Snippets from the Wallasey news Charter supplement 1913 Transfer of local police transferred to the county of Wallasey at midnight on March 31 Wallasey assumed county borough status on April 1 Victoria Gardens opened by Lord Derby May 3 Old thatched cottage opposite Liscard post office demolished during the summer New Brighton lifeboats have saved 524 lives from 1803-1913 1914 King George V lays foundation stone of the new town hall on March 25 First portion of Leasowe children's hospital opened on July 21 Civic Mace presented to Alderman Sydney DAWSON on September 10 1915 Lusitania sank on May 7. A number of Wallasey people were members of the crew Seacombe shops wrecked on May 10 in anti-German demonstrations During the year the new fire station at Liscard was opened 1916 Destructive fire at Wilkie's fun palace New Brighton on Saturday April 22 Wallasey new town hall opened as military hospital on August 12 Viscount French inspected Wallasey volunteers on September 27 1917 Owing to the scarcity of gravediggers in Wallasey a call was made for volunteers, members of the Wallasey battalion of the Cheshire Volunteers and special police responding Mother and child murdered at Liscard April 16, husband found guilty of murder and executed 1918 Wallasey branch of the "Comrades of the Great War" formed 1919 Wallasey police refused to join in police strike (August) More to follow.... Caryl List admin
Thank you Caryl, those snippets were very interesting. Have you anything on Wallasey High School by any chance? Regards Cassandra ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] Wallasey news snippets 1913-19 > Snippets from the Wallasey news Charter supplement > > 1913 > > Transfer of local police transferred to the county of Wallasey at midnight > on March 31 > > Wallasey assumed county borough status on April 1 > > Victoria Gardens opened by Lord Derby May 3 > > Old thatched cottage opposite Liscard post office demolished during the > summer > > New Brighton lifeboats have saved 524 lives from 1803-1913 > > 1914 > > King George V lays foundation stone of the new town hall on March 25 > > First portion of Leasowe children's hospital opened on July 21 > > Civic Mace presented to Alderman Sydney DAWSON on September 10 > > 1915 > > Lusitania sank on May 7. A number of Wallasey people were members of the > crew > > Seacombe shops wrecked on May 10 in anti-German demonstrations > During the year the new fire station at Liscard was opened > > 1916 > > Destructive fire at Wilkie's fun palace New Brighton on Saturday April > 22 > > Wallasey new town hall opened as military hospital on August 12 > > Viscount French inspected Wallasey volunteers on September 27 > > 1917 > > Owing to the scarcity of gravediggers in Wallasey a call was made for > volunteers, members of the Wallasey battalion of the Cheshire Volunteers > and > special police responding > > Mother and child murdered at Liscard April 16, husband found guilty of > murder and executed > > 1918 > > Wallasey branch of the "Comrades of the Great War" formed > > 1919 > > Wallasey police refused to join in police strike (August) > > More to follow.... > > Caryl > List admin > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >