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Oh dear, Granny, you've set me a real challenge here. The first link you gave, to the Sessional Papers 1837, seem to be the discussion in parliament of the Bill to enable the construction of the Chester to Birkenhead railway (the bill was enacted in July 1837). It's an absolute treasure trove of fine detail which will keep me busy for months/years to come.


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Very pleased to hear that Chris. :)I'm pleased it's of interest to you. So far, I have not read it all and do not know what precedes it.



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A bit late I know to enter the discussion but I can perhaps add a bit . My maternal Great Grandfather James William Warren lived at Seafield House from around 1923. He and his sons had a firewood business . The source of the timber were old barges on the Mersey that they broke up . They had a sizeable market garden business on the fields behind the house , the produce from which they sold on their stall on Birkenhead market. I don’t know if he owned Seafield House or rented it . My grandmother told me the house was bombed during the war at the same time as Rose Cottages . She lived at No.4 Rose Cottages. My Great Grandfather relocated to a bungalow in Kinmel Bay where he had a poultry business. Interestingly as he got older and could no longer look after himself , he moved back to live in Cobden Street in the early 60s where he died in August 1968 aged 88.

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A bit late I know to enter the discussion but I can perhaps add a bit . My maternal Great Grandfather James William Warren lived at Seafield House in 1921 . He and his sons had a firewood business . The source of the timber were old barges on the Mersey that they broke up . They had a sizeable market garden business on the fields behind the house , the produce from which they sold on their stall on Birkenhead market. I don’t know if he owned Seafield House or rented it . My grandmother told me the house was bombed during the war at the same time as Rose Cottages . She lived at No.4 Rose Cottages. My Great Grandfather relocated to a bungalow in Kinmel Bay where he had a poultry business. Interestingly as he got older and could no longer look after himself , he moved back to live in Cobden Street in the early 60s where he died in August 1968 aged 88.

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