right guys been trying to do this for ages and still not sure if it is right but i'll soon find out..lol small booklet from 1943 daily post and liverpool echo which was unearthed at my nans house.not strictly wirral history but close enough and there are a few wirral pics,it is not in great condition but readable.
Great pics. Neil. Thanks. Picture No.2 looks as if it was taken from the overbridge at Park Sta. You could (maybe still can) see the "new" brickwork on the bridge. Understand it was aerial mine that came down on a parachute and exploded. The old Mersey Railway cars were built like brick outhouses and withstood most of the blast. All were repaired pronto.
That area from Castle St. to Paradise St. and Lord St. to Custom House must have been the most devastated as regards the number of buildings obliterated. It's amazing how the Victoria statue survived! Bri
That's the old children's hospital in the background, its a bit farther down than the Carlton, Christ Church Primary is on the right of the picture (looking untouched!).
Picture is taken roughly from where the shell petrol station is now.
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