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Joined: Jul 2009
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Wiki Guide
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It was quite lively in early to mid 80s there was a good clothes shop that did cheap tracksuits lol.
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Newbeee
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there was a shop around the corner, oppisite littlewoods called ZODIAC. i think its now gregs. it used to sell all kinds of toys and gadgets. i.e. bouncy balls, etc.
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I seem to remember a toy shop opposite to where Littlewoods used to be, in the mid 80's? yeh i remember it. think it was called ZODIAC.
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Does anyone remember the dolls hospital? I can remember going there when my sisters doll needed to have treatment back in about 1965 The one that use to be at the Old Haymarket Area
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what shops do you remember that have now closed down? My days as a young lad in Birkenhead, Birkenhead and the docklands along with the parks where my playground, I remember Mr Ashworths sweet shop on Conway Street just before Conway place, I remember the Crown pub My first pint at the age of thirteen, Mrs Lords Dairy where we got our milk cheese etc, Mr Mitchells surgery one of our local doctors, then there was Mr Hunts sweet shop who had a Myna bird that shouted at you when you went in this was on the corner of York Street, my doctor was Mr Lipsedge who had his surgery above what is now Sherlocks, and Mr Davies sweet shop on the Corner of back Camden Street.
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Old Hand
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Old Hand
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sounds like you lived near me,i lived on marion street next to camden street,where did you live.
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9 Conway Place opposite the old stables my name is Michael Haydn
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capernicus,ive left you a private message [pm]ok.
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WOW all these memories. I remember Rumbleows?? Like Currys. We had 3 shoe shops. I hated going in Clarks and Lotus {Cash Converters and Hot lips} with my dad in case anyone saw me!!! Shoe Express and Shoe Zone came later. The Gas show rooms where Lloyds {TSB} is. The book shop on Wallasey Road {R news} that expanded into another shop then shrunk back into one then seemed to go bust. Robert Y Knagg and son now another pawn broker. The CO OP where Mc Donalds is. Thanks.
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Smiths fruit shop ( Parkfield ave Conway street ) Discount Foods (next to smiths fruit shop) Thompsons newsagents ( next to Discount Foods) Electrical shop ( sold everything Capacitors to light bulbs) Sayers ( day old cake shop) tearls ( carpets Furniture) Butchers shop Chinese Chippy Bentlys Pawn Shop Davies Cake SHOP ( ON CORNER BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS) Traces electrical( OPP DISCOUNT FOODS)
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Charlie Chippy (market street Leta street) Dennises CORNER SHOP (Market Street Rowlnd Street) RAES Corner Shop (Market street Camden Street) joneses (Corner Shop ( Camden Street Price Street) Wool SHOP (Camden Street just by the ENTRY DENNISES MUM) Bridge and Pickles Chippy ( Market Street Leta street only sold English Meals ) later bought by Charlie ( chinese) Happy Days
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I must be getting old, I can remember when there was a Forces club on the site of of Primarks where troops could relax and have a cup of tea and a sarnie or write a letter home.
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we had 2 shops on marion street plus a chippy,a dairy behind us on dacre street.also shops on camden street and conway place and most little streets in the surrounding area.better than the supermarkets and all the obesity in children they have caused.proper food,no additives,shrinking bacon,full of water etc.also good service,no underpaid part timers like all supermarkets.
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I wonder how different Birkenhead looks now to 2013. A lot of shops are now empty, but going back for the first time the other day, it was really busy for some reason. There’s a lot of independently owned shops, but mostly charity ones.
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