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.
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.
Thanks for posting Zipper - know the area well, brought back some memories.
The first picture shows the old Berwicks toy factory, great pics
I still have the sweet shop they used to make. They didnt make the glass bottles there, just the rest.
great pics zipper..thanks for sharing.
Re: First picture - 1950's (Berwick toys)
Does anyone remember where the "Goodyear" factory was situated - was it near the toy factory??
Only tyre factory I remeber was the Dunlop one in Liverpool.
Cheers for all the comments, I`ll dig a few more out soon.
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?
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
Thanks for the info and map Chriskay - I'll forward this to him
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
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
Thanks Bert - info on to him.
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.
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!
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
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!
And at over 463 acres that's quite a big island.
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
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.
Seems to be some confusion, bert. Hansard seems to be referring to a different place i.e. the plaster beard works in Dock Road.
(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.
Birkenhead Road is known affectionately as The Dock Road, Wallasey.
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.
(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.
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.