Yes, Thomas Ismay paid for the rock cutting to blown up/excavated to form the present road. The original road would have gone past the Hall carrying the lower orders and general riff-raff. That would never do of course!
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To add some more info. about Thomas Ismay. He was chairman of the White Star line (Titanic). The house he built, "Dawpool", was at the junction of Telegraph Rd. and Station Rd., Thurstaton. Here's a couple of pictures from the book "Merchant Palaces" photographed by Bedford Lemere. The marble pillars from the massive fireplace still exist in the entrance to the Kingsland Cabaret on Borough Rd. http://g.co/maps/vyk9w
Thanks tony for the interesting things about the wirral, i was born in plymouth 1960 moved up here in 1965 i,am now 51. My mum is from tranmere and my dad was from dingle [royal navy] and you know what i like living here what a great place the wirral is to live in! cheers mike...ann..x.
the amount of information that i keep finding from this history forum is excellent, can not wait till i finish uni and can concentrate more on local stuff.
i can see myself in the archives quite often down at cheshire lines building as well as earlston library.
the amount of information that i keep finding from this history forum is excellent, can not wait till i finish uni and can concentrate more on local stuff.
i can see myself in the archives quite often down at cheshire lines building as well as earlston library.
Will they allow you to graduate before you've learned what the shift key is for?
To add some more info. about Thomas Ismay. He was chairman of the White Star line (Titanic). The house he built, "Dawpool", was at the junction of Telegraph Rd. and Station Rd., Thurstaton. Here's a couple of pictures from the book "Merchant Palaces" photographed by Bedford Lemere. The marble pillars from the massive fireplace still exist in the entrance to the Kingsland Cabaret on Borough Rd. http://g.co/maps/vyk9w
Omg love the fireplace its outstanding. i can imagine me sitting in front of that with my mince pie and sherry in xmas morning!
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