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Does anybody have any old pictures from the Woodchurch Estate when it was first completed, or just any from the 50's - 80's any of the old co-op laundary aswell?

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Found this, [youtube]HkiPkwQ4HYI[/youtube]


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Here are a few pics showing Ackers Road, Home Farm Road & Common Field Road in about 1953, when all the grass verges, etc, were being landscaped.
I'm not sure of the exact location of the last pic. Does anyone out there recognize exactly where it is? It's probably changed a lot by now...

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Good photographs marty! Great to see the place so uncluttered !

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great pics thanks, and i think the last photo would be where grasswood road meets carrbridge road

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Amazing, the width between houses and road, which would have been maintained by the council! Here, we are lucky to get footpath edges.They don't do 'pavements' any more!
Here's a couple from the Birkenhead Guide, 1951.

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Wow, they all look like something from a Doris Day film here lol. Amazing pix!

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The life guard in the swimming baths is Jimmy Havran I worked there with him in 1981. He retired about '86.


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Originally Posted by davaw1
great pics thanks, and i think the last photo would be where grasswood road meets carrbridge road


Thanx, it could be. I'll have to check that out.

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Just checked it out on Bing's 'Bird's Eye' view & it looks like you're spot on. And, surprisingly, it doesn't appear to have changed that much at all...

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These pics are brilliant, i've lived on the woodchuch estate for 6 years and these pics are an eye opener. Keep them coming.

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