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Stegga #455640 29th Dec 2010 2:52pm
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is it dock rd / new street.

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That's what I was told when I bought the pic'.
If you take a closer look you cah see that it does say New St on the corner of the road.

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sorry should be birkenhead rd not dock rd

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Yer,we knew where you meant. Lol

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I THINK IT IS BIRKENHEAD ROAD LEADING TO SEACOMBE FERRY

sparky #455749 29th Dec 2010 7:40pm
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I thought it was St Pauls road? Lots of scouts in those pre computer days. laugh

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Yes Sparky you're right!

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I think there was a small school in Wilson Road wasn't there

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Where exactly is/was Wilson Rd please?

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Originally Posted by Bezzymate
Where exactly is/was Wilson Rd please?


Its at the bottom on the left hand side of the Wallasey Town Hall (parallel to the promenade)

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Ah, yes I remember now. Thanks Paul.

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The shop was called Jim's

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Originally Posted by Bezzymate
The shop was called Jim's
Sorry that the pic is so small,I had to reduce it to 200 before Wiki would accept.

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wasn't that Mr Rose's shop a tall old guy who wore a trilby and had a bit of a limp. He used to have his money pinned up in his inside pocket..cos a lowlife robbed him once...don't think he had a car I used to see him walking everywhere

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I only remember it as Jim's but ,you have jogged my memory that he wore a hat. I lived in Peter St,the next road up.

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