Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past History Information Request What is this structure?

It was or were we just smaller? Good photo though and you can see why they were called red and yellow noses can't you? Did you live in Windsor or Richmond street Tatey?

No, I was a Wallasey Village lad at the time, just did a lot of wandering around. It was definitely bigger, as was the Granny Rock on the Breck. It was a mountain in those days!

Could well have been built to protect the public from land slips/ collapsed caves etc.

My mum often recounts how she, her younger brother Hugh and lots of other people dug in the collapsed sand at the Red Noses because some young boy had been buried by a sand slip or just inside a cave that had collapsed. The lad did not survive.

Tomorrow I will ask mum what sort of date that may have happened

Snod

I asked mum what approximate date would have been the incident she remembers when a young lad was buried at the Red Noses because of a sand slip or part collapse of a tunnel.

Her best estimate is 1931, and the lad's surname was Bell.

And yes, after that event she remembers there was some "activity" to make the area safer, but she does not know any more details. She and her brothers were simply forbidden to go near - and in those days you generally obeyed your parents instructions.

Snod

Just doing a look see and and found this, have a look at the bottom picture, from what I can see,your structure is showing, you will need something like Irfanview to magnify.

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/267637/10.html

The structure may appear to be there just in front of the old Cliff house before the high rise block was built, there also appears to be some sort of post/tower in front of the wall.

I'm a bit undecided on this. I seem to remember some work happening on the wall in the 70's and not sure if it changed colour or something then

Ran the picture through Irfanview and it looks as if there's a Brick building with a something on top,urinals?? , theres huts all around, small and large and the shadows are from the east.

Looks like Nissen huts just by the roadway.

[quote=Snodvan]I asked mum what approximate date would have been the incident she remembers when a young lad was buried at the Red Noses because of a sand slip or part collapse of a tunnel.

Her best estimate is 1931, and the lad's surname was Bell.

And yes, after that event she remembers there was some "activity" to make the area safer, but she does not know any more details. She and her brothers were simply forbidden to go near - and in those days you generally obeyed your parents instructions.

If your mum is right, that would tie in with the building of the prom shortly after and this could be a retaining wall. There could have been a gap in the cliffs between the Red and Yellow Noses which needed blocking to allow for the prom infill.

Have you had a look at the Cheshire Tithes map ,I do know that the outcrop is shown.

A 3 year old and a 15 year old with the surname Bell died in 1927 (Birkenhead district) according to the BMD. I searched between 1925-1937. Could it be as early as that?