Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past History Information Request Can anyone tell me more about this place

Never seen this place before and have walked passed the wall for years .

In birkenhead next to grasshopper building, ( where the coaches pull up )

Look over wall and theres a old pawn brokers.

Any more info would be great

Was it once set up as a recreation of a Victorian street, similar to the one at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum?

Info,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulclayton/2071307925/

Thanks Bert

Wirral Council have created the historic street and yet members of the public aren't allowed in?

The tiny street is decayed Elizabeth. Been that way for years. I don't even think Shore Road Pumping Station opens anymore. It only ever opened at weekends and it may do now for special visits, not sure. I was told that it is now on Peel Holdings land, but not heard that from anywhere else.
Fantastic piece of machinery, and such a shame if it no longer opens.

Unfortunately there is no date on this:

http://www.wirral.gov.uk/udp/oneudp1.asp?id=TL1

A quick Google says that its a 1901 re-creation of a Birkenhead street.

Maybe it was to be a commemorative structure of sorts, as Victoria died in January 1901.A centenary thing?
It really was/is hardly any larger than what is visible in the pictures.