Comments on: Friday Photo: Jessies Yard

By: helen carr

helen carr — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:57:44 +0000

hi, in my comment on my Grandfathers Farm between Jesse Birds yard and Haskins shop on Saturday. I forgot to mention his name which was Broster. So it was Brosters Farm that was inbetween the two buildings. Does anyone remember them being there untill around 1931, when they left. Bye, Helen Carr

By: helen carr

helen carr — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:42:08 +0000

hi, my grandfathers farm was between jesse birds house and haskins, they both had stables at the back. my grandfathers horses with jesse birds, pulled the lifeboat down to the beach. many years later our farm did have shops on the ground floor. best wishes Helen Carr.

By: Charles Morris

Charles Morris — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:29:08 +0000

In the period up till, at least, 1992, the former Jesse Bird premises was occupied by Bill Bateman, trading as Hoylake Antiques. I sent him Christmas cards for many years but I gather he is no longer there. Presumably he had died; can anyone confirm this or does anyone have any more details ?

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Friday Photo: Removals Van | HoylakeJunction.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:36:35 +0000

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Friday Photo: 80 Market Street, Hoylake | HoylakeJunction.com — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:37:43 +0000

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By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:04:17 +0000

Thanks Jackie, I browsed the Old Hoylake photos on the link provided by Sue Vine in a different post (link to photos http://oldwirral.com/hoylake.html photos, page 1) and there WAS a photo of a Church Road Hoylake, with the shape of a church in the background. I am guessing the photo was taken from near where the promenade now joins Trinity Road (There was a red telephone box there). The promenade was probably built after the photo was taken. The sandhills on the left must have been the Dale estate (now Avondale, Ferndale and Clydesdale roads).

By: jackie

jackie — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:16:46 +0000

Church Road became Trinity Road.

By: Ian P

Ian P — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:06:03 +0000

Great that this has created so much discussion, I remember the area to the other side (the left) of the Ship Inn (or the “Slip In” as the bus conductors would shout out) was just grass, all the way back to the Railway along the side of Melrose Avenue. There used to be a Steam Roller housed at the back of Jessie’s yard, I don’t know who owned it but it was seen out chuffing along to roll the roads. The shop on fire in the Hoylake Photographic Website was straight opposite Jessie’s yard (Cunninghams newsagents, and I am sure they were stocked with fireworks at the time of the fire). Next door to Jessie’s was Haskyns sports shop, it was a strange box like building which filled the corner between Jessies yard building and the next block of shops which stuck out so much they reduced the pavement to about 3 feet wide (now a Supermarket and precinct set well back from the road). Our first Chinese Restaurant was in that block, the Bluebird. I still have one of their menus: the Special Chow Mein was 2/6 in old money.
I remember that a Mr Bird, a rather small chap was the only person we would trust to supervise the move of the Grand Piano off the YMCA stage onto the Hall floor so Dot W could play it for the annual Pantomimes.

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Hoylake & Great Meols Telephone Directory 1923 | HoylakeJunction.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:04:10 +0000

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By: John

John — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:41:28 +0000

Jackie Hall commented (via email):

Jesse– was the local removals called Jesse Bird. Now spelt the modern way.

He had a horse and cart and the horse pulled the lifeboat in the olden days.

He had stables where the new houses are and the door shop was his house.

Lots of interesting tales about the Birds a well known Hoylake family.

Brian Jones commented (via email):

I think it was at one time a furniture removal firm.