Mark Baker
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Oct 06
Pride in Place? Letting your Voice be heard
Members of the Friends of Hamilton Square actively reviewed Central Birkenhead Pride in Place proposals. They gave much needed local voices to the process of Central Birkenhead’s improvement ideas. The open discussion and review was organised by the FHSCA Members and held at POD, Hamilton Street, Birkenhead on 2nd October 2026, The results were passed directly …
Oct 06
Premier of a film to inspire Birkenhead people
A very positive message of building a better Birkenhead was the overall theme of the 2026 film by Imago Studios. The film focused on what can be achieved , and where local action can be directed to help make Birkenhead stand proud again. Following the premier of their fascinating film. the producers took questions from …
Oct 06
Making Birkenhead family history important
Birkenhead family history was brought alive when Mike Elkerton MBE, gave a presentation of his research to the Friends on 2nd October 2026, hosted by POD (Hamilton Street). Called ‘From Flaybrick to Ballymacnab’ , Mike gave the history of his 70 year search to find his ancestors graves. The event, organised by the Friends, was …
Sep 23
Amazing Past, Present and Future of Birkenhead – and it’s a FREE event.
On Friday 2nd October (2026) The Friends will be showing a film edited by our Publicity Officer, Mike Elkerton MBE, about his fascinating 70-year family history journey. There will also be a specially commissioned film explaining how the communities of Birkenhead are working together to make our town safer, more attractive and more economically successful. …
Sep 10
Hamilton Sq. Heritage Walks are Sold Out.
The highly popular Friends Heritage Walks start on Friday 11th September 2026. And all the tours for 11th, 13th, 14th, 18th and 20th September have been fully booked. It is clear that this year’s theme – ‘Houses Through Time’, which is the incredible history of the people who lived in the houses surrounding Hamilton Square …
Aug 16
Dinosaurs Stomp in Hamilton Square
Jurassic Park came to Hamilton Square during the large community event for families on Saturday 15th August (2026). A whole Tyrannosaurus Rex family came to join the other local families at Birkenhead’s ‘Make it Happen’ organised event. … and the children loved the scare! Philip Barton, Chair of the Friends of Hamilton Square, welcomed everyone …
Aug 09
HERITAGE WALKING TOURS September 2026
As part of the Wirral Heritage Open Days event, the Friends will be returning with their highly successful walking tours, given by local Birkenhead historian Marggy Davies. The theme this year of will be ‘Houses Through Time’. Times & dates of each tour are below: Friday 11th September 2026 13:00-14:00; Sunday 13 September …
Apr 11
Friends of Hamilton Square Conservation Area – Annual general meeting 29 April 2026
Philip Barton (Chair, Friends of Hamilton Square Conservation Area) has announced that the 2026 annual general meeting of the Friends of Hamilton Square Conservation Area will take place at Make Hamilton (junction of Argyle Street with Hinson Street) from 6pm on Wednesday 29 April 2026. To allow us to arrange for catering RSVP by 5pm on Wednesday …
Apr 11
Friend’s Historic Home Guide – Updated 2026
One of the practical projects Friends have is providing advice to owners, tenants and building managers for the Georgian square, and other Heritage buildings in the Conservation Area. It is called Historic Homes Guide. It can be found via a button on the FHSCA Website. The updated version was launched at the Wirral Heritage Fair. …
Apr 11
Friends at the Heritage Fair 2026
The Friends of Hamilton Square had a amazing day promoting the actives and plans, at the Wirral Heritage Fair (21 March 2026, Port Sunlight). With role play, membership recruitment and launching the group’s first newsletter, ‘The Hamiltonian’ this was a great event for 2026. The Friends Publicity Officer, Mike Elkerton MBE, said ” I thought …
