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On The Trail Of A 1970's Club Erainn 5 hours ago Hi, does anyone have information on the club which preceded Mr Digby's in Thomas Street? I have seen mention of The Bee Hive, but wondered if that was operating until the early 1970s, when Digby's launched.Any help most appreciated.

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How do you spot inconsistency in a match's messages early on TudorBlue 20th Aug 2026 1:02pm I have been messaging someone who gives very strange, vague answers whenever I ask simple questions about their job or what part of town they live in. Last week they mentioned working in marketing, but today they said they work in hospital administration. When I pointed it out, they brushed it off as a joke. Am I reading too much into small details, or are shifting stories a major warning sign? How do you handle conversational inconsistencies?

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M53 Hell Coming diggingdeeper 13th May 2026 8:31pm M53 hell coming up with a number of bridge maintenance and replacements works.

Upton Road bridges, Clatterbridge bridges, Raby Hall bridge, Eastham Viaduct.

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/north-west/m53-bridges/

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Telephone Exchange Closures diggingdeeper 27th Mar 2026 12:02pm Openreach currently has 5600 telephone exchanges, they aim to close 4600 of them, initially 108 exchanges will be closed by 2030 then the rest after that, no Wirral exchanges are to close before 2030.

The exchanges to remain open are called enduring exchanges, here is a list of those Wirral ones which will be kept.

Arrowebrook
Bromborough
Claughton
Ellesmere Port
Rock Ferry
Wallasey

Those to close are:-

Birkenhead
Caldy
Eastham
Heswall
Hooton
Hoylake
Irby
Mountwood
Neston

I was surprised to see Liverpool Central, the massive Lancaster House building on Old Hall Street is to close as an exchange.

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Through The Wind & Rain (LFC fanzine) CarterUSM 4th Feb 2026 11:56am Complete set of well-known Liverpool FC fanzine Through The Wind & Rain, from 1st issue (autumn 1989) to the 79th & final one (Spring 2008). A real 'heritage' item for Reds fans.
Will need to collect (Prenton). £40 or nearest offer. Cash only please.

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Birkenhead Photos bert1 7th Jan 2026 11:09am A fine collection of photos,

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mavy+matthews+birkenhead

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Bin Collections Xmas 2025 diggingdeeper 23rd Dec 2025 9:50am If your bin is due to be collected on Thursday 25 December 2025 it will be collected on Saturday 27 December.

If your bin is due to be collected on Friday 26 December it will be collected on Sunday 28 December.

If your bin is due to be collected on Thursday 1 January 2026 it will be collected on Saturday 3 January.

There will be no brown bin collections between 22 December and 16 January.

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Kimpri (Joe) derekdwc 20th Nov 2025 10:51am Sorry to say
I've just been told by his missus that kimpri (Joe Price)has just died on Friday and I know he had lots of friends on Wiki and
I'd be grateful if you post this on Wiki and when I get further info about about funeral arrangements I'll let you know
regards Derek

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Hind Street development Excoriator 18th Nov 2025 3:20pm Looks like another brilliant council initiative to redevelop this town. 1,500 homes, offices and a NUMBER of new hotels will be built. I assume these are for the numerous businessmen that will want to see the new regenerated Birkenhead rather than punishment blocks for hapless immigrants looking for a better life.

At least we'll see the end of the disfiguring flyovers though, if it all goes to plan so it's not all bad.

The Wirral Globe seems enthusiastic but whether that is a good sign or the kiss of death remains to be seen.

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Sarah Isabel Nicholson LiamFoley 7th Nov 2025 12:29pm I am doing some research on a Sarah Isabel Nicholson (1870-!948) of Sutton Hall, Little Sutton, father John Nicholson, mother Sarah Nicholson, they both appear to have died within a short time of each other 1882/83. The purpose of the research is to include Isabel Nicholson in an article for a local history journal on women in the local area from approx. 1900 to 1940 whose lives ran against the flow of those times. Ms. Nicholson is listed in the Irish Census of 1901 & 1911 as residing at Ballyellis Lodge in County Cork. Ireland. Her occupation is listed as "income from shares and dividends" and she is unmarried. She appears to have lived there from 1900 into the late 1930s or early 40s. She died in 1948 in Hawarden which I understand is not too far from her ancestral home of Sutton Hall. There appears to be a second Nicholson family in residence at Sutton Hall coming up to the WW1 period, Mr & Mrs H Nicholson whose son Hugh H Nicholson, 2nd Ltnt. Cheshire Regmt. was killed in action in 1915.Was there a family connection here?
Basically what I'm looking for is any background information on the family, especially Sarah Isabel, why she would have settled in Ireland and what her income could have derived from, so she could have lived so independently. Any family photographs or photographs of Sutton Hall from that period would be most welcome.

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