Wolfendens
Cranes were an everyday feature on Merseyside for many years, All over
Liverpool you would see Walter Wolfendens Cranes on building sites, moving
heavy loads or rescuing overtuned loads or vehicles. The business began when
Walter bought Stimpsons Garage on West Derby Road in 1953.
The photographs
shown here are copyright and are offered for viewing on Liverpool Picturebook
with the kind permission of the owner who acquired them from Walter Wolfenden.
If you would
like to see the full set please visit the Flickr site from the link at the end
of this article.
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This great shot
of Walters Chevrolet wrecker with twin booms, shows it parked outside
Stimson's
garage which Walter bought in 1953 and sold to Esso in 1963.
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Free Car Wash
with every Gallon ! Outside Stimpsons Garage lookind toward
Tuebrook with Somerset Place
on the left
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A Truck outside
Newsham Park with the original St Margarets Church
and the Belmont
Pub in the background.
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Another Shot of
Stimpson Garage West Derby Road, Tuebrook
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This wonderful
shot shows International truck and
trailer having just got back from the
auctions at Ruddington, the trailer is
expertly loaded to maximum capacity with four jeeps
and the wheels have been
taken off for transport .Walter bought between 60-70 of these machines over the
years.
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Here we see one
of Walter Wolfendens cranes being used to place the
Christmas Tree in Clayton
square outside the Jacey Cinema with Cases Street
in the background. This
photograph would be c 1970s
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Wolfenden Crane
working on Littlewoods Pools
Walton Hall Avenue,Liverpool
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Here we see Walter Wolfenden sitting taking to his men on
Ranelagh Street
opposite Lewis's Department store, while waiting to start
work at night
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Walter Wolfendedn Photographs from around Liverpool
Sources
All images are © Graham Newell
and should not be re-produced
without his direct permission.
