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Re: Boode Memorial Breck Road Wallasey, The
diggingdeeper
Yesterday at 07:56 AM
There is about 3 tons mix of soil with concrete blocks on the pavement against the wall of the Boode Memorial, is this a bad case of fly tipping or some work is to take place?. The memorial has been cleared recently but the wall doesn't show any obvious weakness unless the base of the wall is frail.
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Re: PLATT - Wirral Colliery
bert1
17th May 2025 1:28pm
More meat on the bone,
William Platt married Rebecca Kemp, 1898, Wirral. William born 1871 and died 1947.
Occupations, 1911, Colliery Under Manager. 1921, Colliery Proprietor. 1939, Director, Platt Bros, Coal Merchants.
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Phoenix Bungalows
bert1
17th May 2025 10:23am
In 1945 the first of the Phoenix Bungalows (Pre-Fabs) appeared, designed by Yorkshireman Mr Jack W Gibson, Civil Engineer, who also helped build the Mulberry Port, (D-Day)
They were designated for bombed out families and returning ex servicemen, they cost £700 each and the first were placed on the land heavily bombed between Park Station and Price Street. The site was expected to hold 60 to 80 bungalows and Birkenhead expected to have about 300 in total.
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Brackenwood Lane
Longnails
15th May 2025 11:25am
On Tuesday evening the 13th of May, my family and I were driving past Brackenwood Lane and there were 6/7 Police cars and a Police van; I wonder what was going on there!
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Re: 70% houses damaged
bert1
14th May 2025 6:23am
In June 1940 the Emergency committee decided that all park railings would go during the upcoming Scrap Iron week and encouraged local residents who still had railings behind hedges to come forward and have them removed.
Prior to this the local natives were angry that it appeared their railings etc were removed and anything the corporation were responsible for were still intact.
Allotment holders were upset as they felt there would be a free for all, no protection from theft.
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Re: Wallasey woman arrested following knifing incident
diggingdeeper
13th May 2025 3:37pm
Will anyone caught over the Diane Sindall case been released from prison bearing in mind it happend 25yrs ago? Looks like there is a good chance now. DNA tests on the forensic samples do not match and may show Peter Sullivan's innocence, also the dental evidence that was used to convict him is now in question. It was stated in 2022 that he was unlikely to be released, he is now about 67 years old, he did have a string of non-violent previous offences. This could mean the real killer got away with it and may even have died by now. Peter Sullivan has been released after 38 years, his conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall was overturned. There should be a fast track release system where overwhelming scientific or other absolute comes to light, this was known about before November last year and could have been found many years earlier. His compensation claim could be in the region of £3M+ if he uses representation.
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Re: Work Adjacent to West Float
Excoriator
12th May 2025 9:59am
The wirral waters site was equally uninformative.
It seems the plan is to hide what they are up to until its built and then claim we didn't disagree with it at the planning stage.
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Re: Birkett Scheme.
bert1
11th May 2025 5:39am
In April 1918 Mr W Webb Shennan, Birkett Scheme engineer reported fourteen and a half miles of river, main drains and ditches had been cleared and deepened. 250 prisoners had carried out the work and owing to the recent heavy rainfall which has been a good test, the project has been successful.
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Re: Wartime Scouts.
bert1
4th May 2025 9:08am
At the moment I have access to the papers, there's plenty of snippets between 1940 and 45 of their exploits, too numerous to mention. Just a couple I decided to read reports on a couple of scouts receiving the Silver Cross Medal for bravery, delivering messages while the bombs were falling during the blitz. The Birkenhead news hasn't popped up with a snippet, below is the Liverpool Echo, 1941.
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Re: New Ferry regeneration
Longnails
3rd May 2025 1:03pm
I've shopped in this area from a child with Auntie and then as a teenager with my cousins/friends and I can tell you that I've had many happy times here. When I look at this place now, it's soul destroying. It seems that the simple pleasures that we once enjoyed in life are being taken away.
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Re: Pte William Tinsley (Lyldesley/Tildsley)
bert1
2nd May 2025 2:49pm
More meat on the bone,
It appears William Tinsley was Attested to the Kings Own Reg on the 3rd September 1914 and discharged on the 3rd October 1914, reason, Unlikely to become an efficient soldier. He was Attested to the Lancashire Fusiliers on the 5th January 1915 and discharged on the 14th March 1915, reason, unlikely to become an efficient soldier, finally the Cheshire Reg, 10th April, 1915 as William Lyldesley until his death, 1st January 1916. He was married with 3 children, the reason his wife Ellen didn't attend the funeral she had moved address and the Army only found her after. On one of his Attestation forms the 3 children are named and one marked as illegitimate. Ellen received a pension of 21 shillings per week. At the inquest it was reported the building they were billeted in was built in 1902 and in good order but the storm was so severer it lifted the roof and weakened the structure causing its collapse. 2 were killed and 13 injured.
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Re: Birkenhead Technical College
diggingdeeper
1st May 2025 9:06am
I went there for ONC Electrical Eng. on day release from 1951 to closure, which was probably 1954, then to the 'new' one for evening classes. I've got a date of 1888 from somewhere? The floors were well-worn plain wood and I think there was a lecture theatre with tiered seating. George Roberts was the lecturer, quite a character, but fair, and got the message across in his own way. I can't remember seeing much gear for 'practical' work, some motors perhaps, left over from the DC mains era for the Hopkinson Efficiency Test. Colleagues were from MANWEB, Holts, etc
Well out-of-date compared to the 'new' one! I did some ONC day release electronics course at Birkenhead Tech in 1970s, they were painfully dull and slow, did the ONC trade/craft theory at Kelsterton College which was a bit better other than travel. At least one of them were long days (morning thru evening) which didn't help. Thanks for the confirmation that there was an overlap where both building were in use for a few years which I had suspected without any conclusive evidence.
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Re: Fire inHamilton Square station
diggingdeeper
30th Apr 2025 12:33pm
I have it in mind that there was a small power station there at one time.in Shore road or canning street. Am I right? I've completely forgotten but I don't think so, I suspect it was just transformers and switching gear even though it may have been called a power station. The four corners of the tower are chimneys but nothing on a full time generator scale, more like heating, local backup generators etc. There used to be a stubby chimney on the extended back of the building which was maybe a vent shaft. The substation has had a few incidents over the years.
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Re: Unexpected development
Excoriator
24th Apr 2025 10:19am
Well its better than more bloody housing.
Why can't they just leave it alone to go wild?
I noticed how enthusiastic the council are about eliminating all the new crack willows that spring up from the two still there. You'd think that trees planting themselves would be welcome, but no. As soon as these saplings are noticed they are cut down.
Nature is perfectly capable of looking after itself without council assistance. The simply need to LEAVE IT ALONE!
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