Wonderful to see old photographs of Birkenhead. My grandmother was born in Birkenhead near the docks her father and her brothers were dock workers. My Grandmother had to leave school at 12 when her mother passed away. She had to keep house for her father and her brothers. At the outbreak of WW1 she met my grandad, a Welshman, when he was posted to Birkenhead. Her maiden name was Sarah Pierce and her mother was Sarah Davis. Seeing a photo of a Sarah Davis brought back all she had told me.

Thanks for sharing this brilliant collection.

Hey loved your visual audio of birkenhead and rock ferry how times have changed and all your photos are ace history is a great memory to treasure take care and enjoy your evening xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I grew up on Bedford Road in the 80's just over the road from Lukes. Been searching for a photo of my old home for years and in every pic I find of Bedford Road, it's just out of shot! Great pics though and thanks for sharing.

thank you very much, my mum worked at sunlight. i have family at st. pauls. memories- amazing cried all the way through. grandfather worked on docks. granny lived byrne ave. i live out of country now, so this was really appreciated. WELL DONE

Thank you Fred. I enjoyed walking the old paths.

Great compilation. We watched your video for about hour and a half discussing every single photo. Thanks a lot for sharing mate

This is good thanks. My mom was from Rock Ferry. My dad worked at Crosville back in the 60s. Unfortunately I don’t recall to much of this area only been there a couple of times. my parents emigrated before I was born.

Absolutely brilliant so many memories

Brilliant find, thank you for sharing 🇬🇧👍💯

Wonderful. My parents grew up in this area and they always talked about some of these things that i have never seen. Some of them i know from being a young boy visiting relatives there. I went back a number of years and so many of the rows of terraced houses by the train tracks had been knocked down including where my auntie lived who used to have a shop on Rochester Road. It made me sad xx but thank you for this collection

Great collection of photos. I live on wirral now (from Liverpool) work at stagecoach so great to see crossville depot and surrounding areas.

Brilliant, thank you for the memories

Lived in the prefabs ( 29 Ludlow Road ) 50’s & 60’s . Happy days,we had nothing but neither did anybody else but great community spirit.

Nice collection of photographs, the varied eras add to the mix. Thank you.

i used to live in rock lane east as a kid between 1972 -1980 best years of my life, loved the very cold open air pool too :)

Thank you for the memories...

Absolutely beautiful collection, and a sorrowful and inspiring take on a Beatles classic really polishes the experience. My family has lived here many years, seven generations! I like to think we put the rock in rock ferry ha. But seriously there are a lot of talented people in the area.

These photos are wonderful. I was born in Romally Street in 52 takes me back to my childhood .i wish my mum was still here to see them

Great set of photos, I was born and bred in Rock Ferry so most of the places shown are familiar, thanks for posting.

Great photos. Born and raised on the Wirral. Lived there from 1956 to 1983. Happy days.

Well done. Very enjoyable.

brought back good and sad memories

I found this while trying to find a picture of Hawthorne's house. Great to see, thank you for sharing. If it's okay with you I'd like to put a link on facebook so folks can find this easily and of course, I'll give you credit.

Really enjoyed your video.I lived on 15 Willy Street from 1939 to 1946 and my Nan lived on 17 Ebenezer Street. Thanks again ......................Dave ( Canada)

hi i bought a house in rockferry in 1987 2 green lawn it was called arden it was owned by a dr ramsell. it was built in the 1820s i renovated it keeping all the original features i lived there until 1999 it was a great house. i seen it on youtube last week an estate agent has made a film of it to sell all the characture has gone but a great place to live. all the rooms where 4 meteres wide and someone said that maybe french prisoners of war built it with the house next door.

Very well put together and a pleasure to view, thnx

my first home was 36 Rockville street,grandad drank in rockville pub.1950's

My dad worked in the Lord Raglan, we had the New Inn, on the other corner.

Used to walk from New Ferry along the Mersey to Rock Ferry in the 50s as a kid...

I was born at st caths. Brought up in broughm street. Rock ferry My granny lived in Beaconsfield road I was just a kid when the old market burnt to the ground. There was a photo of my mates dad putting out the fire On a ladder, 'he was a fireman. The fire was a massive fire and totally destroyed the market. My grandfather worked as a clicky on the crosville buses and he also had his own office in Woodside in the list property.. Johnnie winstanley. He was a big character and made everyone smile who met him,'which was most people in Birkenhead due to his job of being on buses everyday.. How times have changed!!. It's so sad really that it had to turn into a horrible place How the heroin changed this town. I hope that one day money is injected into the town and the people get to be happy once again.. I remember the old church in the quarry. I remember my granny used to go the chandler on new Chester road lol. Some good memories here. I was but a child.. I remember the Christmas tree 🎄🌲🎄🌲. Very well at Charing cross.. And dewhurst the bakery on the corner lol. I lived in oxton road when I was a teen. That woman crossing the street on Grange road could even be my aunty Ada..she lived just round the corner. She had the head scarf and the coat and a trolley. She too lived on oxton road in claredon close. The pubs where always heaving and there was a much warmer vibe then to now. Ghosts of the past!!!!! I remember the orange 🍊🍊🍊 lodge walks every week and my granny would say "shut that door son to keep the proddydogs out lol.. RIp violet Sheldon.my gran. Tommy Sheldon Grandad. Ada Hughes formerly Sheldon. Aunt. Johnny winstanley.grandad. Violet winstanley.granny. Sammy winstanley.uncle. Love and miss you all. This walk down memory lane brought you alive again 😊😊😊. Just want to thank you Fred for your work.

Ive drank in most of those pubs.

I live in Rock ferry ,Highfield rd 107 ,my mum past away 2016 ,miss her so much

Love the 60 years on at the Bedford. Good work.

Two great amateur boxers from Rock Ferry. Peter McCann and Robbie Davies. Both ABA Champions..

we lived in the pre fabs number 18 great crowd of people many happy times

Hello there, great picture collection - thank you for sharing them. Do you have any for sale?

I like this and I live in rock ferry

Loved them.

nice thanks

lovely collection but the music is not. thank you for doing this, the music is not what they want to hear

my dad was from rock ferry lived in willy street then haddon road

my mam brought up in star street,off st pauls road,aspinall family.

Birkenhead Tram #10 was made by my in laws....