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Irvine Road, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 6RB

This was taken before the Hillsborough disaster, and the requirement for all-seater stadia. The area looks a lot more presentable now, but the stadium tends to obliterate the skyline. Also kids can no longer use the paths by the allotments for scrambling on push bikes. The Harris allotments are still there though.

Classic inter-war semi-detached housing development along what was a traditional highway between Birkenhead and Higher Bebington, originally named Happy Valley Road. The elegant cast iron lighting columns were a typical feature of Birkenhead. The bus is Birkenhead Corporation 360, a Guy Arab IV with Massey bodywork running out of service to take up service somewhere in the Bebington area. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=137652761

Tranmere Cross is supposed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the incorporation of Tranmere Township into the Borough of Birkenhead. The remains of an ancient cross are mentioned in 1833 but various late Victorian authors write about its disappearance around 1862. The cross was re-discovered in 1935 by a local historian outside Tranmere New Hall who noted the unusual carving, shaded location and height of the column which did not seem suitable for a sundial, it looked more like the shaft and base of an ancient cross. Various authorities all agreed that the column undoubtedly was a relic of the ancient cross, made about 1500, its original site unknown. The cross was re-erected in Victoria Park, Tranmere, on 18th October 1937.