Images of Wirral

**kebabman** · 09-29-2007

A few hours ago sunset at New Brighton

**kebabman** · 09-30-2007

Wirral2Liverpool connection-A joy of having 12-24 mm lens.
played around with hdr ..If you want to see bigger size click on image pls

**kebabman** · 10-03-2007

Vale Park 2008 Calendar is on sale for £2...

The photies of January,September and June pages are very familier

**Ged** · 10-03-2007

Well done Kebabman, I hear the other 9 are yours too under an assumed name

**lindylou** · 10-03-2007

Gorgeous pictures Kebabman, well done

**drone_pilot** · 10-03-2007

kebabman King St

I was born here at No 18, see below

The place is very delapedated, but i hear that the street is due for a revamp

**kebabman** · 10-04-2007

Originally Posted by drone_pilot

The place is very delapedated, but i hear that the street is due for a revamp

This is a very long story drone pilot..I do trade at king St as well as Rake lane..
The Wirral Borough Councel has spent good amount of money for project of King St...
Public meetings held many times...After all that project company came with 4 different options....At 3 of this option my shop was becaming green area..

Shops were building all together as a trade center or I suppose as a shopping center and they were suppose to be giving me a unit as well...
Both sides of King St was getting knocked down,as well as great portion of Rice Lane as well..

After all projects has publised and been asked opinion of residents but result has never been published..
As far as I know councel is searching for finance but size of a project like this would be expensive and return would be very slow so that it would be very difficult to find a finance...

IMO this project will never turn into reality.

**drone_pilot** · 10-04-2007

thanks for the info, kebabman, typical of the people in charge, promise the earth then deliver zilch.

**ChrisGeorge** · 10-04-2007

Excellent work once again, Kebabman. Congratulations on getting your photos on the calendar.

Chris

**wallasey** · 10-06-2007

Loving everyones images at the moment! Very high quality indeed! The images from around New Brighton and Egremont were great! Thinking about King Street, as far as I am aware, there are plans to pull down the derelict building on the corner of St Brides Road to make way for flats as well as the demolition of Royston and Woodhall Aves. Wirral Council and "regeneration" are a mood point with me, especially where Tranmere's Church Road is concerned!

Apologies for not being around recently, computers aren't my best friends at the moment!

I went walkies last week around Bromborough, a few interesting discoveries...

Thermal Road, Bromborough This was a rather interesting find! Now I dont know about you guys but I never knew there was a "Merseyside Powerplant" especially such a building down in Bromborough. I am loving the art deco gates and is something which I hope will be preserved if and when this now cleared land is re-developed. Depending on which direction the wind blows, this area normally has the smell of Cheerio's clinging to everything as the factory is immediately opposite to where I was standing.

South View, Bromborough This is the newest part of "Prices Village" which was first laid out during the mid 1800's making the village the second oldest Purpose Built Industrial Village in the world. These houses were built in 1909. The area was created by Prices Patent Candle company who re-located from London in order to maximise production and gain entry to the Atlantic Markets.

The Green, Bromborough At some point, the company also built a school as well as a church and a village hall. Sadly, Port Cities (who I am using as a reference) don't have a date as to when Pool Primary was built. I like the sandstone blocks which have been used to construct the building, it rather stuck out as practically all other buildings were build out of brick. Wirral Council have tried to close this school to which nothing ever materialised. I did notice, however, Dell Primary in New Ferry has now gone. Oh dear!

Manor Place, Bromborough These were built in 1856 and have a rather London-esque feel about them what with the brown brick. Something which I only just noticed, don't these houses have rather large chimneys?

Moving up the Wirral into Rock Ferry, I now wish to do a small Then and Now series using some images from my Flickr Account...

Canterbury Road, Feb 2007 Properties awaiting demolition

Canterbury Road, Oct 2007 The whole terrace has now gone with Semi's further down toward New Chester Road awaiting the bulldozer.

Railway Road. Feb 2007 The old Cast Iron nameplate stands in situ whilst its old neighborhood awaits to be wiped from the map.

Railway Road, Oct 2007 Cleared land now lies where the terrace above used to be, what ever became of the nameplate I wonder?

Medway Road, Feb 2007 Some rather respectable terraced houses stand derelict in this scene. As far as housing goes, these didn't look all that bad on the outside however, we don't know what the conditions were like inside. I like the brickwork on these with the yellow and orange ribboning running around the doors and windows as well as the area between each one. It is a shame one of the properties was pebble- dashed as it does spoil the streetscene in my view.

Medway Road, Oct 2007 No need to worry about pebble-dashed houses here as practically the whole street has been cleared.

I think this will do! been rather busy behind the scenes!

I have noticed the lack of updates regarding my Flickr account recently, I will endevour to pick this up again!

chippie · 10-06-2007

Hi Wallasey welcome back, haven,t seen you for awhile. Smashing photos just a shame about those houses being pulled down. Reminds me of the 70s when our district came down in Everton.

**wallasey** · 10-06-2007

Why thank you Chippy! My internet and comp have been up the duff recently so its all been a bit disruptive!

It is very sad to see this area of Wirral disappear, one hopes that what replaces them wont themselves have to be replaced in 20 or 30 years time.

chippie · 10-07-2007

I,d like to think that too mate but time and time again, throughout Britain not just Merseyside, I,ve seen such paltry buildings replacing what had been around for over a hundred years.

Even some of the new stuff that is being built in Liverpool city centre by the Duck of Westminster doesn,t look like it will see my life out and I,m well on the way.

Nobody nowadays seems to build to last anymore just to get over the present crisis and leave the future crisis, to the future people. I particulary refer to the rubbish schools and hospitals and libraries that I have seen over the last fifteen years in my travels. They appear to be sheds or hangers that as soon as the rain starts will get rustier and rustier by the day.

I feel sorry for the kids growing up today because they will have to foot the bill again for the rubbish that we are paying for today.

R.I.P Britain I see you dying a slow and painful death.

**kebabman** · 10-12-2007

Autumn at Vale Park

PhilipG · 10-12-2007

I bought this print when the Boydell Gallery on Castle Street closed down, but I was "Done".
It says it's the Coffee House in High Park (Toxteth), and says it's a W G Herdman print of 1878.
As it happens, it's Tranmere Old Hall in Birkenhead, so I don't know if the date can be relied upon, but it does look like Herdman's work.
I'll leave it to Wallasey to make some notes about the building, because I hadn't heard of it, until I saw a picture in a book, and recognised the building in my print.