Images of Wirral  - talks & photography
by Colin Millington

 


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Talks:-

"Camera at Work"
Photographs of Birkenhead taken in the early 1960's whilst working as a police officer. 
 The talk moves on to cover police photography & fingerprints, followed by a look at
 the workings of the Manchester Ship Canal & and the Tug company for which I used
to work.
Manchester Ship Canal
Postcard of Barnston   "Postcard from Barnston"
 
Old photographs (from 1860 to 1967) of Storeton, Heswall,
  Pensby, Irby, Thingwall & Barnston.  Can you remember any
  of these scenes, includes snippets of local history.
"Nature Naturally"
A look at different aspects of wildlife photography from the home & garden to
Mediterranean holiday islands via the Farne Islands & the Outer Hebrides.
Redshanks at Red Rocks
Slatey Road police station   "Family History in Focus"
  A look at the sources available for family history research in    
  Wirral and Cheshire, in particular how to illustrate your family
  history, and how family history relates to local & national history.
"Florida- A wild State to be in"
Swamps, white sand beaches, the Everglades!!!  A look at the
exotic scenery, wildlife, insects, birds etc that inhabit the State of Florida,
a State more familiar to us for the theme parks of Orlando.
Dolphins
Postcard of Charring Cross   "The One-Eyed city"
  An affectionate look at Birkenhead, a personal view that looks 
  at some of Birkenhead's more famous sons & sights, from its
  foundation by the monks of Birkenhead Priory, through the 
  launch of the World's first submarine to the present day.
"Wirral Landscapes & Nature"
Wirral a an area familiar, or perhaps not so familiar.  This talk ranges
from Ellesmere Port in the South to Hilbre Island in the North taking
in the beauty spots of Raby Mere, the Dee estuary and some of Wirrals
quieter villages & forgotten corners.
Manchester Ship Canal Sunrise
Postcard of Leasowe embankment   "Wirral a Postcard from the Past"
  Again, old postcards, photographs & history, this time covering
  Wirral in general, the talk excludes Birkenhead as this is covered
  in "The One-Eyed City"


“Fender Valley”

 
The river Fender rises in Pensby, then flows through many Wirral Townships before
 joining the River Birkett and emptying in to Birkenhead Docks.  This is an update of
an earlier talk which now concentrates on the wildlife of this beautiful  but little known
area of Wirral

Barnston Dale in Winter
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