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Thanks for the replies, I completely forgot about Wyburn's!
As for Dacre Hill, I reckon you'll find old sepia photos with the Man Wah on it!!

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i remember the big shop at the end opp the Fairfield pub was a motorbike shop for a while my mates dad owned ricky's diy.i also remember the tudor stores with the old post in the doorway

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oh and the jolly Rodger video shop. Margaret hair dressers and charlies sweet shop on the corner

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oh and the jolly Rodger video shop.


lol - sounds like it stocked 'specialist' films...

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was the shop corner of Old Chester Rd/St Pauls called Sturlas?

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Originally Posted by cameraman
I remember a murder took place in the doorway by the old printers in the early 70's, someone was stabbed to death. I was brought up in Rock ferry and remember going into the chandlers getting Blue paraffin from the machine inside, loved the smell of that place.
I remember that murder,it was a chap named Randy something,he was involved in an argument with a couple in the Lord Napier.If memory serves,they had a second hand (junk) shop.Anyway, they went looking for him,he armed with a shotgun she with a swordstick and he ended up bleeding to death on his doorstep.










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I remember a murder took place in the doorway by the old printers in the early 70's, someone was stabbed to death. I was brought up in Rock ferry and remember going into the chandlers getting Blue paraffin from the machine inside, loved the smell of that place.

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has anybody had any luck,re: any pictures of the above said shops? ive been to the wirral archive and had a good rummage through numerous books, but to no avail. regards.

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There are two other topics on Old Chester Road on Wiki, and I know they both contain photographs and comments that may be of use to you, assuming that you haven't seen them already.

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I'm fairly sure that this is the old Roberts Moore Nicholas Jones building, now Simple Credit.

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Definitely is, the old Woolworths is there, when they were F W Woolworth

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Originally Posted by TheDr
I'm fairly sure that this is the old Roberts Moore Nicholas Jones building, now Simple Credit.

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Definitely is, the old Woolworths is there, when they were F W Woolworth


The pic is New Ferry at the crossroads/Tollbar
The main building used to be a pub Wynnstay Arms

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thats new ferry

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I know, but close enough I thought :-)

How about this one then:

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Rock Ferry Station.

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I think this one might have been posted before.

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Originally Posted by TheDr
I know, but close enough I thought :-)

How about this one then:

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Rock Ferry Station.

isn't this New Ferry bypass being built?

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The shop on the corner of Old Chester Road and St Paul's Road was not Sturlas but was in fact a similar type of shop called Rostences'

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