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unusual facts about Wirral



Alan Gill

Part of Graham's album Playing in Traffic was recorded at Gill's cottage in Raby Mere, Wirral.

Alexis Blue

The band were formed in September 2005 following the split of another Wirral band 'The Rails', with that band's lead guitarist Andrew Stewart and drummer Mark Easton being joined by Tom McCarron to form Alexis Blue.

Bank Building

Bank Buildings, Birkenhead, on a corner site at 1–7 Charing Cross, Birkenhead, Wirral, England

BPFC

Birkenhead Park FC, a rugby club founded in 1871 in Birkenhead, Wirral, United Kingdom

Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels

Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels is a play about the story of the Kingsway Three, a fictitious terrorist organisation, and their plans to brick up the Tunnels which join Liverpool to the Wirral.

Bromborough railway station

Bromborough railway station is one of two stations serving the Bromborough area of the Wirral, England.

Bromborough Rake railway station

Bromborough Rake railway station is one of two stations serving the Bromborough area of the Wirral, England.

Caldy

Rafael Benitez in a press conference referred to 'John the milkman' in the Wirral while launching cryptic attack on previous Liverpool club owner Tom Hicks and managing director Christian Purslow.

Chester Weir

It prevents tidal water ingress up-river for all but the highest tides; it provides the water head for an abstraction immediately behind the weir and it holds back what is a long linear lake which enables that largest abstraction to be taken at Huntington for the North West Water supply to the Wirral and surrounding areas.

China Crisis

China Crisis played at Fort Perch Rock on the Wirral on 8 August 2009, and at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 22 August 2009.

Chris Boardman

Boardman lives with his wife and six children in his native Wirral.

Clatterbridge Health Park

Located in Bebington, Wirral, the health park was the former site of the defunct Wirral Union Workhouse.

Crosville Motor Services

The remaining Wirral and Chester Crosville operations were sold in February 1990 to PMT who retained the Crosville name, however it passed into history ten years later with the corporate First Group branding.

Cyril Clarke

From 1959 they started running a moth trap in Caldy Common near West Kirby, Wirral, England.

Fort Perch Rock

During this time Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark founder members Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys played there as members of the short lived Wirral group The Id.

Gerry White

The son of Gerard and Martha White, Gerry started life as butcher and established Hurstwood Meats in Birkenhead on the Wirral.

Gershom Stewart

At the general election in January 1910 Stewart stood as the Conservative candidate for the Wirral, a seat which had been held by the Conservatives from its creation in 1885 until won by the Liberals in 1906.

Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park

The Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park is at the northeast entrance to Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Higsons Brewery

The company began to expand further, acquiring several public houses in the Wirral area and the Spraggs Brewery in 1919.

Hoult

Joseph Hoult (1847–1917), British ship-owner and Member of Parliament for Wirral 1900–1906

Hoylake Parade community centre

Hoylake Parade Community Centre is a multi-purpose public building located in Hoylake, Wirral, which serves as a community centre for the local area.

James McGaul

James Hannay McGaul (also known as J.H. McGaul) was born in Birkenhead, Wirral.

John Maples, Baron Maples

His father, a businessman, lived in the Wirral; he was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Downing College, Cambridge where he read Law, and played hockey for the college and performed with the Footlights.

John Speechly

# Harry Martindale Speechly, born 1867 Cochin, India, who married 30 July 1895 Mary Barrett in Wirral, and died 17 March 1951 Winnipeg

Jonathan Walters

Walters was born in Moreton, Merseyside and started his career at Blackburn Rovers having being spotted by playing for Shaftesbury under 16s in the Eastham & District Junior League by Rovers's scout for Wirral and Wales, Mike O'Brien who moved quickly to sign him.

Leasowe railway station

Leasowe railway station is situated near the village of Leasowe, Wirral, England.

Leverhulme Memorial

The Leverhulme Memorial stands to the west of the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the junction of Windy Bank and Queen Mary's Drive, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Liverpool Love

Liverpool Love collected together 28 works across a variety of media, including a crocheted bust of Red Rum by Shauna Richardson and a pair of Liverpool-themed high-heeled shoes by Terry de Havilland, all of which were auctioned for the charity Wirral based children's hospice Claire house.

Liverpool Pride

Liverpool Pride is a registered charity run by a Board of Trustees with the stated aim of promoting equality and diversity, advancing education, and eliminating discrimination in relation to LGBT people across the six districts of Liverpool City Region: Halton, Knowsley, City of Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

Monument to the Mersey Tunnel

The Monument to the Mersey Tunnel stands in Chester Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, near the western entrance to the Queensway Tunnel, one of the two Mersey Tunnels carrying roads under the River Mersey between Liverpool and the Wirral.

Otterspool Promenade

It is notable for the excellent views it gives of shipping in the Mersey and over the river to the Wirral.

Oxton Cricket Club

Oxton Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at Townfield Lane, Oxton on the Wirral.

Ray Putterill

Raymond Francis "Ray" Putterill (born 3 February 1989 in the Wirral) is an English footballer.

Refilwe

The church of St. Michael and All Angels in Newton, West Kirby, Wirral, England has an extensive link with the project and regularly sends parishioners to help with the project.

Ron Cretney

On coming back from army service Ron returned to the classroom and following a few years teaching on the Wirral came back to the Isle of Man to teach in Rushen, Ballaugh, Willaston and Onchan primary schools, retiring as a headmaster.

Sarah's Cottage, Isle of Man

The cottage was derelict until 1975 when the James Henry Shuttleworth the Lord of Abergwili and his wife Betty, the Lady of Abergwili from Wirral arrived and totally renovated it and carried on the tradition of selling refreshments to passers by and taking in guests.To date (2011) the cottage is still occupied by James H.Shuttleworth although his wife Betty died in 1988.

St George's Church, Thornton Hough

St George's Church, Thornton Hough, is in Manor Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Stagecoach Merseyside

The last serviceable examples at Gillmoss took enthusiasts on a tour of Liverpool and the Wirral and were joined by T1, the first production Titan which was owned by Stagecoach London, a Stagecoach North West Titan and a preserved Titan which had previously been owned by Merseyline of Garston.

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

The first four British guide dogs - Judy, Flash, Folly and Meta - completed their training at Wallasey, Wirral in 1931, and three years after this The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association was formed.

The Trampformers

Indie-rock four piece The Trampformers first started playing at Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral, (The Coral's keyboards player Nick Power is a former pupil) where they won the school's 2005 Battle of The Bands Competition and came to the notice of a local promoter.

Thomas Henry Ismay

After 6 days he was feeling better and he returned to Dawpool in Thurstaston, Wirral.

Ultralase

Following the success of the world's first refractive surgery clinic, opened by US-based investors in Toronto (1989), the UK's first ever laser eye surgery clinic was opened at Clatterbridge hospital, Wirral in January 1991.

Warship Preservation Trust

The Warship Preservation Trust was based in Birkenhead, Wirral, England and hosted Europe's largest collection of preserved warships.

West Kirby railway station

West Kirby railway station is situated in the town of West Kirby, Wirral, England.


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