Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Fairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageAlton RoadBidston RoadSwan HillBeresford RoadPoplar RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdFernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdWestholme, Storeton Rd < Back to Main Images...
Leisure

Leisure

The Arno The Arno as we know it today was laid out in 1912.  Within the park can be seen the hollow that was the Earl of Shrewsbury’s stone quarry. The Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – Rose...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Said to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years, including Arthur EllithorneThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also Thomas, in 1874. (Picture is modern...
Churches

Churches

St Saviour’s St Saviour’s was built on Bidston Road between 1889 and 1892 to replace a church of 1846 that had become too small for the needs of its congregation.  The church was constructed of durable red sandstone, quarried in Runcorn, with a slate roof.  In 1941...