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Originally Posted by _Ste_
what may i ask is that strange wall?

wasc there a tunnel there at some point?

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i used to live in priory road , just at the back of those houses , my uncle used to live in that one with the cladding.The new wall replaced, if i remember rightly, a set of stone steps , that you could access at both sides , then met at the middle , that then led to a pathway that ran up the hill towards the houses , if that makes any sense

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Correct toffeenose - steps either side led up to Beaconsfield Road off Desmense Street

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Originally Posted by buddy
Correct toffeenose - steps either side led up to Beaconsfield Road off Desmense Street
i think the steps led up to Lowry Bank

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Correct toffeenose - steps either side led up to Beaconsfield Road off Desmense Street
i think the steps led up to Lowry Bank


Looking at it again after reading yours and Ste posts I'm thinking of the steps a little further up the prom

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Those steps , and that hill , and the COSA to the left of this pic , and Demesne St park to the right , are where i spent a lot of my mispent youth...... great days...... i think the pic called " chips 25p" is the COSA roof and that sign was painted there for the tall ships crowds, unbelievable how much that stretch of prom has changed in recent years.

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Originally Posted by toffeenose
Those steps , and that hill , and the COSA to the left of this pic , and Demesne St park to the right , are where i spent a lot of my mispent youth...... great days...... i think the pic called " chips 25p" is the COSA roof and that sign was painted there for the tall ships crowds, unbelievable how much that stretch of prom has changed in recent years.


I too spent most of my younger days in that area , born in Chapel Street off Desmesne Street (1940) moved to Moreton in 1955

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Those steps , and that hill , and the COSA to the left of this pic , and Demesne St park to the right , are where i spent a lot of my mispent youth...... great days...... i think the pic called " chips 25p" is the COSA roof and that sign was painted there for the tall ships crowds, unbelievable how much that stretch of prom has changed in recent years.


I too spent most of my younger days in that area , born in Chapel Street off Desmesne Street (1940) moved to Moreton in 1955
i've got roots in Moreton too , esp Harvest Lane..

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Originally Posted by _Ste_
what may i ask is that strange wall?

wasc there a tunnel there at some point?

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i used to live in priory road , just at the back of those houses , my uncle used to live in that one with the cladding.The new wall replaced, if i remember rightly, a set of stone steps , that you could access at both sides , then met at the middle , that then led to a pathway that ran up the hill towards the houses , if that makes any sense
It used to look like a bridge over what looked like a waterfall although on reflection, it was probably meant to be a wave crest?!

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In the space that was bricked up used to be some victorian toilets or am I mistaken? They were very run down by the 70's and were removed and the brickwork put up?


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Originally Posted by toffeenose
i think the steps led up to Lowry Bank


I have confirmed this on older maps, the steps were still in place after 1970 and appear on aerial photography in Dec 2007.

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Originally Posted by Capt_America
In the space that was bricked up used to be some victorian toilets or am I mistaken? They were very run down by the 70's and were removed and the brickwork put up?
i think they were a little further along...

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Yes now I've seen the aerial shot its clearer. The toilets were around there though I am sure. Anyone remember?


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Yes the toilets where just before the steps leading from the prom to the Desmesne Street park and bowling greens

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