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Here's an extract from a 1912 Ordnance Survey map. I've marked the location of the Rock in red. You may find it interesting to switch between the map & the same area on Google Earth. An interesting thing is to see the extent of the railway system. Notice all the lines headed off to the right to Cammell Laird's & the extensive Mollington St. loco sheds. Town station is just off the top of the map, it was closed to passengers in 1945 & completely in 1961. You can see the dock lines branching off just to the left, about to enter the Haymarket tunnel. Another point of interest is Pearson Rd., which was built to allow the trams to get up from Argyle St. South to Church Rd. (the tram lines are marked on the map).

Cheers, Chris.

Brilliant Chris.

great find

yeh grate find mate looks so diffrent

Thanks for that, my mum was born in thomas street (hex club) and i alway wondered what it looked like with houses on it rather then what is it now, Ford transit car park.

Nice find Chris, cheers!

cool i love old maps it really shows how it used to be...

Anyone who's interested in having old maps should have a look at
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk There's quite a few there & they're not expensive. I've bought quite a few myself.

Cheers, Chris.

That's so weired to see that, and as you say the amount of
track that was down, its more like a city railway.

Well, Mark, that's how it was when Britain was an industrialised country & actually made things which we exported. Remember, when looking at that forest of lines that only 2 carried passengers through to Woodside. (Well, not counting the Mersey Railway lines). This amount of track was the norm in most towns.

Cheers, Chris.

i have the whole map in my timetable box which lots of timetables in it and my old house in yelverton rd is on it

Hi, Lukeo25, what sort of timetables; bus/train/ferry? If they're old, maybe you could scan a couple & post them here.

Cheers, Chris.

That would be very interesting too

Showed this to my dad (70)

Say he remembers the old lines, and the ones running of to the left off the map where the service lines for Cammell Lairds. Apprently they stopped shortly off the edge of the picture.

Would be good to see a map of Cammell Lairds back in it's heyday

Lines running off to the right, actually. If you want to see more about Cammell Laird's, have a visit to Wirral Museum; they've got lots about it there.

Cheers, Chris.