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The family use to visit raby mere on many occasions , you had a choice of hiring a rowing boat , or motor boat, my brother and i always played on the Victorian slot machines , one was a electric shock machine all good fun , and buy some sweets etc at the shop . All gone. The mere is in private hands and stocked with fish only £450 per year to join the once quiet road now resembles a racing circuit. The stepping stones no longer exist . The quaint shop has been bulldozed It indeed a terrible place now Horrible

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Somewhere in England, Jesus Christ himself jumps off a roof from the torture this brings him.

William Henry Gates III (Seattle, Washington; 28 de octubre de 1955), conocido como Bill Gates, es un magnate empresarial, desarrollador de software, inversor, autor y filántropo estadounidense. Es cofundador de Microsoft, junto con su difunto amigo de la infancia Paul Allen. Durante su carrera en Microsoft, Gates ocupó los cargos de presidente, director ejecutivo (CEO), presidente y arquitecto jefe de software, además de ser el mayor accionista individual hasta mayo de 2014. Fue uno de los principales empresarios de la revolución de las microcomputadoras de las décadas de 1970 y 1980. 68 AÑOS. (69)

1:50 Looks like a scene from the great Olivier role in 'The Entertainer'. Rest in paradise... to many in this reel who are gone. 🙏🦋

What is the theme music at the start??please,thanks😊

The Red Danube

Its a shame its changed for the worse?

Where the ale comes in 😂

“The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour-your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being.”

Oh my. The 58 bus to Clatterbridge Hospital where I worked, leaving Spital Crossroads, near where I lived. Three Stags pub in the background where I used to drink Guinness and Tetley mild. And it’s on cine stock! A big well done to the super 8 or standard 8 fan. A moving memory, never expected to see anything more than the odd still. It must be the same for all of us, wherever we lived. Good stuff. The Corporation 50 and 58 services used to be very good, until suddenly it was the MPTE, it was now the 10 service, and “everything had changed.” When I was a kid I once jumped off the back of a moving 58, and fell over because I didn’t know how to do it. On the return journey it was the same conductor who told me how to safely jump off a moving vehicle. He must have been ex forces. Imagine that today, though.

Really appreciate this, thanks!

Fabulous Gentleman Paul o Grady

I see Paul O Grady Real Life

rip dear sweet paul

Some of this footage is modern, not from the 1920s

Rest in peace Paul xx

Amazing history. Thank you

great vid from an ole BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL KID many thanx

I'm 64, and remember the poverty. At school no-one mentioned the poverty. Here, however, the guy in the video thinks he can drink and do as he wants. Shocking!

What a really superb document! Not from the Wirral myself but Surrey born my interest being my national service basic training in July 1951 at RAF West Kirby, that shock period in all our lives to rid ourselves of some of the sillier sides of ‘teen age lives. This document is rich in social observation and a worthy credit to all involved and not least of all but especially so of the narrator whose vocal comment is perfection itself! The social scenes of young people and very young people too on horseback are quite wonderful as a reflection on social and educational levels of the times and I am not ashamed to confess they make me feel quite envious of their good fortune to have had such good parents and schools. A commendable high point in social graces is the thoughtful and charming hand waves some of them give to the cameraman and onlookers. How they really do give themselves great honour winning over our hearts by their unaffected salutations! As to the film itself it is a pity the finer points of clarity are lacking but the great thing is that the film was made! Oh that some such enterprising and socially thoughtful souls had done likewise in my schoolboy area down south, but nothing like this one alas… Thank you so very much for letting us see them so much really to our hearts’ content!

Though they probably did not realise it at the time, politicians did all they could to trash communities by moving people into tower blocks and shutting down local associations to 'improve' living conditions and save public money. In the end, changes by politicians caused disaffection, increased crime and broke up long established natural support groups. Some areas such as Birkenhead have never recovered.

Some of those lovely Wirral places like Hoylake are becoming occupied by illegal economic migrants at local people's expense!

Knew a girl I loved from Wirral. She was a pretty blonde how I loved her. Never took a look at where she came from before. Milk in a propane tanker. Dock tracks in waters. Bet she loved that train.

Quite a contrast to see crowds throwing an egg at King Charles, as I saw today. These crowds seem to adore Their King.

I went back recently. It looks much better now.

The noctorum has changed so much for the worst, I lived there till I was 19.

Oak and Eldon neighbours gone forever never find the likes again genuinely honest heartfelt people

Livingstone baths ,New Ferry baths ,secombe shore 👌 💕 what fantastic memories

I wonder if maybe I'm there with my Grandparents as they took me to see the ships 👍

Fog

As a schoolboy all our shopping was done at Grange Road

Lived Wirral from 1947 to 1963

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@5:48 It's quite clear that civilisation has regressed. Spot the fat person on the beach? The elephant footage just before shows how innocent we were, no claim society! I would have been around 7yrs old at that time and I really do wish we could turn the clock back. The world is not a nice place anymore (by design)

Damon Grant... Laffin Kidda !! 👌💯😜

Woz Ya.!! 👌💯😜

Brilliant

Bill was so blazed in that thumbnail.

The menagerie. The eye moving up & down. Nostalgia in a can.👍

Now it’s a dump I no I live there. Pulling ever think down

Thank you….. very interesting

Thank you for making the video. I was one of the crew on board theWinston Churchill which has now sadly been sold on. We won the Cutty Sark Trophy for promoting international friendship. It served as a stepping stone for a lifetime of international opportunity for someone who benefitted hugely from a leg up in terms of confidence and motivation. The training ships are a great way of learning more resilience and making lifelong friends.

Lived on the Wirral from 1956 to 1983 - born in Wallasey and lived in Bromborough, Bebington and Claughton. Great times.

Happy days from my childhood. So much less traffic! Lived on the Wirral for 30 years.

9:38 Marabu , I was on board .Fantastic memories

Same here in Glasgow today I don't vote and I don't know anyone who does not any point and your to busy trying to survive

Great video so many memories as a kid

you still alive

Can’t beat a bit of bin dipping. I’ve found plenty of treasures and high value items. All at the local council tip.