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Index to Newsletters of the Birkenhead History Society Prepared by Chris Morris, 30 March 2012 Since the inception of the Society in 1974 we have always produced a regular Newsletter. At present (2013) this is issued free to all paid-up members with 3 Editions per year. It has become a valuable resource for Local History researchers and over the past – nearly 40 – years, many and various topics have been covered. This index is complete until #119 and is searchable. Most of the Public Libraries in Birkenhead and Wirral have a file of past Newsletters but if you wish to be sent a specific article or edition then please contact the current Editor & Committee Member Mr Andrew Hodgson, or use the contact form on our webpage.

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  Index  to  Newsletters  of  the  Birkenhead  History  Society  

Prepared  by  Chris  Morris,  30  March  2012  

 Since the inception of the Society in 1974 we have always produced a regular Newsletter. At present (2013) this is issued free to all paid-up members with 3 Editions per year. It has become a valuable resource for Local History researchers and over the past – nearly 40 – years, many and various topics have been covered. This index is complete until #119 and is searchable. Most of the Public Libraries in Birkenhead and Wirral have a file of past Newsletters but if you wish to be sent a specific article or edition then please contact the current Editor & Committee Member Mr Andrew Hodgson, or use the contact form on our webpage.

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 Articles/Meetings/Visits/Illustrations Type Author Issue Page

100 Years Ago Birkenhead Advertiser 1889 Exciting Scenes at a Fire Article 53 5 & 6 1000 years of Stained Glass - January 1993 Meeting Davies W 63 3 100th edition old Newsletters Illustration 100 1 10th Birthday Celebration of Birkenhead History Society Illustration 37 1 125 Years of Voluntary Service in Birkenhead - January 1990 Meeting Hoskins M 54 3 150 and 120 Not Out - October 1994 Meeting Griffiths S R 68 4 150th Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Birkenhead Street Railway Illustration 115 1 1805-2005 Jackson, Laird and Brassey - December 2005 Meeting 101 5 1911 Census Article Anyon F 111 5 1911 Census Illustration 111 5 1924 Mount Everest Expedition Illustration 98 3 200 year old grave found Birkenhead New May 1933 Article Morris C 117 7 28 Argyle Street Illustration 102 4 36th AGM - May 2010 Meeting 115 5 70th Anniversaries - The New Library Article 96 4 70th Anniversaries - The New Mersey Tunnel Article 96 4 900 and Still Going Strong (A History of Poulton Hall) - February 1995 Meeting June Lancelyn Green 69 4 A Birkenhead Barney - A Tale of Merseyside Mariner Made Good Article Hignett H M 98 2 A Brief Evacuation 1939 Article Sloan C 87 5 A Bromborough Family at War Meeting Beastall J 119 5 A Clergyman and his Submarine - February 1982 Meeting Lindstrom, F 30 6 A Contrast between the Growth of Birkenhead and Tranmere - Oct 1974 Meeting Allison J E 2 6 A Curious Weathervane Article 113 7 A Curious Weathervane Illustration 113 7 A Curious Weathervane Map 113 7 A Distant Link - Laird, Steamers and the River Euphrates Article Leeming M 24 3 A Frank Overview of Birkenhead - May 2006 Meeting 103 4 A G & W Dodd Maudsley tipper at the Birkenhead shafthead Illustration 36 2 A Good Pipe of Baccy - extracts from Mrs Cockburn's life story Article Cockburn C 42 2 A Good Pipe of Baccy - extracts from Mrs Cockburn's life story Article Cockburn C 43 2 A History of Ingleborough Road Memorial Playing Fields Article Wood R 110 7 A Look at Merseyside in the Early 30's- December 1991 Meeting Garner C 60 4 A Mersey Railway train at Birkenhead Park 1903 Illustration 47 4 A New Look at Old Bidston - February 2009 Meeting Cooper R S 111 4 A Pannier, Canning Street Illustration 93 5 A Profit is without Honour in his own Town Article Joes R 108 3 A Profit is without Honour in his own Town letter Fisher R C 110 7 A Ramble Round Wirral - October 1985 Meeting Brocklebank R T 41 4 A Trilogy of Churches (at Upton) Part 1 Article Green S 23 4 A Trilogy of Churches (at Upton) Part 2 Article Green S 24 2 A Trilogy of Churches (at Upton) Part 3 Article Green S 25 2 A Victorian Entertainment - December 1982 Meeting Hancock P 33 5 A Watch on our Heritage Article 77 5 Accolade - Sue McCulloch Article 104 6 Adlington Hall Illustration 86 3 Advances in Culture and Education Article Anyon F 97 5 Aerial Archaeology in Cheshire - March 1981 Meeting F S Rhys Williams 28 5 Air Raid shelters location - Ashville Road Illustration 32 4 Air Road Heroes Illustration 60 2 Albert Memorial Industrial School Letter 53 5 Albert Memorial Industrial School Illustration 113 2 Albert Memorial Industrial School - September 2009 Meeting Lee D 113 2 Alf James and Joe Hughes 1960 Illustration 109 5 All Saints and St Bede's Churches Article Christall N 76 5 All Saints Church - stained glass window Illustration 63 1 All Saints Church and Gawsworth Hall Article Christall N 74 2

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All Saints Church map Map 74 2 American Civil War Designation Heritage Status for Birkenhead Article Hodgson A 104 5 An Archaeological Survey of Stanlow Abbey - October 1986 Meeting Williams C 44 3 An Audio Visual Presentation - March 1994 Meeting Wood C 67 5 An Illustrated History of Local Transport in Wirral - March 1987 Meeting Parry G D 46 5 An Insight to Shopping History - Birkenhead News 11.9.1963 Article 95 8 An Introduction to Family History - September 1982 Meeting Thornton C 32 5 Ancient Birkenhead Bridge Article Green S 43 4 Anderton Boat Life - June 2003 Visit Brown P 94 7 Anderton Boat Life - June 2003 Illustration 94 7 Annals of Birkenhead Article 2 2 Annals of Birkenhead 1150-1977 Article 13 Anniversary of the Opening of the Mersey Tunnel 18th July 1937 Article Christall N 67 3 Anniversary Year for Mersey Tunnel Article Lee D 36 2 Antiques found at Hoylake 1847 Illustration 83 7 Antique Triangle Cross Street Map 89 7 Antiques Triangle Illustration 89 6 Antiques Triangle Birkenhead Market Cross Article Morrison M F 89 6 Archaeological Excavation and Building recording at Bromborough - Oct 2005 Meeting Adams M 102 2 Archaeology and the Priory - February 1980 Meeting Chitty G 23 6 Archaeology on Wirral - Recent Work - September 1985 Meeting Cowell R W 41 4 Archaeology on Wirral Meeting Butler, H 118 4

Archaeology on Wirral Illustration 118 04-May

Architecture and Planning in 19th Century Birkenhead - November 1974 Meeting Hubbard E H 3 6 Archives Index - Library Article 77 6 Argyle Theatre, Argyle Street Map 27 2 Ark Royal 1938 and 1955 Illustration 95 2 Arrowe Park Jamboree Memorial Illustration 20 2 Art Gallery in 1932 Illustration 60 4 Artefacts from Churches about to be demolished Letter 53 5 As we were - photographs of Liverpool and Wirral - September 1990 Meeting Parry G D 56 3 As we Were Nostalgic Look Back at Wirral and Central Liverpool - Jan 1997 Meeting Parry G D 75 2 Ashton Park "A Little Oasis Article Hodgson A 75 6 Aspects of Local Education - 1850-1900 - November 1981 Meeting Allison J E 29 6 Aspects of Local History on Film - December 1998 Meeting Tilston A 81 4 Aspects of Parkgate History - February 1981 Meeting Place 27 6 Astromers of the Wirral - February 2005 Meeting Moffatt J 99 2 Atkin, George & Petyer Wm - Extracts from Liverpool Legion of Honour Article 118 6 Atkin, George & Petyer Wm - Extracts from Liverpool Legion of Honour Illustration 118 6 Audio Visual Show - October 1981 Meeting Ingram A 29 5 Avenue Super Cinema site, Bidston Avenue (1980) Illustration 26 2 Back in Time Down Borough Road Article Maudsley K 37 3 Baden-Powell and the Birkenhead Scout Jamboree - October 1989 Meeting France J M 53 3 Bakehouse 52 Thomas Street (Borough Road) Illustration 24 6 Balls Road with Oxton Road Congregation Church Tram 21 Illustration 47 6 Baby born in May blitz - 7th May 1941 Illustration 60 3 Barbara Mason Article 106 8 Barbara Mason Award Article 101 6 Barber Shop and Readings from Dickens - December 1995 Meeting Christall N 72 4 Bardic Gorsedd in Birkenhead Park Article 13 3 Barefoot in Birkenhead - April 1995 Meeting Norton T 70 6 Barnston Conservation Article 37 5 Barnston luggage boat Illustration 67 3 Barnston Village Article 34 7 Base of boilers chimney April 1988 Illustration 48 2 Bebington Cemetery Walk About Article Christall N 75 6 Being Prepared Article 108 7 Belgrano - Birkenhead High School Map 84 3

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Bibby Line - March 2004 Meeting Spencer C 97 2 Bidston Preservation Trust - Extracts from Annual Report" Article Crawford P 99 7 Bidston and Town - July 1974 Visit McIntyre W R S 1 6 Bidston Church Illustration 114 7 Bidston Church Bidston Village Article Christall N 80 5 Bidston Church from School Lane Illustration 33 4 Bidston Conservation Area Advisory Committee Article 74 5 Bidston Conservation Area Advisory Committee - Major policy change Article 33 4 Bidston Conservation Area Advisory Committee - Wirral Green Belt Article 32 6 Bidston Conservation Committee Article 34 6 Bidston Conservation Committee Article 37 6 Bidston Court, Noctorum Illustration 51 1 Bidston Docks Illustration 111 4 Bidston Hill Map 65 2 Bidston Hill Map 90 3 Bidston Hill - April 1986 Meeting Fox K 43 5 Bidston Hill British Clipper ship Illustration 110 1 Bidston Hill Centenary Year Article 109 8 Bidston Hill Lighthouse Illustration 27 1 Bidston Hill Observatory 1830 Illustration 90 2 Bidston Hill Observatory c1910 (with tea room cottage) Illustration 22 2 Bidston Hill Signalling Poles and Flags Illustration 27 1 Bidston Hill Tea Room Article Leeming M 23 3 Bidston Hill Windmill Article 65 3 Bidston Hill Windmill Illustration 113 1 Bidston Light House and Signals Illustration 65 2 Bidston Lighthouse Article 47 5 Bidston Lighthouse Illustration 79 4 Bidston Lighthouse (1872) Article Hodgson A 77 5 Bidston Lighthouse and Observatory Illustration 77 5 Bidston Lighthouse and Telegraph Station Article Hockey, J 65 2 Bidston Lighthouse taken 1892 Illustration 65 3 Bidston Moss - Tree Planting Article Christall N 77 6 Bidston Moss B&Q Illustration 75 6 Bidston Moss Reclamation Plan Article 70 5 Bidston Moss site of archaeological interest Article 53 3 Bidston Observatory Article 95 6 Bidston Observatory Illustration 90 4 Bidston Observatory - December 2003 Meeting Crawford P 96 5 Bidston Observatory - The Future Letter Crawford P 90 2 Bidston Observatory Lighthouse and perimeter wall Article 53 3 Bidston Observatory Museum - Campaign Progress Report - July 2002 Article Crawford P 91 7 Bidston Observatory showing telescope domes Illustration 96 5 Bidston Preservation Trust Article Hodgson A 94 7 Bidston Preservation Trust - update Article Petris S 96 8 Bidston Retail Scheme Article Christall N 53 3 Bidston Road 1910 Illustration 4 4 Bidston Stone Illustration 97 7 Bidston Viking Stone Article 101 6 Bidston Village Article 46 4 Bidston Village Article 109 8 Bidston Village and Hall - April 1980 Visit Mrs Murphy & Mr Tann 24 5 Bidston Village and North End - May 2003 Meeting 94 6 Bidston Village Conservation Area Advisory Committee Article Christall N 79 3 Bidston Village Conservation Area Advisory Committee Article 56 2

Bidston Village Conservation Area Advisory Committee Visit - October 1984 Article Christall N & Hodgson A 38 4

Bidston Village Walk about Article 82 6 Bidston Windmill Illustration 4 5 Birkenhead Article Christall N 50 2

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Birkenhead - A History - Book Article 112 8 Birkenhead - How the Name Evolved Article McIntyre W R S 1 2 Birkenhead - Its Rise and Importance 1840-1860 - March 1982 Meeting McIntyre W R S 30 7 Birkenhead - One Hundred Years Article McIntyre W R S 12 2 Birkenhead - What we have and what we have not - November 1989 Meeting Christall N 53 4 Birkenhead 1939-1945 and life went on Article 44 2 Birkenhead Albert Memorial Industrial School Illustration 73 1 Birkenhead Albert Memorial Industrial School Article Griffiths M 73 2 Birkenhead and its Music Article Cockburn C 26 3 Birkenhead and the Blitz Article Christall N 59 2 Birkenhead and the Blitz Article Saville J 66 2 Birkenhead and the Forest of Wirral - February 2007 Meeting Booth P H W 105 6 Birkenhead and Wallasey Docks - Central Hydraulic Tower Illustration 39 1 Birkenhead Bomb damage Illustration 88 6 Birkenhead Central Library Article 106 8 Birkenhead Central Library Illustration 110 8 Birkenhead Corporation Gas Department Illustration 86 5 Birkenhead Corporation Trams and buses Illustration 9 1 Birkenhead Corporation's Alwen Water Supply Article Hodgson A 48 2 Birkenhead Council for Voluntary Service Article 47 6 Birkenhead Dock Disaster 6th March 2009 Article 111 6 Birkenhead Docks - July 1980 Visit McIntyre W R S 25 4 Birkenhead Docks Disaster Article 110 2 Birkenhead Ferries - Woodside Stage from Shore, Mountwood, Floating Bridge Illustration 8 1 Birkenhead Ferry - London Illustrated News 1886 Illustration 83 2 Birkenhead Ferry 1829 Illustration 2 6 Birkenhead first Town Hall Article Dennett, R 118 7 Birkenhead first Town Hall Illustration 118 7 Birkenhead Firsts Article 35 4 Birkenhead Gas Works and Central Station Illustration 86 5 Birkenhead General Hospital - Deed Box Article Christall N 60 2 Birkenhead Gunpowder Mills, Wilmington Delaware USA Illustration 54 2 Birkenhead Heritage - An Old Building Saved Article Johnson R W 65 4 Birkenhead Heritage - An Old Building Saved Letter Courtney K 66 3 Birkenhead History Society - 30th Anniversary Meeting Illustration 97 1 Birkenhead Horse Tramway Illustration 95 3 Birkenhead in 1835 Article Christall N 43 2 Birkenhead in its Infancy Article Harriet Salt 21 2 Birkenhead Institute Playing Field Article Christall N 73 6 Birkenhead Library Article Morrison T & M F 58 2 Birkenhead Market Article Rogers A M 37 3 Birkenhead Mechanics Institute Article Morrison T & M F 58 3 Birkenhead Mills USA Article 53 5 Birkenhead Mills USA Article Dr Eastmond 54 2 Birkenhead News 1893 Article 104 7 Birkenhead Park Article 55 4 Birkenhead Park - Aerial photo Illustration 88 3 Birkenhead Park - Management Plan Article Hodgson A 58 3 Birkenhead Park - May 1975 Visit Hubbard E H 5 4 Birkenhead Park - opening Illustration 93 4 Birkenhead Park - Opening, Boathouse, Swiss Bridge Illustration 29 1 Birkenhead Park - Past, present and future - January 2003 Meeting Lester J 93 4 Birkenhead Park 150th Article 75 6 Birkenhead Park Advisory Conservation Committee Article Hodgson A 63 4 Birkenhead Park Boat House Illustration 52 1 Birkenhead Park boathouse Illustration 55 4 Birkenhead Park Entrance Illustration 12 1 Birkenhead Park Lottery Application September 2000 Article 86 6 Birkenhead Park Pavilion Illustration 93 1

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Birkenhead Park Restoration Activity Map 104 7 Birkenhead Park Walk June 1997 Visit Christall N 76 3 Birkenhead Past Article Leeming M 19 3 Birkenhead Personalities - Sarony, Cole, Mallory, Masterson Illustration 23 1 Birkenhead Pioneer Street Tramways Illustration 115 6 & 7 Birkenhead Pioneer Street Tramways - May 2010 Meeting Jones R 115 6 Birkenhead Plan Map 32 2 Birkenhead Police Force 1880's-1920's 39 2 Birkenhead Police Force, Slatey Road Illustration 57 6 Birkenhead Policewomen 1919 Illustration 90 7 Birkenhead Priory Illustration 13 1 Birkenhead Priory Illustration 51 4 Birkenhead Priory Article 56 3 Birkenhead Priory - Artist's Impression Illustration 15 1 Birkenhead Priory - February 1989 Meeting McInniss J 51 5 Birkenhead Priory - June 1989 Visit 52 4 Birkenhead Priory - main entrance into the guest hall Illustration 38 4 Birkenhead Priory March 1984 Visit 36 4 Birkenhead Priory rear of Chapter House Illustration 102 8 Birkenhead Remembered in Picture postcards - December 1986 Meeting Boumphrey I 45 3 Birkenhead Reminiscences Article Williams P 11 5 Birkenhead School Map 82 4 Birkenhead School, Shrewsbury Road Illustration 82 3 Birkenhead Shipyard (Lairds) about 1887 Illustration 45 1 Birkenhead Street Trams 150th Anniversary Article 112 8 Birkenhead Theatres Article 107 8 Birkenhead Town Trail Article 58 3 Birkenhead Town Trail - October 1981 Visit 29 5 Birkenhead Tram No 20 Article 81 7 Birkenhead Trams Article Christall N 76 5 Birkenhead Trams Illustration 62 5 Birkenhead Trams Reborn - September 1991 Meeting Jones R & Pollard E 59 3 Birkenhead Tramways Article 108 7 Birkenhead Trams - November 1985 Meeting Jones R & Pollard E 41 5 Birkenhead Union Workhouse Staff 1906 Illustration 100 3 Birkenhead up to 1840 - October 1979 Meeting McIntyre W R S 22 4 Birkenhead Waterfront Article 87 8 Birkenhead with Woodside Pier and Ferry 1855 Illustration 50 2 Birkenhead, Capital Town - March 1999 Meeting Middlehurst, A 82 2 Birkenhead's Birthright (Ships and Shipping in the Mersey) - Sept 1974 Meeting Hallam W B 2 5 Birkenhead's Bond Street - May 1994 Meeting Morrison T & M F 67 5 Birkenhead's Bricklayers Record Article 45 6 Birkenhead's Early Post Offices Article Morrison T & M F 68 2 Birkenhead's First Blue Plaques Article 89 7 Birkenhead's First Blue Plaques - Wilfred Owen Illustration 89 7 Birkenhead's First Flats Article Green S 35 2 Birkenhead's First Post Office Illustration 54 1 Birkenhead's First Tram Illustration 28 5 Birkenhead's Firsts - Argyle Theatre Article Cockburn C 41 3 Birkenhead's Industries and Crafts Article Cockburn C 28 4 Birkenhead's little lighthouse Article Morris C 118 2 Birkenhead's little lighthouse Illustration 118 2 Birkenhead's Own Composer Article Christall N 25 3 Birkenhead's Proposed New Market Article 78 2 Birkenhead's Proposed New Market Illustration 78 2 Birkenhead's Roman Bridge Article Green S 42 2 Birkenhead's Roman Bridge Map 42 3 Birkenhead's Wooden Roads - up to 1918 Article Haughton W 31 3 Birket Bridge Article Anyon F 99 4 Birkett Bridge Map Map 99 5

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Birkett Hall (Birkenhead Promontory) Illustration 10 2 Birkett Hall and the Civil War Article McIntyre W R S 10 2 Birkenhead - Showing Cleveland Street and Docks 1970 Illustration 96 1 Birkenhead Trades Council - Cemetery 1992 Article 56 4 Birkenhead Tramway Article 110 2 Birkenhead Tramways, Now and Then - January 1996 Meeting Jones, R 72 3 Birthday Celebrations May 1984 Article 37 7 Black Country Museum - June 2008 Visit Brown P 109 6 Black Hose, Tranmere C1900 Illustration 87 6 Blastings Buzzers and Bells Article Cockburn C 30 3 Borough Road C1905 Illustration 5 3 Borough Road Nos 57-61 in 1904 Illustration 37 3 Borough Road road works in 1904 Illustration 37 4 Borough Road Sewer Works 1904 Illustration 60 1 Borough Road/ Woodchurch Road 1947 Map 59 2 Boy Scouts Article Christall N 70 5 Brae Head Cottage Illustration 114 2 Brickfields Article Christall N 63 4 Bridge at Rivington Illustration 76 3 Brief Account of the Early Wirral Footpaths and Open Spaces Pres Society Article Mason B 70 3 Brimstage Hall Illustration 21 1 Brimstage Hall - April 1982 Visit 31 5 Brimstage Hall - September 1979 Visit Mallinson Mr & Mrs 22 3 Bromborough Dock Illustration 111 2 Bromborough Dock - December 2008 Meeting Hunter G 111 2 Bromborough map Map 102 3 Bromborough Power Station Article Catford K E 39 3 Bromborough Power Station from Eastham Country Park 1981 Illustration 39 3 Bromborough Road Illustration 102 2 Bromborough War Memorial Names - October 2010 Meeting Beastall J 116 3 Buried Treasure - March 1977 Meeting Simpson J 12 4 Burton Village and Church - July 1977 Visit Jones R 13 4 By the Mersey - January 1980 Meeting Clayton A S 23 6 Bye Laws with respect o Birkenhead Hill Article 105 8 C Desmond Greaves 1913-1988 Birkonian and Old Instonian Article Wood R 111 7 Cab rank at Park Station Illustration 32 4 Camera at Work - December 2001 Meeting Millington C 90 5 Cammell Laird - December 2001 Illustration 89 1 Cammell Laird & Co Ltd 1903-1939 Article Bowcock A & Taylor J 57 4 Cammell Laird main engineering workshop 1950's Illustration 59 3 Cammell Laird Shipbuilding Article 95 6 Cammell Laird Yard Article 101 4 Cammell Laird's 1828-1978 - March 1979 Meeting Lindstrom F 20 4 Camp Eden - June 2009 Visit 112 7 Campaign to save the Daniel Adamson Illustration 113 4 & 5 Campaign to save the Daniel Adamson - October 2009 Meeting Hirst T 113 4 Canada Works, Great West Float Map 71 2 Cannon Hill, Birkenhead Park (looking east) c1900 Illustration 31 3 Capenhurst Visit - June 1991 Visit 58 5 Capital of Culture - Sunday Walks in Birkenhead Article 109 8 Car No 36 - Tram Illustration 28 5 Cardwell Ice-Cream Parlour Illustration 104 1 Cardwell Ice-Cream Parlour Article 104 6 Caravans at Moreton 1920 Illustration 41 4 Caravans at Moreton 1920's Illustration 64 4 Cast iron lamp standard at Rock Ferry Illustration 49 5 Castlefield Urban Heritage Park - June 1985 Visit 40 4 Castleton and Buxton - June 2010 Visit Hodgson A 115 5 Cathcart House 1912 Illustration 37 2 Cathedral Bell Tower - Society members Illustration 44 4

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Celtic Head of Tam O'Shanter Article 20 3 Central Library Borough Road Article 109 8 Centrifugal Pumping Engines, Wallasey Dock Birkenhead 1890 Illustration 98 1 Charing Cross Illustration 11 5 Charing Cross Illustration 94 5 Charing Cross looking down Grange Road Illustration 17 1 Charles Collis Illustration 28 2 Charles Collis - A Birkenhead Potter - Della Robbia Article Hillhouse, D 28 2 Charles Dawson Brown (1829-1890) Article Burnett V 97 4 Charles Thompson's Mission Article Christall N 60 3 Charles Thompson's Mission, Hemingford Street Illustration 6 1 Charles Walker Article Leeming M 23 3 Charles Willmer JP 1819-1897 - November 2002 Meeting Petris S 92 5 Chart - entrance to the Mersey 1813 Illustration 27 1 Chatsworth - May 1985 Visit 40 4 Cheshire Knights and Ladies - April 2001 Meeting Bostock A J 88 7 Cheshire Oddities - February 1979 Meeting Bratt C 19 4 Cheshire Regiment - January 2004 Meeting Major John Ellis 96 6 Chester Castle Illustration 91 2 Chester Cathedral, North Transept Illustration 78 4 Chester City Archives Office - November 1980 Visit 27 4 Chester Railway terminating at Monks Ferry Map 84 8 Chester Railway terminating at Monks Ferry Letter Sloan G 85 7 Chester Railway terminating at Monks Ferry Illustration 85 7 Chester Station Illustration 95 1 Chief Constable Parker in attendance at visit of King George V Illustration 46 4 Childhood Memories - Winter Article Brown C S 67 3 Childhood Recollections stimulated by the article on Peters Café Article Rycroft C 46 5 Children of the Blitz - March 2001 Meeting Blasberg K 88 6 Children's Penny Dinners, Priory Street Article Library Pamphlet 67 2 China Farm West Kirby - inscribed house plate Illustration 117 1 Chirk Castle Illustration 106 7 Chorlton Hall & St Oswald's Church, Backford - July 2000 Visit Mason B 86 4 Christ Church Birkenhead Illustration 81 6 Christ Church, Claughton now known as Christ Church, Birkenhead Article Christall N 60 6 Christ Church Road Oxton 1900's Illustration 102 4 Christ Church, Birkenhead - 159 years Ministry Article Christall N 81 6 Christ Church, Claughton Article 82 6 Christchurch, Claughton Clock Photo-Quiz 10 3 Christchurch, Claughton Clock Photo-Quiz 11 3 Christmas Carols - December 1983 Meeting Mrs Shepherd 36 3 Christmas Day in the Workhouse - December 1987 Meeting 47 5 Christmas Past Article Cockburn C 18 3 Christmas Readings - December 1977 Meeting 15 3 Church Development in Birkenhead from 1820 - March 1975 Meeting Wright Rev S J 4 6 Church Farm Bidston Article Christall N 74 3 Church Farm Bidston C1900 Illustration 41 4 Church Farm, Bidston Village Road Illustration 74 1 Church of the Holy Cross, Woodchurch Illustration 46 1 Church Street, Birkenhead Team Owners premises Illustration 46 2 Cinemas in Central Birkenhead Map 26 3 Cinemas of Birkenhead Past and Present (Part 1) Article Lindstrom F 26 2 City of Glasgow (1850) first Inman Steamer Illustration 30 2 City of Rome, The Inman Line (1881) Illustration 30 2 Claughton Bidston Hill and the North End - July 1975 Visit McIntyre W R S 5 4 Claughton Cinema (Astor Charing Cross) Article Leece R 23 3 Claughton Cinema (Astor) Claughton Road Illustration 22 1 Claughton Common Article 63 4 Claughton Exchange Building, Balls Road Illustration 57 5 Claughton Firs Illustration 60 4

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Claughton Higher Grade Cookery Class 26 May 1908 Illustration 7 1 Claughton Music Hall Organ - History Article Fisher, R C 29 3 Clearings in the Forest - January 1994 Meeting Cowell R W 66 4 Cleveland Street Depot Map 116 7 Cleveland Street Depot Coat of Arm Illustration 116 7 Clifton Park - Lewis Hornblower's House Illustration 85 1 Clifton Park No 47 Illustration 86 7 Clifton Road No 21 Illustration 87 7 Clifton Road No 47 Illustration 87 7 Clifton Road Nos 32 & 30 Illustration 86 7 Clover, Clayton or Grayson Rollo and Clover Article 43 3 Coaching Inns and Public Houses in and Around Birkenhead Article Cockburn C 14 2 Coat of Arms - entrance door to Williamson Art Gallery Photo-Quiz 14 2 Coat of Arms - entrance door to Williamson Art Gallery Photo-Quiz 15 2 Colin and Nancy Sloan - Golden Wedding Illustration 114 2 Colin and Nancy Sloan - Golden Wedding Article 114 2 Coliseum Picture House, Old Chester Road Illustration 28 3 Coliseum, Tranmere Map 28 3 Colonel Patterson - Letter from Article Wentzel D 26 6 Colonel Toosey Illustration 82 5 Colonel Toosey and Bridge over the River Kwai Article 82 5 Conservation Article 114 8 Constable with first Birkenhead Police Radio 1960 Illustration 90 5 Construction of the new promenade at New Brighton 1930's Illustration 34 6 Control of the Wirral Coastline - April 1983 Meeting Barber Dr P C 34 6 Conway Illustration 104 4 Conway House and Playing Fields, Rock Ferry Illustration 43 2 Conway Park site and Angel Public House Illustration 103 4 Conway Recreation ground C1912 Map 42 2 Conway Street Illustration 12 3 Conway Street Illustration 3 3 Conway Street School Illustration 61 1 Conway Street School cleaned and freed from the shadow of the flyover Illustration 75 3 Conway Street Schools Illustration 7 1 Corner of Chester Street and Market Street Illustration 43 2 Corporation Leyland Bus No 108 Illustration 29 3 Cottage, Village Road, Lower Bebington Illustration 47 4 Council Schools Swimming Club at Corporation Baths, Livingstone Street Illustration 7 1 County Borough of Birkenhead - Coat of Arms Illustration 12 1 County Borough of Birkenhead - Coat of Arms Illustration 13 2 Cricket Team outside Birkenhead Park Pavilion 1920's Illustration 31 2 Cromwell - October 1987 Meeting Hambly Rev R 47 4 Crosby History Society - May 1993 Visit 65 4 Crosby Visit by Society Members - September 1994 Visit 68 3 Cross Hill Reservoir under construction Illustration 48 2 Cross Street - Fire Article 81 7 Cross Street Shops leading to Market Street Illustration 43 1 CSS Alabama Illustration 39 4 CSS Alabama Illustration 47 1 CSS Alabama and Laird's Dock No 4 Article 45 4 Cunard Ships for Sale 1986 Illustration 105 2 Cutting the Ground from under their Feet - September 2000 Meeting Jarvis A E 86 2 Cyclists 90th Anniversary - Extracts from Birkenhead News 1901 Article Lindstrom F 57 2 Cyclists Celebrate 1991 Illustration 57 3 Daily Arrowe Illustration 31 4 Dave Thompson - Obituary Article 81 8 Dawpool - Fireplace (now entrance to Kingsland Restaurant Borough Rd 1981 Photo-Quiz 24 3 Dawpool Thurstaston Article Lindstrom F 26 4 Dawpool Thurstaston Village Article Lindstrom F 25 2

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Dawpool, Thurstaston Village Illustration 25 2 Days Gone By (Borough Road Birkenhead) Article Barclay E 12 3 Deeside Maritime History - January 1991 Meeting Branigan D P 57 5 Della Robbia Pottery Article 102 8 Della Robbia Pottery Illustration 102 8 Della Robbia Pottery - September 1981 Meeting Hillhouse, D 29 5 Della Robbia Pottery and Potters Illustration 28 1 Demolished Churches of Birkenhead and their Artefacts Article Christall N 52 6 Demolition of Brassey Street School Article Anyon F 115 4 Demolition of Brassey Street School Illustration 115 4 Denna Coal Works Illustration 111 3 Development of the Town - June 1974 Meeting McIntyre W R S 1 6 Diary of Miss Lee - September 1978 Meeting Lee A W 18 3 Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve Map 102 5 Dickens and Merseyside - December 1990- Meeting Walker J 57 4 Directories and their Uses - March 1978 Meeting Allison J E 16 4 Disafforestation - Historical Conference Article 9 3 Discovering Wirral - January 1988 Meeting Hubbert W C 48 3 Do you want to know a secret of Oxton Article 98 7 Donkey Town Article Williams E 34 3 Donkey Town Letter Harden D 35 2 Donkey Town Article 47 3 Down our Street - Birkenhead on stage Article Benton, M 118 6 Dr Douglas (McWilliam) Barlow - Obituary Article 88 8 Dr William Stevenson Article Morrison T & M F 62 5 Drinking Fountain Charing Cross (River Street) Photo-Quiz 15 2 Duke Street/Corporation Road - Police Point Duty Illustration 90 1 Duncan Street/Brandon Street Map 66 3 E Class Submarine (E11) Illustration 98 3 E H Haire Article Hodgson A 63 6 Earlier sea defence work at Wallasey Illustration 34 6 Early Days in Birkenhead Article McIntyre W R S 4 2 Early Days of the Citizens Advice Bureau - November 2002 Meeting Mason G 92 6 Early Education Letter 47 3 Early Telephone Subscribers in Birkenhead Article Lane I E 15 2 Early Tranmere Article Allison J E 5 2 Eastham Country Park - January 1983 Meeting Marshall C 33 6 Eastham Ferry at the turn of the century (1900) Illustration 55 3 Eastham Ferry c 1920 Illustration 33 6 Eastham in its Heyday Illustration 33 1 Eastham Village and Church - April 1983 Visit 34 8 Education in 1835 Article Christall N 38 4 Education in Early Birkenhead Article Stephens M 6 3 Education in Early Birkenhead Article Stephens M 7 3 Edward Hubbard Obituary Article Hodgson A 52 6 Edwardian Birkenhead Meeting Allison J E 28 5 Edwardian Rambles Illustration 109 2 Edwardian Rambles around Cheshire and other Books - March 2008 Meeting Darling J 109 2 Elections Article Cockburn C 30 4 Ellesmere Port as a Canal Town - January 1979 Meeting Jarvis A E 19 4 Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - June 1978 Visit 17 4 Ellesmere Port Boat Museum Visit Visit 31 5 Ellesmere Port Docks c1920's Illustration 108 1 Ellesmere Port, Docks and Canal - January 2008 Meeting Turpin C 108 5 Ellesmere Port, Docks and Canal Illustration 108 5 Emigrants of the New World Article 43 4 Emigrants to Canada Article 113 3 Emma Lady Hamilton - September 2007 Meeting Corfe J M 107 4 Emmanuel Bible College Illustration 39 2 Englesea Brook Chapel Illustration 86 3

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Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum - June 2000 Visit Mason B 86 3 English Heritage (Listing) Advisor's Report 5.6.2007 Article 107 2 Enlightened Edwardians and Visionary Victorians - January 1984 Meeting Coombs A M 36 3 Entrance to Bidston Hall Illustration 24 1 Entrance to the Wormhole, Wellington Road, New Brighton (1980) Illustration 27 4 Ephemera - Look it up yourself - December 2007 Meeting Parry G 108 4 Ephemera - Look it up yourself - December 2007 Illustration 108 4 Erddig Hall, Wrexham - June 1980 Visit 25 4 Eric Pollard - Obituary Article 71 4 Esplanade at Rock Ferry showing former Swimming Baths Illustration 58 5 Essex Bowen MD, FRCS, JP 1829-1890 Article Johnson R W 63 2 Europe's top Cemetery staff in Flaybrick Article 109 7 Evacuees Article Cutler B 88 8 Everest 2004 Article Hodgson A 98 3 Exmouth Street from Conway Street Illustration 70 5 Experimental Tram Article 101 8 Extract taken from "Lord Leverhulme" Article Mason B 99 5 Extracts from a short history of the Church of St Luke 1932 Article Christall N 52 5 Extracts from Flaybrick Memorial Gardens Newsletter Winter 1996 Article 75 4 F E Smith - Lord Birkenhead Illustration 110 4 & 6 F E Smith - Lord Birkenhead - November 2008 Meeting Corfe J M 110 4 Fair Lands or Plains (a history of horse racing courses in Wirral) - March 1990 Meeting Elkerton M 55 3 Famous Birkonians Letter 47 3 Farmers, Fishermen and Alehouse Keepers - September 2001 Meeting Davey E 89 3 Fascinating Flaybrick - October 1993 Meeting Hockey, J 65 5 Father of Tranmere Rovers James Hannay McGaul Illustration 62 3 Fearless on Everest, the quest for Sandy Irvine - November 2001 Meeting Summers J 89 4 Feed my lambs Article 99 3 Ferries Improvement - Seacombe Article Christall N 80 5 Ferries Past and Present - April 1994 Meeting Ditchfield G 67 5 Ferry Cross the Mersey Article 35 2 Ferry to Stanlow across the Manchester Ship Canal Illustration 44 3 Ferry Trip Pre-view - May 1976 Meeting Allison J E 8 4 Ferry Turnstiles and West Cheshire Brewery Letter 53 5 Field Club 1901 - Dr Green Illustration 41 4 Fifty Years of Local News - January 1976 Meeting Beacall P 7 4 Film "Oldies" - December 1980 Meeting Lindstrom F 27 5 Films of Birkenhead 1914-1965 - December 1978 Meeting 19 4 Films of Birkenhead during 25 years - November 1977 Meeting Rostance J 14 4 Fir Bob Land - A look around Higher Bebington - February 2001 Meeting Alsbury A 90 7 Fir Bob Land - October 1977 Meeting Allsbury A 14 4 Firefighting on the Wirral Illustration 115 3 Firefighting on the Wirral - April 2010 Meeting Ryan S 115 3 Fireman's Arms, Oliver Street Illustration 14 1 First for Birkenhead - MV Fullager Article Lee D 44 2 Firsts for Birkenhead - More Article Cockburn C 42 3 Firsts for Birkenhead Article 118 3 Flaybrick Cemetery Article Morrison T & M F 62 4 Flaybrick Cemetery - Extracts from Annual Report 1998 Article Moffatt J 78 6 Flaybrick Cemetery - June 1998 Visit Mason B 79 2 Flaybrick Chapel minus spire Illustration 75 4 Flaybrick Hill Cemetery 1972 Illustration 62 4 Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Buildings Article 37 6 Flaybrick Hill Reservoir - Boiler House Article 45 6 Flaybrick Hill Waterworks Tower Illustration 45 6 Flaybrick Memorial Gardens Article Moffatt J 77 6 Flaybrick Memorial Gardens Article 103 8 Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Past and Future - October 2007 Meeting Tilston A 107 4 Flying Flea Illustration 109 1

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Foden Steam Lorry Illustration 36 2 Footpaths for the People - March 1989 Meeting Kirby M 52 3 Footprints of Cheirotherium Storetonensis Illustration 92 2 Ford Waterworks Article Tolliday G 48 2 Former stables, Fairclough Lane, Oxton 1978 Illustration 64 6 Former Tranmere Mill Church Road Article 109 8 Fort Perch Rock Illustration 32 6 Fort Perch Rock - May 1982 Visit Kingham N 32 6 Forty Years in the Magistrate's Court - March 1976 Meeting Berkson B 8 4 Fountain outside Cammell Laird's Shipyard Photo-Quiz 11 3 Fox's Dining Rooms before and after refurbishment Illustration 76 6 Francis Styan's Furniture Store Illustration 61 3 Frank Lindstrom - Obituary Article 67 6 Frederick Smith Article 79 3 Friends of Bebington Cemetery Article 72 6 Friends of Birkenhead 20 Article 37 6 Friends of Flaybrick Article Moffatt J 84 8 Friends of Flaybrick - Annual Report 1995 Article Moffatt J 69 6 Friends of Flaybrick - Annual Report 1996 Article 73 3 Friends of Flaybrick Annual Report 1997 Article Moffatt J 75 4 Friends of Flaybrick DVD Article 106 8 Friends of the Ferries Article Hodgson A 77 5 Friends of the Ferries November 1996 Article Christall N 74 5 Frodsham Map 98 8 From Wirral to Wurlitzer Article Christall N 91 6 Further Education in Wallasey - October 2008 Meeting Richards P S 110 3 Further Notes from the Diary of Miss Lee - September 1980 Meeting Lee A W 26 4 Gas centrifuge process at Capenhurst Illustration 58 5 Gate to Woodlands School, Borough Road Illustration 61 6 Gawsworth Hall Illustration 74 2 General Post Office, Argyle Street Illustration 68 2 Geoffrey Place - Obituary Article Mason B 104 8 George Biddell Illustration 99 3 George Hamilton Fletcher - Letter Article Leeming M 20 3 George Starbuck Letter 30 8 George Starbuck - 1871 census Illustration 96 2 Gone with the Wind - Blockade Running in the American Civil War - March 1996 Meeting Williams J 73 4 Goodbye Steam - May 1977 Meeting Rostance J 12 4 Gorsedd Ceremony in Birkenhead Park Illustration 99 5 Grandfather's Days with the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board Article Leeming M 45 5 Grandfather's Diaries 1890-1914 - November 2000 Meeting Hilditch E 87 5 Grandfather's Diaries 1890-1914 - October 2001 Meeting Hilditch E 89 4 Grange Road at Charing Cross Illustration 13 1 Grave at Ors Illustration 80 4 Great Eastern Illustration 44 4 Great Eastern "Conway and Akbar" 1953 Illustration 89 8 Great Houses of the Wirral - Lost or re-invented Article Lancelyn-Green J 115 2 Greenbank Church Upton Illustration 24 2 Gregory's Cigar Stores, Hamilton Street Illustration 5 1 Growth of Merseyside - January 1977 Meeting Allison J E 11 6 Guided Tour around Chester Visit 17 4 Hamilton Hall Article Lane I E 17 3 Hamilton Quarter another refurbished Building Article 76 6 Hamilton Square Article McIntyre W R S 11 3 Hamilton Square Illustration 11 4 Hamilton Square Article 75 5 Hamilton Square - Design Guide Article Hodgson A 58 4 Hamilton Square 1858 Map 83 3 Hamilton Square Conservation Area Illustration 58 4

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Hamilton Square Station Illustration 93 5 Hamilton Square Station Hydraulic Lift Tower 1999 Illustration 82 2 Hamilton Square, No 63 Map 84 4 Hamilton Square/Ivy Street/Woodside Ferry/Cross Street Illustration 80 1 Hamilton Street Library Illustration 58 1 Hampden Grove Victory Party Article Bayley L 101 3 Harry Allen's Shop 36-38 Grange Road West Illustration 106 7 Harry Charles Allen Article 106 7 Harry Charles Allen Illustration 106 7 Harry Nielson Illustration 114 6 Harwood's Market Inn, Market Street Illustration 23 3 Haunted Houses of Wirral - January 1999 Meeting Brocklebank R 81 4 Hawthorne recalls Bebington - March 1988 Meeting Currams R 49 4 Haymarket Illustration 11 5 Haymarket - Mr Ball's Cycle Shop - Letter from Article Collins E L 20 3 Haymarket Birkenhead Illustration 19 1 Heald and Batchelor Illustration Christall N 47 3 Henry Tate - Blue Plaque Illustration 116 6 Henry Tate and the Birkenhead Institute Meeting Lee D 116 6 Heraldry in Birkenhead Article Cranstone H 13 2 Here Comes the Alabama to Birkenhead - November 1987 Meeting Williams J K 47 5 Heswall Photographic Society Wirral 2000 Article 69 5 High springtide at Parkgate 1988 Illustration 49 5 Highfield South Letter Lewis K P 48 4 Highfield South July 1949 Illustration 47 2 Highfield South, Rock Ferry Article Sloman G 47 2 Hilbre Illustration 79 5 Hilbre Visitor Centre Illustration 97 6

Hilda Gamlin Illustration 105 04-May

Hilda Gamlin her life and times 1844-1898 Meeting Corfe J M 105 2 Hillbark September 2008 Illustration 114 5 Hinderton - A Donkey Town - February 2000 Meeting Dennett, R 85 6 Hippodrome Grange Road Illustration 75 1 Historic Houses of the North West - September 1995 Meeting Davey E 71 5 Historic Names Revived Article 103 8

Historical Silent Movies Show - December 1981 Meeting Lindstrom F & Orlidge R 30 6

Historical Socieites Fair - October 2001 Article 89 7 History of Binns Road Factory Letter Darby P 64 5 History of Binns Road Factory - December 1992 Meeting Morris J & C 63 3 History of St Mark's Church,Slatey Road Article Lee D 54 2 History of the River Dee - May 1978 Meeting Terrett I 16 4 History on your Doorstep - November 1992 Meeting Hozack, V 63 2 HMS Birkenhead Article 90 8 HMS Conway - November 1979 Meeting Harden D 22 4 HMS Conway (III) Illustration 18 1 HMS Thetis Illustration 16 2 HMS Thetis Illustration 104 2 HMS Thetis Illustration 112 7 HMS Unicorn 1992 Illustration 61 5 Holy Trinity, Price Street Illustration 66 1 Home front recall Article 101 8 Hooton Hangers Article Hodgson A 99 6 Hope Jones factory Argyle Street Illustration 91 5 Horology Article 108 7 Horse & Jockey Public House, Arrowe Park gates Illustration 55 2 Horse Drawn Tram Car 13 Illustration 14 3 Hospitals in Birkenhead Article Christall N 63 5 Hot Pot 4d a plate Article Myers M 45 5

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How Does your garden (centre) grow - May 2008 Meeting Hilditch E 109 5 How Empire Day used to be Celebrated Article Maudsley K M 43 3 Humours and Horrors - December 1993 Meeting Trueman J 66 3 Hundred Bridges of Cheshire 1834 Illustration 99 4 Hundred of Wirral History Societies Article 37 4 Hundred of Wirral History Societies Article 38 2 Hydraulic Power at Birkenhead Docks - February 1977 Meeting Jarvis A E 11 6 Ilchester Road Workmen's Flats 1845 Illustration 35 1 Illustrated Talk - Hilbre Island - May 2004 Meeting Craggs, S 97 7 In Search of Great Uncle Joe Illustration 116 4 In Search of Great Uncle Joe - November 2010 Meeting Threlfall P 116 4 Inaugural - May 1974 Meeting 1 4 Indefatigable Illustration 40 2 Information sought on Lusitania Article 41 3 Inman's Home - Upton Manor built C1857 Illustration 97 3 Inside the Wormhole, Wellington Road, New Brighton (1980) Illustration 27 4 Insight on the job of a Birkenhead Pawnbroker Article Leeming M 15 3 Inspector's Report Illustration 98 4 Interview with Birkenhead Resident of Patten Street Article Mason B 14 3 Interviewing Article Taylor M 9 2 Irby Village - July 1995 Visit 70 4 Irby Village Post Office Illustration 70 4 Ironbridge Gorge Museum - May 1979 Visit 21 4 Irvine - Mallory - Everest Article 82 4 Irving & Mallory Article 101 8 Isaac Roberts Article 79 6 Isaac Roberts Pioneer Astrophotographer Article Moffatt J 80 2 Isabel Abraham Illustration 100 2 J D Drysdale Illustration 39 2 J E Allison MA - Obituary Article 34 4 J E Allison MA - Obituary Illustration 34 4 Jamboree Monument now at entrance to Arrowe Park Hospital Illustration 82 3 James Beazley Illustration 85 2 James Kerr built by T Royden in 1892 Illustration 114 4 Jean Williams - Obituary Article 71 4 John Emmerson Illustration 115 2 John Emmerson - Obituary Article Hodgson A 115 2 John Fletcher 1774-1844 - Letter from Article Hamilton-Fletcher S A 19 2 John Laird Illustration 10 3 John Laird Illustration 101 1 John Laird and the 1861 Parliamentary Election Article Patterson J 97 4 John Laird Scrapbook Illustration 97 4 John Morris - Obituary Article Hodgson A/Mason B 118 3 John Oakley of The Conway Illustration 19 3 John Pyke (Managing Director), Eleanor and John Pyke (Chairman) Illustration 72 2 John Thornton - Obituary Article 84 4 Joseph Heap JP Illustration 85 3 Joseph Williamson Mole of Edge Hill Illustration 85 6 Ken Courtney - Obituary Article 84 4 Keystone saved Article 101 8 Knox Bell Article 11 4 Knox Bell Article 59 4

Knox Bell and the Mersey Tunnel - October 1978 Meeting Allison J E & Morris J P 18 4

Laird and Livingstone Families - Letter Article Leeming M 20 3 Laird History - The Early Years 1810-1861 Article Bowcock A & Taylor S 56 2 Laird History - The Early Years 1857-1903 Article Bowcock A & Taylor J 57 3 Laird School of Art Illustration 63 4 Laird School of Art - Park Road North Illustration 82 1 Lairds No 4 Dock Article 87 8

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Landican Village Illustration 61 3 Landscape of Cheshire in the Middle Ages - May 1979 Meeting Booth P 20 4 Launch of HMS Unicorn Illustration 61 5 Launching of the Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal 1937 Illustration 57 1 Law and Order in 14th Century Cheshire - September 1983 Meeting Boot P H W 35 3 Lawlessness in Medieval Wirral - September 1975 Meeting Simpson J 6 4 Leasowe Castle Illustration 24 4 Leasowe Castle C1900 Illustration 55 3 Leasowe Community Dig Illustration 107 1 Leasowe Community Dig Article Anyon F 107 3 Leasowe Community Dig Illustration 107 3 Leasowe Lighthouse Illustration 55 6 Leasowe Lighthouse Article 55 6 Leeds Armoury - June 1998 Visit Hodgson A 79 2 Letter to Membership Secretary Letter Parker Rev R 46 4 Lewis Casson, Sybil Thorndike's husband Article Christall N 60 3 Lewis Hornblower Architect Illustration 83 4 Lieut Spencer RM 1779-1850 Article Allerston D 102 6 Lighthouses of Liverpool Bay - March 2009 Meeting Robinson J & D 112 2 Listed Buildings - the Good the Bad and the Unauthorised - April 1998 Meeting 79 5 Little Neston Walk - June 1999 Article Mason B 83 5 Little Sisters of the Poor Illustration 34 7 Liver Buildings June 1990 Visit 56 4 Liverpool Manchester Railway Celebrations (Railway Exhibitions) - June 1980 Visit 25 1 Liverpool Maritime Museum - September 1980 Visit 26 5 Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute Illustration 48 3 Liverpool Overhead Railway - October 1982 Meeting Gahan J 32 5 Liverpool's Civic Buildings - Town Hall and St George's - April 2000 Meeting Binns, S 85 7 Liverpool's Hidden Labyrinth - The Friends of Williamson's Tunnels - Oct 1998 Meeting 80 3 Local Doomsday Book (Landican/Upton/Thingwall/Noctorum/Eastham Article Allison J E 19 2 Local Memories of 1939 - September 1993 Meeting Garner C 65 5 Local Sketches Article 113 8 Local Sketches Article 114 3 Local Telephone History 1879-1979 - February 1991 Meeting Roberts S 57 5 Local Transport in the Reilly Plan Article Green S 32 2 Local War Memorials Article 55 2 Locomotive Lion built 1838 (1980) Illustration 25 4 Lollipop Men and their Origin Article Cockburn C 10 2 Lord Leverhulme Illustration 95 4 Lord Leverhulme - October 2003 Meeting Hunter G 95 4 Lord Leverhulme - October 2003 ERRATA Article 96 8 Lord Leverhulme and Rivington - October 1996 Meeting Edwards J 74 4 Lottie Dod - Wirral Sporting Champion - November 2005 Meeting Pearson J 101 4 Lottie Dodd Illustration 101 4 Lower Tranmere showing monkey steps and air raid shelter Illustration 103 3 Luggage Boat c 1881 Illustration 35 2 Mad Monks and Potty Priors - February 2008 Meeting Dennett, R 108 6 Major Wirral place names with Norse elements Map 91 5 Mallaby Street 2008 Illustration 108 2 Malpas Church Monument to Randle Brereton Illustration 88 7 Malvern Lodge later Oxton Lawn Illustration 85 2 Man and the Tides - the work of Bidston Observatory - February 1988 Meeting Rickards Dr L 48 3 Man with a Mission - September 1992 Meeting Pastor R Jeffs, 62 3 Manor House, Claughton - Residence of William Jackson Illustration 84 1 Manor House, Claughton - Residence of William Jackson Map 84 2 Map locating Star Street National School Illustration 23 4 Map of British Isles showing railways constructed by Mr Brassey Map 71 4 Map of Upton Village 1874 Illustration 24 2

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Maritime Trail Article 103 8 Market Street Nos 39-43 Article Morrison T & M F 74 6 Market Street Survey Article 21 4 Mason Street, Edge Hill Illustration 87 8 Maude Royden Illustration 114 5 Medieval Landscape of Willaston Map 106 2 Medieval Wirral - Hundred of Wirral History Societies Annual Conference Article 29 4 Medieval Wirral - September 1994 Meeting Booth P H W 68 4 Meeting December 1996 Meeting 75 2 Meeting of Conservation Committees Article Christall N 48 4 Meetings Reporter Article Hodgson A 97 8 Members at the Liverpool-Manchester 150th Railway Celebrations Illustration 25 1 Members awarded Local History Diploma Illustration 94 1 Members Contributions - December 1976 Meeting 11 6 Members Graduate Article 103 5 Members Graduate Illustration 103 5 Members outside entrance to Bidston Hall Illustration 24 1 Members Questions Article 53 6 Members Ten Minute Talks - November 2002 Meeting 92 4 Mementoes to Thomas Crassey - Contractor Illustration 71 1 Memories of 1934 - September 1989 Meeting Garner C 53 3 Memories of Bidston Article Carver L M 43 3 Memories of Bidston Hill (Visits to Tam O'Shanter and the Hill) Article Green M 22 2 Memories of Bidston Hill (was it a Ghost he saw?) Article Seatle A E 22 2 Memories of the Music Hall - December 1990 Meeting Woods, G 55 2 Memories of the One O'clock Gun - extract from Wallasey News 14/8/1982 Article 84 7 Menlo Oxton Illustration 85 5 Menlo, Oxton 1899 Map 85 5 Meols from the Iron Age to the Norman Conquest - October 1999 Article Matthews K 83 7 Mere Hall, Oxton - Residence of Sir J E Gray Hill Illustration 83 1 Mersey Barrage Illustration 52 3 Mersey Ferries Letter Hodgson A 53 2 Mersey Railway Pumping Station Illustration 56 4 Mersey Tunnel entrance (original) Illustration 13 1 Mersey Underground Railway Illustration 83 6 Mersey's Tunnel Queensway September 1989 Visit 53 5 Merseyside Battle of Britain and the Blitz - November 1991 Meeting Williams J 59 4 Merseyside Development Corporation Article 53 2 Merseyside Maritime Museum - November 1983 Meeting Scarth A J 36 2 Merseyside Parks - January 1989 Meeting Camenisch F J 51 4 Merseyside Police Strike 1919 Meeting Owens, D 119 3 Merseyside Victorian Cross Holders - November 1999 Meeting Lindsay S 84 5 Mighty Wirlitzer Tower Ballroom Blackpool Illustration 91 6 Miscellany 51 6 Monkey Steps, Lower Tranmere Map 82 6 Monkey Steps, off Queen Street Illustration 82 4 Monks Ferry Station Article 93 8 Monologues and Barber Shop - December 1984 Meeting 39 4 Moreton, Leasowe and Bidston - February 1993 Meeting Biddle F 64 4 Morpeth Dock Map 45 4 Mother Redcaps 1857 Illustration 107 4 Mr & Mrs McIntyre - Obituary Article 42 4 Mr Jones born 1920 Article 91 2 Mr Laird's Shipbuilding Yard Illustration 59 1 Mr Laird's Shipbuilding Yard Letters 60 5 Mrs B Cockburn- Obituary Article 44 4 Murder Most Foul in Birkenhead - February 2001 Meeting Burke V 88 5 Music Hall and Theatre on Merseyside Meeting The Rev John Fielding 75 3 MV Durban Castle Illustration 88 5 MV Fullagar - Cammell Laird Illustration 44 1 & 2

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MV Overchurch Illustration 81 8 MV Overchurch (Birkenhead Ferries) Illustration 24 6 My Childhood Experience as an Evacuee Article Cutler B 89 2 My Schooldays in Birkenhead Article Leeming M 39 3 Nathaniel Hawthorn Illustration 46 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne Letter Lewis K P 46 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Extract from English Notebooks 1853 Article Currams R 69 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Rock Park Years - March 1986 Meeting Currams R 43 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne (2004 Bi-centenary) November 2004 Meeting Currams R 98 6 Nathaniel Hawthorne's House 26 Rock Park Illustration 43 5 Ness Colliery - Birthplace of Wirral's Industrial Revolution - January 2009 Meeting Smith A A 111 3 Neston Church and Village - July 1996 Visit 73 5 New Brighton Illustration 99 3 New Brighton from the Air Illustration 72 4 New Brighton Lighthouse Illustration 112 2 New Brighton Tower and beach Illustration 72 4 New Conservation Areas Article 98 7 New Ferry Pier Site Illustration 32 3 New Ferry Pillar Box Article Hancock P 90 8 New Ferry Pillar Box Illustration 90 8 New Seacombe Ferry Building - plaque Illustration 62 5 New Views for Bidston Article Hodgson A 75 6 News Notes Article 114 3 News Notes Article 115 8 News Notes Article 118 8 No 28 Tram Illustration 45 2 No objection would be offered - the story of HMS Captain Article Lindstrom F 49 3 Norah Christall - Obituary Article Emmerson J 94 8 Normanston, 32 Christchurch Road, Oxton Illustration 79 4 North End Liberal Club - opening by H H Asquith Article Morris C 116 5 North End Liberal Club 2010 Illustration 116 5 North End Liberal Club, Duke Street Illustration 116 1 North West Film Archives Article 112 8 Norton Priory Illustration 86 3 Norton Priory - July 1976 Visit Green P 9 4 Norton Priory - October 2000 Meeting Bullock R 86 2 Nostell Priory Illustration 107 8 Notes on Birkenhead Park Article McIntyre W R S 29 2 Notes on Birkenhead Park (Part 2) Article McIntyre W R S 31 2 Nurse Cavell's Memorial Letter 74 3 Oak and Eldon Gardens Birkenhead Illustration 98 6 Observatory and Brae Head Cottage, Bidston Hill Illustration 114 1 Old Bidston Lighthouse Illustration 112 2 Old Bidston School Illustration 43 3 Old Birkenhead - October 1995 Meeting Young D 71 5 Old Cottage Well Lane, Tranmere C1900 Illustration 87 6 Old Cottage, Roman Road, Prenton Illustration 28 4 Old Postcards of New Brighton, Birkenhead and Wirral - January 2005 Meeting Clow L 99 2 On the sands, New Brighton Illustration 99 2 One Day Conference October 1999 BHS 25th Anniversary Article 83 8 One O'clock Gun Illustration 84 7 Open Day at the Bidston Observatory Visit Christall N 50 3 Open Meeting - Christmases in Birkenhead - December 1974 Meeting 3 7 Opening of Gladstone Hall Illustration 113 6 Opening of the New Town Hall programme Illustration 62 6 Operation Subsmash - November 1995 Meeting Amos, F 72 3 Ordnance Survey Map November 7th 1840 - Railways added October 1891 Map 32 1 Ordnance Survey Map November 7th 1840 - Railways added October 1891 Letter 33 4 Original Bidston Lighthouse Illustration 53 6 Original gate posts to the Manor House Illustration 101 5

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Ornate Turnstil Illustration 53 5 Our Roman Bridge Much Older Article Edge R 41 2 Outing to Crich and Wirksworth - April 1986 Visit 43 6 Outwood, Oxton Map 85 3 Overchurch Upton Illustration 23 4 Overdale 1875 Map 85 4 Overdale, Oxton Illustration 85 4 Oxton Congregational Church Illustration 111 1 Oxton Hall Map 85 2 Oxton postcard - where Photo-Quiz 45 3 Oxton Schools, Storeton Road Illustration 60 5 Oxton Walk - May 1993 Visit Morrison T & M F 64 6 Packhorse Way Storeton to Prenton Illustration 89 3 Palm House, Birkenhead Park Illustration 58 4 Palm House, Birkenhead Park Illustration 70 2 Park Road South Illustration 93 7 Park Road South is one of the most Historic in Town - Birkenhead News 1964 Article 93 7 Parkfield Article 34 7 Parkfield between Claughton Road and Conway Street Map 34 7 Parkgate - June 1988 Visit 49 5 Parkgate and the Dublin Packet Traffic - April 1988 Meeting Place G 49 4 Parkgate C1860 Illustration 77 1 Parkgate high spring tides Illustration 99 2 Passengers through Parkgate - October 1997 Meeting Dr G Place 77 4 Pauline Brown - Obituary Article 113 3 Pearson Road off Argyle Street South Illustration 116 7 Perry's Sailmakers - April 1979 Visit Booth Mr & Mrs 20 3 Piece Hall -South Entrance Illustration 68 3 Piece Hall, Halifax and Saltaire, Bradford - July 1994 Visit 68 3 Pier Approach, Rock Ferry Illustration 55 5 Pilots, Wreckers and Smugglers on the Wirral Shore - November 1980 Meeting Hockey J 27 5 Pioneers Museum Rochdale and the Peoples Museum - June 2002 Visit Brown P 91 2 Plan of the main timber of the ancient bridge Birkenhead Illustration 41 2 Plan of Tranmere National School Star Street Illustration 23 5 Plan of Upton Churches Illustration 23 4 Plan of Upton Churches Illustration 24 2 Plan showing Forizo Walker Street Map 78 5 Planning Applications Article 59 2 Planning for Real at New Ferry/Rock Ferry Article 32 3 Plaque Heath Road Birkenhead Photo-Quiz 16 3 Plaque Jubilee Terrace, Westbourne Road Photo-Quiz 9 4 Plaque Jubilee Terrace, Westbourne Road Photo-Quiz 10 3 Plaques - Buildings Article 55 4 Plaza Cinema Borough Road Illustration 53 3 Plea for Waterfront Way - November 1981 Article 29 6 Police Past - March 1991 Meeting Johnstone B 57 6 Poole Hall Article 108 6 Port Sunlight Illustration 50 3 Port Sunlight - September 1988 Visit Christall N 50 3 Port Sunlight and its Creator - October 1976 Meeting Hubbard E 10 4 Port Sunlight War Memorial Illustration 62 1 Post war use of quarry Illustration 103 3 Poster - Picturedrome (Roxy) Charing Cross Illustration 27 3 Poulton Lancelyn Hall Illustration 69 4 Poulton Lancelyn Hall Illustration 95 6 Poulton Lancelyn Hall - July 2003 Visit Anyon F 95 6 Powis Castle - June 1996 Visit 73 5 Prenton Hall Illustration 89 2 Preparing a catalogue of Mersey Ferry Plans Article Christall N & Hodgson 49 5

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A Prescot Town and Watch Museum Visit 32 6 Present Monkey steps leading to top of quarry Illustration 103 2 Present quarry - tunnels entrance now blocked Illustration 103 2 Presentation to Barbara Mason Illustration 106 4 Presentation to Barbara Mason Article 106 4 Price Street Library Illustration 97 5 Price's Offices Illustration 81 3 Price's Patent Caned Co Ltd 1890's Illustration 99 1 Price's Village and Works Map 81 2 Price's Village, Bromborough Illustration 81 1 Price's Village, Bromborough Article Hodgson A 81 2 Priory - plan from Wirral Council Illustration 56 3 Priory and St Mary's Church Illustration 50 3 Priory Chapter House Refurbishment Article 102 8 Priory Coat of Arm Illustration 46 3 Project for the Millennium - Bidston Hill and Bidston Lighthouse Article Christall N 80 6 Proposals for Birkenhead Docks Article 49 6 Proposed Oxton Trail Article 49 6 Proposed Woodside Heritage Park Article 31 6 Pumping Station Shore Road - July 1990 Visit 56 4 Pykes - inside shop Illustration 72 2 Pykes's the Jewellers Article Morrison T & M F 72 2 Quarries were linked by Tramway - Birkenhead News 1964 Article 92 6 Queens Hall Letter Jones E 52 6 Queens Hall Article Morrison T & M F 58 4 Queen's Hall Letter 53 5 Quiet Corners - within 30 minutes of anywhere in Wirral - December 1994 Meeting Parry G D 69 3 Railway Tunnel Illustration 32 3 Ralph Brocklebank - Obituary Article Mason B 104 8 Ravenshaw's Farm, Tranmere Illustration 89 3 Rear of Bidston Hall 1972 Illustration 24 5 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 54 4 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 53 6 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 50 4 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 59 2 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 60 6 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 61 4 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 62 6 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 63 6 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 65 3 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 66 2 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 75 5 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article Christall N 76 5 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 77 6 Recent Acquisitions/Gifts Article 90 8 Recent Research Findings - September 2008 Meeting Dennett, R 110 2 Reclamation of Tax - Gift Aid Article 95 7 Recollections of Birkenhead's Shipbuilding and its Docks - March 1997 Meeting Young D 76 2 Recollections of Old Wallasey - February 1996 Meeting Saville J 72 4 Red Alert - Heritage Article Christall N 80 5 Redcourt, Claughton Illustration 84 3 Refuges in Birkenhead 1931-1941 Article Jones M 64 2 Refurbishment of Buildings Article 108 8 Regent Picture House Map 28 3 Reina del Mar (1958) on service to Panama Illustration 45 4 Reminiscences of 1927 Article Collins E L 13 3 Reprints of Books on Local History Article Christall N 58 6 Researches into Family History - September 1977 Meeting Leeming M & C 14 4 Resurgam Illustration 30 1 & 7

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Resurgam Article Hodgson A 78 3 Resurgam Illustration 78 3 Resurgam Article 101 8 Resurgam Article 82 4 Rev Henry Linton, Vicar of St Paul's and St Mary's Article Christall N 74 3 Rev Joseph Baylee DD Illustration 76 4 Rev Joseph Baylee DD - Founder of St Aidan's Article Lee D 76 4 Rice Lane Urban Farm Article 55 4 Rice Lane Urban Farm and Cemetery Illustration 55 4 Rich & Poor in 19th Century Merseyside - March 1985 Meeting Read J G 40 3 Richard Geoghegan, Pioneering British Esperantist from Birkenhead Article Chapman, B 119 2 Richard Geoghegan, Pioneering British Esperantist from Birkenhead Illustration 119 2 Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New - January 1986 Meeting Hyden J 42 3 Riva 2005 Article Christall N 74 5 RMS Lusitania Illustration 16 2 RMS Lusitania Illustration 41 3 Robb's car park, Atherton Street Photo-Quiz 33 5 Robb's car park, Atherton Street Photo-Quiz 34 3 Robert Hope-Jones Illustration 51 3 Robert Hope-Jones The Father of the Cinema Organ came from Birkenhead Article Fisher R C 51 2 Rochdale Pioneers Museum - Toad Lane Illustration 91 1 Rock Ferry Map 94 2 Rock Ferry Map 103 6 Rock Ferry - Proctor Road 4.9.1940 Illustration 94 3 Rock Ferry - Proctor Road from New Chester Road Illustration 94 4 Rock Ferry - Reminiscences 1940-1943 Article Hinkson R 94 2 Rock Ferry 1875-6 Map 49 1 Rock Ferry by pass Illustration 80 2 Rock Ferry High School - Ravenswood Illustration 47 2 Rock Ferry Pier entrance, Old Chester Road, Royal Rock Hotel, Ferryboat Illustration 11 1 Rock Ferry Promenade Illustration 80 6 Rock Ferry Regeneration Article 117 8 Rock Ferry Remembered - A Victorian Walk - April 1991 Meeting Mitchelson D 58 5 Rock Ferry Slipway Illustration 107 2 Rock Ferry Some Historical Notes on St Peter's Church and its Gravestones Article Lewis K P 49 2 Rock Ferry some notes on past articles Article Davies W E 34 3 Rock Lane West/Highfield South 1881 Map 47 2 Rock Park Hotel Illustration 90 6 Rock Park No 19 Illustration 55 1 Rock Park No 26 - showing observatory Illustration 80 2 Rock Park, Rock Ferry - June 1979 Visit Williams F 21 4 Roller Skating Rink, Claughton Road Map 33 3 Roman Chester - March 1984 Meeting Strickland T J 37 6 Roman Road Illustration 81 4 Romance of Rock Ferry Article Cockburn C 11 2 Roots or "Who was Martha Broster? Article Leeming M 22 3 Rope making Peak Cavern Illustration 115 5 Rostance's Department Store Illustration 106 6 Rostance's Department Store - May 2007 Meeting Rostance J 106 6 Rostance's Department Store - Newspaper adverts Illustration 106 7 Rostance's Department Stores the last 40 years - April 2009 Meeting Rostance J 112 3 Rostances Oxton Road 1937 Illustration 112 1 Rostances Store, Oxton Road Illustration 112 3 Rostances Store, Oxton Road Illustration 112 4 Rostances Store, Watson Street Illustration 112 5 Rostance's Store, Watson Street 1910 Illustration 26 6 Round about Wirral - February 1976 Meeting Allsbury A 8 4 Roxy Bingo Club, Price Street (formerly the Palladium) (1980) Illustration 26 3

Royal Iris Cruise - June 1976 Visit Allison J E & Ellis W R A 9 4

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Royal Iris Dock Trip - June 1977 Visit Stammers,Jarvis,Hall 13 4

Royal Iris River Trip - June 1975 Visit Allison J E & Hallam W B 5 4

Royal Navy - Ark Royal Article Mason B 95 2 Royal Visit to Lairds by King George V & Queen Mary Illustration 31 1 Royal Visits Article Cockburn C 31 4 Rupert's Formerly Francis Styan Article Morrison T & M F 61 3 Slaughter Houses Article Morrison T & M F 69 5 Sandy's Irvine's radical redesign of 1922 apparatus Illustration 89 5 Saughall Massie Bridge Illustration 102 1 Saughall Massie Bridge Article Davey E 102 6 Saughall Massie Bridge Illustration 102 6 Saughall Massie corner Upton Village Illustration 52 2 Saving Woodside Ferry Article Hodgson A 38 2 School Life in Birkenhead 1877-1927 Article Leeming M 17 2 School of Science and Art, Central Park, Liscard Illustration 110 3 School Ship Conway Illustration 89 7 & 8 Schooling in the First World War Article Davies Rev A R 33 2 Scots Congregation on Merseyside - May 1980 Meeting Cook A L M 24 6 Scout Jamboree Article Cockburn C 20 2 Scouts Jamboree Poster 1929 Illustration 20 1 Sea Songs - March 2000 Meeting Jones, H 85 6 Seabank closed to Manor Road Liscard Illustration 77 2 Seacombe Pottery - mark Illustration 92 4 Seacombe Pottery - October 2002 Meeting Simpson C 92 3 Seacombe Pottery photo taken 1889 after closure Illustration 92 3 Seacombe Pottery site 1875 Map 92 3 Seafaring Families of Birkenhead Article Cockburn C 16 2 Search for the Lost Emigrant Depot - November 2002 Meeting Hancock P 92 5 Second Wold War - Evacuation September 1939 Illustration 87 1 Second World War Evacuation Planning in Birkenhead 1938-1940 Article 87 2 Second World War Experiences Article Hancock P 98 7 Selby Abbey and Nostell Priory - April 2007 Visit Brown P 107 7 Selby Priory Illustration 107 7 Shaftesbury Youth Club - Help needed Article 118 6 Shank's Pony (The History of Walking) - April 1984 Meeting Clark J W 37 7 Shipley Glen Tramway Illustration 68 5 Shipping Records Article Leeming M 37 5 Should Auld Acquaintances be forgot - January 2010 Meeting Corfe J M 114 6 Sidelights on Tranmere Article 59 4 Sidelights on Tranmere Article 79 6 Sidelights on Tranmere - #Index Article Christall N 76 5 Sidelights on Wirral - February 1984 Meeting Lee Canon K 36 4 Sidelights on Wirral - November 1976 Meeting Lee Canon K 10 4 Sinking of the Alabama Article 88 2 Sinking of the Alabama Illustration 88 1 Sinking of the Alabama off Cherbourg, June 19th 1864 Illustration 45 4 Sir Joseph Paxton - September 1979 Meeting Phillips W 22 3 Sir William Jackson Illustration 101 1 Sir William Jackson Article Christall N 66 6 Sir William Jackson burial tomb - Flaybrick Cemetery Illustration 65 5 Site of the original Church of Upton (Overchurch) Letter 54 3 Sixpenny Doctor Article Grey R E 6 2 Slave Ships of Neston and Parkgate - February 2010 Meeting Smith A A 114 3 Snippets and Stories from the 20's - January 2001 Meeting Corner J 87 7 Society Amplifier Article Hodgson A 60 6 Society's Exhibition at Central Library 1993 Illustration 64 3 Some Birkenhead Trams - A Film Show by Swan Cine Club Meeting Tilston A 28 5 Some Early Reference to Woodside Article Allison J E 21 3 Some Historical Thoughts on Rock Ferry Article Clarke D 103 6

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Some Notes on Early Birkenhead Article McIntyre W R S 23 2 Something about Place Names - November 1975 Meeting Allison J E 7 4 Speke Hall - March 1982 Visit 30 7 SS Great Britain advert Illustration 69 3 SS Great Britain in the Great Western Dock Illustration 69 4 SS Great Britain, the Birkenhead Connection - January 1995 Meeting Currams R 69 3 St Aidens College Illustration 76 5 St Andrew's Bebington Illustration 49 4 St Anne's CE Primary School built 1850 Illustration 23 3 St Anne's Well Buxton Illustration 115 5 St Catherine's - plaque commemorates the opening of hospital Illustration 111 8 St Catherine's entrance today Illustration 100 2 St Catherine's entrance today Illustration 111 8 St Catherine's Tranmere and its redevelopment Article 111 8 St James Library Illustration 97 5 St James Road Redevelopment Article Anyon F 108 3 St James Road Redevelopment Illustration 108 3 St John's Birkenhead - Hope-Jones playing Illustration 51 3 St John's Church Grange Lane Illustration 51 2 St John's Church, Grange Road 1970 Illustration 51 3 St Laurence's Church, Birkenhead Illustration 105 1 St Luke's Church Article Fisher R C 52 5 St Luke's Church Letter Holford J F 52 5 St Luke's Church 1872 to 1972 Article Christall N 75 5 St Luke's Church Tranmere Illustration 91 5 St Luke's Church, Lower Tranmere Illustration 75 5 St Luke's Schools and Church Illustration 52 5 St Mary's Church Map 34 2 St Mary's Church Article 51 5 St Mary's Church (Priory) (December 1976) Illustration 10 1 St Mary's Church and the Priory from St Mary's Gate Illustration 34 2 St Mary's Church in Priory Grounds taken from Church Street Illustration 51 5 St Mary's Churchyard Article Morris J & C 118 5 St Mart's Churchyard Illustration 118 5 St Mary's Church Upton 1976 Illustration 25 2 St Mary's gate looking west from the Priory 1950's Illustration 34 1 St Michael Macclesfield Monument to Sir John Savage Illustration 88 7 St Peter's and St Mark's Churches Article 59 2 St Peter's Church Rock Ferry Illustration 49 2 St Peter's Church, Rock Ferry Article 82 6 St Saviour's Church Oxton C1900 Illustration 42 4 St Werburgh's Church - interior Illustration 66 5 St Werburgh's School, Grange Road Article 77 6 Star Street School Rock Ferry Article Cockburn C 24 3 Steamships for Australia May 1877 Illustration 93 6 Stones and Bones (Digging up Chester Cathedral - January 1998 Meeting Ward, S 78 4 Storeton Quarry Illustration 92 1 Storeton Quarry Illustration 96 7 Storeton Quarry Letter 37 4 Storeton Quarry now filled by spoil from the Birkenhead Tunnel Illustration 36 1 Storeton Road C1900 Illustration 26 5 Storeton Wood and Quarries - February 2004 Meeting Casement D 96 7 Stork Hotel, Price Street Article 80 5 Stork Hotel, Price Street Illustration 80 5 Storming the Mole Illustration 104 2 Street Names of Interest Article McIntyre W R S 3 2 Street Sellers of Birkenhead Article Cockburn C 17 2 Streets and Their Names Article McIntyre W R S 5 3 Styal Mill, Nr Wilmslow Illustration 29 5 Submerged Forest Illustration 66 4

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Suggested tidal dam at Wallasey Pool Illustration 43 4 Summer Trip to Skipton Illustration 103 1 Summer Visits to the Riverfront Visit 55 5 Summers visit to Skipton - June 2006 Visit Brown P 103 5 Summer trip to Shropshire - Acton Scott Farm Visit 118 7 Survivors of HMS Thetis Illustration 16 2 Talk and Slides on Birkenhead - January 1982 Meeting Skentelbery, F 30 6 Tam O'Shanter Article 5 2 Tam O'Shanter - 25 years for Urban Farm Article Benton M 116 6 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Article Emmerson P 7 2 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Illustration 5 2 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Illustration 27 6 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Article 37 5 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Illustration 55 4 Tam O'Shanter Cottage and the Urban Farm Article 55 4 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Trust Article 54 3 Tam O'Shanter Cottage Urban Farm Trust Article 48 4 Tam O'Shanter Urban Farm Article Christall N 80 5 Tea Room Cottage on Bidston Hill Illustration 22 2 Technology Advances Article 109 8 The 150 Years of Birkenhead Park - December 1997 Meeting Prof W Robert Lee 78 3 The Adelphi Hotel and Clover Clayton & Co Article Tuohey B 46 3 The Alwen Reservoir and Dam Illustration 48 1 The American Civil War and it's effects on Merseyside - January 2006 Meeting Ellison L 102 3 The Angel Hotel, Beckwith Street Illustration 14 1

The Archaeology History and Wildlife of Hilbre Island - March 1998 Meeting Longworth C & Seager V 79 5

The Archaeology of Wirral - Recent Discoveries - October 1990 Meeting Philpott R 56 3 The Argyle and Moss Hall Article 46 2 The Argyle Theatre, Argyle Street Illustration 13 1 The Arno - The frontispiece of No 45 Newsletter - Layout of Newsletter Letter Tuohey B 46 4 The Arno Gardens, Storeton Road Illustration 26 3 The Astor, Claughton Road Map 27 3 The Attraction of Victorian Oxton - February 1992 Meeting Morrison T & M F 60 5 The Avenue, Bidston Avenue Illustration 26 1 The Bantams Illustration 106 3 The Bantams Article Eccleston P 93 2 The Battle of the Atlantic - November 1993 Meeting O'Brien F 65 6 The Bidston Lighthouse of 1771 Illustration 65 1 The Birkenhead Archives Article Thompson D 27 4 The Birkenhead Blitz Article 60 2 The Birkenhead Institute Article 67 4 The Birkenhead Iron Shipbuilding Yard 1858 Illustration 56 1 The Birkenhead Waterfront - Letter to the Director of Development Article Hodgson A 25 3 The Birkenhead Welsh - March 2002 Meeting The Rev D Ben Rees 91 3 The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port - April 1987 Meeting Turpin C 46 6 The Borough Hospital Park Road North Illustration 60 3 The Boy's Brigade Illustration 57 2 The Boy's Brigade 1928-1988 - a Review of the Diamond Jubilee booklet Article Christall N 57 2 The Bromborough Memorial Illustration 116 3 The Builder, The Gardener and the Author Article 54 4 The Campaign to save the Mersey Lightship - September 2005 Meeting McNally S 101 2 The Case of the Lost Depot or how we found the missing site Article Hancock P 47 3 The Central Library Market Place South Illustration 58 2 The Cheshire Bantams - April 2007 Meeting McGreal S 106 3 The Cheshire Greys Article Johnson R W 67 4 The Cheshire Parish Register Transcription Scheme Article 18 3 The China Farm Story Illustration 117 2 & 4 The China Farm Story - January 2011 Meeting Corfe J M 117 2 The Christmas Spirit - December 1975 Meeting 7 4

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The Cinemas of Birkenhead Past and Present (Part 2) Article Lindstrom F 27 2 The Cinemas of Birkenhead, Past and Present Part 3 Article Lindstrom F 28 3 The Civil War Siege of Chester 1642-46 - February 1985 Meeting Ward S 40 3 The Classic Conway Street Illustration 26 1 The Claughton (Astor) Charing Cross 1980 Illustration 27 2 The Clovers of Bidston - Flaybrick Cemetery and the County Court Building Article Tuohey B 46 3 The Confederate Connections - November 1984 Meeting Williams J 39 4 The Conquest of Everest - The First Attempt - November 2000 Article Christall N 86 4 The Consular Experiences of Nathaniel Hawthorne - November 1990 Meeting Currams R 57 4 The Conway Article Harden D 19 2 The Copperfield Pub, Hamilton Street Article Morrison T & M F 72 6 The Daily Arrowe 1929 Illustration 53 1 The Daily Life of Birkenhead Priory Article Allison J E 15 1 The Dee Coast - December 2004 Meeting Burnley K 99 2 The Dell, Rock Ferry Illustration 26 3 The Development of the Railway in Birkenhead and its Decline - October 1983 Meeting Wright Rev S John 35 3 The Doomsday Survey Article Allison J E 16 3 The Duke of Edinburgh opening new entrance Docks at Birkenhead 1866 Illustration 86 1 The Early Development of Wallasey - November 2007 Meeting Murphy M 107 4 The Early History of Cammell Laird - October 1991 Meeting McLeish H 59 3 The Early Sewerage System in Birkenhead Article Morrison T & M F 60 2 The Eastham Ferries - April 1990 Meeting Nicholson S 55 3 The Electric Palace Cinema Article Davies Rev A R 32 3 The English Inn - February 1983 Meeting McKee N 34 5 The experiences of an Octogenarian Gemmologist - February 1998 Meeting Pyke J L 78 4 The Fender Valley, its History and Wildlife - April 1993 Meeting Millington C 64 5 The ferries in busier days - Pier Head Illustration 77 5 The Festival of Britain 1951 - 60th Anniversary Meeting Dennett, R 118 3 The First Town Hall, Birkenhead Illustration 23 2 The Future of Birkenhead Priory Illustration 113 7 The Future of Birkenhead Priory Article Dennett, R 113 7 The Future of Wirral Museums - January 1992 Meeting Hillhouse, D 60 4 The Gaumont Park Road East Map 27 2 The Gaumont, Park Road East 1980 Illustration 27 2 The Geography of Women's' Suffrage in Birkenhead - March 2005 Meeting Barton P 100 2 The Gladstone Family - People and Places in and near the Wirral - Nov 2009 Meeting Davey E 113 6 The Great Britain Steamship Illustration 69 1 The Great Eastern Illustration 79 1 The Great Eastern Public House, Rock Ferry Article 109 8 The Great Mersey - December 2006 Meeting Jones M 105 2 The Great Trunk Public House Illustration 70 1 The Growth of Birkenhead Part 2 - October 1980 Meeting McIntyre W R S 26 5 The Harwood's Market Inn Advertisement Illustration 23 3 The History and Activities of the Oxton Society - February 2006 Meeting Toosey P 102 4 The History of Birkenhead School - April 1999 Meeting Boumphrey I 82 2 The History of Brotherton Park and Dibbinsdale - March 2006 Meeting 102 5 The History of Flaybrick and its chief incumbents - January 2000 Meeting Friends of Flaybrick 84 6 The History of Rock Park - January 2001 Meeting Petris S 90 6 The History of the Mersey Tunnels - March 1995 Meeting Gillard J 70 5 The History of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company - February 1987 Meeting Lingwood J E 45 3 The History of the Postal Service - February 1990 Meeting Parks L 54 3 The Inauguration of the Manchester Ship Canal - November 1997 Meeting Vaughan P 77 4 The Interior of the Argyle Theatre in the 1920's Illustration 42 1 The Irish in Birkenhead 1845-51 - February 1994 Meeting Boyle C 66 5 The Jacobite Rising of 1745 - October 2006 Article Barratt A 104 3 The Laird Family and the 1859 Volunteer Movement Article Reeves D 56 2 The Last Years of The Great Eastern Meeting Bingham, P 119 4 The Last Years of The Great Eastern Illustration 119 4 The Launch Article Christall N 61 5

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The Laurels, Village Road, Oxton Illustration 25 3 The Light Years Celebration Article Christall N 80 6 The Lilacs and Tithebarn, Bidston Village Illustration 79 3 The Liverpool - Holyhead Telegraph - November 1994 Meeting Alsbury A 68 5 The Liverpool Pals - November 1998 Meeting Maddocks, G 80 4 The Loss of the HMS Thetis 1st June 1939 Meeting Arnold D 112 7 The Lost and Forgotten Village of Tranmere - February 1999 Meeting Dennett, R 81 5 The Lost Villages of Wirral - March 1992 Meeting Burnley K 61 3 The Ma Roberts - Laird Steamer used by Livingstone Illustration 24 3 The Man who lived at Bidston Hall Article Leeming M 24 4 The Mansions of Clifton Park - G Harrison Article Christall N 86 7 The Meek, The Martyr and the Mighty - Stories Cheshire Village - Sept 2004 Meeting Norris I 98 5 The Mersey Barrage Project - April 199 Meeting Wood P 52 3 The Mersey Railway Article Green S 32 3 The Mersey Tunnel Illustration 67 1 The Mersey Tunnels - October 1988 Meeting Varney W A 50 4 The Mersey's Tunnel - Queensway Illustration 50 1 The Military Museum and Chapel, Chester Castle - July 2002 Article Mason B 91 3 The Mill, Tranmere C1850 Illustration 2 7 The Mole of Edge Hill Article Hancock P 87 8 The Music Hall in Claughton Road Article Cockburn C 25 3 The Noses New Brighton 1911 Illustration 34 6 The Old Bidston Lighthouse Illustration 47 5 The Old Mansions of Birkenhead Article Hockey, J 83 2 The Old Mansions of Birkenhead - Part 2 Article Hockey, J 84 2 The Old Mansions of Birkenhead - Part 3 Article Hockey, J 85 2 The Old Railway - Some Recollections Article Reney-Smith J 61 2 The One Eyed City Article Christall N 74 5 The One Eyed City - An Affectionate look at Birkenhead - March 2003 Meeting Millington C 94 4 The One O'clock Gun, Morpeth Dock Illustration 2 3 The Other Shipyard - Emmanuel Bible College Article Hawker B 39 2 The Palladium site, Price Street (1980) Illustration 26 2 The Pally and the Colly (The Palace and The Coliseum) Article Gray J W 30 5 The Palm House, Birkenhead Park Illustration 29 2 The Pier Hotel, Canning Street Illustration 14 1 The Pinfold Spital Crossroads Illustration 79 3 The Planet MLPS Illustration 101 3 The Plaza, Borough Road 1980 Illustration 27 3 The Port Sunlight Story - September 1988 Meeting Bowers A 50 3 The Priory and Environs Article Christall N 34 2 The Queen's Arms, Bridge Street Illustration 14 1 The Queens, Claughton Road Map 27 2 The Race - Weatherall Burberry Illustration 87 7 & 8 The Reading Room of Hamilton Street Library Illustration 58 2 The Ritz, Claughton Road Map 27 2 The Rock Ferry Local History Group Letter 55 5 The Roller Skating Rink with the Centrifugal Circle Article Houghton W 33 3 The Roxy (Picturedrome) Whetstone Lane Map 27 3 The Roxy, Whetstone Lane, Charing Cross 1980 Illustration 27 3 The Royal Mersey Yacht Club Illustration 116 2 The Royal Mersey Yacht Club - September 2010 Meeting Massey D 116 2 The Royal Visit Birkenhead 1934 Illustration 96 4 The Roydens of Frankby - December 2009 Meeting Royden M 114 4 The Roydens of Frankby - March 1993 Meeting Royden M 64 4 The Runic Stone from Upton (Grosvenor Museum, Chester) Illustration 24 2 The Search for Old Wirral - April 1985 Meeting Randall D 40 3 The show Goes on - How entertainment continued during WW2 - Dec 2002 Meeting Garner C 93 3 The Show goes on - September 1998 Meeting Garner C 80 3 The Silents - old films - December 1979 Meeting Lindstrom F 23 6 The Slaughterhouse Green Lane Map 69 5

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The Submarine Thetis - April 1982 Meeting Dooley G L 31 5 The Super, Conway Street Illustration 26 1 The Super cinema era in Birkenhead - December 1985 Meeting Garner C 42 3 The Train now Arriving - the coming of steam to Merseyside - February 2003 Meeting Cooper J 93 5 The Tramcar Builders of Birkenhead Article Walker G 96 2 The Triangles Group Repair Scheme Article Anyon F 108 2 The Two Manor Houses of Liscard Article Saville J 77 2 The Vanishing Farms of Wirral - February 1978 Meeting Davey E 15 4 The Venetion - hull No 1 at Harland's Illustration 97 2 The Victorian Society Liverpool Group - Birkenhead Park Article Hubard E 88 3 The Vikings in Wirral - November 1982 Meeting Healey D 33 5 The Villages and Ports of Wirral - June 1993 Visit 65 4 The Wapentake Court - May 2007 Meeting Petris S 106 4 The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum - September 1997 Meeting Simpson C 77 3 The Wirral Green Belt Council - April 1992 Meeting Whiteley J 61 4 The Wirral Horn Illustration 104 6 The Wirral Horn Article Mason B 104 6 The Wirral Horn Emblem of the Wirral Railway Co Illustration 34 3 The Wirral Horn returns home Illustration 106 1 The Wirral Journal - March 1983 Meeting Burnley K 34 5 The Wirral Zodiac - January 1981 Meeting Cartwright H 27 6 The Woodlands Board School Article Groom E 61 6 The Woodlands School 1985-1991 Article Courtney K 62 2 The Woodlands Welsh Baptist Chapel Illustration 53 4 The Woodside Project Article Hodgson A 63 5 The Workhouses at Clatterbridge and Tranmere - April 2005 Meeting Dennett, R 100 2 The World Jamboree 1929 Letter Howard G 55 2 The Wormhole, Wellington Road, New Brighton - December 1980 Visit Kingham N 27 4 Theatres of Birkenhead Letter Wood G 92 6 Theatres of New Brighton - November 1996 Meeting Hockey, J 75 2 Thetis Illustration 72 1 Thingwall Windmill on 1874 map Map 76 3 Thomas Bott & Co Watch and clock Manufacturers Illustration 89 6 Thomas Brassey Illustration 35 4 Thomas Brassey Illustration 71 2 Thomas Brassey Illustration 95 5 Thomas Brassey Illustration 101 1 Thomas Brassey Illustration 10 3 Thomas Brassey - Contractor Article Morrison T & M F 71 2 Thomas Brassey - Railway Builder Letter 72 4 Thomas Brassey (1805-1870) Letter Tolliday G R 70 3 Thomas Brassey Railway Pioneer - November 1978 Meeting France 18 4 Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder and Contractor - November 2003 Meeting Whittingham J 95 5 Thornton Manor Illustration 95 4 Threat to Seacombe Ferry Article Hodgson A 62 5 Through the Tunnel Article 114 2 Time and the Conway Article Gray J W 18 2 Time to Remember - The Trams Article Ryecroft C 45 2 Tithe Maps - March 1980 Meeting Allison J E 24 5 Tithes Article Christall N 70 5 Toad Hall Farm Cottage, Tollemache Road 1999 Illustration 82 2 Tollemache Road School Illustration 67 4 Tour of Birkenhead 15th Birthday celebrations of the Society - September 1999 Article Christall N 83 5 Tower and lake, New Brighton Illustration 38 2 Town Hall Illustration 12 1 Tracing the Alabama - June 1994 Visit 68 3 Training Ship - HMS Conway - November 2006 Meeting Nutman D 104 4 Training Ship Indefatigable Article Captain Young 40 2 Training Ship Indefatigable c 1904 Illustration 40 1

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Trains from Monks Ferry - Birkenhead News 1964 Article 92 6 Tram Illustration 103 7 Tram No 20 at Woodside C1901-02 Illustration 41 5 Tram Restoration Article 103 7 Trams at Woodside c1910 Illustration 41 1 Tramway Carriage Works 1876 Map 96 3 Tramway Information Article Pollard E R 20 2 Tranmere Map 33 2 Tranmere Flats Illustration 103 4 Tranmere Ghost Article Cockburn C 7 2 Tranmere Tannery Article Hughes, C J 119 ##### Tranmere in Wartime Deep level Air Raid Shelters - April 2006 Meeting Dennett, R 103 2 Tranmere Music Hall Illustration 30 5

Tranmere Mystery - Forizo Walker Street, Tranmere Article Hancock P & Christall N 78 5

Tranmere Mystery - Forizo Walker Street, Tranmere - further news Article 79 6 Tranmere National School Article Harden D 23 5 Tranmere Old Hall Illustration 81 5 Tranmere Old Hall 1890 Illustration 6 2 Tranmere Rovers 1881-1921 - October 1992 Meeting Upton G 62 3 Tranmere Rovers Cup Collection Illustration 63 5 Tranmere Rovers players 27 August 1921 Illustration 62 3 Tranmere Tunnels - February 2005 Meeting Petris S 99 5 Transport in Wirral Article 47 6 Transport Trust plaque 28th August 2010 Illustration 115 5 & 8 Trinity Presbyterian Church 1972 Illustration 64 1 Trip to Bradford - May 1987 Visit 47 5 Trip to Llangollen Illustration 106 5 Trip to Llangollen - June 2007 Article Eccleston P 106 7 Under, Over and Up - September 1999 Meeting Parry G 83 6 Unitary Development Plan Article Hodgson A 62 5 Upstairs and Downstairs - Masters and Servants in Rock Ferry - Dec 2000 Meeting Dennett, R 87 6 Upton Manor (1980) Illustration 29 3 Upton Meadow Article Christall N 76 5 VE & VJ Day Special Supplement 100 Victoria Values - The Growth of the Industrial Town - December 1999 Meeting Davey E 84 5 Victorian Greasby - January 1985 Meeting O'Neil J 39 4 Victorian Lewis's - November 1986 Meeting Benson M K 44 3 Victorian Theatres in Birkenhead and Wallasey - February 1986 Meeting Hockey, J 42 4 View of Chester Cathedral from the City Walls 1899 Illustration 78 1 Viking Settlements in Wirral Illustration 33 5 Viking Stone Illustration 101 7 Vikings - The exodus from Norway Illustration 91 4 Vikings in Bidston Article Petris S 97 7 Villages of Birkenhead - June 1978 Visit McIntyre W R S 17 4 Visit to Frodsham - October 2004 Visit Brown P 98 8 Visit to Liverpool Cathedral Bell-Tower June 1986 Visit 44 4 Visit to Llandudno and Penrhyn Castle - May 2008 Visit Eccleston P 109 6 Visit to Lyme Park June 1983 Visit 34 8 Visit to Parkgate on the Dee Visit Place G 28 6 Visit to Rivington - July 1997 Visit Christall N 76 3 Visit to Rufford Old Hall Visit 28 6 Visit to St Deinopl's Church and Library - June 2001 Visit Mason B 88 2 Visit to Styal Mill Nr Wilmslow - September 1981 Visit 29 5 Visit to Woodchurch Parish Church Visit 46 6 Vittoria Wharf Illustration 105 2 Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England Article Olmstead F L 50 2 Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852) Article Olmstead F L 52 2 Wallasey Centenary Celebrations Article Anyon F 115 4 Wallasey Centenary Celebrations Illustration 115 4

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Wallasey Dock Pumping Station Article Hodgson A 98 3 Wallasey Dock Pumping Station Illustration 98 3 Wallasey Ferry Snowdrop Illustration 46 5 Walter J Chambers, Liverpool Pilot Vessel built 1917 Illustration 27 1 Warship Preservation Trust Article 101 3 Warrington bridge in 1746 Illustration 104 3 Wartime Memories - September 1986 Meeting Garner C 44 3 Waterloo Buildings, Bridge Street Illustration 75 2 Westminster Buildings, Birkenhead Article Morrison T & M F 72 5 Wetherby and Knaresborough - June 2005 Visit 99 8 Wetherby, Spotforth Castle and Knaresborough - June 2005 Visit Brown P 100 3 What a way to run a Railway - September 1987 Meeting Jarvis A E 47 4 What was in the News a 100 years ago Birkenhead News 4 Feb 1911 Article 116 8 What's Happening in Wirral Museums Article Hillhouse, D 81 7 White Star Liner RMS Britannic Illustration 16 1 White Star tender Magnetic Illustration 111 2 Who's Who and Who was who in Birkenhead Article Cockburn C 37 5 Wigan Pier - May 1988 Visit 49 5 Wilfred Owen Article 63 3 Wilfred Owen Illustration 117 5 Wilfred Owen - January 1978 Meeting Haton A S 15 3 Wilfred Owen - Memorial Window and Birkenhead Trail Article Christall N 69 2 Wilfred Owen - Memorial Window and Birkenhead Trail Article 117 8 Wilfred Owen - Opening of gallery Article Lee D 117 6 Wilfred Owen - Opening of gallery Illustration 117 7 & 8 Wilfred Owen and Willmer Road Article 55 4 Wilfred Owen Commemorative Window Article 68 6 Wilfred Owen Story The Birkenhead Years Article Ronchestti S 117 5 Wilfred Owen Trail Illustration 69 2 Wilfred Owen's Boyhood Article Smith A 73 5 William Inman - Pioneer Steamship Owner - April 2004 Meeting Brown P 97 3 Willaston 1000 years of History written in the landscape - March 2007 Meeting Smith - A A 106 2 William Pyke - Advert Illustration 72 2 William Bushell, Boilermaker of Birkenhead Article 93 6 William Heap and his Company - November 1988 Meeting Miller J 51 4 William Hinson Illustration 85 4 William Hutchinson Illustration 112 2 William Inman Illustration 30 3 William Inman of Upton and The Inman Steamship Line Article Green S 30 2 William Inman of Upton Manor Illustration 25 2 William Inman of Upton Manor - Shipping Magnate Article Green, S 29 3 William Laird Illustration 3 4 William Laird Article McIntyre W R S 37 2 Wills of the Rich and Famous - April 2003 Meeting Jones M 94 5 Wind Dial Woodside Ferry Illustration 38 1 Windmills of Wirral - April 1997 Meeting O'Neil J 76 2 Wings Around Wirral - 90 years of Manned Flight Illustration 109 3 Wings Around Wirral - 90 years of Manned Flight - April 2008 Meeting Schroeder C 109 3 Winter 1947 Article Lee D 86 5 Wirral 2000 photos Article 81 7 Wirral Archives Office Article 110 6 Wirral archives reopen Article 109 2 Wirral Archives - exhibitions 118 3 Wirral Built Blockade Runners of the American Civil War Article Williams J 71 6 Wirral Coat of Arms Illustration 13 2 Wirral Council's Strategic Asset Review Article 110 8 Wirral Geology Article Norris I 93 3 Wirral Green Belt Map Illustration 61 4 Wirral Heritage - Past, Present and Future - January 1987 Meeting Burnley K 45 3 Wirral Heritage & History Fair March 2011 Article Morris J 117 8

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Wirral Heritage and History Fair - March 2009 Article 111 6 Wirral Heritage and History Forum Article Hodgson A 101 7 Wirral Heritage and Wirral Borough Council Article Hodgson A 100 4 Wirral Heritage Liaison Article Petris S 97 8 Wirral Heritage Open Days Article 109 7 Wirral Heritage Open Days Article 115 8 Wirral History and Heritage Fair Article 108 6 Wirral History and Heritage Forum Seminar 4 March 2006 Article 102 7 Wirral History and Heritage Association Article 108 7 Wirral History Fair - October 2000 Article Christall N 86 4 Wirral History Societies - Local History Seminar October 1994 Article 68 6 Wirral History Societies Annual Conference Article 32 4 Wirral Horn Illustration 106 7 Wirral Horn award for John Morris Illustration 119 1 Wirral in the Post War Era - September 1996 Meeting Garner C 74 4 Wirral Local History Seminar - May 1995 Article Christall N 70 2

Wirral Photo 2000 - April 1996 Meeting Heswall Photographic Soc 73 4

Wirral Societies Conference Article Christall N 43 5 Wirral Tramways - September 2003 Meeting Jones R 95 3 Wirral Unitary Development Plan Article 68 2 Wirral Villages - September 1976 Meeting Davey E 10 6 Wirral Windmills Illustration 76 1 Wirral Windmills - October 1975 Meeting London M E 6 4 Wirral's Foundations - A Moving Story - September 2002 Meeting Norris I 92 2 Wirral's Viking Past - April 2002 Meeting Prof Steven Harding 91 4 Woodlea Bromborough Illustration 102 5 Woodside 1849 Illustration 118 1 Woodside 1885 Illustration 8 2 Woodside C1800 Illustration 2 2 Woodside Ferry - the old stage 1983 Illustration 74 5 Woodside Ferry Booking Hall Weather Vane Photo-Quiz 8 3 Woodside Ferry Buildings Article 37 5 Woodside Ferry Stage Illustration 12 1 Woodside Ferry U-boat Story Article 110 2 Woodside Hotel Article 109 7 Woodside Hotel - Birkenhead News 28.9.1963 Article 95 7 Woodside Hotel - Birkenhead News 28.9.1963 Illustration 95 7 Woodside- Liverpool Ferry Service Article Allison J E 8 2 World of Glass Visit - July 2001 Visit Mason B 89 8 Writing the Book (Birkenhead Priory) - October 1984 Meeting McInniss J 38 3 Yesterday and Today Birkenhead and Wirral - October 2004 Meeting Lee D 98 5 Yesterday's Stage - Theatres and Performances in the Town - Feb 1975 Meeting Morris J P & Malone C 4 7 Yesterday's Wirral - September 1984 Meeting Boumphrey I 38 3 Yew Tree Farm, Bidston Illustration 33 4 YMCA - 150th Anniversary Illustration 68 1 YMCA - first purpose built Grange Road Illustration 68 4 Zeebrugge Raid 1918 and the Mersey Ferries - September 2006 Meeting McGreal S 104 2 Chris Morris 30.3.2012 - index up to and including 119