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Yes Derek, I think that must be what I remember. It says pavilions on 1938 map. Thanks.

I thought that Birkenhead Institute rugby was played from Ingleborough Rd.

That picture shows where the 'Old Instonians' rugby union team used to have their clubhouse. My old man used to play for them and as a child I was dragged there on many occasions.

That's right Shambo, i had a couple of games there myself and the other field where the sub station was, the other side of the railway lines was called the Sally Rec.( not sure if that's spelt right.)

Here are some pictures of the Woodchurch/Prenton Old Instonians ground from early 1970s and 1997, note the M53 still being built in the 1970s picture.

Here is the site today - derekdwc mentioned the two containers, the stand/dugout by the pitch has gone (base still there), the funny grey/black thing between the two trees on the left are like big vanes on pipe crossing the river to stop kids like me from shimmying across

Where the pipe is, is that the River Birket flowing underneath
Often wandered where it started and finished.
My father in law ( old Moreton man) told me once that The Birket was dug out by german prisoners of war
I don't know which war 1st or 2nd

the birket flows under beaufort road and gagshill

maybe its the river Fender

Any one name the different rivers on Wirral and where they start and finish
Possible maps?

The River Fender is right Derek. I use to go to the Fender primary school on the Woodchurch.

The Birket flows from near West kirby to Birkenhead and the Fender flows from near Prenton to Birket ( see map )

Does anyone remember the booth at the Pier Head in Liverpool where you could make your own record? Or Woodside Train Station? A tanner for a cup of tea and you could spend hours just sitting - there was nothing like British Rail Tea, a bit like the old hospital tea

Me and my mate made 2 records there
He sang an Elvis song (he's a big fan) all to the best of order
I tried to sing Island in the sun by Harry Belafonte to his constant blub blubbing and laughing in the background
I think that was when the booth disappeared a few months later
I'd love to still have those records
Never sang in front of anybody again accept at my brothers wedding after they'd left me in kitchen with all the whiskey

I tried to sing Island in the sun by Harry Belafonte to his constant blub blubbing and laughing in the background
I think that was when the booth disappeared a few months later



Are you accepting responsiblity of the downfall of this booth Derek.lol.

Bidston Steel was where Tescos Bidston is now. I remember one evening (about 1984, when I was 14), hanging around in Wallacre Park in Mosslands Drive, Wallasey and me and my mates heard his enormous bang, looked over toward the steel plant and saw a huge mushroom shaped cloud. We sh*t ourselves and then obviously nothing happened to substantiate our thoughts of nuclear war. Turns out there was water in one of the giant crucibles and the molten steam evaporated it instantly causing the bang and cloud.