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Some good stuff there. Thanks guys. Never knew about the postmen. Very interesting!

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Possibly the one thing that has affected most of us was local government reorganisation in 1974, when well-run Councils like Wallasey and Birkenhead disappeared into the unwieldy, inefficient and (it seems) corrupt black hole which is Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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1860, Birkenhead, Britain's first street tramway, pioneered by George Frances Train.

1914, Birkenhead MP, Alfred Bigland pestered the War Office to form the Bantams, 1st and 2nd Birkenhead Battalions joined the Cheshire reg, The Bantams were men thought of as being to small for active duty in the Army.

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will send u details of postmen..they were named John Kearney and Gordon Jackson

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Launching of 'Enrica'/CSS 'Alabama'. May 1862 from Birkenhead


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Originally Posted by granny
Launching of 'Enrica'/CSS 'Alabama'. May 1862 from Birkenhead


In the bar of the RNA in Park Rd East there is a smashing print of the Alabama on the Mersey. I wish it was mine, I love it.


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Originally Posted by yoller


Is the first print here the one in the RNA, Bandy? If so, not too expensive; maybe allow another £20-£30 for framing.


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The curse of the Crying Boy Painting and otheres. Don't know how important they were at the time.

In 1988, a mysterious explosion destroyed the home of the Amos family in Heswall, England. When firemen sifted through the burnt-out shell of the house, they found a framed picture, entitled ‘The Crying Boy’..........

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Also, 'The Pillbox Murder 1955'

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