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Posted By: ZipperClub Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 6:39pm
Few Old Pics.. 1950`s

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Posted By: ZipperClub Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 6:41pm
2 more,

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Posted By: casper Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 6:46pm
My old pub Brasseys thumbsup
Posted By: goodoldphil Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 6:46pm
Thanks for the nice pictures, I used to love those yellow buses. we used to get the number 10 from New Ferry depot to New Brighton to go to the Tower.
Posted By: ZipperClub Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 7:01pm
few more

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Posted By: solvas42 Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 7:45pm
Great pics Zipper , I used to live on Birkenhead road from 1975 to 1996 the first pic shows the houses on the left that's were I lived .Also remember the making of the film Ferry cross the Mersey , the train tracks on opp side the cameras were on the trainstaking the film.
Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 8:03pm
Thanks for posting Zipper - know the area well, brought back some memories.
Posted By: Dilly Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 8:13pm
The first picture shows the old Berwicks toy factory, great pics smile
Posted By: ZipperClub Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 8:27pm
I still have the sweet shop they used to make. They didnt make the glass bottles there, just the rest.
Posted By: sunnyside Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 9:30pm
great pics zipper..thanks for sharing.
Posted By: ChrisJ Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 20th Aug 2013 10:09pm
Great Pics bananalove
Posted By: mikethetrainman Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 21st Aug 2013 9:57am
camera camera camera camera thumbsupgreat pictures.
Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 21st Aug 2013 8:13pm
Re: First picture - 1950's (Berwick toys)

Does anyone remember where the "Goodyear" factory was situated - was it near the toy factory??
Posted By: ZipperClub Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 21st Aug 2013 9:08pm
Only tyre factory I remeber was the Dunlop one in Liverpool.

Cheers for all the comments, I`ll dig a few more out soon.
Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 10:33am
Originally Posted by buddy
Re: First picture - 1950's (Berwick toys)

Does anyone remember where the "Goodyear" factory was situated - was it near the toy factory??


Above enquiry was for a friend whose father worked at goodyear - he informs me the factory was in Alfred Rd and made racing tyres/brakes - he worked there from 1950-1958ish

Any further info or photos anybody?
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 12:08pm
Alfred Rd. is in Wallasey, just over the Four Bridges, off Kelvin Rd. There's a roofing firm there, with the address "Goodyear House"

Furber Roofing Limited
Goodyear House
Alfred Road
Wallasey
CH44 7HY

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Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 1:09pm
Thanks for the info and map Chriskay - I'll forward this to him
Posted By: YinYang Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 1:12pm
The Liverpool Archives also appear to have some info about these premises. I wonder if they had links with their near neighbours at Gandy Belt Ltd? Here's the Archive's listing for it anyhow: -


Wallasey: Alfred Road [no ref. or date]

These documents are held at Liverpool Record Office and Local History Service


No further details Alfred Road, Wallasey: correspondence, papers and plans concerning valuation of land adjoining works of Goodyear Tyre Co. 720KIR/1243 1956
Posted By: bert1 Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 1:54pm
1955, Telephone Book.

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Posted By: YinYang Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 2:24pm
Aviation Division, eh? Interesting.

Just found a new archive site relating to all things Transport & Industry. It's called 'The Commercial Motor' Archive. Tons of local history stuff on there. Possibly has more info on Goodyear but I haven't had time to look.

http://archive.commercialmotor.com/search?term=wallasey
Posted By: bert1 Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 4:26pm
Couple of snippets,

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Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 6:02pm
Thanks Bert - info on to him.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 9:55pm
Judging from the address in the phone book Bert posted and buddy's note of it being Alfred Rd., I guess that it probably occupied parcel 95 on the O.S.map I posted.
Posted By: YinYang Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 22nd Aug 2013 10:19pm
Originally Posted by chriskay
Judging from the address in the phone book Bert posted and buddy's note of it being Alfred Rd., I guess that it probably occupied parcel 95 on the O.S.map I posted.


...and apparently floating somewhere in the South Sea! laugh
Posted By: buddy Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 7:52am
Thanks to all for the above info - we are going to have a walkabout next Friday, nowt to see but at least he'll see the area where his father worked
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 9:02am
Originally Posted by YinYang
Originally Posted by chriskay
Judging from the address in the phone book Bert posted and buddy's note of it being Alfred Rd., I guess that it probably occupied parcel 95 on the O.S.map I posted.


...and apparently floating somewhere in the South Sea! laugh

And at over 463 acres that's quite a big island. grin
Posted By: bert1 Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 9:21am
Just wondering if Goodyear took over the Plaster Board Works site, the plaster works closing around 1949 and Goodyear opening 1951, would fall in with Chris's Island.

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1949/may/31/plaster-board-works-wallasey

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Posted By: YinYang Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 11:37am
Interesting comparing chriskay's 1909 map with bert's. Never knew there was a bowling green down by the Goods Station, or that it was originally used as a cattle pen. I guess the cattle pen had something to do with the fertilizer works and possibly the Seacombe Pottery.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 2:51pm
Seems to be some confusion, bert. Hansard seems to be referring to a different place i.e. the plaster beard works in Dock Road. grin
(It's hardly surprising it closed; who'd want a plaster beard?)

76. Mr. Marples

asked the President of the Board of Trade in view of the fact that Merseyside is now a development area, what steps he proposes to take to provide employment for the workers made redundant by the proposed closing down of the British Plaster Beard works in Dock Road, Wallasey.
Posted By: ZipperClub Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 3:02pm
Birkenhead Road is known affectionately as The Dock Road, Wallasey.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 3:15pm
Originally Posted by ZipperClub
Birkenhead Road is known affectionately as The Dock Road, Wallasey.
Thanks, didn't know that. I suppose it makes sense as it's a continuation of the actual Dock Road.
Posted By: YinYang Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 7:02pm
Originally Posted by chriskay
(It's hardly surprising it closed; who'd want a plaster beard?)


Try telling that to this lot...

http://i1.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article1918891.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/IKEA-Gnomes-1918891.jpg
Posted By: chriskay Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 23rd Aug 2013 10:35pm
Originally Posted by YinYang
Originally Posted by chriskay
(It's hardly surprising it closed; who'd want a plaster beard?)


Try telling that to this lot...

http://i1.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article1918891.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/IKEA-Gnomes-1918891.jpg

They do appear to be angry: maybe they heard about the closure.
Posted By: don_openshaw Re: Birkenhead Dock Road 1950`s - 24th Aug 2013 10:43am
Zipper's pic clearly shows the front iron railings of the Goodyear Aviation building, immediately next door to the toy factory. Their very attractive, modern building was just a few yards behind the railings. The development engineers there were working on ABS braking systems and I had an interview with them following my national service. My late wife also had an uncle who worked there in security. Many times I collected him from outside and we would zip through to The Black Horse or The Ship Inn for a few jars. I was living in Wallace Street (aged 7) at the start of the war ... but we soon moved up the road about 100 meters to 68 Kelvin Road ... so as to be "safer" from the bombing of the docks and railways. Yeah, yeah, yeah ! When the Plaster Board closed ... I think that the toy factory came first followed by Goodyear.
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