Comments on: Friday Photo: Brick In The Wall

By: Shona

Shona — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:49:02 +0000

I used to work in Finnigans….got paid next to nothing but had a laugh. You have to go miles for a decent steak now, wish this place was still open!

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 01 May 2011 16:29:12 +0000

Ah yes I remember Finnigans. I only recall going there once. It was Monday 9 December 1974. I took a girl there who I had been talking to on the phone for about a year. I was working at Port Sunlight – she was working at Lever Brothers’ head office down in Kingston. She came up to Port Sunlight on business that day. We had never met before.

We were married on 4 October 1975. We live in Windsor and we’re looking forward to our 36th wedding anniversary.

By: Carol Tipping

Carol Tipping — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:02:09 +0000

LOL! You ask if anyone remembers Finnieland! Alongside the railway, almost the whole length of Grosvenor Road (it went very narrow at the Alderley Road end) there is a piece of land that was “developed” by Frank sheridan as an outdoor theme park. He had various structures and sculptures (was Brian Burgess, the sculptor involved?) and a miniature railway which also used to go on the local roads. The Finnieland brick wall went along Grosvenor Road as far as No 1 Grosvenor Road and some neighbours said it was a mess but it was quite characterful, being made of old bricks and having niches set in to the wall with little concrete sculptures set in to them.

For developing that land alongside Grosvenor Road there have been several planning submissions – Finnieland was one that was passed and lasted not that long although the wall lasted until the last planning permission was granted to G.B. Builders for new flats. The neighbours fought the plans for every single development – the last one being the flats, preferring empty land with trees for wildlife – there were owls, foxes, hedgehogs and we had also seen bats in the vicinity – but the plans were passed and the flats are built. The flats are very pleasant and well maintained and give a far better environment – I used to walk my dog around the block sometimes at night and it was in the dark! Now the flats are here the road is far better lit. Sadly now though, no dog!

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Friday Photo: Hoylake YMCA | Hoylake Junction — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:50:02 +0000

[...] up last weeks photo, a few of you correctly recalled Finnigans Steak House. But I’m disappointed that nobody [...]

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:44:46 +0000

Very well known local steak house – and Dot who played the piano there for many years is still playing the piano at Abbeyfield in Hoyle Road.

By: Gail Rochford Gilchrist

Gail Rochford Gilchrist — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:26:41 +0000

Ultimate steak house and drinking place of ill repute,haha!!
Famed for some great ‘lock-ins’.
They had a horse and carriage that would take you to and from the restaurant.The horse,also called Finnigan dragged me to my first wedding in 1982,hah!

By: Sue Vine

Sue Vine — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:58:17 +0000

Yes Finnegans steak house was on the corner of Grosvenor Road and Albert Road. We enjoyed many a meal in there. I also knew the lady who lived in the flat above in the 50s and 60s.

By: Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:41:54 +0000

A ‘famous steak house’ springs to mind…!