It is amazing to think that the Wirral is only about 8 miles wide, and with a
20 mile hike to Chester, it is not surprising to realise that the part of the
Wirral we lived in was our world.
I walked about Hoylake, not looking at
what a tourist brochure would present, but looking at places where we played and
lived.
Some places have changed, often beyond recognition, but some
places have managed to survive all these years.
Let me know what you
think!
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No 1
BATHING STATION |
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This funny bathing station may have been used by our parents, but to us it was just a way down to the beach. |
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No 2
SANDHEY SLIP |
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So busy when we were young, especially when the Nobbies came in with the fish. |
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No 3
QUEENS PARK |
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I have my back to the Cottage Hospital, looking towards the Sandhey Road entrance. Do you remember when it was sandhills, much better to play on! And the two rows of Air-Raid Shelters with trap doors and ladders down into the dark! |
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No 4
St CATHERINES FROM THE PARK |
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Rear view of St Catherine and Martina from the Egbert Road entrance. The long hut was a nursery school, and it used to be made of wood. There was an Air Raid Shelter by the right hand end of the wall |
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No 5
COTTAGE HOSPITAL |
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Now a nursing home, but used to be a Hospital with ER and everything! |
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No 6
BURNETTS GARAGE |
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It used to be a wrought iron shed, and I think the shed had more character! |
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No 7
SHOPS |
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Shops 'tween Manor and Newton Road. L-R 1950's,
Zeena's sweets,
Wilmott's general,
a butchers,
Misses Connoly sweets,
Waterworths veg,
and ? |
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No 8
LEE ROAD END SHOPS |
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Corner can't remember,
a wet fish shop,
Sampsons newsagent,
then the School. |
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No 9
WAS THE LIGHTHOUSE |
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Lovely little pub next to our school, now demolished, you stepped down into. My grandad had to fall out UP to the street! |
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No 10
COWAN'S COTTAGE SITE |
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The grass and trees held a row of cottages on an angle, one held Walter Cowan, chimney sweep. School lane is behind, and my back is to what was Bentley's newsagents |
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No 11
COTTAGE ROW |
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Amazing they have survived, unlike the Kingsway Cinema to their left, now a supermarket. School lane is to the right. |
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No 12
KINGSWAY GARAGE |
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Was red brick, run by a Mr Fothergill (Foggy).
The Blue Anchor to the left was built on a piece of waste ground used for car storage. (ps someone has nicked the anchor!) |
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WOOLIES |
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The outside stairway on the left has been there a long time, Can't remember the nearest shops,
Woolies in the middle of the set back 3, McKenzies radio was on the corner, and to the left of Woolies, now a post office, I am sure was a cafe? |
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No 14
THE PUNCH BOWL |
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Just as I remember it |
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No 15
MANOR ROAD STATION |
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From the Melrose Avenue crossing, a West Kirby train departing (next photo from above the train on footbridge) |
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No 16
HOYLAKE LAUNDRY SITE |
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From the Manor Rd footbridge, looking in other direction to prev.photo. Liverpool train approaching.
Hoylake Laundry garages were on the left. |
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No 17
MANOR ROAD |
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Liverpool train crosses the Sandringham Ave. crossing. Football fields to my right. |
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No 18
SANDRINGHAM AVENUE FIELDS |
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From the Sandringham crossing, looking into the fields. Allotments were at the end of the dual track. |
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No 19
SANDRINGHAM CLOSE |
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A 180 deg. twist round, this area was a field, the bungalows being a recent addition, I remember the lime pit when they were building some houses on the area we are facing. |
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No 20
MANOR ROAD LAUNDRY END |
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Looking towards the ends of Newton and Lee Roads, the Laundry was on the left between this entry and the railway. |
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No 21
PRIMARY SCHOOL |
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This is where our Coronation photo was taken! |
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No 22
LEE ROAD BACK ENTRY |
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We played Ri-I-The Alley(?) in the entries between Lee, Newton and Manor roads. |
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No 23
SHIP INN AREA |
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Owen and Lammie hardware in the shop on the far corner.
Cunningham's tobacconist was somewhere in the group in front, it caught fire and burnt out. |
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No 24
DAIRY |
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Was not a dairy as I remember, but look at the cows on the plaques on the upper wall of the florist |
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