What would you say have been the biggest new stories for the Wirral over the years? Suppose recently we have had the Olympic torch visiting and Jubilee parties but there must be some more notable events.
I know it's going back a few years but the Open Golf being held in Hoylake 2006 was a pretty amazing event, the fact that its back there again in 2014 can only be good for the Wirral.
Construction and Opening of Mersey Tunnels.
Central park in manhattan being based on Birkenhead park
The loss of the submarine Thetis in 1939 after leaving Cammell Laird's on sea trials.
first visit of Tall Ships when wirral became gridlock
TRFC reaching League cup final
Do you mean news as reported in the various media- the press and TV?
William of Orange sailing from Hoylake with his army to Ireland
Do you mean news as reported in the various media- the press and TV?
William of Orange sailing from Hoylake with his army to Ireland
I bet you had tears in your eyes Derek waving them off.
Do you mean news as reported in the various media- the press and TV?
William of Orange sailing from Hoylake with his army to Ireland
I bet you had tears in your eyes Derek waving them off.
Bert. Only in his glass eye!
The World scout jamboree in Arrowe Park 1929
The hovercraft from Leasowe in 1962
TRFC reaching League cup final
Remarkable achievement for a club of its size and resources, and marvelous to see 30,000 locals at Wembley.
Happy days indeed!
West Kirby FC starting a Sunday afternoon car boot sale..Not everyone wants to be out and about at six o'clock on a Sunday morning
The declaring of both World Wars (and the evacuation of children?)
The Commander of the Fort Perch Rock in World War II, Colonel C.J. Cocks claimed to have fired the first British shot of the War from Fort Perch Rock. A small fishing smack under sail in the Rock Channel could not be identified fifteen minutes after the War had started. A shot was fired at the boat causing panic to its crew. Luckily it was identified as friendly in time and allowed to sail into the estuary
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Maybe the first private postal service started by two grocers in West Kirby in 1971...it was the first time the monopoly had been lifted and Jackson and Jackson grocers in Banks Road were the country's first private postmen
Some good stuff there. Thanks guys. Never knew about the postmen. Very interesting!
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.
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.
will send u details of postmen..they were named John Kearney and Gordon Jackson
Launching of 'Enrica'/CSS 'Alabama'. May 1862 from Birkenhead
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.
Is the first print here the one in the RNA, Bandy? If so, not too expensive; maybe allow another £20-£30 for framing.
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’..........
http://sufferingsmoke.com/dooby/cdw7.htmlAlso, 'The Pillbox Murder 1955'