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Richmond Hotel Research
Wildhorses
8 hours ago
Hi, I'm new to the site, so bear with me if I'm getting anything wrong.
I'm researching some distant relatives called Dowdeswell. An Edward Arkell Dowdeswell ran the Richmond Hotel at 52 Oxton Road in the 1880s. His first wife, Catherine, died in 1870 at the age of 30. I think he then remarried Elizabeth (Nee Harrison, previously married / widowed and then named Tarrant). Edward died in 1881 at the age of 38 at the Richmond Hotel. Then Elizabeth died in 1886 at the age of 46. They all seem to have died quite young. Not sure how they died.
Does anyone have any more information about the Richmond Hotel or the Dowdeswells in Birkenhead?
Thanks
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Looking for lost streets
CloverBee
12th Sep 2025 1:20pm
I've been researching my great great grandmother, Annie Hill (nee Harrison), who lived in various streets that just don't seem to exist anymore, I've never been to Birkenhead, and don't have a feel for the town, or what parts of it have radically altered since the censuses and 1939 register were done
She lived in Payson Street and Flamank Street, which I have found on an old map - can't tell you how ridiculously excited I got about that!!
But then there are others I haven't been able to find... Taylors Buildings in 1901, which I think was in Argyle Ward, 6 Chapel Place in 1911, and 50 Beaufort Square in 1939.
I'd be really grateful if anyone has any information.
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Purple Aki found dead
Softy_Southerner
27th Aug 2025 9:21pm
"AN infamous bodybuilder dubbed "muscle squeezer" has died at the age of 64.
Akinwale Arobieke was found dead at his flat on Devonshire Road in Toxteth.
Officers discovered his body at around 8.30pm on Tuesday, August 26, after reports of an unresponsive man.
Merseyside Police confirmed his death is not thought to be suspicious."
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Power steering line repair or fabrication
phillhere
18th Aug 2025 11:25am
Hi. Car developed power steering leak from rusted hard line (metal pipe about 6-8 inches long with fittings either end. The part is no longer available. Any ideas on places that repair or would be able to make or supply a replacement ? Thanks in advance.
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A quiet drink.
Excoriator
16th Aug 2025 10:21am
To the Eastham Ferry hotel for a quiet drink in the gathering dusk last night. It was warm enough to sit outdoors and it was possible that the we might even hear an owl hoot in the woods as the moon rose.
Fat chance!
Furiously over revved motorbikes from next door made conversation difficult, and in the gaps in this activity, the loudspeakers relaying mindless pop music everywhere, inside and outside, thoughtfully placed to make any antisocial activities such as enjoying a quiet evening impossible.
A pity, as the location is good, the hotel has been extensively and well redecorated and the staff appear friendly and helpful.
We were interested to observe a group of bikers who had evidently left their pub, on their machines, but paused outside the Eastham Hotel for a chat, all with engines running and very audible thanks to the use of silences chosen for their ineffectiveness. Occasionally one or other of them would ree their engines into a deafening scream for no apparent reason.
Eventually they left, to be replaced by another group, and so did we.
I followed the advice of the notices one sees everywhere along roads to 'Think Bike!' but will not relate what these thoughts were.
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Pay and Display ... Or Not.
diggingdeeper
17th Jul 2025 11:53pm
Be aware that some Council parking (eg at some Country Parks) issue you a "ticket" even when payment hasn't gone through. The "ticket" states that its invalid but if you don't check your ticket its easy to display it and assume everything is normal even though it is invalid.
Not me btw.
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