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New Chester Road, WIRRAL, CH62 1DG

The Church of St Mark the Evangelist (C of E) on New Chester Road. It was founded in 1866 as a chapel to Bebington, and became a parish church in 1888 serving part of Lower Bebington.

A grade II listed building, this former lodge is now a restaurant.

A green oasis in the middle of New Ferry.

This was the Corporation's secondary garage at New Ferry, built in the 1930s. Sadly it has now been demolished and replaced by commercial development. In this view buses of the former Birkenhead Corporation and Wallasey Corporation bus fleets can be seen, by now operated by Merseyside PTE. The blue bus is in the PTE's Wirral division livery, representing the blue of Birkenhead with the cream of Wallasey (neither accurate continuations!). The cream bus is a former Wallasey bus and was on a special tour saying farewell after some 20 years of service. It was repainted specially and has been preserved. It is shown here as if working on the old service 10 which was operated jointly by the two undertakings, running between New Ferry and New Brighton. A feature of both Birkenhead and Wallasey buses was the very large and clear destination display. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2114547&displayclass=slide

With a banner carrying a safety message

The bay window on the right is part of the annexe of the hotel which can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/314871 . The bus is former Wallasey Corporation 67, by this stage in Merseyside PTE livery, and based in Birkenhead, probably at the New Ferry garage. It is still fitted with its original Wallasey Corporation destination blinds which would not have had all the necessary local Birkenhead variants, which is why it is displaying 'Woodside via Woodside'. The terminal 'Woodside' shows a particular Wallasey feature, not shown at its best in monochrome. It is actually red lettering on a white background, which would denote that the destination is not the regular one for the service. In practice Wallasey buses did not normally serve Woodside. Also of interest is the sign attached to the lamppost which highlights a feature of both Birkenhead and Wallasey buses, whereby passengers could purchase through return tickets to Liverpool using the Corporations' own ferries. These were known as 'Bus and Boat Returns' and could be purchased both on buses and at the ferry terminals when coming from Liverpool. The sign reads, in full: 'Route 64 Bus & Boat Return fare from this point 3/1. - Excess fare on 2/1 Bus & Boat tickets used from this terminus is 1/-' (3/1 = 3 shillings 1 penny, (15p) etc.) . This ensured that anyone who had travelled outward beyond the validity of the lower fare had to pay the excess for both outward and return journeys when making the latter. 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

Postbox No. CH62 144. See Image] for context.

Showing position of Postbox No. CH62 144. See Image] for postbox.