The CD is compiled from 100 old post cards and photographs that give an insight into the social and development of the town. School photographs, pictures of early tennis players, Birkenhead's Suffragettes and views of the town that have long disappeared help us to understand what it was like to live in and around Birkenhead in the early years of the 1900's.

The slide show opens with background music and view of Hamilton Square around 1904, after the Square's gardens had been opened the public. An aerial taken in the 1930's shows how much of the original town has been lost in recent years with the redevelopment of Birkenhead.

Views taken in the early 1900's show an open top tram in Argyle Street, in another view a tram can be seen rounding the corner past Central Station. Trams and buses also appear in other street scenes from around the town along with horse-drawn carts.

In the years leading up to the First World War music halls were popular with the public. Birkenhead's most famous was the Argyle Theatre that stood in Argyle Street, and this appears in two views on the CD. The theatre was finally destroyed during an air raid on the town in 1940.

Views of Birkenhead Park's lakes, boathouse, Swiss Bridge and Palm House all display how well the park gardeners maintained it. To the west of Birkenhead lay the small rural village of Bidston, surrounded by fields. These Pictures display a rural charm, that the village has now lost forever.

The Birkenhead Docks section contains, scenes of Blue Funnel vessels, Bibby vessels, tall ships, and views of the flour mills, which for many years were a vital part of the town's economy.
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Catalogue Number : CD 1 Old Birkenhead
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