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Stepping Back In Time
It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more
A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by
Thermopylae
I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass. We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted ...Read more
A memory of Upton in 1959 by
By The Cut
born in 1948 in a place called Cappenfield near Bilston, just off Dudley street, just four houses in a row surrounded by fields,, the canal, or cut, as we all called it ran alongside, and it narrowed down to what we called the stop,it was where ...Read more
A memory of Tipton by
Wednesbury As A Lad
I have too many memories to many to go into - apprentice Elec; at Patent Shaft steelworks, left Wednesbury aged 20 for 2 years RAF National Service, lived in south Yorkshire since 1954 - think about standing with fire watchers ...Read more
A memory of Wednesbury by
Is It True
A friend of mine told me a tale of a small farm, or small holding, that existed in Beckett Street in Bilston. The man who ran it delivered milk from a pony and trap and sold it from a milk urn. Does anyone remember this, or was it a tale?
A memory of Bilston in 1951
Bradley, Bilston And Stowlawn
I managed to enter the world in Lord Street, West Bradley, 1944. I attended St Martins and earliest I can remember lived in a prefab in Moxley (Castleview Road). After St Martins I attended Stonefield school. Moved to ...Read more
A memory of Tipton by
Curtin Drive
I was brought up in Curtin Drive from 1962 to 1972. We moved in to no 45 when I was 6 from Fraiser Street, Bilston. I remember having carefree days playing with my mates in the "sana" or on the "cut". I would love to hear from Russel ...Read more
A memory of Moxley in 1970 by
Park Road North
We moved to 192 Park Road north in 1967, next door to the shop. We used to visit our nan and aunties at No.160 and always called in to the shop for sweets, the old couple who ran the shop were really nice, they sold great ice ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1967 by
1973 Demolition Year For The Market Buildings
I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side of ...Read more
A memory of Wolverhampton
Childhood In War Time Silsden
I grew up in Silsden and also worked in Silsden, as a weaver at Stocks Mill. I lived at 52 New Rd or shed side, as it was known. We lived almost opposite Fletchers mill gates, in a back-to-back two bedroomed terraced ...Read more
A memory of Silsden in 1943 by
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The company he founded became Bilston Steelworks, which developed into the town's largest employer.
The company he founded became Bilston Steelworks, which developed into the town's largest employer.
Bilston had a lock-making industry of sorts in the 16th century but it remained fairly static; along with Pontypool, Bilston was an early centre for japanning—the copying of Japanese goods by English
The school became Bilston Community College in 1983.
Nearby are the waterworks opened by Bilston's urban district council in 1896.
The school became Bilston Community College in 1983.
As at Tipton and Wednesbury, the 30 ft seam of Thick Coal was near the surface at Bilston.Though there is evidence for coal pits at the time of Edward I, Bilston came into its own during the 19th century
It regularly appears in directions given to local walking groups forging a circular route from Bidston Hill.
This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.
Before that, ships sheltered or tied up in Bidston Pool, which lay between Birkenhead and Seacombe.
Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.
The observatory on Bidston Hill is a recognised weather observation station.
The windmill, which still stands on the summit of Bidston Hill, was built as a flour mill in 1800 and functioned as such until 1875.
When naming ships, Birkenhead Corporation stuck to local names from the Wirral: 'Thurstaston', 'Hinterton', 'Claughton', and 'Bidston' were all names in the fleet at the time.
