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Greasby, like many other rural areas of Wirral suffered from lack of work and in many cases poverty due
to the inability of people to be able to get there. The roads around Wirral in the early days were some
of the worst in the country and were, in one case, described as a washed out farm track leading from
village to village.
The development and implementation of the motor car has a huge affect of Greasby and soon road
surfacing and widening help transport, work and agriculture in the area. The increase in the
transportation systems with railway lines and bus links all helped Greasby and the local economy. Still
life in rural Greasby was hard, and days were long.
to the inability of people to be able to get there. The roads around Wirral in the early days were some
of the worst in the country and were, in one case, described as a washed out farm track leading from
village to village.
The development and implementation of the motor car has a huge affect of Greasby and soon road
surfacing and widening help transport, work and agriculture in the area. The increase in the
transportation systems with railway lines and bus links all helped Greasby and the local economy. Still
life in rural Greasby was hard, and days were long.
| The large iron cross situated in Greasby Village replaced an original stone cross which stood on the village green. The old stone cross was cleared and the Lord of the Manor put in the new cross with his initials I.R.S and the date of 1862 inscribed. The cross was moved from the green to its present day site last century. In the 19th century whilst it was on the green it was used as a hiring cross. Labourers requesting work would gather at the cross on a specified date in April in order to be taken on for the following year by the farmers. The cross has a plaque below it which reads: "This plaque was affixed on 27th June 1970 by the people of Greasby in memory of Councilor Victor Watson Pickerill who died 1st January 1969. A zealous friend of Greasby and councillor for over 27 years. At whose instance this 19th century replica of Greasby's ancient hiring cross was re-erected" |
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