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or to put it another way, at the bottom of the Monkey Steps


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The Commercial Hotel on the 1875 street plan, with the 1955 OS map of the same area for comparison:

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Hi I am trying to establish which pubs or hotels were in Tobin Street. I have the following so far The Ferry Hotel, The Ferry Pier Hotel, The Egremont, and the Long Pull. Does anyone have any photos or info about the these, or landlords,positions in the road their fate? I have checked some details in Kellys Directory for 1894, and have the following,
Cecil Dawson Hoskins (landlord) Ferry Pier Hotel Thanks Jess

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the pub on dock road by the mills was well known as the blazing stump i think its name is really "the swan"good band played there in the early 80`s called herbys popped out

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Originally Posted by Jess53
Hi I am trying to establish which pubs or hotels were in Tobin Street. I have the following so far The Ferry Hotel, The Ferry Pier Hotel, The Egremont, and the Long Pull. Does anyone have any photos or info about the these, or landlords,positions in the road their fate? I have checked some details in Kellys Directory for 1894, and have the following,
Cecil Dawson Hoskins (landlord) Ferry Pier Hotel Thanks Jess


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Hi thanks will check it out, again cheers!!! Jess

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the pub by the mills was the swan inn nickname "the blazing stump"later known as "bonkers"
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where Argos is in Birkenhead there was a pub
Was it called The Argyle or The New Argyle

When you go over the 4 bridges and turn left towards the flour mills what was the name of the pub on the right .Would this be
in Birkenhead or Wallasey


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hi anyone remember the grapes pub behind hamilton square my local back in the 70s
the bakers arms top of grange rd now a macdonalds
pub that was by oak and eldon gardens in 70s
dance hall conway st was it the majestic
creep inn new brighton

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laugh how many pubs were there along dock road birkenhead?

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The true answer is none!
Dock Road is in Wallasey, its equivalent in Birkenhead is Corporation Road, then Beaufort Road.
The boundary between Birkenhead and Wallasey is down the centre of the docks, passing through the middle of the Duke St Bridge, and the middle of the dock that is now the car park for the Irish ferry terminal. ( This means the road entrance for the Terminal is in Wallasey, but the boat leaves from Birkenhead.)
There used to be town name signs as you went over the bridges, but these dissapeared when they were refurbished, and have never been replaced by Wirral Council. And, since 1974 when Birkenhead and Wallasey all became part of Wirral, I can't recall an official map showing the actual boundary.
To add to the confusion, the Post Office use their method of naming convention to give premises on Dock Road, Wallasey, a Birkenhead address, and the phone box at the end of the Dock Road had a Birkenhead telephone number!!
Sorry to go off topic a bit.
So, which road did was it?

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hi norton thanks for info i suppose it would be corporation rd a long road with a pub on every corner ha ha

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If you take theDock Hotel (Dock Hotel Shore road) Freeman Street as being the start of Corporation Road
Wheatsheaf Hotel 39 Corporation Road 39 2 to 4 Pool Street 2/4
Royal Hotel Corporation Road Cathcart Street known as Dolphin Hotel
Mersey Arms Hotel Corporation Road Neptune St
Royal Duke Hotel Corporation Road Duke Street
Halfway House Patten Street (possibly part in Corporation Road)
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to throw into the mix on an 1889 map Hoylake Road going from St James church towards Moreton was called Corporation Road
Bidston Hotel Bidston Hill Hotel 50 to 52 Hoylake Road once called Corporation Road

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Originally Posted by sunnyside
hi anyone remember the grapes pub behind hamilton square my local back in the 70s
the bakers arms top of grange rd now a macdonalds
pub that was by oak and eldon gardens in 70s
dance hall conway st was it the majestic
creep inn new brighton


There's a good post on wiki about the Grapes(Old Colonial by bennyboy
The Grange Hotel was the pub where MacDonalds is.
The Bakers Arms was at on the corner of Exmouth st/Claughton rd opposite the Music Hall pub (where the new Asda part of is nearest Exmouth st
The tunnels under the fair which were the Creep In are on a youtube video possibly called the dungeons of New Brighton

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