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Posted By: hoseman Cheshire Lines Building - 30th Aug 2008 11:28am
do you remember the old Cheshire Lines Building down Shore rd, Birkenhead? Many will remember it as Littlewoods pools as well!
The building is being gutted at present, having been used as local council / civil offices, so all the partition walls and suspended ceilings are coming out! Should be left with an empty shell as was in the times of Cheshire Lines!
was in there the other day working on a forktruck for the demolition guys and decided on a snoop about!(as you do!!)
went thru to the rear which is still partly occupied (quietly) and found the old telephone room and security office from Littlewoods. some of the Directors offices with name tags on doors, some still furnished!
But best of all, just opposite the security office was a vault door, unlocked!!
When inside it was the main vault for Littlewoods, huge room, empty (of course!) probably the size of the ground area of my house!!! Had second BIG safe in corner but locked (combination lock!)
On the wall was a board with a copy of EVERY key to the place, inside and out still on their hangers!!
Phone camera playing up so have to do another "breakdown" next week!!
Watch this space......! thumbsup
Posted By: BMW Joe Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 31st Aug 2008 4:26pm
Cool, look forward to seeing the pictures smile

Why is it being emptied and where are the offices relocating?
Posted By: chriskay Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 31st Aug 2008 8:11pm
I think that's supposed to be where the archives is going to be.
It's also where I went a few months ago to look at the plans of the Everest Rd. overflow tunnel.
Posted By: MissGuided Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 31st Aug 2008 8:43pm
Everest Rd overflow tunnel???

Click me for Overflow Tunnel topic
Posted By: DavidB Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 31st Aug 2008 9:42pm
Is this the big red brick building next to Woodside?
I worked in there when I was younger selling tights over the phone. Worst job in the world.
The council spent a lot of money occupying it ... are they moving out already?
Posted By: hoseman Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 1st Sep 2008 6:40pm
Half of it is still occupied by council offices, this is in the rear half, been empty for years now, all the furniture, computers and fones left are all eighties and nineties looking!!
go on a mooch about tomorrow if the demo guys are around, take box brownie (camera!) with me!!
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 2nd Sep 2008 10:25am
interesting think look forward to seeing the photos grin
Posted By: Wench Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 2nd Sep 2008 10:48am
Originally Posted by hoseman
Half of it is still occupied by council offices, this is in the rear half, been empty for years now, all the furniture, computers and fones left are all eighties and nineties looking!!
go on a mooch about tomorrow if the demo guys are around, take box brownie (camera!) with me!!


They should sell it off - probably be worth something to someone. One mans rubbish and all that. I know I'd be interested in 80's stuff - it was my era raftl
Posted By: jonno40 Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 2nd Sep 2008 12:41pm
Originally Posted by chriskay
I think that's supposed to be where the archives is going to be.


Think the archive service have already moved in to another part of the builing as the address has changed on the council website. smile
Posted By: chriskay Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 2nd Sep 2008 3:03pm
Originally Posted by jonno40
Originally Posted by chriskay
I think that's supposed to be where the archives is going to be.


Think the archive service have already moved in to another part of the builing as the address has changed on the council website. smile

Thanks, Jonno; do you know when the archives are going to be open to the public again?
Posted By: jonno40 Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 3rd Sep 2008 10:21am
sorry i dont chris but i didnt see anything on the website about it not being open think
Posted By: chriskay Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 3rd Sep 2008 3:39pm
Thanks, Jonno. Last I heard it was going to be closed until September sometime, until the move from Hamilton Square was complete.
Posted By: hyundai Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 25th Sep 2008 9:03pm
Archives are open about 14th October aren't they? I'll have to ask around
Posted By: chriskay Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 25th Sep 2008 9:14pm
Checked today; archives are now open at Cheshire Lines Building.
Posted By: hyundai Re: Cheshire Lines Building - 28th Sep 2008 7:05pm
anyone tried it? What are the computers like in there?
Posted By: uggla Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 1:45pm
Taken these under the cheshire lines building this is a very large basement i only had a n95 on me next time will use a proper camera.

dunno if they are already pictures here didnt spot them

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Posted By: uggla Re: Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 1:49pm
A few more

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Posted By: uggla Re: Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 1:51pm
They look pretty crap in full size here feel free to remove lol

I should be there next week with a proper camera this place is really huge
Posted By: bert1 Re: Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 1:54pm
Who's the ghost, second pic top left..haha
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 3:23pm
Thanks for those pictures uggla, they're fine .. the certainly did a lot of work when they refurbished the building, last time I saw that basement it looked like the mersey had been flowing through it after bidston tip had used it for an overflow.
Posted By: UrbanEx2U Re: Cheshire lines basement - 29th Mar 2009 4:43pm
thats so cool looks like an air raid shelters and tunnels nice 1 smile

camera how the hell did you get in there lol take me next time plz wink
Posted By: AR_One Re: Cheshire lines basement - 1st Apr 2009 11:41am
Cool - traffic cones get everywhere don't they!
Posted By: jimbob Re: Cheshire lines basement - 1st Apr 2009 8:39pm
cheshire lines basment was used for the storage of bird shit a long time ago {1950/1960s} {help with the correct name} its the stuff that is dug up from certain island abroad and loaded onto cargo ships to be processed into a very good Fertalizer. thats why to anybody who does not know what stored there the place looked like dd said
Posted By: Dava2479 Re: Cheshire lines basement - 1st Apr 2009 8:44pm
Guano is the name your looking for bud.I remember seeing a map in the archives of a guano plant on it but did not take much notice as I was looking for something different.
Posted By: Shambo Re: Cheshire lines basement - 1st Apr 2009 9:44pm
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Guano is the name your looking for bud.

Batsh*t.

Guano that is. Not a very enviromentally friendly fertilizer because when they collect it they disturb the bat's natural habitat. That's why you don't see much of it in garden centres these days.
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