Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past Wirral Now and Then Loads of old Wirral pics

Hamilton Square train station and
New Brighton 1892

Last 2 for the night.
Old Police Station at the end of The Four Bridges and
Rock Lane West

Is my memory serving my right in thinking that when the police gave that building up two young lads took it on making video games ?

I only ever remember seeing it as in the photo after it shut down, but I did leave for a few years.

thanks again for the photos and the ones of the Tower and the Tower Grounds.

Cheers Ian
Just a quick map tonight, have a good zoom in.

http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/10327532?buttons=y
and
http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/10389752?buttons=y

Brilliant pictures, bring back loads of memories, I'm stuck on picture no 908833 of Borough Rd, Birkenhead, I just can't place it at all, any clues? thanks

Corner of Willmer Street?

The photo with it was Central Station Booking Office 1955 and not the ferry, must leave the beer alone :-)

same buildings on the left, just passed the lights

I can't place the tall building on the left, just past the traffic lights, don't remember it at all, old age is no good you know. But there's only two traffic light controlled cross roads on Borough Rd, the other one being Charing Cross, so this must be Balls Rd/ Willmer Rd, thanks

Perhaps I can help, as I took the original picture and used it to illustrate another thread.

The road to the left is Willmer Road and the road to the right is Balls Road East. Birkenhead center is behind me, the Library is off to my left and I'm standing by the bus stop near the Happy Valley pub.
Most of the shops on the left are still there. In the background is R E Wrights Shell garage and BMC car dealership. The shops on the right were demolished to make way for the inbound side of the dual carriageway.
43 years later, I decided to play safe and keep to the pavement, or else I would have been trapped by the central reservations railings when trying to go to the exact spot.
I hope the attached photo helps.

Cheers Norton. With a lot of these old photos we have to rely on the title that comes with it, I`m from Wallasey so I know more on my home turf. Sometimes I get a bit lost on old pics of Birkenhead especially Rock Ferry and beyond

Perhaps I can help, as I took the original picture and used it to illustrate another thread.

The road to the left is Willmer Road and the road to the right is Balls Road East. Birkenhead center is behind me, the Library is off to my left and I'm standing by the bus stop near the Happy Valley pub.
Most of the shops on the left are still there. In the background is R E Wrights Shell garage and BMC car dealership. The shops on the right were demolished to make way for the inbound side of the dual carriageway.
43 years later, I decided to play safe and keep to the pavement, or else I would have been trapped by the central reservations railings when trying to go to the exact spot.
I hope the attached photo helps.

Just tried to get the picture to display again by deleting the original reply and starting again - but it's having none of it. So, sorry about the duplication and missing picture, but the link does work. It might appear later.

It was over 2 meg, so I adjusted it