18 brilliant photos capture life in Birkenhead from the 1960s to 1990s including The Beatles gig
These photos include The Beatles performing at the Majestic Ballroom and a bustling Grange Precinct shopping centre
Birkenhead has changed significantly over the years, with once adored shops no longer existing and the town’s roads and the buildings that line it looking very different.
The ECHO has uncovered 18 brilliant photos that perfectly capture Birkenhead between the 1960s and 1990s. They show how life in the Wirral town has changed and capture what locals and visitors got up to on a daily basis.
The below images include The Beatles’ iconic performance at The Majestic Ballroom in 1963 that saw fans queue up all night for tickets. Other photos show vintage cars on the town’s streets and roads, and the lost shops that once stood in the Grange Precinct shopping centre.
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One of the images is of the much-loved lost Top Rank Bingo Club where many spent their weekends before its closure in 1997. Other pictures show Birkenhead's magical Christmas lights in 1961.
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Crowded ferry boat in Birkenhead, circa 1960s
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The Birkenhead illuminations on Grange Road, November 30, 1961
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Buses climb the steep hill from Woodside ferry terminal in Birkenhead at the beginning of the evening rush period as the clock on the Liver Building across the River Mersey chimes five o' clock. October 21, 1961
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The new traffic system in use at Birkenhead showing the flow of one way traffic as it passes through Hamilton Square, September 1, 1961
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Teenagers queuing in the rain outside the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead for tickets to see The Beatles, April 1963
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The Beatles perform at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead, April 1963
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George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon playing at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead, April 1963
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The Birkenhead Christmas lights are tested before the switch on. The roundabout carries the figures of the Flintstones cartoon characters, November 23, 1963
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The new Ford Capri launch ceremony off the slipway at the shipbuilding yard of Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. The car was launched into the Mersey with a bottle of champagne smashed onto the bumper by Miss Liverpool Margaret Ashcroft, February 5, 1969
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The Grange Precinct in Birkenhead, October 13, 1977
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The Grange Precinct in Birkenhead, circa 1977
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The Grange Precinct in Birkenhead, October 13, 1977
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Exterior shot of the Grange Precinct in Birkenhead, October 13, 1977
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Oak and Eldon Gardens in Birkenhead before it's demolished, September 13, 1979
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Shoppers at the Grange Precinct in Birkenhead, July 27, 1984
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Unauthorised traders at work at Birkenhead's Grange Road Shopping Precinct, December 21, 1984
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The Pyramids Shopping Centre in Birkenhead, March 25, 1991
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Top Rank Bingo Club on Claughton Road in Birkenhead which closed in 1997 and was later demolished
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