Thank you for this, I found it fascinating. I grew up on the Wirral and live in Canada now. Your channel keeps the Wirral alive for me. Its always been a special place.
Thanks, most of the time it's relatively obvious the location in an old photograph, but sometimes the landscape has changed so much it's not so easy. I am still assuming I got it right.
Maps, you have got to love 'em. Brilliant detective work; this could be the best video you have posted and, trust me, that is saying a lot. Bidston is so interesting. If you drive through it now, blink and you have missed it. However, back in the day, a magistrate closed the pub there. The regulars had a habit of putting the Bidston lighthouse out and lighting a bonfire on the Bidston Moss. Thus, tempting boats entering the Mersey Bar onto the Hoyle Bank. At low tide, they would steal the cargo. The village wasn't allowed a pub until they built the Corsair.
I was born and raised in bidston village in the early fifties my family farmed bidston hall farm and Stone farm in School Lane. From my memories that bridge is on bidston moss over the birket.. I attended the old bidston c of e primary school . The cattle you see in the picture belonged to the Povall's at stone farm.
Bromborough woods is a good example of complete destruction , 1962 approximately the bulldozers cleared the woods that went to raby mere and built houses and roads, I remember the area well lovely ponds and railway bridge with small cottage you could ride your bicycle down a lane to raby mere etc all gone. A large part of bromborough woods was classed as a park . Now to make up for the destruction they now call it a nature reserve
Thank you for this, I found it fascinating. I grew up on the Wirral and live in Canada now. Your channel keeps the Wirral alive for me. Its always been a special place.
Your working out where somewhere is in a painting or old photograph is really interesting, thank you!
Thanks, most of the time it's relatively obvious the location in an old photograph, but sometimes the landscape has changed so much it's not so easy. I am still assuming I got it right.
Maps, you have got to love 'em. Brilliant detective work; this could be the best video you have posted and, trust me, that is saying a lot. Bidston is so interesting. If you drive through it now, blink and you have missed it. However, back in the day, a magistrate closed the pub there. The regulars had a habit of putting the Bidston lighthouse out and lighting a bonfire on the Bidston Moss. Thus, tempting boats entering the Mersey Bar onto the Hoyle Bank. At low tide, they would steal the cargo. The village wasn't allowed a pub until they built the Corsair.
Thanks. Some great info there. Sometimes the location of a picture is not so obvious when the landscape has changed so much.
The Pond you are finding was called the Triang or Triangle when we were kids in the 50s
I was born and raised in bidston village in the early fifties my family farmed bidston hall farm and Stone farm in School Lane. From my memories that bridge is on bidston moss over the birket.. I attended the old bidston c of e primary school .
The cattle you see in the picture belonged to the Povall's at stone farm.
Great information. I've been told the pond in the picture was known as the triangle.
Between the cows and the foreground trees initial thought was the possibility the building in the distant gap could be St James Church ?
Yup, definitely a church spire there .
Very interesting great update as always
Bromborough woods is a good example of complete destruction , 1962 approximately the bulldozers cleared the woods that went to raby mere and built houses and roads, I remember the area well lovely ponds and railway bridge with small cottage you could ride your bicycle down a lane to raby mere etc all gone. A large part of bromborough woods was classed as a park . Now to make up for the destruction they now call it a nature reserve