World War 2 Tank Traps Discarded In The River Mersey - Liverpool -

[@helenogorman3115]

Hi George, just to let you know that Brian Morris was there on the day the tank traps were put on on Stalbridge Avenue, hence the sign. He has now passed away. In fact duri ng the war the traps were in the road as a road block. There are a couple on the other side of the road opposite . If you walk about about 100 yards further up Stalbridge Road road (away from the park) The house has a ghost sign on the wall like a black triangle. It was a muster station for the ARP during the war. I have written a book about my house in Nicander Road . At the end of Nicander the old grocer's shop includes a communal air raid shelter . The lintel can be seen in Nicander . Brian shared some wonderful memories of life in the shelter. Finally a joke. There was an ancient Egyptian tribe that settled near Stalbridge Road and worshipped the Pyramids. Their leader was known as 'Panascouse'

[@Allseeingeye391]

It was great seeing these again im 62 now and in the late 60s we lived in Speak and me and my mates used to play on these at Oglet shore.. fantasic vid 👍🏻👍🏻

[@bluenose1744]

Alright George, Moreton shore used to be covered in the tank traps and it had a couple of two storey pill boxes. They all disappeared in the 70’s. Used to be great when we were kids on days out. Good times. Enjoyed this mate, thanks.

[@g2emedia1977]

brilliant mate i love anything ww2 related thanks for watching mate much appreciated

[@dufushead]

They were all along the Liverpool and Wirral shores when I was a kid in the kid in the 50's, most of them lasted until the late 60's early 70's when they built the Seaforth Container Base, constructed parabolic sea walls and blew up Fort Crosby and the associated pill boxes and infrastructure. The coast was littered with ordanance and coastal defences. There were Maunsell Forts off Formby which were blown up by shells fired the 9' Naval guns from Fort Crosby which had been laterly used to house German and Italian POW's including the legendary goalkeeper Bert Trautman.

[@bernadettefarrell8161]

I was thinking of counting how many times you said Dragons teeth in one podcast 😂😂

[@g2emedia1977]

ha ha i hadnt noticed

[@chriskeller4563]

Great video George,,, in the 80s me an me mate found a mini buried on Crosby beach near to the baths 😊

[@martinsallenger5526]

Hi George, great video. I definitely have put this on the list for a visit, This is a very informative video, and thanks for sharing the history you found out nice one 👍

[@g2emedia1977]

hi martin thanks for watching glad you liked the vid its deffo worth a visit ill be down here a lot now its on my doorstep

[@jammy557]

brilliant mate this channel is amazing the content is so fresh keep up the good work lads

[@g2emedia1977]

thank you for you kind comment glaf you like the content lots more coming....cheers

[@brianaveriss7972]

Another interesting video George, thank you.

[@g2emedia1977]

pleasure brian glad you liked it mate

[@nickaxe771]

WOW its so over grown now.....I used to go Landrovering down there in the early 70s.....could drive from Hale Light house all the way to Garston ship breakers yard.

[@g2emedia1977]

literally first time ive ever been down this way mad would have loved to have seen it less overgrown

[@nickaxe771]

Was a very popular place in the 60s when I was a kid.@@g2emedia1977

[@paulvarnie5193]

Enjoyed that mate love ww2 stuff myself and local history 👍

[@g2emedia1977]

thank you mate glad you enjpyed the vid i love anything like this ww2 history and that thanks for watching mate

[@willp2406]

are you sure there not Megladon teeth George .. hahaha.. my mums relatives owned the old salt works, there used to be 3 cottages up the top, that were the salt workers cottages ,where everyone used to spot the planes at the end of runway27 , they originally came from Warrinton keys salt works and moved it to oggy shore ..

[@g2emedia1977]

ha ha megladon havent heard that word for yonks them saltworks i never knew existed up until last week mad ive never beem down there before

[@RedMac63]

I think you will find they were used during the war, they would have been across open fields and were then removed by farmers or the council after the war and onto the shore to clear the fields from obstacles for farm work.

[@magic1968]

Bit late to the party but thought I'd comment anyways.... I never knew about this place I'd been to the lane where you could watch the planes coming in. I actually tried to go the a few weeks ago but it's blocked off now as you said previously. Anyway are the really "dragons teeth" or pyramids dead-dead far away 🤔 I'll get my coat.......

[@anthonyfernwood8093]

Some robbing bastard has stolen the wheels off that car 😂

[@g2emedia1977]

Really ha ha

[@matttonks1591]

Went for a mooch there a few years back and thought it would be ciol to find something interesting amongst the rubble. Out of nowhere I found an end cap to a WW2 era Mils grenade!

[@g2emedia1977]

wow thats nut i bet there loads of stuff still there

[@anthonyfernwood8093]

Spent many a happy day down there, there was more sand in the sixties and seventies, good times.

[@nickaxe771]

2 more places you may want to take a look at George.....the site of the old ship breakers yard at the cast iron shore garton....still remains of a old boats hull there last time I was there bout 5 years ago...used to break some biggish ships there see vid in link..... far as I know it was run by Sammy Evens from Widnes....they still have a big site in widnes.....access from car park at junction of blackburn st and garston shore rd.....just walk to the right toward the river. Maybe 300yds further up the mersey is an old lock gate into what was a chemical works prob in the late 1800 or early 1900s.... road access is possible though weaver Ind est.....just have to be cheeky and drive in.....lots of small firms in there....go through gate.....go to your right.....then left further along....down to river...easy to see the route in on google earth....down were the truck trailers are parked. My job used to take me in there. Some nice old fixtures to see....I thing it was a private dock....filled in now. See vid....old lock entrance visible at 7.06 mins into the video. 2nd vid from drone gives a better feel for the area.... I get the feeling the name cast iron shore or cassie came from the ship breakers yard. Keep up the good work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXWoemuZgNGngqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqOpeoegn5yUm9k

[@Chris-zm5mj]

There are the same anti tank blocks in Halewood near the ralla cycle path

[@g2emedia1977]

I keep meaning to check them out cheers

[@NatalieSmith-dz3ee]

That's mad Dungeons and Dragon 😂

[@g2emedia1977]

ha ha boss

[@bernadettefarrell8161]

New project George , car renovation 😂

[@g2emedia1977]

i bet theres someone out there who could restore this aswell

[@kevmacca1905]

You missed the old well that's capped off

[@g2emedia1977]

didnt even know about it

[@kevmacca1905]

@@g2emedia1977 I'll have to show ye

[@Craigstv1]

The amount of times I have spent on olglet shore but I would like to metal detector along the brick work to see what finds are there

[@g2emedia1977]

youd deffo find stuff with a detector down there mate

[@Resgerr]

Very interesting, reatto see tge ones in situe too.

[@g2emedia1977]

great to see them preserved pity about these ones though theres a few more im told near halewood so ill be checking them out soon aswell thanks for watching much appreciated

[@frankward8336]

Germans? You never know !

[@michaelkennedy2902]

A lot of stolen cars were dumped down there in the70d

[@criaghuges4445]

Where these things are. Where not what.

[@g2emedia1977]

what?