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the wirral history section makes for good reading and a lot of the wiki crew have obtained or taken some excellent pictures

Father said when this was closed down him and my aunt used to slide down the shoot into the docks, nutters lol

then he probably did know my family lol that was a trick of some of them too

They tell me loads of things they used to do as kids, like the graveyard, skipping school and hiding in the tunnels at Biddy hill and when it snowed flying down the hill on a car bonnet lol

and sending clapped out cars into the docks at the srappie that was next to the four bridges??? did he ever do that

Wouldnt suprise me, although when he was at the docks they used to rob the trains of bread and stuff lol

and switch the points for the trains for a laugh on the railway lines

Jonno has some good input on this one.
Chris you took the picture i was going to take lol....

Its somtimes difficult to imagine hussle and bussle down beauford road now, its mainly used as a short cut to the M53 now.

And on either sides what industry is left i'm sure is just
hanging on...

Ahh I didn't realise these were Flour Mills. I thought they were related to the train tracks running along the front of it.

Here's my photo of it from a while ago showing the tracks running infront of it.

I knew i had seen that picture some were joe lol
Been driving me mad lol

When i was a wee nipper i watched J.Rank get demoslished.. They used a Wrecking Ball it was very entertaining to me cause it used to cause a huge bang when it hit the building..

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrecking ball

werent these mills used in some scenes of 51st state?

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Strangely on a TV advert today i seen a clip of the

Tyne River ( Newcastle upon Tyne )
And fairly close to the Tyne Bridge was a Building in Sand stone (Yellow)
with the words J Rank Ltd on its side.
It looks new, maybe on the spot of the old, who knows??