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anybody remember when all the travellers were on the shore and the council gave them all free tanks of petrol and deisel from the garage to get them to move on,think maybe late 80's early 90's but could be way out on them dates,then when they had all gone they shoved big boulders all over the place.

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They do like using the big boulders. They used them to stop the meat man by the 4 bridges.

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aNYONE REMEMBER THE TRAVELLING FAIR THAT USED TO BE IN MORETON IN THE 60'S? {If you are older enough}.

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I can remember the fair, it was there year after year, i can also remember a girl being killed on one of the rides, as far as i know she was thrown of the ride and her hair got tangled in the machinery and she was dragged in.


If I remember correctly this poor lass was a friend of my sister's from school and she was a Birkenhead girl. A lot of people knew her so she was probably from the Cathcart Street area.


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Just got the name provided, I was quite right about the poor lass. R.I.P.


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Originally Posted by phalinmegob
anybody remember when all the travellers were on the shore and the council gave them all free tanks of petrol and deisel from the garage to get them to move on,think maybe late 80's early 90's but could be way out on them dates,then when they had all gone they shoved big boulders all over the place.


oh yeah i remember that, kind of...good times smile great party


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They do like using the big boulders. They used them to stop the meat man by the 4 bridges.


And to stop people parking to buy fish from Arthur on his boat. Wouldn't mind but what else is that space used for?

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Once whilst driving past the boat selling fish i asked the wife "should we stop and buy some fish", She replied "no, you don't know where it comes from" and with that life goes on.


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This is no place for children.


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I'm very pleased to see another picture of the shanty town - a fascinating, if not very salubrious, part of Wirral's history. There are some pictures of it on the wall and in the archive in Leasowe lighthouse, too. Some of my mother's family lived there, on Birds Field I think it was, in a tent initially, then in something more solid. When it was cleared they went to live in a little prefab in Edge Hill Road, which had a privy that was *cough* dealt with every week by another family member. I'm new to this forum - when I work out how to post a pic, I will. (Not of the privy!)

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I remember the young girl being killed on the rides it was front news in the paper at the time, i think her name was Norma Twidale.

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