherton Street
Woodside
Last one out of that directory, and for this evening..
Victoria Road, New Brighton. The York Hotel and The American Bingo.
Good job Zips. Love seeing these. Thank you, great effort.
Love the scales next to the cake shop.Every Gregg's should have one!
More pics pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze
Hi Granny, I know where it was, but it seems so odd for a building that shape to be a pub. What is more weird is that it was demolished in the 1930`s and I seem to remember the building when I was a kid, lets say about 1959. Maybe I`m re-incarnated lol
Todays view
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[quote=ZipperClub]Sebastopol Inn 1920.... no idea...
According to this 'The Breck'
Sorry Zipper, misunderstood. You re-incarnated and I long in the tooth.
I`d even say the brick work for the pub was a pale yellowish colour, I`m just glad they didn't have colour pics them days. I presume its just my mind on overtime :-)
Corpy Road Birkenhead
Wallasey bus depot, Seaview Road. now the Asda supermarket
1960 Windsor Castle and North Isle at Cammell Lairds.
1963 Stormcock tug at Cammell Lairds.
1960
The "Windsor Castle" at Cammell Lairds.
She is the third Union-Castle ship to bear that name.
1900s Rock Lane West, Rock Ferry.
1909 Lusitania at the landing stage, Liverpool.
In the background is the Liver Building half completed.
1910s
Seacombe Ferry.
1900s
Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.
The Victoria monument in the centre
is locally known as the "wedding cake"!
1900s
"Katori" a japanese battleship at Birkenhead.
1910s
Liner at Liverpool pierhead.
1900s
Slatey Road, Birkenhead.
Looking in the direction of Williamson Art Gallery.
1900s
Devonshire Road, Birkenhead.
1906
Queens Drive, Liverpool. My god, what a difference,
1910
The Arno, Oxton, Birkenhead.
1900s
Conway Street, Birkenhead
1900s
Argyle Street, Birkenhead.
Showing the Argyle Theatre.
1900s
Oxton Village, Birkenhead.
1900s
Village Road, Oxton Village, Birkenhead.
1900s
Dock Cottages, Birkenhead.
1910s
New Chester Road, Rock Ferry.
1900s
Rock Lane West, Rock Ferry.
1900s
Rock Ferry, the approach, with Daily Post & Echo office.
1890s
Liverpool Landing Stage,
with an Isle of Man paddle steamer
1880s
Victoria Road, New Brighton.
The group of men in the foreground are policemen.
1897
Salthouse Dock, Liverpool.
The Maritime Museum thought the ship is "HMS Eaglet".
1880s
St. George's Hall, Liverpool,
with St. John's Church in the background.
1900s
Park Hotel, Charing Cross, Birkenhead.
1900s
Egremont Promenade.
With New Brighton Tower and Pier in the distance.
1890s
Liverpool landing stage,
with an Isle of Man paddle steamer.
Just thought I`d add this one in :-))
1890s
Conway Castle.
1890s
Bedford Road, Rock Ferry
1959
The launch of the "Cheshire" at Cammell Lairds.
1959
The launch of the "Cheshire" at Cammell Lairds.
Last one for the night
1952
Clare Street Wash-house, Liverpool.
Notice the fashionable pudding bowl hair cut on the little boy!
Salthoouse Dock was a terminal for the salt industry at that time. Can't see why HMS 'anything' would be berthed there.
'The Highfields' ? June 1897 next stop Calcutta 109 days(she sunk in 1902)
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history...mg=12&cat=naylon-maritime-collectionI thought Maritime Museum would have known better.
HMS Eaglet was HMS Eagle originally, re-named about 1918. Destroyed by fire in 1926 . The new Eaglet was berthed in Salthouse dock and was originally a 24 class sloop HMS Sir Bevis from the First World War.(according to Wikipedia)
Great pictures Zip - keep them coming!
Just a note on post #902971 - '1910s Liner at Liverpool pierhead.' - That ship is either the RMS Baltic, Cedric, Celtic, or Adriatic (White Star Line). My Grandad was on the Cedric and Baltic when they were troopships in WW1.
See:
Wikapedia Baltic
Great pics keep em comming
1949
New Brighton Beach and Pier with the ferry landing stage.
1948
Isle of Man boat waiting room, Liverpool.
1951
Bidston Windmill.
1948
Egremont promenade and beach with the Mariners' Home.
New Brighton is in the distance, with the Tower Ballroom and pier.
1949
Central Park, Wallasey, no island.
1950
Birkenhead Park with the boathouse.
1951
Bidston Windmill.
1950
Birkenhead Park.
1954
Hornby Dublo display at the English Electric Flower Show
1954
Hornby Dublo display at the English Electric Flower Show
1880s
Raby Mere, Wirral
1940s
Watching a demolition, Liverpool
1948
Moreton Shore
1950
Woodchurch Estate, Birkenhead. - Just completed
1959
The launch of the "Cheshire" at Cammell Lairds
1953
Toffee Maid Coronation Float, Liverpool.
Part of the celebrations that took place for the Coronation of the Queen.
1957
The Top Hat Record Bar, Dale Street, Liverpool.
The crowds are waiting for Mitchell Torok to perform the opening ceremony.
1956
Launch of the "Cheshire" at Cammell Lairds.
1958
Crowds watching the launch of "Talwar" at Cammell Lairds
1950s
Fancy dress at English Electric Flower Show.
Flobberdob ittle weeeeed!
March 3rd 1950
HMS "Ark Royal"
Seen here being launched, where she broke free of her chains
1960
Launch of "Finwhale".
Cammell Lairds, Birkenhead.
1948
Troops disembarking at Liverpool
1958
The result of overloading a crane unloading a Vulcan locomotive, (Australia?)
1965
Launch of "Ben-My-Chree VI" at Cammell Lairds
1948
The "Royal Iris".
She earned her royal status bringing troops home from Dunkirk.
1910s
Seacombe Ferry.
1946
"Wallasey" on the New Brighton trip.
1959
"Sir Thomas Brocklebank, Liverpool
1962
"Hazlegarth" towing the bar light ships.
These ships sat on the Mersey bar acting as lighthouses.
1958
Dredger on the Mersey.
Last one for the night.
1950
Lake Steamer at Weston Point on the Manchester Ship Canal
I look forward to viewing your images Zipper - thanks and keep posting
Cheers, Buddy.
1890s
Liverpool Landing Stage,
with an Isle of Man paddle steamer
1949
Tower Fairground, New Brighton.
In its heyday, it was known as the Brighton of the North
1949
Tower Fairground, New Brighton,
seen from the top of the Tower Ballroom.
1950
Allinsons, Grange Road, Birkenhead.
Beatties took over the building in 1960.
1950
Tunnel Entrance, Birkenhead.
In the background is the old Birkenhead Market.
1960
Conway Street, Birkenhead.
1959
Hamilton Square, Birkenhead,
with the old pumphouse chimney in the background
1962
Grange Road and Coburg Street, Birkenhead.
This is where the Pyramids Shopping Centre now stands.
1950
Birkenhead Park from the Swiss Bridge.
1950
Birkenhead Market.
1956
Birkenhead Market
1955
Boathouse Lane, Parkgate.
The garage is the original "James Edwards".
1952
Bebington Road, New Ferry.
The old market was so good.Always down there with mum and nan asking the butchers for chicken or turkey feet to play with, makes me shudder now but hey they amused us then and cost nought!
1952
Bebington Road, New Ferry.
1952
Bebington Road, New Ferry
1930s
The promenade at Parkgate.
The water no longer comes up to the sea wall,
but the marshland that is there now is an excellent
breeding ground for many species of birds.
1940s
The Promenade at Parkgate
1960
"The Brown Cow" Bebington.
1948
Liscard Roundabout, Wallasey.
Looking towards Wallasey Road.
1962
Rake Lane, Wallasey,
with Liscard roundabout in the background.
1961
The junction of Greasby Road and Frankby Road, Wirral
1946
P427, "Aeneas".
1957
F67 "Tyrian"
mothballed at Cammell Lairds.
1963
H.M.S. "Opossum"
I like this one
1930s
East Hill Lift, Hastings,
with the fishermens drying huts in the foreground.
1950 (May)
"Campania"
1950 (May)
"Campania"
1955
"Mauretania"
1960
Empress Boat at Liverpool Waterfront.
1960
"Windsor Castle " with "North Isle" and "North Lock"
being taken for fitting-out at Cammell Lairds.
1950
Floating Crane with Lamey tugs approaching Duke St Bridge from East Float to West Float.
1952
Rae tugs at Eastham.
1952
Loading a Leyland Bus.
1957
Cammell Lairds shipyard, Birkenhead.
Waiting for the gates to open.
1957
Cammell Lairds shipyard, Birkenhead.
Riggers splicing a steel wire rope.
1960
The "Windsor Castle" at Cammell Lairds.
It was the Union-Castle line's largest vessel.
1960
Bankhall, Liverpool.
1954
Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead,
with the "Reina Del Pacifico" in the river.
1961
Woodside ferry approach.
The pumphouse chimney was being demolished in this shot.
1960
Seacombe Ferry approach and bus terminus.
1962
Princess Alexandra arriving at Cammell Lairds
1962
Scotland Road, Liverpool.
1952
Tunnel Entrance, Birkenhead.
The lorry is carrying a ships propeller.
1962
Queen Square, Liverpool,
with the Royal Court Theatre.
1940s
A Gypsy camp, Wirral?
1957
The new English Electric cooker with glass oven door! :-)
1890s
Pier Head, Liverpool
1957
Mrs Banderanaika at the launch of "Mysore", Cammell Lairds.
1948
May Queen Parade, Mill Lane, Liscard, Wallasey
1948
May Queen Parade in Liscard, Wallasey
1947
New Brighton Beauty Queen contestants from other regional heats.
1890s
Attending the Arrow Park TB Clinic
1890s
Patients "taking the sun" at Arrow Park TB Sanitarium.
Sun bonnets were thought to be necessary!
Last one for tonight.
1960
Central Park, Wallasey.
The Witches Hat
more jems thanks for sharing
Still loving the pics Zips.The one of Birkenhead market brought many memories back, always down there with nan and mum. Does anybody remember begging the butchers for a chickens or if you were dead lucky turkey's foot to play with.Makes me shudder now but then it was fun and cost nought.!
1948
May Queen Parade, Mill Lane, Liscard, Wallasey
Just trying to work out whereabouts on Mill Lane this is. By the hospital?
Yes. that's about where the hospital is now.
Still loving the pics Zips.The one of Birkenhead market brought many memories back, always down there with nan and mum. Does anybody remember begging the butchers for a chickens or if you were dead lucky turkey's foot to play with.Makes me shudder now but then it was fun and cost nought.!
I used to get them and chase the kids in the street.
The "Lonely Man" Strand fag advert. The only TV advert from the time I think I can remember.I never did start on the dreaded weed.
Just come across this picture. It says Liscard, but I`m sure its Birkenhead.
Just come across this picture. It says Liscard, but I`m sure its Birkenhead.
Hi Zip, if you zoom in to the sign behind the lampost it says Grange road so I think you're right.
Ah, I looked there, I thought it said "Grand" something, I wonder what the 3rd word is?. Not Grotto..
I think the shop on the other side is Miltons pawn brokers
I wonder if its that shop where you go downstairs, used to sell tons of Christmas Decorations many moons ago. I did buy a venetian blind from there too.
I think the half-timbered building on the right (National and Provincial) was W H Smith back in the old days.
taken in Grange Road last year
I think the half-timbered building on the right (National and Provincial) was W H Smith back in the old days.
Top Marks, Yoller.
I think the board may say "Grange Road Grill". The shop it's outside was Robb's, with many departments so they probably did both Christmas decorations and Venetian blinds.
I know the black and white building well; I worked there in 1953 when it was W.H.Smith's.
I finally got round to scanning the pic of The Mill on the Breck, 1860 - drawing, not photo, but interesting nevertheless. Also one of St. Hilary's Church from somewhere on teh way to Bidston, I think, and one of Wallasey tram routes. My grandfather used to have a postcard collection, apparently - I never saw it. It went missing while he was in the nursing home. It's always the way, isn't it - if I'd known then what I know now, I would have loved to see them.
Just realised I have to upload to photobucket before I can post! Might take some time...
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Hmm... I thought a picture would come up! More work needed on this, when the Shiraz has worn off...
right click on the picture, properties and copy address(url).
Just realised I have to upload to photobucket before I can post! Might take some time...
You don't have to go via photobucket.
If you use "reply" (not quick reply) you will see below the text box the underlined "upload manager". When you click on this, and then on "browse" you can navigate to where your picture is on your hard drive. Select what you want and then "add file". The pic is then attached to your post. Make sure you don't exceed the size limits which are shown in upload manager.
Thanks Chriskay! Hope this works...
Thanks Chriskay! Hope this works...
See! easy.
Interesting to see the map with Warren station on it, which closed in 1915.
Warren Station
That's interesting - I'd got that tramways postcard to somewhere between 1900 and 1920, so that bit about Warren Station puts it before 1915. I grew up on Broadway Avenue which, on this map, is still called Townfield Lane. Rolleston Drive hasn't been built to link Belvidere Road and Sea Road, either.
That's interesting - I'd got that tramways postcard to somewhere between 1900 and 1920, so that bit about Warren Station puts it before 1915. I grew up on Broadway Avenue which, on this map, is still called Townfield Lane. Rolleston Drive hasn't been built to link Belvidere Road and Sea Road, either.
I wouldn't be too sure about the date of the postcard. It must originally have been produced while the station was still there, but it could have been re-printed later from the original plate in order to save the cost of producing a new one.
Thanks, Zipper. I see that the picture was taken after the closure and demolition of the down platform. The up platform remained until after electrification in 1938.
1920`s it said. I wasn`t around in those days, honest. :-))
1920`s it said. I wasn`t around in those days, honest. :-))
Oh, come on; I bet you took the picture.
From the picture Zip, I see Warren Station was immediately next to the bridge over Sea Road. Note the change from transverse sleepers to the longitudinal beams on the down line. These beams were usual when the rails were carried over a bridge.
I was wondering if the picture was taken immediately prior to electricfication (1938). Note what looks like concrete cable troughing stacked on the platform ready for laying. Maybe for the 3rd rail cabling? I doubt if they would be for phone circuits, as at that time all phone and telegraph routes were open wire on poles, crossarms and insulators*.
* Some strange folk actually collect these!
Also note on the map Ginger Lane, on the old 1911 Godfrey map this is called Cinder Lane and it ran from Sherlock Lane to Oakdale Rd. Does anybody know if was ever called Ginger Lane or is it a typo form the map makers?
Dave
I noticed they have left out littledale road ?
Spillers, 1987
Leasowe sandhills. pre WW1
Older than me...
Duke Street
Tobin Street
Victoria Road, now called Borough Road
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Birkenhead Observatory, 1979
Hillside Cottages on right before The Breck Hill, Wallasey Village
The tidal pool between Wallasey and Bidston
A rainy day in Wallasey Village, love the Toilet Saloon
Leasowe Road looking from the railway station bridge, Wallasey Village
Egremont Prom
Cross Lane, Wallasey showing the allotments
Wallasey Brickworks. It said.... at the far end of Leasowe Road on the left. I think this was quite near to where St. George's Secondary Modern School was.
Ham and Egg Parade, must off been quite a few that fell off
New Brighton college, 1862. This sort of rings a bell..
Tivoli Theatre
Mill Lane 1910
King Street, name that pub!.
Mount Pleasant Road, 1909
House in School Lane, Wallasey, known as Nelson's Gutter (Sadly bombed during the war) Opposite the Cheshire Cheese Pub
King Street
prom 1931, opposite model boating lake
Bomb damage on Grosvenor Road
Love this one..Liscard 1932
Corner of Osborne Avenue off Rake Lane
Liscard
Church Hill alongside St. Hilary's Church. Just a slim path now at the bottom.
Cathcart Street Wharf
The name of the pub is The Great Britain and it was on the corner of Burnaby St and King St.
Dave
Lovr e this thread, spend hours going on Google street view and pasting off 'Then and Now' pics
prom 1931, opposite model boating lake
I'm lucky enough to live in part of the building on the right, Redcliffe.
Looks mighty grand there Dilly. I bet the rooms are massive, hopefully don't cost an arm and a leg to heat. If I had the money I`d buy The Brighton Pub and convert it just for living in. I think it`s a great design.
Sadly Zip the best part of the house is boarded up, there are only 3 flats that are occupied. Yes the Brighton is a lovely building, the guy that owns that and the Kings doesn't seem to be doing anything to them.
Great pics and thread zipper mate keep em coming !
Cheers TC.
The Concertina Cottages, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe
The top of Seaview road in 1953
The Co-op, Liscard, Wallasey where McDonalds now stands
Wallasey Village Road Widening in 1951
Grove Road, Wallasey Village. Makes a change as most are from the other direction.
Burtons, Liscard. Rather large those days. I remember it just being a "normal" sized shop.
The Tower Pub, no high rise flats behind them days.
Top of Seaview Road in 1926, Hose Side Road to the left
The Castle on Wallasey Road
ABC Cinema in Liscard
Pool inn in Wallasey
Seacombe Ferry and The Marine Pub
The Marine Pub, Seacombe
The Brighton pub, Brighton Street, Wallasey. I want this PUB!.
Liscard... and bed time me thinks.
I had my first Saturday job in Liscard Co-op, in the cosmetics dept. Tea break treat was a warm eccles cake and a cuppa. The overalls were nylon and I kept getting shocks off the lockers!
The Dale, is that a Honda 50 in the car park on the left?.
The Cheshire Cheese
The Early The Lighthouse Inn, Wallasey Village.
The Magazine Hotel
The Cheshire Cheese again
The Nags Head, had a few drinks in there
The Cheshire Cheese, now is it me, who thinks the side view makes it look like a ship.. With the pub up the road being The Ship I wondered... or should I go back in my box :-)
Bottom of Borough Road
Shepherds Rest, First local pub with Stella on Draught, if I remember correctly. Oh those hangovers...........
Seaview Road
Shepherds Rest, First local pub with Stella on Draught, if I remember correctly. Oh those hangovers...........
Do you remember when Jack Randles had it Zip ? Or maybe you're not quite as old as me
Seaview Road, same side, further up past cemetary
Shepherds Rest, First local pub with Stella on Draught, if I remember correctly. Oh those hangovers...........
Do you remember when Jack Randles had it Zip ? Or maybe you're not quite as old as me
Cant remember any names of Landlords any where, oh except for TOEJOE(TOETOE)?, must be spelt wrong, that was his nick. Something to do with being a Little Hitler or Dog LOL. Small fellow, his throat fitted nicely in my hand a few times :-)
A Road with a kid with no name :-))
A Road with a kid with no name :-)) that kid sure gets around
The Brighton pub, Brighton Street, Wallasey. I want this PUB!.
Longshot I know - early 50's I went to school (Gorsedale) with the Manager's son Eric Anderton - anyone got any info about him, would like to get in touch. He would be about 73 now.
Top of Seaview Road, that kid aint camera shy, he even brought his mate
Damn if I can remember... was it round about Hose Side Road??
ditto
.
Seaview Road
Seaview Road
Another unknown street
Isn`t this at the top of Seaview Road.. some Mansion?
Same place, maybe?
Spillers
Spillers
Shepherds Rest, First local pub with Stella on Draught, if I remember correctly. Oh those hangovers...........
Do you remember when Jack Randles had it Zip ? Or maybe you're not quite as old as me
Cant remember any names of Landlords any where, oh except for TOEJOE(TOETOE)?, must be spelt wrong, that was his nick. Something to do with being a Little Hitler or Dog LOL. Small fellow, his throat fitted nicely in my hand a few times :-)
Ah, yes might help if I said where he worked.. St Joey`s social club in Wheatland Lane
Spillers
Spillers
Spillers
Spillers
Thanks for posting the images Zipper - my father worked at Buchanan's for about 40 years
My Granddad work on the docks all his life, but I have no clue what he done. Must ask my Mum. My dad also worked in the mills, I remember him waving to me from the roof of the mill between the bottom of Oakdale Road and Stone Manganese
Just found this pic..
Liscard Road, top of Church Street
Nice one, Zipper; not an aberrant apostrophe in sight.
I was actually asked to leave school for being a rebel. I have no qualifications. I told the Head Master that the school was rubbish and I`d rather teach myself. Now you know why I always get booted wherever I roam. :-)
Just found this pic..
Liscard Road, top of Church Street
thats Morris Nevins dear old mum in the kiosk.
Damn if I can remember... was it round about Hose Side Road??
This & the two following are all Seaview Road as is 'Another unknown Street' .
Enjoying this thread , keep it up .....
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Entrance gates to Liscard Castle
http://www.wirralhistory.net/liscard.htmlit wasn't really a castle. Locals gave it that name but it's proper name was Marine Villa. It belonged to a John Marden (Seabank Road was originally Marsden's Lane). John Marsden manufactured brooms, hence it became Broom Castle, then Liscard Castle
Was that you touting for business outside the gates Granny? :-)
Damn if I can remember... was it round about Hose Side Road??
This & the two following are all Seaview Road as is 'Another unknown Street' .
Enjoying this thread , keep it up .....
Cheers Zigzagwanderer.
Seacombe Ferry Pub
Kings Arms and The Prince Alfred.
The Pheonix cinema, Wallasey Village.
The Boot Inn and The Wellington Hotel, Liscard.
The Stump, Dock Road. How on earth they expect to rent this out must be a joke.
The Lighthouse, Wallasey Village.
I was actually asked to leave school for being a rebel. I have no qualifications. I told the Head Master that the school was rubbish and I`d rather teach myself. Now you know why I always get booted wherever I roam. :-)
Well, that's extraordinary, my history is much the same.
Liscard Palace, Seaview Road and The Capitol
5 Bars pub and The Bird in Hand. My granddad used to have a bet on the gee gees in the bookies opposite then a pint in the Bird every Saturday.
Trocadero Picture House, Victoria Road, New Brighton, turned into a Lo-cost, then demolished. A right dump of a shop it was. It had more rats than customers in the aisles.
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could it be this ?
Bottom of Borough Road Looking towards New Brighton, 5 bars on right shoulder.
Brighton Street
Thanks all of you for keeping this post going,it's fantastic. Do any of you have photos of the tower grounds and it's fairground? I spent many a summer holiday there as my Gran, worked there and I used to stay with her a couple of weeks every year... A child's dream, two weeks in a fairground.
905749
could it be this ?
Mine was at the top end of Seaview road, just before Hose Side Road, Granny
Thanks all of you for keeping this post going,it's fantastic. Do any of you have photos of the tower grounds and it's fairground? I spent many a summer holiday there as my Gran, worked there and I used to stay with her a couple of weeks every year... A child's dream, two weeks in a fairground.
Try here Ian
https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/429353/Index_of_Pictures.html#Post429353
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
The Royal Picture House, King Street, Egremont. Was a Bingo Hall, Then Rocket Ronnies Snooker Hall. Still a snooker place I think.
Also The Irving Theatre, Borough Road. Used to be The Empress Club, then a bingo hall
Last one for the night.. my cat.. well she lives in the Wirral :-)
AH ! Looks like she's been shut out...... do you love cats Zipper ?
I love them to bits, I`d go in a lion cage. My poor cat is very frail now, I don't think she has long to go :-( Plenty of loving is required.
Don't make me cry. You'll have us all in tears soon.
p.s. Wasn't touting, only pouting.
She jumped on the keyboard to stop me from typing, not so daft are cats
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
I think the second photo is the updated foyer to the ABC
Liscard around 1959?
Re The Shepherds Rest, yes it was the first pub in Wallasey with draught Stella, it was 5/- a pint (25p) which everyone thought was extortionate. Great times and I remember Jack Randles being the boss.
Dave
905743
Entrance gates to Liscard Castle
it wasn't really a castle. Locals gave it that name but it's proper name was Marine Villa. It belonged to a John Marden (Seabank Road was originally Marsden's Lane). John Marsden manufactured brooms, hence it became Broom Castle, then Liscard Castle
Actually the entrance gates to Sea View or Seaview House, later renamed The Anchorage, the property next door to Liscard Castle. As for the latter, all surviving maps from the mid-1850s onwards clearly name the property as Liscard Castle, so it wasn't called Marine Villa for very long.
905743
Entrance gates to Liscard Castle
it wasn't really a castle. Locals gave it that name but it's proper name was Marine Villa. It belonged to a John Marden (Seabank Road was originally Marsden's Lane). John Marsden manufactured brooms, hence it became Broom Castle, then Liscard Castle
Actually the entrance gates to Sea View or Seaview House, later renamed The Anchorage, the property next door to Liscard Castle. As for the latter, all surviving maps from the mid-1850s onwards clearly name the property as Liscard Castle, so it wasn't called Marine Villa for very long.
Sorry Marty, we are only as good as the script we read. As link below .
http://www.wirralhistory.net/liscard.html
and a pic of where it is in Seaview Road.
Wow - excellent 'timewarp' picture, there!
Palermo Street off Wheatland Lane
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
I think the second photo is the updated foyer to the ABC
Liscard around 1959?
I found this one Wally, slightly the same but different.. This one says the Abc, but get out the magnifying glass and compare. Your job for the night, I`ll break out the beers.
Guinea Gap 26.09.1899. Now you know where/why the Gap came from.
Bidston Parish Church
and Rake Lane.
Martins Lane and St Albans Road.
Breck Road and
Harrison Drive 1933
Mills
and Central Market, Wallasey Road, Liscard
New Brighton Ferry 18.04.1949
and Virginia Road bus stops.
Martins Lane c1910
and the fairground
A Smithy, Wallasey Road, 1904
and Egremont Ferry terminal.
Central Park Lake, 1940s
and the joke shop New Brighton
Wallasey Road Post Office
and Church Road, Seacombe
Liscard Village
and Leasowe Road
Ennerdale Road church, corner of Warren Drive
and junction of Albion Street, Montpellier Crescent
Judging by the colour of the stone,these photos must have been taken just after Riverside School was built. I remember it had a decorated tile work saying,Riverside Board school and the date,which I would dearly like to remember.There don't seem to be many photos of the old school about.It was a bit of a Victorian Gothic pile,but it served me well as a starter!
Mersey Vaults, Lord Street/George Street, Birkenhead.
Lamplighter on the bottom of Mount Pleasant Road obviously gated then before Seaview Road at the bottom
We where wondering about this building the other week. Before the Palace/Wilkies was built.
Last one for the night..
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane.
Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
1948
The "Royal Iris".
She earned her royal status bringing troops home from Dunkirk.
Surely she earned her 'Royal' at the raid on Zeebrugge in the first world war?
Yes, it's just that people make the wrong connection.. Looking at the photo above (School), Wow they are all holding IPads, didn't know they'd been going that long !!!
1948
The "Royal Iris".
She earned her royal status bringing troops home from Dunkirk.
Surely she earned her 'Royal' at the raid on Zeebrugge in the first world war?
Just testing you were awake Yewgarth :-)
the joys of cut and paste.
Last one for the night..
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane.
Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
I used to love that jumper
Central Park Lake, 1940s
and the joke shop New Brighton
Hmmm...adult novels and art mags???
Last one for the night..
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane.
Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Granny is first left, front row. Looking serious and studious as befits her esteemed presence today. Chriskay (2nd row extreme right) is just contemplating whether a diphthong is a certain ladies undergarment.
Central Park Lake, 1940s
and the joke shop New Brighton
Hmmm...adult novels and art mags???
All hidden under the counter.
Last one for the night..
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane.
Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Granny is first left, front row. Looking serious and studious as befits her esteemed presence today. Chriskay (2nd row extreme right) is just contemplating whether a diphthong is a certain ladies undergarment.
...and you Pinz must have been well into senior school by then !
Mills
and Central Market, Wallasey Road, Liscard
Just as a matter of passing interest, in the Central Market photo the building at the left with the three first floor windows and the ground floor divided into two shops was originally a house named Clairville Cottage, hence the name of the Wetherspoons built on the site of the old market.
1948
The "Royal Iris".
She earned her royal status bringing troops home from Dunkirk.
Surely she earned her 'Royal' at the raid on Zeebrugge in the first world war?
Just testing you were awake Yewgarth :-)
the joys of cut and paste.
I'll let you off then :-)
As a matter of interest, the i-pad-like items the children in the schoolroom are holding are slates. They were used in school because paper and pencils were expensive. It seems you can still get them.
http://www.victorianschool.co.uk/shop/shop_equip/slate%20and%20pencil.htmlThey were horribly squeaky; the pencil was also slate. You rubbed them clean with a damp rag.
I bought one of these a few years ago. It's always on the kitchen worktop by the phone. Handy for making quick notes. Saves on paper too! Attach the slate pencil to the board with a piece of string. It saves the pencil going walkabout.
Mills
and Central Market, Wallasey Road, Liscard
Just as a matter of passing interest, in the Central Market photo the building at the left with the three first floor windows and the ground floor divided into two shops was originally a house named Clairville Cottage, hence the name of the Wetherspoons built on the site of the old market.
I`m sure somewhere I have a picture of Clairville Cottage, it rings a bell.
Wallasey Road was an ancient thoroughfare leading from Liscard Village to Wallasey Village. In this view we are looking back towards the centre of Liscard in the distance, in the centre, can be seen the Bank of Liverpool and Martin’s built in 1908.
The stone wall on the left surrounds the builders’ merchant’s yard of W. B. Howarth who occupied the premises for many years. An ancient cottage called ‘Clairville’ is said to have stood previously on the site, which was successively occupied by, among others, Safeway’s supermarket, Netto and J. D. Wetherspoon’s. On the right, the ‘Yates’ public house is the Castle Hotel. This road is now part of the one-way system around Liscard.
and just to add to the fun.. [youtube]ZUVtb8uLNOc[/youtube]
Zoo
Marine Lake and Elephants opposite New Brighton Railway Station.
Shore and James Street Station, Wirral Line :-))
Little fair by Marine Lake and Wallasey Embankment.
Ferry to Seacombe and the Big Freeze
Central Station, Birkenhead
and Teapot Row, New Brighton Prom
Victoria Road and
Wallasey Powerboat race 1966
Birkenhead Park Railway Station and
New Brighton Boating Lake, less than 3 foot deep if I remember.
About 2 foot.
does enyone have picks of the wall of death at newbrighton when the tower was there.
Red Noses 1897 and
Lighthouse
Corner of Mariners Road and
Magazine Brow 1925
Egremont Pier and
Dancing on New Brighton pier
Train by the Floral Pavillion
Victoria Road 1984 and
an undisclosed Gentlemans Rest Room
And a Map of Wallasey Pool
Last one for the night, Does anyone know if this model boat is still alive and kicking?.
I bought one of these a few years ago. It's always on the kitchen worktop by the phone. Handy for making quick notes. Saves on paper too! Attach the slate pencil to the board with a piece of string. It saves the pencil going walkabout.
Oh, come on, "bought one": it was surely the one you used at school wasn't it? You're right about the pencil attachment though.
Last one for the night, Does anyone know if this model boat is still alive and kicking?.
think it is,well I've seen one like it when I've been walking the dog down there.
Last one for the night, Does anyone know if this model boat is still alive and kicking?.
think it is,well I've seen one like it when I've been walking the dog down there.
I wouldn`t mind buying it, I`ll have to get there and see if it`s for sale.
The stone wall on the left surrounds the builders’ merchant’s yard of W. B. Howarth who occupied the premises for many years. An ancient cottage called ‘Clairville’ is said to have stood previously on the site, which was successively occupied by, among others, Safeway’s supermarket, Netto and J. D. Wetherspoon’s. On the right, the ‘Yates’ public house is the Castle Hotel. This road is now part of the one-way system around Liscard.
This 1960 photo shows an almost identical view to the Hopps painting of Wallasey Road. Liscard Central Market at left occupied 44-50 Wallasey Road and was indeed later demolished to make way for Safeway, then Netto and finally Wetherspoons. There was an old cottage on part of the site prior to the market being built, but that was not Clairville Cottage. Clairville was slightly further along the road towards Moseley Avenue, and became 52 Wallasey Road (later divided into two shops, 52 and 52a), roughly where the Soft Rock Cafe is now (or was the last time I was in Liscard).
Hi Marty99fred, I found a map today and forgot to put it up. It shows, as you say the position of the cottage marked in red on the map.
Yep, that's the one identified as Clairville Cottage on this mid-1850's map.
New Brighton Boating Lake 1970
and New Brighton beach 1934.
New Brighton bathing pool Pic dated June 1934
and New Brighton Baths 1970.
Birkenhead Market 1967
and Duke Street, Birkenhead.
Grange Road and
Oxton Road late 1960s
Duke St Bridge 1964
and Leasowe Road.
Guinea Gap Baths
and Leasowe Road.
Leasowe Road and
The Ship Inn, Breck Road
Fair
Breck Road and
The Cheshire Cheese.
New Brighton 1989
And just New Brighton.
Wallasey Village
and Wilkies.
Liscard Road and
Wallasey Road
Is This Liscard Road with Westminster Road just on the right?.
and New Brighton Baths.
Wilkies Fair 1982
and West Float 1973
Leasowe Lighthouse 1954
and an unknown pic.
Trafalgar Road and
the promenade.
Two roads that I just cant place. Help!.
The "Pit" Seacombe, where the station used to be
and bottom of Borough Road, 5 Bars in view.
The Swan Hotel aka The Blazing Stump, or just The Stump.
and Scotland Road Rag Pickers Day Out at New Brighton!.
5 Bars kids outing 1970s
and New Brighton Beach.
Pear Tree Grove?? no idea.
and Car Park that was next to New Brighton Super Bathing Pool.
The Marine, Seacombe and
another unknown pub.
Jones Boat House Hotel??? Alas, no idea where this was.
Gorsedale Road swings with Bomb damage next to the Corporation workers building, very handy. My dad borrowed a handcart from the workers many years ago, cost him 10 shillings. We then went and got a piano from a shop on Poulton Road for £5. Non of us could play and still cant, it ended up a few years later in bits on a bonfire.
Oakdale Road with Bomb damage. My nan lived just the other side of the Air Raid Shelter. Rather close for comfort. My mum was evacuated to just passed Chester during the war.
Oakdale Nursery was later built where the shelter was.
Essoldo, Located at the corner of Claughton Road and Oliver Street Birkenhead.
[quote=ZipperClub]Jones Boat House Hotel??? Alas, no idea where this was. [/quote
Found this clicky Scroll down to The Boathouse,looks like the old Pilot Boat.
Great thread,really enjoy looking at all the old photo's
Cheers, never gave the Pilot a thought. Too many pictures have gone passed my eyes this week I`m going dizzy :-)
Wilkies Fair 1982
and West Float 1973
That's a very interesting photo of the Duke street bridge/Gorsey Lane area.If you look at the area between the old and new Gorsey Lane you'll see the site offices for the 2nd Tunnel approach roads.The laboratory I worked at is the larger hut nearest to the bridge.That's the first photo I've seen of it since I worked there!
Thanks for posting it.
Looks like Queen's Arms.
Nice one, You are right.
The Queens Arms which stood on the corner of Fell Street and Borough Road. The picture was taken in November, 1960, when it was the only property surviving from the tightly packed houses in the area bounded by Borough Road, Fell Street, Abbotsford Street and Church Road. Last orders were called in May 1964. A wee later the pub was demolished.
Very enjoyable old pics zipperclub.
Cheers, I have lots more but most have a web site written on the photos. Darn annoying, not as if they own them, I have loads of the same pics that I have posted on here without their darn name on them. Going to give my eyeballs a rest for a few days and leave the pics to one side and enjoy lager instead :-)
Fantastic job Zips. Take a lager break and reload when your ready.
Thanks for these pics, it's great that when someone can't place a pic, there is always someone who can and so the knowledge gets passed on. I also like the way mistakes are always politely corrected so that the history remains acurate.. Keep em comming (after a bit of eye rest obviously).
Obvious they don't own the picture. Darn annoys me that they put txt over the pic.
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
I think the second photo is the updated foyer to the ABC
Liscard around 1959?
I found this one Wally, slightly the same but different.. This one says the Abc, but get out the magnifying glass and compare. Your job for the night, I`ll break out the beers.
If you look at the first photo, on the wall on the right you can see the triangle ABC logo opposite the kiosk. I think both photos are of the ABC just after modernisation around 1959.
It is the same kiosk. I was an ABC Minor at the time mainly because the girl I was keen on was a member. Young Love!
What's happened to all the pics.? Just the jpg ref. given but not a pic in sight.
Is it just my electric mangle that's faulty or is this wiki wide?
Must be Wiki wide, I'm getting it too.
There is a server update that has messed with the jpg settings. Im looking into it now. Please see the forum update for further updates.
All the attachments are safe, the forum is no longer linking to them for a strange reason. Once sorted they will just come back as quickly as they changed.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Essoldo, Located at the corner of Claughton Road and Oliver Street Birkenhead.
I don't know what the main feature was, but the other film, The Brazen Bell, with Lee J. Cobb was released in 1962. The previous name of the Essoldo was the Ritz.
Pear Tree Grove was off the old Liscard Crescent. It went off to the east while the end of the crescent went to the west to join Liscard Road outside the old Co-op (now McDonalds).
In the picture, the backs of some three storey houses can be seen. They are in Wilton Street, a cul-d-sac off Westminster Road.
The area the houses occupied is now the small car-park with the disabled facilities, over the road from the bus stops.
p.s Zipper - having a great time looking through your collection. Thanks for posting them.
Pear Tree Grove was off the old Liscard Crescent. It went off to the east while the end of the crescent went to the west to join Liscard Road outside the old Co-op (now McDonalds).
In the picture, the backs of some three storey houses can be seen. They are in Wilton Street, a cul-d-sac off Westminster Road.
The area the houses occupied is now the small car-park with the disabled facilities, over the road from the bus stops.
p.s Zipper - having a great time looking through your collection. Thanks for posting them.
One of my great grandfathers lived in Pear Tree Grove, Liscard in 1870's. All his children were born when living at that address. The houses were called Pear Tree Cottages. Nightwalker gave me that info a while ago.
Thanks Norton, I`m getting forgetful, here the map.
Captains Pit and
Breck Road
Beach and
Fairground
Florence Road and
Turret Road
Egremont, large writing for the sailors to see...
Leasowe after a storm 1920
Claremount Road and
Harrison Drive
Egremont and
Joke Shop Victoria Road
Corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Kirkway for the film Magnet and a
large tent which housed a pierrot show 1900
Bombed Gas works
and the shore
Bombed Windsors Garage
and a heron in my garden last year. Keeping an eye on my fish.
Marine Park and
Mill lane
Leasowe Road and
New Brighton Model Boating Lake 1954
Fairground and
Seacombe Promenade 1918
Old Nurses Home, Church Street and
Park Side before it went one way.
Last 2 for the night
Seacombe Ferry and
Sheds In Stone Manganese, Dock Road.
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
I think the second photo is the updated foyer to the ABC
Liscard around 1959?
and for getting it right, this is just for you Wally1
Abc Minors Club Song
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Stone Manganese - the lads playing football are [l to r] Cracker, Brian & Plonky .
Without drifting too far off topic... the cars in the Park Side picture.... What is the car travelling R to L along the main road? Methinks a Vauxhall - but what model? An Austin A30 van bottom left. Austin Mini and Singer Gazelle (??) parked on R.H.side. A Cortina Mk.1 at the stop line with a Reliant (?) behind it.
Halcyon days when there was hardly any foreign cars on our roads. Proper (pre-Warboys) Halt Sign too !!
Continuing thanks Zipper for the pictures.
Without drifting too far off topic... the cars in the Park Side picture.... What is the car travelling R to L along the main road? Methinks a Vauxhall - but what model? An Austin A30 van bottom left. Austin Mini and Singer Gazelle (??) parked on R.H.side. A Cortina Mk.1 at the stop line with a Reliant (?) behind it.
Halcyon days when there was hardly any foreign cars on our roads. Proper (pre-Warboys) Halt Sign too !!
Continuing thanks Zipper for the pictures.
picture isn't that clear but it's a a big one, possibly a Humber hawk ?
Is this the one at the bottom of Victoria Road ? I seem to remember it was very ornate - almost on a par with the gents in the Philharmonic pub .
Hi atw1960, yes you are right they are the public toilets at the bottom of Victoria Road, 1984
Here is one for Dilly. The Prefabs in Citrine Road, at the bottom of Oakdale Road where the swings are now. Not a car in site as no one could afford one those days.
Pipe cleaners at the bottom of Shakespeare road wash house was behind this
Prefabs Liscard Road
Baths and
Egremont
More Egremont
Photograph Of Gibbons Stables Liscard Village 1960s and
Wallasey Village towards Harrison Drive
Rake Lane. First one dated 1952.
St Pauls Road and
The Breck.
Glass slide of Leasowe Beach and
The Bus Terminus New Brighton, Harrison Drive.
The car on Liscard Rd looks to me like a Vauxhall Victor F or FA. Made between 1957 and 1961, the 'Super' had a top speed of 74.4 mph and 0-60 was 28.1 secs. the rust was pretty quick, too.
It might have been a big car for the time, being 167" long and 63" wide, but the current Astra is 7" longer and 8" wider.
Attached is a picture of an FA Victor. The black car behind it is a Humber Super Snipe.
Description: Vauxhall Victor FA
Moreton Cross and
New Brighton 1961
Prom And
Woolies, Victoria Road, New Brighton.
Wallasey Village
Victoria Road, New Brighton
and Wallasey Town Hall almost built.
The Wood Shop and Dolls Hospital
Borough Road Seacombe. I used to go to the dolls hospital to get glass eyes for my cuddly toys when they lost theirs.
Greenbank, Rowson Street and
Leasowe
Maddocks the Hairdresser,269 Wallasey Village and
Holland Road
Lockley's Bakery, 101 Victoria Road, Seacombe 1905 and
Trafalgar Road 1950
The Towers c1950 Liscard and
Tommy Manns Railway
Speedway, at the fair and
Wallasey Station.
Last one for the night..
St Pauls Road, on the corner of Percy Road. Pullens used to be to the right, a chandlers.
The car on Liscard Rd looks to me like a Vauxhall Victor F or FA. Made between 1957 and 1961, the 'Super' had a top speed of 74.4 mph and 0-60 was 28.1 secs. the rust was pretty quick, too.
It might have been a big car for the time, being 167" long and 63" wide, but the current Astra is 7" longer and 8" wider.
Attached is a picture of an FA Victor. The black car behind it is a Humber Super Snipe.
I used to have A Hillman Minx, a Ford Consul and a Vauxhall Velox, I was only 16-17. Never had tax, insurance, mot or passed a test. We all got in a car and taught ourselves how to drive those days. No-one ever got hurt or even crashed and never got done by the coppers. Nowadays they get taught how to drive by "Blind Pugh" and some soft sod lets them pass their test.
One more, Hoylake Road Moreton.
Contraband was the basement shop in Grange Road Birkenhead, the one I could not remember last week.
Oxton road pic 1960's is it possible to find out where this pic comes from,Please, is it from a book. I lived in Warwick street 1958-1971 and would like a close up of this picture.Have tried page zoom but not clear enough.
Hi, all my pictures have been downloaded from the net either from sites or from people I know. They email me with pictures, so I have no idea where they originally came from, sorry.
The car on Liscard Rd looks to me like a Vauxhall Victor F or FA. Made between 1957 and 1961, the 'Super' had a top speed of 74.4 mph and 0-60 was 28.1 secs. the rust was pretty quick, too.
It might have been a big car for the time, being 167" long and 63" wide, but the current Astra is 7" longer and 8" wider.
Attached is a picture of an FA Victor. The black car behind it is a Humber Super Snipe.
I think you are quite right Norton. Well done and thanks. Rust buckets indeed. I'm amazed that the one in your picture has survived. The owner must keep it in a plastic bag under high vacuum and 0% RH !!
It was taken at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum in the summer of 1987. The car had been fully restored and would have been about 25 years old at the time, but that was 27 years ago!!
Hopefully, with the right treatments at the time and the correct maintenance in between, the car should still be on the road now.
ABC Cinema, Liscard interior and
boating lake New Brighton
Cheshire Cheese and
Co-operative Building, Liscard Road 1963
Himalaya Railway and
Lingham Lane Moreton
Fairground
The Plough Inn, 11 Mount Pleasant Road,ceased trading in the 1940's and
Moreton 1979.
Liscard water tower and mill pond and
Town Meadow Lane and the corner of Lingham Lane, Moreton in the 50s
Powerboat racing on the Mersey 1978 and
The Wall of Death.
Charlotte Road and
Dock Road looking east at Poulton 1925
Captains Pit and
Oakdale Avenue, Gandy in the background
Leasowe flats and shops and
Lloyds Corner
Fair and
Fairy Glenn
Lamonts St.Paul's Road and
Prefabs Wheatland Lane
Demesne Street 1960's and
Fairground
Pasture Road Moreton
and pier
Lingham lane 1961
and baths
Gorsey Lane Wallasey
and a Liverpool City Corporation Concrete Mixer 1934
Beached Ferry Boat 1967-ish and
Dive Bomber 1960
Trafalgar Rd, approx 1964 and
Moreton Shore
Moreton Shore and
Moreton Cross
Liscard Crescent Pear Tree Grove
and Pear Tree Grove
Pear Tree Grove in Liscard 1896-1904 and
Victoria Road New Brighton
Moreton C of E School and
Seabank Road
12 Demesne Street Ernest Brook's Stationer & Tobacconist 1893
and might be St Johns Road towards the end of Leasowe Road
St Pauls Rd. - Brizmans and
Wallasey Village Green Lane, just to the left
Avondale Park 1927, bottom of Pasture Road Moreton. Never heard it call Avondale before.
Last 2 for the night
Prefabs Wheatland Lane and
Rake Lane looking towards The Queens
Last one for the night, Does anyone know if this model boat is still alive and kicking?.
It's owned by Barry Freeman from Eastham and no amount of money would buy it! :-)
I thought you would know, Yewgarth. Shame everything I want is too dear or not available. Just look at Katy Perry, she turned me down twice now :-(
A few weeks ago I asked folks to post some new pics of New Brighton Tower Fairground. ZipperClub has excelled and posted loads that I have never seen... Thanks a million ;-)
Cheers Ian, Glad someone likes them. I just hope people save them to their computers as the kids of today are not interested in the past and will soon be forgotten.
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It's actually Wallasey Village , the Cheshire Cheese would be just behind photographers right shoulder , the building jutting out in the distance is the old Black Horse .
This pic is same location from the opposite direction .
Someone else said that too, I just cant see it.
The Gaumont, King Street, Egremont.
I think the second photo is the updated foyer to the ABC
Liscard around 1959?
and for getting it right, this is just for you Wally1
Abc Minors Club Song
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Many Thanks Wally (Ex ABC Minor 1959)
This might help , compare the roofline .
I was mistaken about it being the Black Horse , it's the corner of Folly Lane [now Broadway]& was Mrs. Campbells Newsagents in the early 1900's .
Moreton School
I was mistaken about it being the Black Horse , it's the corner of Folly Lane [now Broadway]& was Mrs. Campbells Newsagents in the early 1900's .
Nice one, I knew it wasn`t where I first listed it as.
Thanks that was the school I was after.
Well Done for all your hard work with the old photo's
Cheers, glad to of helped.
William Street St Pauls Road,70's and
Pasture Road Moreton
fair
beach
Poulton Road and
tower
Beach and
Fair
Moreton Cross and
Wallasey Village
fort
Fair, Big Wheel and
King Street
Jumping Jacks and
Travelling Fair, 1987
Bathing station and drinking fountain at the end of Harrison Drive and
Cottage near junction St John's Road Wallasey Village
Mount Pleasant Road Quarry Playground c1970
Prom Air Taxi Service
Demesne street 1960's and
Trafalgar Road
Victoria Road New Brighton and
Indoor Fair
Moreton C of E School and
Montrose Avenue, 1977
Egremont Ferry about 1900 showing the grid iron and
Mount Pleasant Road 1952
Butlers Garage, Breck Road
Edgmond Street Seacombe
fair 1962
Hells Granny, Mrs Mary Rutter Oakdale Road, about outside number 99. Nursery pram shed to the left. Who`s was the scooter?. Terry Mccullochs?.
Breck Road The old School House and Windmill and
Breck Rd. Opposite St. Luke's Church C1900
Bridges and
Demesne Street bowling greens
Avondale cafe, bottom Victoria Rd. 27.04.1969 and
Broadway Avenue, 1927
Docks and
Field Road
Baths and a
Hill
Corner of Tabor Street and Brighton Street Seacombe Demolished 60s and
Gorsedale Road School 1934
Grange Road and
Boating Pool
Last 2 for the night
Departing from the Royal Iris at New Brighton 1962 and
Harrison Drive
Thanks for posting another great set Zipper - I used to take old medicine bottles back to Mellows the Chemists and he would give me 3 pence!! and old newspapers to the chippie further along for a bag of chips!!
great pics zipper thanks for posting.
Folly Lane and
Docks 1970
Queensway Rd and
Hortons Store, corner of Victoria Road
Brighton Street Methodist Church and
Ham and egg parade
83 Liscard Road, tis all I know and
Bomb damaged Wheatlane Lane
Tunnel Approach and
Mayfield Road
Junction of Wallasey Village and Grove Road, 1920's and
Lawtons Barn in Wallasey Village
Mersey Street, Seacombe
Model Farm 13.02.1895 Liscard and
Model Farm, no date
Poulton Rd Sherlock Lane and
Greenhayes road
Paddling/Boating Pool and
Prom
Seacombe 1970s and
Old School house ,the Breck c1900
Russell and Robinson Church Road Wallasey and
Pasture Road now the Apollo
Back of the pipe cleaners, Shakespeare Road
A. Walters , Fruiterers & Florist , 20 Stringhey Road , Egremont 1908 and
Bottom of Victoria Road, August 1986
New Brighton by air and
Oxton Road, Birkenhead
And Granny looking for old 78 Records In Paddy`s Market, Liverpool 1966
Motorcycle racing at Leasowe 1966 and
Prom July 1931
Seacombe Ferry
Mersey View, situated on Seacombe Promenade and
New Brighton Pier 1931
Last two for this evening
Outside 51 Percy Road Seacombe and
Royston Avenue off Rice Lane
Tunnel Approach and
Mayfield Road
Butler's scrap yard at the top left.I remember seeing a very rare Swallow Dorretti sports car in there in the late '60s.
It would be worth a fair sum today!
Thanks Zipper,
another wonderful batch .
Demesne street 1960's and
Trafalgar Road
Kids going to be educated at Riverside School.
I was well gone when this photo was taken!
New Brighton by air and
Oxton Road, Birkenhead
this is Grange Road West,I'm not that old but I recognise the layout & I used to live off there.
Well spotted, tonights deliberate mistake. :-)
Too busy listing and not paying attention, Cheers Starakita.
Cheers Zip, I used to work in the pipe cleaners factory. (Hewitt&Booth)
Did you see the one the other day of Citrine Road Dilly?
Don't think so, don't suppose you know the page number
please !
The gable end on Lawtons barn is pretty impressive - look at the size of those lintels! Is the datestone legible on the original, I wonder? Looks like it might not always have been thatched, might have had a more solid roof at some stage. Great picture. (it's 26 posts back, if I've counted right)
Here is one for Dilly. The Prefabs in Citrine Road, at the bottom of Oakdale Road where the swings are now. Not a car in site as no one could afford one those days.
Hells Granny, Mrs Mary Rutter Oakdale Road, about outside number 97. Nursery pram shed to the left. Who`s was the scooter?. Terry Mccullochs?.
Cheers Zip, the one on the right could actually be the one we lived in but unfortunately they all looked the same
One on the right I thing was the Wrights number 29, next to the the Kings. On the right out of view, on your shoulder so to speak, facing the main part on the road was number 30, Mrs Pickavance
Hells Granny, Mrs Mamotorbiketer Oakdale Road, about outside number 97. Nursery pram shed to the left. Who`s was the scooter?. Terry Mccullochs?.
quite possibly Terry's most of us had motorbikes, he was always the odd one out
Where the telegraph pole is.. well, it`s outside Bobby and Micheal Wildes House, next door Was Jimmy and Martin Hoey. The actual house behind the pole in Oakdale Avenue was Ivy Lewis and kids. I can only remember Bean Head LOL
29 Citrine rd, yes Zip you are right that is where us Wrights lived
I would never have remembered the number. Cheers
Thanks again for all the posts and the tow or three new New Brighton fair ones ...
The gable end on Lawtons barn is pretty impressive - look at the size of those lintels! Is the datestone legible on the original, I wonder? Looks like it might not always have been thatched, might have had a more solid roof at some stage. Great picture. (it's 26 posts back, if I've counted right)
Ref: #908463
Birkenhead Market and
Byerley Street
Bromborough Cross and
Stork Margerine Works
New Chester Road 1954 and
Woodside Station
The Arno
Neston Colliery and
New Brighton battery 1931
Holt Hill overlooking the Ark Royal in Cammell Lairds and
Victoria Road New Brighton 1950
Billy Bellhouse wall of death 1931 and
Billy in action on The Wall of Death 1931
Brennan's Twist,taken from chair lift,Tower Grounds 1962 and
Crighton's Gallopers New Brighton Tower Grounds 1960
Catchpole's Mont Blanc Tower Grounds 1957 and
Clowes' Switchback Tower Grounds 1932
Crighton's Gallopers Tower grounds 1959 and
Tower grounds 1958
fabulous pics again zipper, thanks for posting .
Gallopers, Chairoplanes and Cake Walk Tower Grounds 1920 and
Mont Blanc ride Tower grounds 1962
E. Brennan's Moonrocket,Tower Grounds 1952 and
Miller's Gallopers Tower Grounds 1956
Green's Dragons Tower Grounds 1933 and
Wall Of Death Billy Bellhouse Tower Grounds 1931
The Caterpillar (Autodrome) Manufacture Orton and Spooner 1949
Wall of Death, New Brighton
Helta Skelta and
Fair 1949
George Wilkie's Mont Blanc 1949 and
New Brighton Waltzer
Griffiths' Dodgems Wilkies 1977 and
Wall of death New Brighton 1931
Wheatland Lane and Hectors Yard in the film The Reckoning 1970 — at Wheatland Lane .
And Wilkies
Waverley Street Seacombe and
Victoria Road New Brighton
Wallasey Village looking north from Beechwood Avenue 1952 and
Wallasey Cleansing Dept Seacombe 1900
New Brighton station and
Rock being cut away in Hillarys Brow
Last two for tonight.
Wallasey Village 1957 and
Seacombe floating roadway
Gorsedale Primary 1962 or 1963-ish
Ferry and
BOROUGH ROAD Birkenhead 1969
Nos 1-11 Victoria place off Grove St and demolished in 1956 and
Bunn's Place New Ferry off Woodhead St
New Ferry Bus station and
Derby Road Tranmere
Bebington Rd 1920s and
Granny had the runs again :-))
Rock Ferry Station and
The Royal Rock Hotel.
Travellers Rest NEW FERRY 1981 and
BEBINGTON ROAD 1913
Grange Road Coburg Strret 1962 Now Pyramids and
Fair Field Road 1940 Birkenhead
New Chester Road 1959 and
BIRKENHEAD PLAZA BINGO BOROUGH ROAD
WOODCHURCH ROAD 1939 and
one of my haunts years ago...
The She Club, Victoria Road, Liverpool 12th October 1978
New Brighton beach in the 1930s and
New wall, New Brighton 1933
Oak and Eldon Gardens and
Lloyds Corner
Wallasey Village and
Chalets, Harrison Drive c1965
Figure 8 and
New Brighton 1960
Promenade
St Hilarys Brow and
Charlotte Road 1953
Hamilton Square train station and
New Brighton 1892
Last 2 for the night.
Old Police Station at the end of The Four Bridges and
Rock Lane West
Last 2 for the night.
Old Police Station at the end of The Four Bridges and
Rock Lane West
Is my memory serving my right in thinking that when the police gave that building up two young lads took it on making video games ?
I only ever remember seeing it as in the photo after it shut down, but I did leave for a few years.
thanks again for the photos and the ones of the Tower and the Tower Grounds.
Brilliant pictures, bring back loads of memories, I'm stuck on picture no 908833 of Borough Rd, Birkenhead, I just can't place it at all, any clues? thanks
Corner of Willmer Street?
The photo with it was Central Station Booking Office 1955 and not the ferry, must leave the beer alone :-)
same buildings on the left, just passed the lights
I can't place the tall building on the left, just past the traffic lights, don't remember it at all, old age is no good you know. But there's only two traffic light controlled cross roads on Borough Rd, the other one being Charing Cross, so this must be Balls Rd/ Willmer Rd, thanks
Perhaps I can help, as I took the original picture and used it to illustrate another thread.
The road to the left is Willmer Road and the road to the right is Balls Road East. Birkenhead center is behind me, the Library is off to my left and I'm standing by the bus stop near the Happy Valley pub.
Most of the shops on the left are still there. In the background is R E Wrights Shell garage and BMC car dealership. The shops on the right were demolished to make way for the inbound side of the dual carriageway.
43 years later, I decided to play safe and keep to the pavement, or else I would have been trapped by the central reservations railings when trying to go to the exact spot.
I hope the attached photo helps.
Description: Borough Rd and Balls Rd East, Jan 2012.
Cheers Norton. With a lot of these old photos we have to rely on the title that comes with it, I`m from Wallasey so I know more on my home turf. Sometimes I get a bit lost on old pics of Birkenhead especially Rock Ferry and beyond
Perhaps I can help, as I took the original picture and used it to illustrate another thread.
The road to the left is Willmer Road and the road to the right is Balls Road East. Birkenhead center is behind me, the Library is off to my left and I'm standing by the bus stop near the Happy Valley pub.
Most of the shops on the left are still there. In the background is R E Wrights Shell garage and BMC car dealership. The shops on the right were demolished to make way for the inbound side of the dual carriageway.
43 years later, I decided to play safe and keep to the pavement, or else I would have been trapped by the central reservations railings when trying to go to the exact spot.
I hope the attached photo helps.
Just tried to get the picture to display again by deleting the original reply and starting again - but it's having none of it. So, sorry about the duplication and missing picture, but the link does work. It might appear later.
Description: Borough Rd & Balls Rd East, Jan 2012.
It was over 2 meg, so I adjusted it
Thanks.
All the others in that file had been reduced in size to possibly be used in Wiki - except that one, at 3.8 Meg.
It still doesn't explain why the first post didn't get deleted like I asked it to do when I saw that I had a problem, though.
After sending my message I sat and thought about that picture, and realised I was looking the other way towards Birkenhead, Then I looked in an old faded book compiled by Birkenhead library in 1978 which has a similar picture, but I think it's too faded to scan.I shall go away and quietly meditate on the error of my ways. Thanks
And..
That's the same photo that's in the book I looked at last night, compiled by Carol E Bidston, printed by Countryside Publications in 1978 for Birkenhead Libraries, My copy is slowly fading away. I went past there this morning, pleased to see the cobblers is still open, (Just out of shot on the left) It's been there as a cobblers as far back as I can remember (at least 67 years), as a child of 5 I used to stand outside and marvel at the two machines in the windows. I never saw them in action. Keep the old photos coming, they're fascinating, Thanks
Here is a good one :-)
Hamilton Square and
Livingstone Street Baths, Birkenhead c 1958
Moreton Cross 1925 and
Queens Silver Jubilee street Party Charlotte Road, Wallasey 6th June 1977
Conway Street looking towards Argyle Street and
Beckwith Street, Birkenhead early 1970s
FLAT IRON SITE, 99 NEW CHESTER ROAD c.1975 and
Rock Ferry Landing Stage 1952
Banning Street, Birkenhead - c 1975 and
Angel Inn
Borough Road, Birkenhead 1950s Fire Station on corner Whetstone Lane and
The Fire Station, Whetstone Lane
Woodside and
Mallaby Street, Birkenhead
Conway Street and
Chester Street
James Street Station 1937 and
Outside Birkenhead Market c 1940s
Dehany Brothers Bridle Road Seacombe about 1914 and
baths
Corporation road, St James's church in the back ground
Buchanan Road National Lampshade Day!!
New Brighton Donkeys 1889 and
Roller rink New Brighton
Been there done that :-))) and
Brighton St
Old Nurses Home, Church Street and
Magazine Brow 1889
Marine prom day nursery and
Marlowe Road, Wallasey, 1950 , my girl friend used to live by the bus stop.. aww puppy love.
Last two for this evening.
Mills, dock road and
Liscard and Walsingham Roads, now a petrol station
Thanks again for the pictures, you said a few days ago you hoped people were making copies to help save these for the future, I've taken most of the New Brighton ones (and all of the Tower and Tower Grounds ones) and backed them up to a disk.... Thanks again for sharing.
Cheers Ian, here is a rare one. On top of the tower late 1950`s. Alas not very clear.
Buchanan Road National Lampshade Day!!
That's Buchanan Road Wallasey not Liverpool, I recognise
the Registrars Office on the corner.
Yep, your right. I never even noticed the text underneath, I was too busy wondering about the lampshades. God knows where I got the picture from, someone obviously not from Wallasey. Cheers Wally. Amended Pic
Post 909581
I remember Grange Rd. well. Third picture shows the corner of Huskisson St. where St. John's church was. Dunn's the hatters on one corner and Forizo, the garden shop on the other. I bought a cactus there and grew it on the window sill of my gran's kitchen in Windsor St. Forizo still exists in Holborn Square.
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Yep, your right. I never even noticed the text underneath, I was too busy wondering about the lampshades. God knows where I got the picture from, someone obviously not from Wallasey. Cheers Wally. Amended Pic
You are welcome. I would be interested if you do find out
anymore about the photo. My father-in-law lived at the bottom
of that road at the time and was in the Territorial Army so
might have been involved in whatever was going on. We have
no idea!
I`m still on the hunt for the lampshades.. in the mean time I found this
The van is registered HF 9462, part of a Wallasey series of registrations that lasted until October 1946. Several features tally with this van being built not long after WW2, namely the small headlamps and lack of bonnet badges, plus the shape of the rear arches. The grille bears evidence of a minor impact at some point, enough to dislodge the stainless trim that would have been fitted to it. The bumper is a little wonky too.
Well, the best I can find are donations to the Womans voluntary Service for the lampshades
An old school friend of mine lived in the flat above the road sign in the '60's.
Were they "refurbishing" The Brighton?
The van is,I think a Ford,or maybe a Fordson.They did some cobble up jobs after the war using existing military parts.
Swords to ploughshares?
I'm sure it's a Fordson. A friend of mine had one. Bloody lethal. The accelerator was in the middle. Brake to the right and clutch to the left. That was REAL fun to drive after you had learned to drive on a "normal" car !!! Vacuum wipers as well - put your foot down and they stopped working. Don't accelerate until the rain stops !!!!
They don't make 'em like that any more - thank God!
How to spot the difference - Ford or Fordson.
Unfortunately no index to the numbers.
As far as I can readily see -
Waistline - Double ridge became single.
Window apatures enlarged.
Radiator grille vent from horizontal to vertical slats.
Bonnet now flush with 'A' frame and side vents added.
Front bumpers optional. Some straight, some gull wing, some chrome, some painted.
They even had a seven seater version, and some were sold in the States under licence.
Obviously, the basis of the Ford Popular.
ps - Should we have a caption competition for the lampshade photographs (on another thread, please!)?
Description: Fordson E83
I entered first with the refurbishment of "The Brighton".
I claim my 5 beer tokens to use there next time I'm in
Wallasey!
Good luck with that.
You've got more chance of seeing a Fordson van with lampshades in the back than buying a pint in "The Brighton".
I don't recall mentioning buying!I have had a fair few bevies in there,but have to admit,I've not lived in the area since the '70's.I always enjoyed the wood and etched glass ambience there.
I was also fond of the Egremont Ferry,especially when the boats were being hauled up for winter storage and it was all hands on deck for beer afterwards.Oh the panic as the staff tried to find extra pint glasses.Had a fair few out of thick pint glasses with KGV stamps on them!
Such a shame for a wonderful building.
Thanks for the roof picture from the tower, I used to spend ages up there watching the model ski lift in the 'roof Top Cafe'.
Seaview Road and
St Alban's Road, Liscard, March 1941
Seacombe Ferry and
Ursula Brown, Rider on the wall of death New Brighton
Stroudes corner
Chester Arm corner of Hamilton Street & Conway Street, Birkenhead 1905 and
Stanley Street
Marine Lake and
St Hilary's Church hall
Pier and
Donkeys
Fair New Brighton 12 August 1936 and
Seacombe map 1909
New Brighton taken from the Motor Park 12 August 1936 enlarged from previous one and
Moreton Shore
Is that you in the Stanley St one Zip ? and the builders yard on the left I think was Tommy Stringers dads.
Liscard map 1898 and
No 4 to 16 Charles Street off Church Street prior to demolition 1951
Victor Value somewhere else :-) and
Seaview Road Map 1898
Rugby at Cammell Lairds 1963 and
Edgmond Street, Seacombe
Grange Road After Dunns and many other shops on that side of the road had been demolished and
Oakdale Road and Oakdale Av 1970
Pier and
Paddle boats
Fair and
Map 1868
Prom Deck Chairs and
Rake Lane Edinburgh Road, Wallasey 1954
Royal Iris Bidston dry dock taken in the early eighties and
RSPCA Dogs Home at Wallasey
Tram at Stroud's Corner on way to Seabank Road 1904 and
Prom May 1893
Seacombe Potteries 1889 and
Seacombe Congregational Church 1950
Tower Boating Pool and
Tower Road and the Hydraulic Tower
Last one for the night.
The Royal Iris.
Thanks for the fantastic New Brighton taken from the Motor Park 12 August 1936 picture. I wonder if the catapiler ride in the foreground is the same one that was there in the last days of the Tower 66,67 68?
It had moved for sure, looks different though.
It almost certainly was but I think they put a shelter over the platform at a later date.
1951 at Dennys shipbuilders in Dumbarton I have a copy of the original plans need to put it in a frame so I can display it.
the big sandstone mansion Redcliffe shown on page 71 is now up for sale with Rightmoves for £390 grand if anyone is feeling flush.
Glass slide picture, I think a view from the tower.
This is actually a wartime ariel view of Manor Rd / Belgrave St., the large building at the right hand side is the old 27 Club [Monkeyhouse now ?] with the Grosvenor Ballroom above & the Unitarian Church next to it .
The large circular structure on the corner of Belgrave St. is probably a temporary water tank .
If you just under the bridge on the left,you will see an Austin 7 Ruby.This must have been owned by somebody who worked nearby.
I used to see this parked in exactly the same spot when returning home to Wallasey, after hitching from where-ever I was working in about 1967.I often wondered what happened to it.
As this thread seems to have come to an end, I'd like to thank ZipperClub and all the other contributors for their efforts. I have enjoyed reading the posts and collecting the Wirral photos I didn't already have, especially the one’s of the New Brighton tower and the fairground in its grounds... Thanks again all and have a Happy New Year....
The old Christ Church School on Hoylake Road on the site of the Co-op and rightway
Thought you might have access to some, Mr.Legs. Thanks.
Yes good old Zipper how are we ever going to replace him, maybe Sony could take his place
Yes good old Zipper how are we ever going to replace him, maybe Sony could take his place
Oh, Sony is it? you must know him well; I've always called him Mr. Legs. Do you think he's a friend of Zipper's then?
I think he may be more than a friend Chris
If Zipper claims I`m his dad, don't believe him. I was out of the country that night!.
Many thanks to Zipper for posting these pics,
Having left school in 1951, I am familiar with the time that many of the pics were taken.
Thanks
Wow!!
page 34 man on the right walking the donkey's, that is Lenny Upton who used to live on Sutton Road, never expected to see anyone that I new amongst these pics, once again
Wow!!
Hi, you are best quoting the post number (ie-#918740 ) as different people have different page lengths and people with good eyesight using their mobile phones have even more pages.
Ps, Zipper says, Cheers :-)
Thanks for posting the picture in #918493, I can still remember the smell of Hot doughnuts, candy floss and Chain Oil (off the chaine on the figure of eight) as you passed the palmists in the background and headed up the slope towards the higher level of the Tower Grounds. The only other place that had a similar smell was the old floral pavilian end enterance to Wilkies indoor fair before they converted that end into an arcade.
Docks 1999
The end by Seacombe Ferry upstairs car park. My mate Bernie was part owner, back in the early 90`s. Photo taken 1992. Engineering works, cant remember, but made metal things lol. Seem to remember one or two metal presses.
Gorsedale Road School entrance when I was a nipper. The Dinner Lady or was it a Teacher? used to lock the gate at lunch time and when I got back a few minutes early I used to climb and sit on top of the wall where the ivy is. The darker bricks stick out a bit and made it easier to climb. Still the same old gate for over 50 years? or so. The caretaker had the house on the left.
Also note on the map Ginger Lane, on the old 1911 Godfrey map this is called Cinder Lane and it ran from Sherlock Lane to Oakdale Rd. Does anybody know if was ever called Ginger Lane or is it a typo form the map makers?
Dave
Just found it was called Cinder Lane from 1888-1913 on this map, the lower one.
How to I get to see the picture of Edgmond Street ?