WikiWirral is where great friendships are made.
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics76,352
Posts1,033,281
Members14,560
Most Online16,551
Feb 2nd, 2024
Who's Online Now
8 members (3 invisible), 8,693 guests, and 424 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters
sunnyside 45,164
MattLFC 22,315
Mark 21,269
granny 17,788
_Ste_ 16,345
Newest Members
Kalena1962, rattus, Lisrush, Emotecreative, ArranGirl13
14,560 Registered Users
New General Forums
New Wirral History
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 16th Mar 2024 11:56am
D.I.Y. / Building Shop
by mharford91 - 3rd Mar 2024 8:53pm
1970's Murder in Central Park, Wallasey
by cutespam - 4th Aug 2018 10:28am
Old Hall in Higher Bebington
by Rhoobarb - 25th May 2010 5:55pm
Oleo Works
by Ducko - 14th May 2008 3:09pm
Top Posters(30 Days)
granny 14
casper 13
bri445 4
Topic Replies
What song are you listening to?
by diggingdeeper - 28th Mar 2024 6:06pm
Facial recognition coming in supermarkets?
by diggingdeeper - 27th Mar 2024 3:50pm
Bolts at Bebington Road
by diggingdeeper - 27th Mar 2024 2:33am
Hot Spot Chippie Broadway
by Excoriator - 26th Mar 2024 7:57pm
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 26th Mar 2024 5:43pm
Lost river (Well, brook really)
by diggingdeeper - 26th Mar 2024 3:09am
Old Hall in Higher Bebington
by diggingdeeper - 24th Mar 2024 5:58pm
Netflix 3 Body Problem.
by BultacoAstro - 22nd Mar 2024 8:04am
Wisper electric bike. 36v .
by Dilly - 21st Mar 2024 7:36pm
March
M T W T F S S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
cools 1
Kylix 1
Top Likes Received
bert1 14
Mark 4
granny 3
casper 3
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#912606 29th Nov 2014 10:10am
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Beginner
OP Offline
Beginner
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Hi All
Does anyone have any recollections of some sort of bunker system on the field at the Bebington end of Levers Causeway. I remember playing in a series of half buried tunnels and grass covered bunkers around the late 70's. I cannot say 100% it was there but it is my best guess, it is now a farmers field, I've looked at old maps and can't see any evidence of buildings there?
Thanks
Paul

Google Ads
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 4
Beginner
Offline
Beginner
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 4
Vaguely remember was there an airfield there , ?

Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627
Likes: 14
Wiki Veteran
Offline
Wiki Veteran
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627
Likes: 14
What you might be remembering are the Gun sites, help here,

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums.../all/Wirral_gun_sites_from_the_seco.html


God help us,
Come yourself,
Don't send Jesus,
This is no place for children.


Bertieone.
bert1 #912617 29th Nov 2014 10:53am
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
Forum Veteran
Offline
Forum Veteran
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/876175/Searchpage/1/Main/67646/Words/%22radar+station%22/Search/true/Re:_Storeton_woods_1945-47.html#Post876175

Don't know why this link isn't clickable, but it covers the subject. What you remember, as do I, was a radar station. It was abandoned, pretty well intact, at the end of the war.
Just copy and paste the link.


Carpe diem.
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627
Likes: 14
Wiki Veteran
Offline
Wiki Veteran
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627
Likes: 14
Originally Posted by chriskay
https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/876175/Searchpage/1/Main/67646/Words/%22radar+station%22/Search/true/Re:_Storeton_woods_1945-47.html#Post876175

Don't know why this link isn't clickable, but it covers the subject. What you remember, as do I, was a radar station. It was abandoned, pretty well intact, at the end of the war.
Just copy and paste the link.

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/876175/Searchpage/1/Main


God help us,
Come yourself,
Don't send Jesus,
This is no place for children.


Bertieone.
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,024
Forum Guide
Offline
Forum Guide
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,024
It was used by the Royal Observer Corps in the 1960's, reason I know this was a few friends were in the ROC and had mates in the AFS (Auxilary Fire Service) and the local AFS engine was always parked by the buildings when they were on parade, cup of tea time was still a fashion and no mobile phones meant checking in at the local tk (telephone kiosk to see if you were needed when checking hydrant pressures).

Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
Forum Veteran
Offline
Forum Veteran
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
Originally Posted by bert1
Originally Posted by chriskay
https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/876175/Searchpage/1/Main/67646/Words/%22radar+station%22/Search/true/Re:_Storeton_woods_1945-47.html#Post876175

Don't know why this link isn't clickable, but it covers the subject. What you remember, as do I, was a radar station. It was abandoned, pretty well intact, at the end of the war.
Just copy and paste the link.



https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/876175/Searchpage/1/Main


Thanks, Bert


Carpe diem.
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Beginner
OP Offline
Beginner
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Yes, may have been a small airfield.

Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Beginner
OP Offline
Beginner
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
Wow, loads of info off lots of people, thank you all for your replies.

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 301
Old Hand
Offline
Old Hand
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 301
We used to play there as kids,we used to jump from roof to roof,we called them the air raid shelters back then. I never had the bottle for the big jumps, they where still there in the mid Eighties,top of the Mount Estate.

Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,283
Likes: 3
Forum Master
Offline
Forum Master
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,283
Likes: 3
Would this be linked to the pillbox by the side of the road from Storeton to Brimstage?

http://tinyurl.com/mh72859

Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,129
Forum Addict
Offline
Forum Addict
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,129
I often see a tanker parked in the entrance to the aforementioned field,with hoses running through the gate and into the field itself.I wonder whether there may be some kind of storage tanks there.

Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
Forum Veteran
Offline
Forum Veteran
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,868
Interesting: there would probably have been water/fuel storage tanks when the site was operational. Next time, see if you can see any information on the tanker.


Carpe diem.
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 143
Enthusiast
Offline
Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 143
There was a tanker there as I drove past this lunchtime, it was from United Utilities. There was a hose out, but it went to a manhole (fresh water hydrant maybe?) in the roadside grass verge, not into the field

Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1
Offline
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1
Looked for that a few years back but it seemed to have gone. Remember playing there inside there in the 1960s - nothing inside, just dark and damp! I believe it was part of the radar system from WW2 and that my grandfather may have had something to do with its construction because he was in charge of the Directed Labour scheme. I remember him telling me about local radar stations being built. There were spies operating around Birkenhead watching the constructions. On one occasion he had just visited one to confirm its completion, as he was leaving and reached the perimeter guard German aircraft bombed the new radar site!


Moderated by  Mod 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Random Wirral Images

Click to View Topic.
Newest Topics
Facial recognition coming in supermarkets?
by Excoriator - 27th Mar 2024 10:52am
Hot Spot Chippie Broadway
by Excoriator - 26th Mar 2024 7:57pm
Bolts at Bebington Road
by Excoriator - 23rd Mar 2024 9:48am
Netflix 3 Body Problem.
by BultacoAstro - 22nd Mar 2024 8:04am
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 16th Mar 2024 11:56am
For Sale & Free
Wisper electric bike. 36v .
by Dilly - 21st Mar 2024 7:36pm
This is Elvis
by GingerTom - 17th Mar 2024 2:37pm
Member Spotlight
KevinFinity
KevinFinity
Wirral
Posts: 2,354
Joined: April 2009
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
New Wirral Info
Facial recognition coming in supermarkets?
by Excoriator - 27th Mar 2024 10:52am
Hot Spot Chippie Broadway
by Excoriator - 26th Mar 2024 7:57pm
Bolts at Bebington Road
by Excoriator - 23rd Mar 2024 9:48am
Get your Money Tree ready
by keef666 - 22nd Mar 2023 12:27pm
Restaurant/pub with outdoor seating - Bromborough
by CarterUSM - 7th Aug 2020 7:59pm
News : New Topics
Gaza
by diggingdeeper - 29th Oct 2023 9:28am
Lost river (Well, brook really)
by Excoriator - 10th Sep 2019 8:50am
New Enthusiast Forums
Netflix 3 Body Problem.
by BultacoAstro - 22nd Mar 2024 8:04am
Xbox
by TudorBlue - 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm
Wiper mechanism needed
by Peter0787 - 20th Feb 2024 4:07pm
What song are you listening to?
by - 24th Jun 2007 9:06am
Popular Topics(Views)
5,069,784 WIKI WALK CHAT
4,013,883 Spotted!
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5