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Hi Guys

Was out on a mooch last week on my bike , and came across this building next to the Priory , Birkenhead . its obviously an old lairds building, im guessing a garage of some kind any ideas

Humm No Idea

well spotted tho

think i seen that, is that on same street as plumb center?

Cammell Laird & ???? Motor Transport? Is that what it says? It almost looks like a sign upon a sign.

got the old man on it, he a wealth of lairds knowledge so as soon as.....

the lairds garages were in the main yard near to the polaris office block when he worked there late sixties, there is a boss there he knows can prob tell more but he on holiday, watch this space

Nice one mate
My dad worked there during the 60,s also on the polaris ,the whole area nowadays , is a lot different to what it was then. im sure after talking to to an old rigger friend of mine who had 40 odd years in , i recall him saying around the prory area was lairds repair yard , i remember the old dry docks at monks ferry i think 2, 3 dock now filled in and flats,and buisness now located there , no 4 dock still there as its a heritage site , thats were the " ALABAMA" the confederate raider was built . No 5,6,7 are still being used within Cammell Lairds .

good pics mate, lairds have use of no.4 too, i worked on the clansman there a few months ago and sailed out of there on board

wow when i worked there , 4 dock was fenced off from 5 didnt know they are using it , thought it was a listed heritage site .

they put a gate through accessed from the stern end of the starboard side of no.5, all owned indirectly by peel holdings including mdhc and part of new lairds

Great pictures.

Never knew or even noticed them flats are built on old dry docks.

My dad worked on the Polaris too. He was a liner-off. I've still got his Polaris tie.

i like this, all sorts of history comes to the surface, what a tie to have, nice one mate

heres a map of lairds area circa mid 1950,s showing the dry docks, the filled in docks are situated north of no 5 dock on the map, no 4 dock is still in operation , 3,2,1 are filled in .if you look further north you will see the positions of further dry docks owned by Clovers ship repairs, near woodside .which are also filled in.