Good pic of Oakdale Road, but does anyone remember the little kiosk just past the car on the left of the bridge?. It used to sell cigs, newspapers and a few sweets from what I recall.

hi zipper, great pic, that land on the left of the pic there it is said it cannot be built on due to leather cowhides from bidston being dumped there, is that true?

Hi all the kiosk was owned by a blind man name JOE GAHAN. I passed it every day on my way to gorsedale school. The field was known locally as the claypits , it was a tip for the british leather tanning company situated on new chester road by lairds. Also the manganese bronze tipped there to, Way back i did here it was once a horse race track?.

thanks solvas for that info, appreciate that

There wasn't much wasted off the hides the British Leather used.
The fleshings (the bits of flesh on the inside of the hide)were sent to Thomson Bros next door to the tannery where I was told they were used to make aspic jelly for pies wartime era.
Then used to make glue later.
The stuff dumped in Oakdale would have been the hair off the hides in the lime pits which would have been sucked up by a gully sucker and conveyed to the tip and general factory rubbish by a tipper lorry

Yum Yum. Delicious !!!

Is the bridge in the photo going over what is now the tunnel approach road? (I guess it was the old railway cutting when the photo was taken).

Where was Milton Road in relation to Oakdale Road?

Milton road is off wheatland lane it is cul-de-sac just before Lloyds corner. if you come along oakdale road pass Ashville road at the t junction turn left and Milton road is on your left.

I think that is Naples Rd.

I think milton road is the one with the little shop on the corner the shop that never lasts long,sweet shop,fishing tackle shop opp joeys school

I stand corrected you are both correct it is naples rd and Milton further down opp the joeys .

Hi Solvas, we always knew it as the lime pits, I think maybe they used lime to try to desolve the waste from British leather. I remember in the hot weather the smell was rank.

Your dead right it stunk to high heavens, we used to play on the claypits , think it was called that because they used the clay to make blocks at a place opposite citrine road called sturgies I think it was spelt like that, from the clay.The wagon drivers would chase all the kids when the tanker arrived to unload the lime.

I lived in Citrine rd in the prefabs when I was a lad, do you remember Donkins we called it the soap factory, I think they made disinfectant, it was on the corner of oakdale and citrine rd. Zipper put up some great photos of the prefabs.

Yes remember the soap place , before donkins it was a type of crisp factory called the Nibbits, type of French fry that we have now .

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Thanks for the responses re Milton rd. I hadn't realised there was anything left of it. I remember visiting my mum's friends there in the 60s (pre-school!). Does anyone know why so much of it was demolished?

Map including Milton Road, red arrow points where the bridge on Oakdale Road is.
I remember Donkins, someone once left the tap switched on and all the liquid ran out across Oakdale Road towards the garage where they fixed the flour wagons. I remember going there for some oil for my bike chain, they gave me about 2 gallon from an engine sump.
Milton Road has all been demolished and rebuilt.

Map and Milton Road, well whats left of it.

Anyone notice the concertina cottages?
Also does anyone remember the sweet shop on the corner of Parry Street and Margaret Street. It used to be very dark, I dont think they used light bulbs during the day and I`m damn sure I wouldn`t go down there at night. I remember getting some pretend Cadburys chocolates they used in the shop window. They where made of chalk, later ones being made of cardboard. Obviously real chocolate would of melted in the shop window

There's info and photos here

http://www.historyofwallasey.co.uk/wallasey/concertina_cottages/index.html

I think that the shop in Parry Street was called Jocks. It was owned by a Scottish guy.

Well, (juicy gossip time) speaking to my mum today and she said a widow who lived in Oakdale Road used to sit on Joes knee, just after the war. He opened up shop about 5:30am and shut at about 6:00pm.

I remember the Nursery. Don't know how old I was but my Mum put me in there one day. I remember them trying to make me sleep in the afternoon and they put a very scratchy grey blanket over me. I screamed the place down. I never went back .........

Can anyone say from what date British Leather were in production please ?

I lived right opposite the nursery and watched the poor kids having to get under those grey itchy blankets. Even in the summer, though they did open the doors. I think the kids had to "sleep" for an hour after lunch. Maybe to give the staff time to wash the dishes while the kids slept.