Travelling over the flyover to Liverpool today and the road leading to the booths - sorry don't know name of approach rd. On the right I noticed a derelict double fronted wall with a door! Typical I didn't have my phone to take a quick picture - I was a passenger! I'm curious what was there and why leave the front of a building! All these years and I've never noticed it before! Has anyone noticed this before and any ideas? Thanks
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Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: chris58]
#1080064 11th Oct 202010:39pm11th Oct 202010:39pm
I strongly suspect that building was neither Grange Lane Station nor Town station, it would appear to be the offices for the railway engineering works behind it.
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Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: diggingdeeper]
#1080095 13th Oct 20204:06pm13th Oct 20204:06pm
I suspect it wasn't either. I reckon it is the Aabacas building. You can see the wall with the curve on it is clearly the same as the Aabacas building, by comparing this picture with the screen grab below. Here is the screen grab of what I think is Grange Lane and Birkenhead Town stations. Full image here: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW045190
Last edited by mikeeb; 13th Oct 20204:07pm.
Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: chris58]
#1080098 13th Oct 20205:55pm13th Oct 20205:55pm
I didn't realise the sheds were divided between the railway works and Aabacus, I thought Aabacus just had the yard beside them. Not having a foundry chimney I didn't think of them having an enclosed works, plus there are trainlines going into the Aabacus sheds .... but it all makes sense now.
Directories are often incomplete, sometimes some streets only appear to have three addresses when physically there were a lot more premises.
Last edited by diggingdeeper; 15th Oct 202012:34pm.
We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: diggingdeeper]
#1080150 15th Oct 20205:00pm15th Oct 20205:00pm
I strongly suspect that building was neither Grange Lane Station nor Town station, it would appear to be the offices for the railway engineering works behind it.
I agree. Here is a photo from 'Railway Stations of Wirral' in the 'Yesterday's Wirral' series (Ian Boumphrey). The resemblance to Rock Ferry Station is obvious. There's more on 'Disused Stations' website. One shows the slope from this building down to the platform.
Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: chris58]
#1080159 16th Oct 202010:11am16th Oct 202010:11am
I can vaguely remember a weather vane of an outline of Stephenson's Rocket on the Aabacas building, seen from the top deck of my 50 or 58 bus as it stopped outside Sturla's shop. Many years ago!
Re: Road leading to Queensway tunnel
[Re: chris58]
#1080160 16th Oct 202012:33pm16th Oct 202012:33pm
I can vaguely remember a weather vane of an outline of Stephenson's Rocket on the Aabacas building, seen from the top deck of my 50 or 58 bus as it stopped outside Sturla's shop. Many years ago!
This one bri? Not 'Rocket' though - more likely a L+M 'Planet' or similar.
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Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.