Wirral Museum/ old Town Hall, Birkenhead
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Wirral Museum/ old Town Hall, Birkenhead
Image: © Peter Craine Taken: 11 Sep 2006
Birkenhead town hall opened in 1887, completing the last space in Hamilton Square. It was made using local sandstone and Scottish granite. In 1974, it was made redundant due to the reorganisation of local government. However, it bounced back in 2001 as the Wirral Museum, retaining the highly decorated interior. It holds interesting information on the Mersey tunnels, World War II experiences, ships and submarines built at Cammell Lairds, John Laird, Mallory and Irvine (the latter was born in Birkenhead), history and geology of Wirral. I particularly like the large model of Woodside as it was in 1934. See http://www.wirral.gov.uk/ed/wirral_museum.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
53.392613
Longitude
-3.014984