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48 Corsair Bidston Village Road Beechwood

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just been told that the corsair was on fire last night burnt to ground.

i ll ve a look there for u Kimpri1.. cos im on my way to pick the kids up from the school behind the Corsare.

I didn't took any notice this morning..

i have got photography of the pub.. but i don't how to put it on this wikiwirral

Chrissie, see this help topic for help uploading images:

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/138621/page/1#Post138850

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I used it from my mobile fone.. i have got another 2 or 3 more pictures but had no credits left

thanx joe... i'll try.. thanx you again

got some photos my self going to try and put them up soon. Never done it b4 just trying to get my head round it. I think we will crack it with bmw joes help.

hahahaha yer.. i did tried it.. but didnt came up on this... i think i still needs more help lol

on fire

here is how I do it
[right click on image left click on properties and see what size it is in mbs}
1st go to http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
if they are jpg and over 1mb in size use this (WIKIWIRRAL ONLY LETS YOU PUT PHOTOS LESS THAN IMB)
TICK 600 pixel browse to where photos stored select photo
then click on resize
when resiZed click save browse to where you want to save
(your originals are still safe)
Here is Marks advice on how to post (I've only just tried this today and am awaiting conformation I've done it correctly)

click on Switch to full reply
then browse to image in upload manager then click on add
Don't forget to put text in big main white window
And add the Subject and upload the image

Make sure there is Text in the post, or the image will fail,
so by adding the name and address in the body of the post it
will be fine

at 130pm wednesday

BIG thanks to derekdewwell in dude.This was the bar in lounge.

Do it again fluffed it. A big thank you to derekdew well in dude. (got it now ) loads of photos to sort out.

Thanks for sharing the photos

Glad you worked it out

Yeh thanks for sharing,

Now Before and After

What a Shame. . . .

OMG i didnt even know about this, i dont live to far from there and didnt smell smoke or nothing.

not even loud explosions

Insurance job no doubt, so we can look forward to more houses there shortly.

big fire. took firemen few hours to get under control. looks that way??? had first pint in there in 1975 some brill times had there over the years...happy days... thanks bud.

Interesting little factoid for you.
Corsair was owned by the same people who used to own Stairways and the Woodside.

no way guys did not know gutted!!

when was that scoops. I went past there 4 ish fire brigade and people with big cameras there fire man gettin interviewed by a reporter... got some pics to put on....

They had all three places at the same time, as well as a few other pubs.
That's pretty much all the info I've got.

The people you are thinking about run and had a good few pubs round here 4 of them i think,Its only been in last 2 or 3yesrs they had it 4 sure. I can tell you the names every manager and people who owned the corsair from day it opened 1970/1 to 2002/3. ONE lived on ford JOHN D.

Yeah that's the guy.
Could be they are being targeted by someone with a grudge.
Pretty sh!tty way of acting though, it affects more people than just the owners
Or it could be they are just really unlucky.

For a minute i thought you were going to say name them.thinking same as you scoops.got guys taking on pubs spending £ to get up and running hard f**kin work hats of to them lads trying to keep pub trade from dieing.your rite it affects a lot of people in many ways.go to be loads of us on Wiki that went in corsair now and then for a jar ..wonder how many did .?? ta scoops

It's been shut and boarded up for months.

I think it was in the way guys (prime land)

Was it really, thats interesting to know.
Hope this is going to be investigated.
Just think the Woodside was on its own which wouldnt make anything else o on fire same as the corsair, and they couldnt do it to Stairways coz theres cameras all around there and its ajoined to other buildings.

Might be already underway took these 4 ish yesterday fire brigade and few cars in car park deffo reporters you can just see them took 2nd on my phone couldn't get flash of camera .

SORRY wrong photo here is the wright one

need to delete last two pics some help please

you and scoops are way off the mark. woodside owned by peach developments in conjunction with peel holdings. the corsair lease is owned by a company called goldtry and managed by company called county estate management but the free hold of the land actually belongs to wirral borough council. The club formerly known as stairways is now called zu is also held on a short term lease by new owners. your conspiracy theory seems to have dissolved.

That may be so but the three places are still linked by the former owners.
and bear in mind that zu only opened after Stairways was burnt out.
It wasn't really a conspiracy theory just extremely coincidental
Thanks for the info though

Woodside Hotel and Stairways was deffo owned by the same people.

yer thay where kid

ice man u r a doorsupervisor both stairways and woodside had regular doorstaff do u know personally

you are confusing ownership and tenancy the people concernedonly held the premises on short term tenancies and the fires happened some considerable time after the tenacies in question ended. stairways club has never been on fire it closed because wirral borough council revoked the licence due to condition of the building and fire escape

So could you please explain the flames and smoke that came out of the building?

Don't know where your getting your info from but Stairways never been on fire

whats up alan r u really a door supervisor or do just work at tescos or bidston tip!!!!!!!

:z:gone all quiet now alan you live on the ford or bidston binman

mum was head barmaid in the seventies when it was the ford estate and not beechwood

Wirral council have served and enforcement order on the Corsair, its owners must either restore it to its original condition, or demolish it.

So we can expect some new houses there soon then eh??

The corsair is on fire?

looks like its getting knocked down,

bulldozer on standby

Major blaze?

There can't be anything left to burn, it was only a shell - lol
Weren't they told a couple of months ago to restore it or demolish it ?
(it may have beem you that told me that Joe)

police an fire brigade still there...
its stupid it should be demolished soon as.there is danger of aspestos (hope i spelt tha ok) in the air from the fire.

fire's out now? Roof has collapsed into building,
sure it will get demolished.

That's one way of getting rid of asbestos i suppose. Too expensive to demolish, and too expensive to refurb. Now it's all done for them.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

The Corsair,

I didn't know about this pub burning down.
In the 70's my Husband and I would walk through Bidston Village and along to the Corsair to watch the Country and Western group that played there each week. We didn't spend much but always had a good night out.
I'm definitely giving my age away now

started demolishing it

Very Sad T.C wants the sign

Who rembers the other Ford Corsair. Built by the Ford motor company during the mid 60s