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Caldy, Thurstaston & Heswall
Heswall: Eswelle (1086). Hazel Spring. From Old Norse hesli wælla.
Haselwell 1190; Hosewall 1398; Weswall 1418 |
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 Caldy Village |
 Caldy |
 Image mid 1880s |
 Hall image mid 1880s |
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These three images were taken from an 1889 book |
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 Girls Orphanage |
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 Winter on the hill |
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 Heswall Armistice Day |
 Crosville going to Heswall |
 Lower Heswall |
 1955 |
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 Heswall Station |
 Tom Evans |
 Wildfowling |
 Gayton Mill Heswall |
One recalls a tragic happening at Heswall one Sunday night in the
long ago. At the Wesleyan Chapel at the Slack, that big, leather-lunged local preacher, Corlett, from Birkenhead, was in the pulpit
when a great storm arose. The rain came down in torrents; the lightning flashed, the thunder crashed in deafening peals. Corlett essayed
to go on with his sermon, but in vain. ‘It’s time for a man to stop when
God begins to speak,’ he exclaimed. And abruptly broke off. Then a prayer-meeting was called, but still the thunder roared in a terrifying fashion, and the water began to swirl in and flood the chapel. Those who know ‘the Slack’ will understand with what facility the water would pour in. Higher it rose, and all had to beat a hasty retreat. Corlett did not get back to his home that night. The oldest villager declared Heswall never had such a storm within recollection. The men at the Chapel carried the women out on their backs. Written in 1925 |
 Pye's Motors Heswall 1923. This building became the Kings Picture House in 1928 |
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A bit of motoring history from Thurstaston http://www.dereliott-conversions.webs.com/ CONTACT |
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Sept 2018: Fancy a Chinese when out in and around Heswall? DONT use the Oriental Palace. The Food Authorities have closed it down, again, because of rotting food, dirt and very greasy worktops. Why don't they close it down permanently??? The staff even wrote fake 5 star reviews in trip advisor. |
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