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#218313 - 24th Mar 2008 11:00am Wallasey Village
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Wallasey Village Any Info ? Pictures of old? Stories? _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#218330 - 24th Mar 2008 12:32pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Mark]
jonah jonah Forum Guardian Registered: 29th Nov 2006 Posts: 3836 Loc: bromborough, wirral	how old do you want the info to be ? _________________________ http://www.myspace.com/jonah1974 stevejones74@hotmail.co.uk "WELL MY NUTS ARE HALFWAY UP MY ASS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'M PERFECT.....! "
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#218332 - 24th Mar 2008 12:58pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: jonah]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Anything, this is how topics begin $\:\)$ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#218341 - 24th Mar 2008 2:50pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Mark]
jonah jonah Forum Guardian Registered: 29th Nov 2006 Posts: 3836 Loc: bromborough, wirral	threshers on the corner of sandy lane used to be car showrooms, the last of which was a diahatsu in the mid 80's _________________________ http://www.myspace.com/jonah1974 stevejones74@hotmail.co.uk "WELL MY NUTS ARE HALFWAY UP MY ASS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'M PERFECT.....! "
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#218349 - 24th Mar 2008 4:24pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: jonah]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Originally Posted By: WADDI the inlaws live on St Georges, which I believe was Back Lane, I lived with them for a few years after getting married, we're in our own place now, still in the village tho. Would love to pick your brains about a few wallasey village related history things. I started this thread on behalf of waddi $;\)$ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#218350 - 24th Mar 2008 4:57pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: jonah]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Going to the other extreme the first photo below is of a painting by JH Robinson showing the junction of Wallasey Village and Leasowe Road (off to the left) and looking west towards the sea. The second photo is of a painting also by Robinson showing a snow scene at the top of Leasowe Road viewed from about outside the current No 8 Leasowe Road and looking North East towards Wallasey Village (more or less where the Post Office used to be). St Hillary church is clearly visible (but no second tower!) I have no idea when Robinson would have done those paintings and how much "artistic licence" is involved. I have postcards showing the same scene in about 1905 - and it is VERY different. I will guess the painting depicts the scene around 30- 40 years earlier. Whether that is too early for Robinson I do not know. Certainly he was painting at 1879 because I have a photo of another of his paintings with that date. Snod Attachments Description: Wallasey Village 19th Century (1870??). Looking west and current Leasowe Rd to the left Description: Wallasey Village 19th Century (1870??). Looking North East from inside top of current Leasowe Rd towards the village Edited by Snodvan (24th Mar 2008 5:05pm) _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#218378 - 24th Mar 2008 11:18pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Wow i wouldn't have believed that $;\)$ Thanks for sharing $;\)$ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#218389 - 25th Mar 2008 12:09am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Mark]
WADDI WADDI Forum Master Registered: 11th Jul 2004 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wallasey	Well I married into Wallasey village. By that I mean My wife grew up in the village, her dad and his siblings grew up in the area after moving from new brighton. After getting married we lived with her parents for 2years but have recently bought out own place in wallasey Village. There little things that bug me, i.e: which school does School lane relate to? What where the gates on the corner of Folly Lane and Wallasey village for? Where was liscard & Poulton rail station? its also the little things like the car showroom that Jonah mentions. this is the unwritten history that we need to talk about. _________________________ Im going to: Facebook : Yahoo Mail : Sky Mail
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#218395 - 25th Mar 2008 12:32am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: WADDI]
WADDI WADDI Forum Master Registered: 11th Jul 2004 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wallasey	When the the liscard & poulton Railway station was there, what was where the toyota showroom is now? _________________________ Im going to: Facebook : Yahoo Mail : Sky Mail
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#218452 - 25th Mar 2008 1:14pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: WADDI]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	WADDI The gates near Folly Lane were the entrance to Buxton House, the building of which was situated more or less where the flats are now ie to the left when you go through the gates. My other info about Buxton House at at my mum's house - I will get it later and post. I have already taken some "now" photos. I can tell lots of tales about playing in trhe derilict Buxton House and the abandoned gardens. The school was PROBABLY St Georges because previously that road was called Back Lane. I will check with mum this afternoon or tomorrow. I went to St Georges school - and you can even find my piccy on their website http://www.st-georges-school.co.uk/photo_4.html Snod Snod _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#218479 - 25th Mar 2008 4:50pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Originally Posted By: Snodvan WADDI The gates near Folly Lane were the entrance to Buxton House, the building of which was situated more or less where the flats are now ie to the left when you go through the gates. My other info about Buxton House at at my mum's house - I will get it later and post. I have already taken some "now" photos. I can tell lots of tales about playing in trhe derilict Buxton House and the abandoned gardens. The school was PROBABLY St Georges because previously that road was called Back Lane. I will check with mum this afternoon or tomorrow. I went to St Georges school - and you can even find my piccy on their website http://www.st-georges-school.co.uk/photo_4.html Snod Right - I have that bit about School Lane COMPLETELY wrong. A senior moment they call it. I was referring to St Georges Road that used to be called Back Lane School Lane runs from Wallasey Village by the Cheshire Cheese pub down alongside Mosslands School to about the small railway bridge. Originally there was another pub on the opposite side of the road from the Cheshire Cheese and about on the corner of School Lane. It was called the Ring O Bells. On the other corner of School Lane was a proper half timbered cottage that was demolished in about 1920 when the widened/ straightened the road. If you went down School Lane from that junction with Wallasey Village the school was on the right hand side - just about where the first of some bungalows are now. I have a fair number of pics from around that area (and I took some "now" pics yesterday) so I will do a picture post as soon as I can. Snod (still searching for the Buxton House details - they were not where I expected) Edited by Snodvan (25th Mar 2008 4:52pm) _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#218504 - 25th Mar 2008 8:26pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
nissan_kyle nissan_kyle Forum Addict Registered: 27th Dec 2006 Posts: 1234 Loc: wirral	were did you find them pics
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#218513 - 25th Mar 2008 9:05pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: nissan_kyle]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Originally Posted By: nissan_kyle were did you find them pics I did not find them - I took them Many years ago ie like in about the mid/ late 1960s I visited a lot of the old folks around the village, chatted with them and especially copied any old photos they had - - or any paintings. Being from a well known village family hel;ped a lot with introductions. These days you would carry a laptop/ portable scanner for old pics but unheard of then of course so I used to have camera/ tripod and a couple of battery lights to copy documents and used camera + reflector flach for paintings, Unfortunately all was in monochrome. I did all my own film processing and never advanced to colour Snod _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#219618 - 2nd Apr 2008 11:42pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
WADDI WADDI Forum Master Registered: 11th Jul 2004 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wallasey	anyone know the exact location of the cottage hopital when it was on Back lane (st georges), it was later moved to claremount. _________________________ Im going to: Facebook : Yahoo Mail : Sky Mail
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#219622 - 2nd Apr 2008 11:49pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: WADDI]
SoundLad SoundLad Are You SoNutz? Forum Addict Registered: 22nd Aug 2007 Posts: 1498 Loc: Birkenhead	Ive always wanted to know what this rock is for near the Cheshire Cheese.. Click here Its around under those trees on breck road.. $\:\)$ _________________________ Lee Mills Bebo Profile
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#219642 - 3rd Apr 2008 8:56am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: SoundLad]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Lee I THINK you mean the "Granny Rock" ie a big rock on the Breck - just behind the old Grammar School building which is a bit further down the road from The Ship The Breck area was a quarry used to obtain the stone used as the base for building Leasowe Road. The suggestion is that the Granny Rock was originally used as a mount for a lifting crane used in the quarry operations - but when those finished the rock had become such a feature that it was left untouched. I have climbed up to the top many times. The main "face" to climb was that facing east - that was easy. MUCH more difficuly was the south face. There is (or at least was - have not looked for ages) a sort of shallow cut out on the south face. We called it Granny's chair. It was only the very agile that could get to sit in that cut out. Snod Attachments Description: Brack Road, Wallasey - Ship in (top), Old Grammar School cottage and the Granny Rock on teh Breck Edited by Snodvan (3rd Apr 2008 8:57am) _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#219652 - 3rd Apr 2008 11:00am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
jonno40 jonno40 Veteran Registered: 7th Jan 2008 Posts: 669 Loc: wirral/bidston	Ahh Granny's rock ,the memories are flooding back.I used to play in the breck when i was a nipper and have actually climbed Granny's rock and fell off it numerous times.we were up there the other week when i was showing my wife places from my past,we met a lovely lady walking her dog and from what she said and by the amount of bottles and beer cans lying about it is now the local scallies drinking den(shame).there are some amazing views out across leasowe and moreton from up there.Ahh the memories
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#219663 - 3rd Apr 2008 12:18pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: jonno40]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Granny Rock Maybe a topic of its own? And some pictures? Never heard of it $\:\($ _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#219676 - 3rd Apr 2008 12:43pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: jonno40]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	I know what you mean about the litter/ mess up there. I saw it when I went a week or so ago to try to do a modern photo of the old School House to comparee with my postcard pic. A good "communitry service order" for some scallys would be to have to clean that place spotless. OK, off my soapbox The breck with the Granny Rock was always called the "Boys Breck" by us local kids, to distinguish it from the "Girls Breck" that was is the playing area between Church Hill and St Hillary Drive, neither of which are often frequented roads. Many people do not even know that area exists because it is not visible from the main road - being above the high ivy-covered wall to your left as you drive up St Hillary Brow towards the roundabout for a left turn to Liscard The views from the Girl's Breck are actually better than some from the Boy's Breck because the view is far less obstructed by trees etc. As an example the following is a print from a painting (Robinson again) done in 1878. The buildings at the front are mostly in the village itself ie The Cheshire Cheese, The Ring O Bells and the panel timbered building that used to stand more or less where the middle of the Wallsey Village Raod is now. Unfortunately that building "went" when the road was widened and straightened. I have other pics and painings of it. The other buildings are then in School Lane. A bit in the distance is a row of hosues - The Twenty Row of houses where people working at the brickworks would live. Leasowe Lighthouse can be seen in the distance. I will be doing a then and now picture pair for this Snod Attachments Description: Location of "Girl's" Breck Description: View from Girl's Breck in 1878 (Photo of painting by WH Robinson) _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#219960 - 5th Apr 2008 4:47am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
corsa_dave corsa_dave Smartchild Registered: 22nd Feb 2008 Posts: 447 Loc: wallasey	jus t think "THE ROCK" used to be railway sidings _________________________ the rovers
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#219967 - 5th Apr 2008 10:00am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: corsa_dave]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Wow How its Changed. I love the idea of wallasey village being as it is in the black and white picture. How things change? _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#220022 - 5th Apr 2008 10:38pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Mark]
BigBadStuey BigBadStuey Member Registered: 5th Apr 2008 Posts: 64 Loc: Leasowe, Wirral	Folly Lane was a LOT longer than it currently is as well. It used to run all the way from where it is now, across the main road and on all the way to the top of the hill. It changed dramatically when the trams were brought in, pretty much to how it is now as Broadway but you'll notice one thing that's going to change in the next few days by the look of it. Where the bend begins as you descend and you end up on St. George's Rd you'll see a little cut-off at the end of the cemetary. This was formerly a row of cottages demolished in the 1910's I believe and it was called Folly's Gut; at the end was a set of steps leading up to the graveyard. If you look now a set of gates have been put up but you can still see the divides of the houses where the brickwork still exists, it looks like this will all be demolished soon so I'd recommend seeing it soon before it vanishes.
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#220023 - 5th Apr 2008 10:56pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: BigBadStuey]
Totopop Totopop Forum Master Registered: 7th Aug 2005 Posts: 2411 Loc: New Brighton	Sounds interesting, Waddi get your camera out! $\:\)$
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#220026 - 5th Apr 2008 11:05pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Totopop]
Totopop Totopop Forum Master Registered: 7th Aug 2005 Posts: 2411 Loc: New Brighton	Quote: The Twenty Row of houses where people working at the brickworks would live. Leasowe Lighthouse can be seen in the distance. Would this be where the pub on leasowe road got its name? (The twenty row) (Now destroyed)
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#220042 - 5th Apr 2008 11:56pm Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Totopop]
BigBadStuey BigBadStuey Member Registered: 5th Apr 2008 Posts: 64 Loc: Leasowe, Wirral	hmm, what else? I've gleaned most of my info from little local books I've found. Well I presume most people know about the housing that was where St Mary's College stands now and the Traveller's Rest pub that was there. The brewery that was a bit down Leasowe Road. Do any pictures exist of the original Wallasey Village station building? It was destroyed in the war and now I've seen Birkenhead Park's one it's the only one I'm missing. I'm a geek for the disused stations and lines, local ones particularly! Wasn't that car salesroom also a gigantic bicycle shop at one point too? That's about as far back as my memory extends, I'm only a young-un!
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#220083 - 6th Apr 2008 9:13am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: BigBadStuey]
Pinzgauer Pinzgauer Enthusiast Registered: 25th Oct 2007 Posts: 176 Loc: Twixt Wirral & Ayrshire	BBStuey: I didn't realise that the original Wallasey Village station was blatted during the war. I always understood that when the line was electrified in 1937/8 the station was rebuilt/modernised in the typical 1930's style and is more or less how it is today. I guess my knowledge may be lacking here ! Presume you've seen the "Disused Stations" sections in Sub.Brit.? Very good ! _________________________ Who put the overalls in Mrs Murphy's chowdah ??
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#220097 - 6th Apr 2008 11:11am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Totopop]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Originally Posted By: Totopop Quote: The Twenty Row of houses where people working at the brickworks would live. Leasowe Lighthouse can be seen in the distance. Would this be where the pub on leasowe road got its name? (The twenty row) (Now destroyed) Correct. Sad the pub went (even though I am a non-drinking man) because it held memories for me. My Grandad used to take me a Sunday walk down to the shore, down across the sandhills then he would ho in the Twenty Row for refreshment and I would sit on the step with a bottle of pop. Snod _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#220100 - 6th Apr 2008 11:24am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: BigBadStuey]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	Originally Posted By: BigBadStuey hmm, what else? I've gleaned most of my info from little local books I've found. Well I presume most people know about the housing that was where St Mary's College stands now and the Traveller's Rest pub that was there. The brewery that was a bit down Leasowe Road. Do any pictures exist of the original Wallasey Village station building? It was destroyed in the war and now I've seen Birkenhead Park's one it's the only one I'm missing. I'm a geek for the disused stations and lines, local ones particularly! Wasn't that car salesroom also a gigantic bicycle shop at one point too? That's about as far back as my memory extends, I'm only a young-un! The travellers Rest did stand where St Mary's College is now - as did many old cottages etc. I am trying to pull together as many photos and paintings of the area as I can, together with a map showing the locations. A long term project. The following is an often shown pic of the Travellers Rest. I took my own photos before the place was demolished - all I have to do is find them Snod Attachments Description: Traveller's Rest, Wallasey Village in 1930s _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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#220101 - 6th Apr 2008 11:28am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: Snodvan]
Mark Mark Wiki Master Registered: 9th Nov 2003 Posts: 14761 Loc: Wirral	Great Pictures Keep up the good work? What do you suppose the man in the street is dragging behind him? A Chicken ?? _________________________ www.wikiwirral.co.uk For Sale items are listed on +25 websites Sharing knowledge with members and friends.
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#220102 - 6th Apr 2008 11:29am Re: Wallasey Village [Re: BigBadStuey]
Snodvan Snodvan Enthusiast Registered: 19th Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Loc: Wallasey Village	BBS While I am not a railways and lines fan I did find some pictorial/ historical interest when they widened the railway bridge over Leasowe Rd. The following are photos I took at the time Snod Attachments Description: Leasowe Bridge 1 Description: Leasowe Bridge _________________________ There is a history in all men's lives - William Shakespeare - King Henry IV, Part II
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