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A big thanks to parapiranha for the videos thumbsup


New Brighton - 1949

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New Brighton - 1959

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Wallasey - New Brighton Tower's Rise & Fall

From 1897 to 1969, when the Tower met its final demise. This short pictoral history captures what has gone and in many ways been forgotten.


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Wallasey - New Brighton Pier 1962

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thanks jase brilliant to watch am always wanted to see proper pics of tower

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really sad how new brighton has declined as a place to go for the day.



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foreign holidays were the death of all british sea side resorts
but who can blame anyone no choice -guaranteed sunshine and probably cheaper


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