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A good site to look at some of them.Do a search of area you are after
Not sure if I can post any.
My fav is this one showing how far the water was from the Royal Castle Hotel.Imay have some queries about some of them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaint...&selected_facet=paintings&page=2

Thanks for the link , I've just spent the best part of an hour looking at paintings of Wallasey by Harold Hopps.

Me and ste visited the gallery yesterday

we haven't been there before,was impressed but the cars had been moved which was a shame but going to see them on sunday at the transport museum in woodside.

Brill pics dude

brill paintings, love art.
also loved the big fireplaces that were on display DD took me last year for a look around x

That's a great link Derek , thanks for that , can't wait till it's complete (e.g. Lady Lever ).

The Williamson has some great pictures that it isn't displaying. Whilst this is always going to be a difficult choice due to space constraints and of course art being a subjective subject I can't help thinking I would like to see more paintings of local scenes than it currently displays. The gallery has a large room dedicated to prints of ancient Liverpool. Whilst interesting I would much prefer to see paintings depicting old Wirral.

Excellent find!
I like the view from Woodside Slip, page 1, pre Graysons and Lairds. Someone on this site was wishing for old photos of 'wayback' so these are the answer, and in colour.

If I remember correctly, David Hillhouse, some of whose work is shown on the link you posted derekdwc, designed one or more of the windows in the Priory.
He worked for the council but I don't know if he still does.

HMS Conway Windows, Birkenhead Priory:-

http://www.davidhillhouse.com/archive.html

great link derek we will defo be going for a look

going here today im really looking forward to it

went there last year some magnificent paintings, i love art!

well all the local ones i was looking forward to arnt there now most of the rooms were closed, im not happy and then we went to Birkenhead library and that was another disappointment, the civic centre is much better

Awwww rocks that's not good:( think the paintings change from week to week I've been told

Shame some rooms were closed

What's in the civic centre?

Sorry for Beeing off topic

civic centre is a good reference library and they have a filing cabinate full of old photos of the wirral

Sounds fun

Thanks for that rocks