pablo have you any old pics of bromborough village your pics bring so much pleasure to so many thank you

Here you go Sue

its brilliant cheers christo

I was sent a couple a bit ago, I'll root them out for you

Nice one Christo

Bromborough Cross, no date, but the cross was actually in place then

Bromborough Precinct 1965

Another view of Bromborough Cross, no date

Another view of Bromborough Cross, minus the cross. No date

Hope they are what you were looking for Sue. I'll see if I have any more

This was labelled Bromborough Pool. I have no other info or date on this. Can anyone help? It might not even be Bromborough

Here's few more... (following in Pablo's footsteps once again)

No dates I'm afraid.

Nice one Billy. I have two of them postcards, but couldn't find them

hello pablo, thanks for pics they are brill!!! brings back memories not changed much just more traffic, sue

Must be early 50's as I remember the shops in the background being built.

That's how I remember Allport Rd. I went to the Bromborough Prep School next to the common (quarry). "Best Pork Sausages" everyone called us. They're great Pablo thanks heaps.

Done some scanning and got some more of Bromborough Village -note the 'Tudor-style' Council building in the background of picture 3 where my Mum used to pay the rates. It got demolished and built over by the new 'Civic Centre' shown in pic 2...

Is picture 1 ('Entrance to Bromborough Village' on the postcard), the road into the village from the A41 if you were heading towards Birkenhead? (now by-passed)

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Although I now live in Prenton, I still have a soft spot for Bromborough village having lived near there many years ago.

Does anyone else feel sad for the way it's become, in as much as it's full of charity shops and is almost like a ghost town?

I'd love for something like M&S Simply Food to take up residence in Brom village and hopefully bring more people back in to shop.

I really hate the way the out-of-town shopping centres are killing off all the small villages. Is it too late to save not only Bromborough, but all the other similar places (I noticed even Heswall is getting to be like charity shop central) and am I just living in the past, longing for a bygone age that likely can't be revived?

I agree with you, i feel bromborough village still retains that village feeling, its a sign of the times with the charity shops, and £ shops.
Many now go the the croft shopping complex, we are all guilty of going to these complexs and not going to the villge shops, which are not as cheap or user friendly with parking and opening hours.

Wouldn't turning back the clocks mean the return of "The Dooge" though???

He used to terrify me!

does anyone remember the maypole shop in the village?

Don't know much about Bromborough but Heswall was a place I would go to for a browse and a coffee plus finding something to spend a couple of quid on. I used to do most of my christmas shopping in Heswall to. Quite often queue to get a car parking spot. No longer does that happen. Plenty of places to park at anytime and I am not prepared to pay the fees. (Would seem the same for many) So the charity shops are really the only ones which seem be able to keep afloat , which makes the place even less appealling, and so the problem continues. Charity shops dont pay tax, volunteer staff and doubt they have to pay business rates.
It's a great pity and for years I have tried to support local businesses, but now is the time for self preservation. Sorry!

heswall, is a nice area to spend an hour browsing, but i agree granny, everywhere has been deserted for out of town shops, guess we have to move on.

Anyone know what happened to him,He climbed into my Van once at the lights in New ferry after being told to get off the bus in front,Hes was harmless wasnt he,

As for the shops Its just a case of what we are used too,are kids will say the same about shopping malls I imagine

I remember one in Upton Village along with a Martins Bank.I am in Irby which is just about maintaining itself despite a small catchment area although the butcher has been and gone a couple of times and is no more. We too have just been blighted with the charity shop. 2 or 3 shut every year to be replaced with obscure new business which in turn last a year. Only ones that thrive seem to be ladies hairdressers/beauty salons and fast food. Answer is eat less and shop local

I have never heard of martins bank thou but its funny how we forget some brands and shops

I think he died. I'm not sure where I read it, although it could have been in a thread on here.

I live close to bromborough village and it is far from a ghost town. Yes there are a large number of charity shops but we still have 2 good butchers, a veg shop, small supermarket and poundstretcher, boots etc. The shops do get busy,the relaxing of parking regulations has given the shops a new lease of life.

It's nice that they occasionally close the roads to traffic around parts of Bromborough Cross and hold special family events/fairs etc.

I think they also used to take an annual photograph of the local characters all standing around the old Village Cross (New Year's Day?) and display them like a rogues gallery in the pub! I'm guessing that's another thing of the past now.

bromborough precinct years ago...it is now quite run down..such a shame in this nice village

Still has some nice old buildings near the church. One in particular, the Wirral Tandoori place, has always curried favour with me...

this used to be the junior school it is next to st barnabas church bromborough.

I like Muffs.

st barnabas church...bromborough village.

muffs?????

Muffs family butchers, at Bromborough Cross (I presume!)

Purveyors of international award winning sausages, and very tasty they are too

http://www.muffsonline.co.uk/

(one of the things I miss having on the doorstep, having moved from Bromborough)

ah ...not many butchers left anywhere now, it used to be called edges, there is still a edges butchers in new ferry.
i miss the bakery that was called galleys it was down the library end.

Didn't know Edge's used to be there as well as the New Ferry shop, which also looks like a proper traditional butcher. Muff's were in Bromborough before I moved there (early 80's).

i am pretty sure it was called edges, will check with my sister..but i am going back before 80s thou.

Just seen on Muff's website, they've been there since 1974, so could well have been Edge's before that.

Amazing Edge's have their own slaughterhouse at the back of the shop! They both sound very welfare oriented

i didn't know they had there own slaughterhouse, bets that rare nowadays.
do you remember lucys dairy at the bottom of the rake, my mother used to be the milkwoman there, thats another thing thats a rare site...the milkman and the daily deliveries.

I love Bromborough, and I know it's not completely dead as a village, although I think that it has deteriorated a little in the last decade.

Back in the early 90's when my children were babies, I'd walk up there with the pram (used to live in The Chase off Brookhurst Rd) and I could guarantee it would be bustling no matter what day of the week.

I think I'm trying to relive my past and just find it sad that so many lovely villages seem to be declining

i totally agree with you elizabeth, but its nice to reminisce

don't remember the tree in bromborough village

used to be bromborough secondary modern school short walk away from the village in acre lane

Lovely photos you're posting there, Sunnyside

bromborough cross 1965

Was a bit dubious about clicking on that link. All this talk about muffs and sausages...

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you must try their black-pudding..they are delicious

Congealed fat and pig's blood! Not sure my arteries could take it. Might as well fry it in beef dripping and finish me off for good...!

Looks like a very nice shop though.

Martins Bank was Liverpool based. Taken over by Barclays. In Birkenhead, it was in the Gothic building on Charing Cross; the father of my best friend at school was the manager.
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api...&fov=45&pitch=5&sensor=false

Banks like that always seemed such formidable places.

I always stuck with my post office savings stamps...

Mmmmm beef dripping Chips just aren't the same when fried in oil.

you are right chris dripping chips are yummy...but not good for the cholesterol,

anyone remember the tesco in bromborough village???

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Excellent photo, sunny. Don't think I've seen that one of The Cross before. Thanks for putting it on.

They have got 'quality' birds available.

bromborough hotel

speciality pies from muffs.

Gorgeous!

Have checked out the local butchers round here, there's nothing comes close Only one that looks to come close is one in Handbridge, just outside Chester, which is probably no closer than Muffs. But (coincidentally?) they are also Edge & Sons family butcher (Ernest W Edge, the New Ferry one was originally W H Edge) wonder if there's a family connection? No mention of a connection on either website

That's all right, sunnyside; just take a statin.

[img]http://www.traditionalmeat.com/contact-edge.php#[/img] this is another excellent butchers also

Hey chris...like your style, enjoy yourself while you are here.

a rare site i know, but does anyone have a pic of the old dairy at the bottom of the rake called lucys?

Thanks, sunnyside; I've been around for more than seventy years and have no plans to leave just yet.

Hi Sunnyside,I've lived in Bromborough since 1953.Lucy had a brother who lived at the other end of the row.He had some land at the rear and side which faced the 4 houses in Hadley avenue.Eventually,Wirral Council bought this land and built more houses on it.However when they began clearing the site,they discovered loads of old bones.Seemingly the old bugger (during the War)had a thriving, black market butchery department in full swing.Him and I became great friends,sharing many sea fishing trips,Scotland,Southern Ireland and all over Wales.Sadly he passed away a few years ago.I sometimes sit and think about him,and I cant help laughing to myself.Happy Days.

Hi Tankrat, thanks for info, i was hoping for a pic of the old dairy my mother used to be the milkwoman there in the 50/60s, we used to live in beechwood rd, did you know her i wonder, her name was joan tunstall.

allport rd bromborough 1955

raby mere bromborough 1955

Raby Mere really hasn't changed at all

i think it has ...it used to have boats for hire, tea room, ice-cream parlour, swinging boats penny slots, and plenty of ducks,but overall the basics are there.. we used to meet up there on our bikes on a sunday, and listen to the top 50 on the radio..happy days

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I remember all of those things too, happy memories as you say. If you took a photo today from the same viewpoint as the one you posted though, there's hardly any difference in the look of the place.

rowing on the mere

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just outside muff's butchers.

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Nice picture Sunny - not seen that one before.

... And today's view - (it somehow looks so much less cluttered then):

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bromborough station

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allport lane bromborough

stork margarine plant bromborough(van den burghs i believe)

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What a great thread! I was born in Bromborough (Heathfields) and although my parents lived in Birkenhead at the time we eventually moved to Fairway North in 1971 and lived there for 6 years before moving back to Birkenhead. Went to Bromborough Pool primary and then to Beb' Sec'. My arl fella worked at Austin Packaging and my mum worked at Lever's.I remember when the retail park was just fields of wheat or barley and we used to make dens out of the hay bales. Happy days.

hi mikhail, i remember those things too, have you got any old pics from that time,if we have we would love to see them on here.

Bromborough dock 1987.

bromborough cross 1940

Sorry, I don't have any pic's at all unfortunately. That pic' of Bromborough Dock has brought back some happy memories. I used to be in the Bebington Sea Cadets and we used to practice for rowing regattas in the dock and up that little river up to Lever's. Remember the water looking pitch black and the smell wasn't good due to the stuff I imagine Lever's dumped in there over the years.

As an add on to my previous post, you can see stuff floating around those two small boats in the picture. That's what it was like, stuff floating everywhere that was clearly from Lever's. The smell could be quite overwhelming at times, especially in the summer.

stork margarine bromborough

.stork margarine..went on to be called van den burghs

I remember the Stork Club on Magazine Road/Lane.

raby mere in the 50s

lever bros in the 50s

raby mere not sure of date..but pre-1940s i think.

old school house..mark rake bromborough.

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dibbinsdale nature reserve/brotherton park..bromborough.

bromborough

circa 1960 bromborough cross

pre-1945

Bromborough pool candle works circa 1850

Thanks for that pic.
My great x 4 grandfather may have been one of the figures in that drawing as he must have been one of its first employees having come from the parent plant in London. my great x 4 grandmother used to have the classroom in her house 5 York St before the school was built. Unfortunately photography was only just appearing at that time (his brother Benjamin in Reading being involved with Fox Talbot in setting up photo shops/studios then)

aeriel view bromborough pool candle works 1928

south view price's village..bromborough pool

manor place price's village...bromborough pool

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