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Report - Central Hotel (Birkenhead, Apr, 2018)

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urbanchemist

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Junior spotted this when we were out for a prowl in Birkenhead. History: opened in 1938, closed in 2014, fire (suspected arson) in 2016. Currently still a boarded-up local eyesore which shows signs being a regular target for local scallies. Had I known about the fire I probably wouldn’t have bothered with this and in truth there was not much to see - half of the ground floor is a blackened mess and the upper floors have been stripped and partly renovated, although work seems to have stopped some time ago. Interior pictures go from the basement up.

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Old pic taken in ca. 1960 judging from the cars (a flyover to the Birkenhead tunnel was build in 1966, roughly where this picture was taken).

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View of a monument to King Edward VII (listed) now stuck on a traffic island between the hotel and the flyover.

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dweeb

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Ooh like those floor tiles!

The clock does look a bit isolated if compared with the old photo. Much the way with many of the municipal landmarks in Birmingham too.
 

alanweston

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Hi, I'm a reporter for the Liverpool Echo and I'm writing a story about the Central Hotel.

Just come across your pics and was wondering whether we could use them in the article? We can credit them to yourself. Thanks!
 

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