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About New Brighton

Vale Park, New Brighton (card 15) New Brighton, for many years, was a popular seaside resort and holiday destination. It had a tower that was taller than Blackpool's, an indoor fairground and all the other usual seaside attractions.

There are many postcards featuring New Brighton. The first card we ever bought was of the Convalescence Home in Rowson Street. On its reverse side was a message from Len to his aunty, Miss Gittins, in Oswestry. Fascinated by this, and with some curiosity for our local history, I thought it would be nice to document the changing face of New Brighton using cards.

Of course, the images and messages don't just tell New Brighton's story. Remember that any woman on a card dated prior to 1918 did not have the right to vote. When this right was granted, it was only to women aged 30 or over. The age would not be dropped to 21 until 1928, the year Emmeline Pankhurst died.

About this site

Victoria Gardens and Pier, New Brighton (card 57) This site is an archive of postcards about the New Brighton area of Wirral. I have also included cards from Egremont, Seacombe, Wallasey, Liscard, Leasowe and Moreton. New Brighton is now part of Wallasey, as is Egremont, Seacombe and Liscard. New Brighton was originally part of Liscard before Wallasey became the borough town. Egremont and Seacombe are approximately 1 and 1.5 miles further up river from New Brighton. They, also, are now part of Wallasey.

Information about modern day Wallasey, including some recent pictures, can be found on the Walrus site.

There are 2 types of links on the site. Normal internal links are highlighted in blue, external links are in red. The colours change to purple and orange when the link has been visited.

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December 2005 - A Swiki relating to New Brighton has been added.

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