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Old Littlewoods Building Excoriator 11th Mar 2025 11:39am The old Littlewoods building overlooking Wavertree park by Edge lane has recently had the clock tower demolished. Although it is a listed building, that doesn't stop it being one of the ugliest buildings in the city and I would be delighted if the whole place was razed to the ground, but it appears the clock tower will be rebuilt and the whole mausoleum will once again dominate the Park and the Botanic gardens it overlooks.

It seems the whole place will be turned into a massive Film Studio. To this I have no objection, but why does it have to be restored to its former ill-proportioned ugly form?

I suspect the only reason the place got listed was because of Littlewoods having been a major employer in Liverpool and the family remained powerful, but it has no merit as far as I can see. Moreover building a replica, which is what's planned, is hardly preservation. It is utterly pointless, and the city has been denied the possibility of a new building that fits the Landscape better doesn't look like a memorial building for a deposed and hated Dictator

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Heswall and "Yowlers" neil1024 22nd Jan 2025 11:36am It is now part of a very old dialect that my grandparents may have known, but Heswall residents were known as "Yowlers".

I had never heard the term in my lifetime (b. 1949) until I got to know one of the last full-time Hoylake fishermen in the 1970s and he always talked about "Yowler City" meaning Heswall. But I never heard that again until some recent searching.

As confirmed by Wirral historian and writer Greg Dawson, Neston people called those in Heswall "Yowlers" and they called Neston people "Yusers" as in the greeting "A'reet Yuse?"
And two articles in Neston Past "Reminiscences of a Train Boy" describing the Hooton line journey to school at Calday Grange GS also said that Heswall was called "Yowler".

But no-one has so far explained why that epithet? My guess is like the Black Country people are called "Yam-Yams" and the Brummies "Yow-Yows" (both for "you are") maybe it was an old dialect for "you will".

Any ideas or recollections welcomed!

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Wirral Bins Cancelled this week diggingdeeper 10th Jan 2025 3:01pm All bin collections have been cancelled this week ending 12th January

Next week ALL collections will be GREEN bins for all locations on your usual collection day.

https://wirralview.com/environment/bin-update-when-your-bin-going-be-collected

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Merseyrail Deep Weather diggingdeeper 9th Jan 2025 5:15pm Apparently the Wirral Line was shut down today because ......

"Due to poor weather conditions at Hamilton Square, all Wirral line services are currently suspended due to poor weather conditions"

I would love to know how the weather affects trains in a 90ft deep level station?

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60's mechanic wanted robin47 3rd Dec 2024 9:32pm Mechanic wanted to help with classic car, ideally in Wallasey area. contact Robin via this topic

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Eleanor Road Bidston (Bishops House) RobThomas 18th Nov 2024 7:45am Hello Everyone,

First post here, I am looking for any information or photographs on a property that was on Eleanor Road Bidston until around 2001.

It was I believe called Bishops House and was owned by the Diocese of Shrewsbury.

They demolished it and built new houses in its place.

Many thanks to anyone who has any information.

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Croxteth and Spring Streets Croxtethroberts 16th Nov 2024 9:54am Hello from NZ!
My fathers family lived in Croxteth and Spring Street back in the early 20th century. (Roberts and Thompson). I would love some help in finding any old photos of either of those streets. And map locations too. My Dad worked at Cammell Laird as did his father, and that included on the Arc Royale. Some other family members worked at Sunlight.

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Jorvik mt11 trike Dilly 27th Oct 2024 2:49pm Jorvik mt11 trike. Dual 48v batteries, one 15ah and one 17 ah for great mileage. Only covered 30 miles from new. Hydrolic disc brakes all round. 7 speed hub gears. 250w Bafang motor. Complete with all keys,paperwork and charger. These are for sale new on ebay at £4.300 so an absolute bargain at £2.000.All specs and info can be found on ebay or the Jorvik site. British designed and built. Cheers.

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Flooding at...yes you guessed it. Excoriator 30th Sep 2024 3:33pm Once again Merseyrail grinds to a halt because it's raining. One again the perennial excuse of "flooding at Hooton" is trotted out as if this is something sent by teh almighty that must be borne without complaint.

As flooding is so common there, surely its high time something was done about it.Technology IS available to do this in the form of drains and flood alleviation schemes. Yes of course it will involve money, but so do these rail disruptions that seem to go on year in year out. If water covers the track then for heaven's sake elevate the bloody track or provide proper drainage.

I am sick of being decanted onto an overcrowded bus and having to stand because it rains and nobody can be arsed todo anything about it.

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Be careful at the GO filling station Excoriator 27th Sep 2024 12:07pm This is the lowest cost filling station in the area on the A41 near Lairds, but be careful about which nozzle you pick up to fill your car.

It is natural to assume the cheapest is the end one, but it isn't. That is the 'Super' unleaded which costs a bit more than their advertised price. I suspect a lot of people get caught out this way. The cheapest plain unleaded was the second from the end when I last went there. Just look at the prices.

Clearly there is nothing illegal about this. Both are clearly marked, but I think its a bit south of good business practices.

Just be careful.

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