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?
Last edited by Mark; 19th Dec 20138:33am. Reason: merged comment
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.
