That's how I remember Allport Rd. I went to the Bromborough Prep School next to the common (quarry). "Best Pork Sausages" everyone called us. They're great Pablo thanks heaps.
Done some scanning and got some more of Bromborough Village -note the 'Tudor-style' Council building in the background of picture 3 where my Mum used to pay the rates. It got demolished and built over by the new 'Civic Centre' shown in pic 2...
Is picture 1 ('Entrance to Bromborough Village' on the postcard), the road into the village from the A41 if you were heading towards Birkenhead? (now by-passed)
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
* This Topic has been Merged with the posts above 19/12/13.
Although I now live in Prenton, I still have a soft spot for Bromborough village having lived near there many years ago.
Does anyone else feel sad for the way it's become, in as much as it's full of charity shops and is almost like a ghost town?
I'd love for something like M&S Simply Food to take up residence in Brom village and hopefully bring more people back in to shop.
I really hate the way the out-of-town shopping centres are killing off all the small villages. Is it too late to save not only Bromborough, but all the other similar places (I noticed even Heswall is getting to be like charity shop central) and am I just living in the past, longing for a bygone age that likely can't be revived?
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I agree with you, i feel bromborough village still retains that village feeling, its a sign of the times with the charity shops, and £ shops. Many now go the the croft shopping complex, we are all guilty of going to these complexs and not going to the villge shops, which are not as cheap or user friendly with parking and opening hours.
Don't know much about Bromborough but Heswall was a place I would go to for a browse and a coffee plus finding something to spend a couple of quid on. I used to do most of my christmas shopping in Heswall to. Quite often queue to get a car parking spot. No longer does that happen. Plenty of places to park at anytime and I am not prepared to pay the fees. (Would seem the same for many) So the charity shops are really the only ones which seem be able to keep afloat , which makes the place even less appealling, and so the problem continues. Charity shops dont pay tax, volunteer staff and doubt they have to pay business rates. It's a great pity and for years I have tried to support local businesses, but now is the time for self preservation. Sorry!
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Wouldn't turning back the clocks mean the return of "The Dooge" though???
He used to terrify me!
Anyone know what happened to him,He climbed into my Van once at the lights in New ferry after being told to get off the bus in front,Hes was harmless wasnt he,
As for the shops Its just a case of what we are used too,are kids will say the same about shopping malls I imagine
does anyone remember the maypole shop in the village?
I remember one in Upton Village along with a Martins Bank.I am in Irby which is just about maintaining itself despite a small catchment area although the butcher has been and gone a couple of times and is no more. We too have just been blighted with the charity shop. 2 or 3 shut every year to be replaced with obscure new business which in turn last a year. Only ones that thrive seem to be ladies hairdressers/beauty salons and fast food. Answer is eat less and shop local
Wouldn't turning back the clocks mean the return of "The Dooge" though???
He used to terrify me!
Anyone know what happened to him,He climbed into my Van once at the lights in New ferry after being told to get off the bus in front,Hes was harmless wasnt he,
As for the shops Its just a case of what we are used too,are kids will say the same about shopping malls I imagine
I think he died. I'm not sure where I read it, although it could have been in a thread on here.
I live close to bromborough village and it is far from a ghost town. Yes there are a large number of charity shops but we still have 2 good butchers, a veg shop, small supermarket and poundstretcher, boots etc. The shops do get busy,the relaxing of parking regulations has given the shops a new lease of life.
It's nice that they occasionally close the roads to traffic around parts of Bromborough Cross and hold special family events/fairs etc.
I think they also used to take an annual photograph of the local characters all standing around the old Village Cross (New Year's Day?) and display them like a rogues gallery in the pub! I'm guessing that's another thing of the past now.
ah ...not many butchers left anywhere now, it used to be called edges, there is still a edges butchers in new ferry. i miss the bakery that was called galleys it was down the library end.
Didn't know Edge's used to be there as well as the New Ferry shop, which also looks like a proper traditional butcher. Muff's were in Bromborough before I moved there (early 80's).
i didn't know they had there own slaughterhouse, bets that rare nowadays. do you remember lucys dairy at the bottom of the rake, my mother used to be the milkwoman there, thats another thing thats a rare site...the milkman and the daily deliveries.
I live close to bromborough village and it is far from a ghost town. Yes there are a large number of charity shops but we still have 2 good butchers, a veg shop, small supermarket and poundstretcher, boots etc. The shops do get busy,the relaxing of parking regulations has given the shops a new lease of life.
I love Bromborough, and I know it's not completely dead as a village, although I think that it has deteriorated a little in the last decade.
Back in the early 90's when my children were babies, I'd walk up there with the pram (used to live in The Chase off Brookhurst Rd) and I could guarantee it would be bustling no matter what day of the week.
I think I'm trying to relive my past and just find it sad that so many lovely villages seem to be declining
(one of the things I miss having on the doorstep, having moved from Bromborough)
Was a bit dubious about clicking on that link. All this talk about muffs and sausages...
They have got 'quality' birds available.
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Have checked out the local butchers round here, there's nothing comes close Only one that looks to come close is one in Handbridge, just outside Chester, which is probably no closer than Muffs. But (coincidentally?) they are also Edge & Sons family butcher (Ernest W Edge, the New Ferry one was originally W H Edge) wonder if there's a family connection? No mention of a connection on either website
Hi Sunnyside,I've lived in Bromborough since 1953.Lucy had a brother who lived at the other end of the row.He had some land at the rear and side which faced the 4 houses in Hadley avenue.Eventually,Wirral Council bought this land and built more houses on it.However when they began clearing the site,they discovered loads of old bones.Seemingly the old bugger (during the War)had a thriving, black market butchery department in full swing.Him and I became great friends,sharing many sea fishing trips,Scotland,Southern Ireland and all over Wales.Sadly he passed away a few years ago.I sometimes sit and think about him,and I cant help laughing to myself.Happy Days.
Hi Tankrat, thanks for info, i was hoping for a pic of the old dairy my mother used to be the milkwoman there in the 50/60s, we used to live in beechwood rd, did you know her i wonder, her name was joan tunstall.
i think it has ...it used to have boats for hire, tea room, ice-cream parlour, swinging boats penny slots, and plenty of ducks,but overall the basics are there.. we used to meet up there on our bikes on a sunday, and listen to the top 50 on the radio..happy days
i think it has ...it used to have boats for hire, tea room, ice-cream parlour, swinging boats penny slots, and plenty of ducks,but overall the basics are there.. we used to meet up there on our bikes on a sunday, and listen to the top 50 on the radio..happy days
I remember all of those things too, happy memories as you say. If you took a photo today from the same viewpoint as the one you posted though, there's hardly any difference in the look of the place.
What a great thread! I was born in Bromborough (Heathfields) and although my parents lived in Birkenhead at the time we eventually moved to Fairway North in 1971 and lived there for 6 years before moving back to Birkenhead. Went to Bromborough Pool primary and then to Beb' Sec'. My arl fella worked at Austin Packaging and my mum worked at Lever's.I remember when the retail park was just fields of wheat or barley and we used to make dens out of the hay bales. Happy days.
Sorry, I don't have any pic's at all unfortunately. That pic' of Bromborough Dock has brought back some happy memories. I used to be in the Bebington Sea Cadets and we used to practice for rowing regattas in the dock and up that little river up to Lever's. Remember the water looking pitch black and the smell wasn't good due to the stuff I imagine Lever's dumped in there over the years.
As an add on to my previous post, you can see stuff floating around those two small boats in the picture. That's what it was like, stuff floating everywhere that was clearly from Lever's. The smell could be quite overwhelming at times, especially in the summer.
Thanks for that pic. My great x 4 grandfather may have been one of the figures in that drawing as he must have been one of its first employees having come from the parent plant in London. my great x 4 grandmother used to have the classroom in her house 5 York St before the school was built. Unfortunately photography was only just appearing at that time (his brother Benjamin in Reading being involved with Fox Talbot in setting up photo shops/studios then)
