Neston and Parkgate

[gregs dad]

The start of Parkgate Rd ,Neston

The Cross with old drinking fountain

The Cross why do solicitors always have the best offices?

Neston town hall and post office

Nestons main Street.

[ChrisGeorge]

Excellent photos, Joe, once again!

Cheers

Chris

[gregs dad]

St Mary and St Helens church at Neston

Neston free library built 1907

Parkgate Rd dwellings Neston

Neston cricket club`s ground

Dwellings on Station Road,Neston

[lindylou]

Very nice GD. Neston is a nice place.

[hmtmaj]

Where's the chippy pic in Parkgate !

Great pics Joe, that chippy is the best for the Fish & Chips tho

[Ged]

Brilliant Joe, nice and clear. One of our drivers used to live in Neston and I made every excuse possible to go over and deliver his consignment notes to him. A lovely place.

[Waterways]

Brilliant Joe, nice and clear. One of our drivers used to live in Neston and I made every excuse possible to go over and deliver his consignment notes to him. A lovely place.

I had a house there once.

[lindylou]

ooh you lucky thing ! Do you prefer where you are now though ?

[Waterways]

ooh you lucky thing ! Do you prefer where you are now though ?

Erm, erm...yes.

[gregs dad]

The Parade at Parkgate

The Balcony House at Parkgate

Properties for sale on Parkgate Parade

Mostyn House School,parkgate

And again

And again

Some food shops

Chinese eating house

A small channel of water.On a high spring tide there is a bit more

Nearly everybody eating ice cream, the chippie was closed in spite of the crowds

A panel depicting Parkgate`s history designed by a pupil in Parkgates primary school

[lindylou]

These photos are the best I've seen of Parkgate.

really good images GD

[Waterways]

Parkgate circa 1938-40

Parkgate was still just active as a fishing village. 30 fishermen worked from Parkgate for shrimps, mussels and cockles.

The last boat to berth at the quay there was in 1948. The water doesn't even reach the quays any longer.

Re: The Press Gangs & Parkgate:

Within Chester gates the sailor for many years slept as securely as upon the high seas. No householder would admit the gangsmen beneath his roof; and when at length they succeeded in gaining a foothold within the city, all who were liable to the press immediately deserted it--"as they do every town where there is a gang"--and went "to reside at Parkgate." Parkgate in this way became a resort of sea-faring men without parallel in the kingdom--a "nest" whose hornet bands were long, and with good reason, notorious for their ferocity and aggressiveness. [Footnote: _Admiralty Records_ 1. 1446--Capt. Ayscough, 17 Nov. 1780.] An attempt to establish a rendezvous here in 1804 proved a failure. The seamen fled, no "business" could be done, and officer and gang were soon withdrawn.

[south2323]

i worked there in the 80s chippy was there then , hope the germans havent bombed it again i worked at express dairies, a guy told me that neston or parkgate was the original port of liverpool , bit it silted up , ive walked on it like being on a floor made of reeds , didnt feel safe it was lovely then , imagine its the same now

[ChrisGeorge]

i worked there in the 80s chippy was there then , hope the germans havent bombed it again i worked at express dairies, a guy told me that neston or parkgate was the original port of liverpool , bit it silted up , ive walked on it like being on a floor made of reeds , didnt feel safe it was lovely then , imagine its the same now

Well yes and no about Parkgate being the port for Liverpool. Parkgate was a major port when Liverpool was just beginning to be established toward the end of the seventeenth century. William III's army departed from Parkgate to fight deposed James II army in Ireland before the Battle of the Boyne in 1689.

Chris

[gregs dad]

According to the plaque on the front(see pic)it was used for trips to Ireland with boats anchoring 50 yards off the sea wall in 1686to 1815.
The port died when the tide was artificially made to flow along the Welsh coast
A lot of the buildings date back to 1720