when they shut ranks on Beaufort road down they transferred all work and some staff to a newer more modern mill in Manchester .maybe placid master could tell us more on the Newcastle mill .
It all makes perfect sense expressed in dollars and cents ,pound shillings and pence
my dad worked at ranks until it shut in 1988 and he loved working there think it was 24 years .i have the canteen clock in my kitchen and it still works 21 years later although it has had a few new batterys ha ha
Sorry this might be off subject but is still about Flour Mills on Wirral. Has anyone come across the name F O Paul? he was a rich flour miller who lived in overchurch and donated alot of land to different organisations including scouting. A large campsite in Overchurch where the Upton By pass was one of them and Bryn Bach in Wales. I think he might of lived in the big house near the start of Morton Spur which is now residential.
The house by the Motorway is Upton Manor, and was built by William Inman, he lived in it until his death in 1881. The house was then bought by Ralph Leyland. He remained in the house until 1910, apart from 3 years between 1893 and 1896 when it was let to Colonel Robinson. Mr Stern bought the Manor House in 1910 and remained there until 1950 when the FCJ Sisters bought it.
Mr Paul lived in Overchurch house, which he bought in 1915. The house had been built in 1859 by Thomas Webster, younger brother of William Webster of Upton Hall.
Overchurch house was built next to the old Overchurch graveyard, it had a lodge on Moreton Road, just about where the motorway spur is now.
In 1929, when the Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park, an overflow camp was located on land belonging to Mr Paul (a second overflow camp was located at Upton Manor).
When the Jamboree was over, Mr Paul donated the land that the overflow camp had occupied to the scout movement as a permanent camp site. A swimming pool and various buildings were built on the site.
In its heyday, around 10,000 scouts a year camped at Overchurch, but by the early 1960s the numbers were falling and this, together with large scale vandalism, led to the closing of the site.
Although the M53 spur was built through the site, there are still some remains of the swimming pool.
Overchurch house became a children's home in its latter days, and was then demolished. The site has not been built on and the terrace in front of the house can still be traced.
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Ocean Flour Mills had a Social Club at the top of the Flat Lanes in the 60's the caretaker was a guy named Les who was also the manager of Ocean Athletic Football Club. The Social Club building had a verandah at the front with views to Arrowe Park. You could walk from here to Woodchurch Estate, across the Fender and the train line. In this area I seem to remember a lot of horse farms with a number of Gymkanas on the weekends. There were some good fishing holes too.
i used to go there on my bike when the demolition where there. guy used to give me money to go the shops for him. always remember the strong smells from the mills as they where demolitioning them
Sorry this might be off subject but is still about Flour Mills on Wirral. Has anyone come across the name F O Paul? he was a rich flour miller who lived in overchurch and donated alot of land to different organisations including scouting. A large campsite in Overchurch where the Upton By pass was one of them and Bryn Bach in Wales. I think he might of lived in the big house near the start of Morton Spur which is now residential.
On Paul Brothers - if this guy is one of them...
I think they were responsible for setting up the Homepride brand - certainly the Homepride mills were also known by some locals and workers as 'Paul Brothers'....
I think they were responsible for setting up the Homepride brand - certainly the Homepride mills were also known by some locals and workers as 'Paul Brothers'....
See this topic for some of the history of the Homepride flour mills.
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