Does anyone have any photo's of Clwyd Street, Birkenhead. My Grandmother used to live in a small terraced house there and moved shortly before the houses were demolished. Thanks

The only photo I can find of Clwyd Street, taken not long before the houses were pulled down, together with some of the neighbouring streets that went at the same time.

Some more of the doomed properties in the same area.

I'm fairly sure Les McAteer British and Commonwealth Middleweight champion 14 July 1969 — 12 May 1970 lived in Rhyl Street when he was younger

Any images of nearby Leta Street?

If the camera had just turned round the other way in the photo of Eldon st you would see Cathcart st annex

Only seem to have the even numbers for some reason...

Yes, Les McAteer did live in Rhyl St.Where the camera man is standing is more or less were his house was.

Marty thanks so much for those amazing images, opened up a flood of memories.

Thanks so much Marty99fred
How a picture can bring back so much happiness!
I used to visit my Nan most most lunch times in the early 70's. I'd walk from my office in Hamilton Street so my time with her was limited. Her gas/elec meter was situated behind her front door and too high up on the wall for her to reach. She was so small bless her.I used to put a shilling in the meter for her.
My boyfriend at the time, now Husband, used to call at lunch time too and when I ask her could he come in she wanted to know his religion, she was a devout Catholic. I laugh about that now!
I'll send these photo's to Dad; he'll be really pleased.
Regards

Fantastic images, thanks for posting them.I could look at photos like these all day.
Lyn.

great pictures do you have any of Payson street I believe it was by cathcart street as I was born in this street
thanks

My dad lived at 110 park st till he married my mum my auntie lived there till the houses were pulled down she was moved to Prenton my dad knew the McAteers was friends with Pat went on bike rides to Wales with the lads who lived round there

excellent images and great to see them, does anyone have any pics f Jackson st at all,
regards
Tony

Was showing my dad these photos he said that the space between the houses in Rhyl st was where a bomb fell and the fronts of the houses fell off

Rhyl Street was indeed bombed, on the night of 21/22 December 1940. It was hit by one of a stick of bombs that straddled the area between Watson Street and Conway Street, causing damage in Watson Street, Rhyl Street, Romilly Street, and Dacre Street, and on both sides of Conway Street. One of the bombs was the one that hit the Ritz Cinema, killing five people.

Payson Street actually ran between Livingstone Street and Vittoria Street, but I don't think I've ever seen a photo of it.

I posted a couple of colour photos of Jackson Street here; I think I've also got a few B&W ones, so I'll add those here at some point.

Marty
Brilliant pictures of Jackson Street, thanks for posting them
Never seen the house,s there if that make sense,only ever seen the car parks etc. My birth cert show mums address as 13 in 50 Jackson st, great to see the pictures
Regards Tony

Marty Did you ever find the B&W shots of jackson st all?
Regards Tony

The McAteer's used to live in Kinmel St. next door to my mate Roger Jones whose parents were deaf mute.
I lived in Clwyd St. with my nan.

hi my frends grandparets lived in kinmel st, and the were deaf mute her name was jenny jones but she moved to south africa when she was about thirteen and we lost touch after acouple of years, a long shot i know but i dont suppose you ever heard anything about her did you?

I don't remember a Jenny Jones, but Roger had a brother Stanley in the Fire Service who went to Rhodesia.
My mate Roger was sadly killed in a motorcycle accident in 1959.
His dad used to work at Cammel Lairds.

that would probably have been my friends dad in was rhodesia not south africa memory not too good as it was such a long time ago now thanks anyway you are the first person i know of who remembers them it was jenny that taught
me the deaf and dumb alphabet while we were in school

There is a sister to Roger and Stanley, who lives in Devon.
She 'signs' (for deaf viewers) on TV down there, I was in touch via Friends Reunited but not for a few years.
I went to Holy Trinity then on to Hemmy, left school in 1954.

jenny would be about 62/63 now we went to conway sec, i know she married in rhodesia but after that i havent got a clue what happened its one of those things that you often wonder what happened to them but dont know how to find her if at all she is in this country she may have stayed in rhodesia, and of course if you dont know someones married name you dont have alot of chance of finding them