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Who wants to 'in' in a few weeks time? We just confirming with Roger.
the 1st or 2nd Saturday in August-
Rudebox
Plusone
T.C
Rocks
Bezzy and The Flapjacks

Anybody else? Add your names.

nice pics.

Rocks you have done a grand job for your first report,well done you.

thanx bezzy

I love the pic, in the upper room, where we all look like Ghostys?! X
I also like the pic of me and T.c 'having a go' at the Chimney Breast!'.

I scraped loads of Green?!

I love seeing pics and reading about this lovely house! When we heard it was coming up for auction at quite a low (ish) price we thought about bidding but my god, there is a lot of work needs doing!! Still, it's like a piece of history going through all that stuff in there...LOVE IT!

Quite a few orbs in some of those photographs. I hope they were just down to dust!

Put your name on the list, jenscho, if you want.
It was great fun!!

Hi where is the house and how much did it go for on auction? cant believe i missed this one!

The house is on Limekiln Road, Wallasey.



It was actually sold after the auction in November 2010, rather than at the drop of the hammer for around £40,000. It's an interesting place, just in the wrong area I feel.

Interestingly, see the below links;

Conveyance Dated 1929
Vesting Deed Dated 1929
Conveyance Dated 1958
Conveyance Dated 1996
Death Certificate
Epitome of Title
Deed of Appointment

Probably best right click and save as. Some of them are quite large files.

You're right about the third digit - it is possible that the tail of the '2' is actually just weathered surface damage, so the date could be either 1621 or 1691. There's no doubt in my mind, however, that the first and last digits are meant to be the same.

oo we'll have to play detective and find out
when you look at the top of the first digit the line at the top runs left and right but on the last digit it only runs on the left, and the 2? well i cant wait to find out from the owner

Maybe if someone checks the parish registers to see when William Bird and Mary actually married, because if they didn't get married until the 1690's then surely that would give you your answer?

iv been googling today and its looking more like the date being 1697..its been a bit of a mystery aswell but you can never tell if other peoples findings are true (or if the person looking is looking in the right place ha) but i found a date of 1682 for their marrige and also someone says theres no records of him ever living in the house! i also read a william bird's will today that mentions the house and other property/land but this william was born 1748-1833 so must be a relative g.grandson?