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is this when you wore a tricorn hat hoseman?

Ive been known to dance a jolly jig on the fore deck and swing from the yard arm!!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum (beer!)

I don't think it's a waste of space TBH.

As Chris said, we need all the open space we can get.

Would be good to have a swimming pool to return there though, but it'd never be as popular as it was back in the day

not a waste, love the dips as they are

Ooh you have got me going now. It is not a waste of space, in fact the houses that were built at the end of Harrison drive should not be there because no residential building was supposed to have been permitted.

When they built the "New Promenade" in the thirties, it was intended that New Brighton be developed with hotels and other attractions right along to Harrison drive from New Brighton. It was going to be our version of Blackpools golden mile. Of course the second world war intervened and it came to nothing. Regardless of the snobs who live in Wellington road and its environs,(apologies if you do and are not a snob lol) that was the plan and as they are late comers they can go and get stuffed. Real New Brighton people such as myself and family put a lot into the town including the death of my grandfather caused by an accident when building the promenade.

The dips or greens as we "locals" called them are actually rubbish tips. Dig deep enough and you will find out. All of that up to the red and yellow noses was once beach and building the promenade and sea wall reclaimed the land. Would you call the beach a waste because that is what it was?

All the propaganda in the world will not make me change my mind and I will fight to keep it that way. In fact I am not sure what the purpose of starting this thread was in the first place?

Rant over (for now!).

In the Clarence in New Brighton, they have pic on the wall from back in the day of the irish bar (d'arcy monaghans) and the Travellers and it is on the beach!

Yes and it was known as Niggers hill. See history thread. I go in the Clarence. It was empty virtually on Saturday night

The dips cant actually be built upon "well basically do a test ? if its been pouring down with rain go and walk through the dips and you'll see what i mean.." and to be quite honest New Brighton should not be made into a huge local attraction.. I always believe in things are meant to be and New Brighton looked fantastic in its hay day (it would look fantastic know but) but what has happened over the years would Ruin the memorys and that is why New Brighton should stay the way it should and not be changed into some multi million pound blackpool 2 cause it would ruin the Wirral completely cause the memorys of yester year would be forgotten and thats no good.. Wallasey Regeneration ? Big farce its just a huge name to make it look good.. People may disagree with me but its how i feel about New Brighton yes it should be something good but know i feel nothing is ever going to happen and let it Rest In Peace..

Thanks for the info gays and girls very interesting reed

woah, woah, woah! Who said anything about being gay??

lol sorry guys lol opps

Robbo is Tom Robinson. Sing if you're glad to be gay.

ya i do think that we need to keep them the way they r, the open space an fresh sea air makes it a nice place, apose to developmant they i wouldet object a nice size famly park ther on the grass thay no need for for ene more shops arcades etc