Dingle Glen in Old Photos

[dazza]

Hi guys, I thought I'd share with you some old photo's that I've collected of the Dingle area. It features Dingle glen, which was a wooded valley and natural beauty spot leading right down to the Mersey. More notoriously, it was the site of the last duel to be fought in Liverpool - between Mr Sparling, of St. Domingo house, and Mr Grayson, an eminent ship builder, on Sunday morning, 7.00am 24th February, 1804. I've also included some maps and photo's to help you get your bearings. I hope you enjoy, regards,

Daz


Dingle glen with the brook and visitors. c.1900 LRO


Dingle glen base with bathers. c.1900 LRO


Dingle glen base at the mersey, with David's Throne (a rocky outcrop) to the far left of image. c.1900 LRO


Dingle glen base from the mersey, with David's Throne (a rocky outcrop) to the left of image. Notice the telegraph poles. c.1900 LRO


Summer house on Dingle glen.


Dingle OS map c.1908 Dingle glen is to the right of 'Knott's Hole' where is says 'sands'. The railway bridge crosses the glen.


The remains of an rocky outcrop to the left of Knott's Hole, featured on the map above. My photo.


Dingle glen today, filled-in and allotted to part-time gardeners. My photo



Dingle ariel photo, showing garden festival dome on reclaimed land about Knott's Hole. Google Earth view.

[pablo42]

Great stuff Darren. you certainly made that interesting. Great.

[dazza]

Great stuff Darren. you certainly made that interesting. Great.

Thanks pablo, I enjoyed putting it together.

[pablo42]

Thanks pablo, I enjoyed putting it together.

I'd never heard of Dingle Glen. I loved the idea of you following it all up with todays pictures.

[dazza]

I forgot this one. It's looking up the glen towards the Turner memorial home. The council, it appears, in the process of filling it in? Sorry I haven't got the date of the photo. It looks 1900's though.

[Partsky]

Wonderful, Darren. Thank you so much. A piece of our history I dont know anything about. Great stuff

[Kev]

Thanks for this fabulous thread Darren, a warm welcome

[dazza]

Thanks for the welcome guys!

[hmtmaj]

Welcome Darren and a great first post

[brian daley]

Hi Darren, I really enjoyed viewing your collection,I had never seen those old photo's before but I remember seeing the engraved picture of the Dingle . I thought it was an idealised version of what the Dingle used to be.It was in a book we had in Tiber Street J.I. school. Those photo's prove the engraving to be true,thanks for sharing them,
BrianD