Published
sources
Birkenhead 1877–1974
Published by the County Borough of Birkenhead, 1974
Ordnance Survey Map: Tranmere & Oxton, 1909
Ordnance Survey Map: Speke and Garston Docks, 1905
Collection No. 3 of old photographs of Bromborough, Burton, Eastham, Heswall, Neston, Ness Mine, Parkgate and Willaston
Derek and Marion Young
The Forgotten Shores
Maurice Hope · Published 1988 by Countyvise Ltd., 1 & 3 Grove Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral L42 3XS
Yesterday's Wirral, Birkenhead, Prenton and Oxton
Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, 1981
Yesterday's Wirral No. 4 — Wallasey and New Brighton including Leasowe
Ian and Marilyn Boumphrey, 1986
Yesterday's Wirral No. 5 — Wallasey, New Brighton and Moreton
Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, 1988
Yesterday's Wirral No. 7 — more of Birkenhead, Oxton & Prenton, including Bidston & Upton
Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, 1992
Roads, Rails & Ferries of Liverpool 1900–1950
J. Joyce · Published by Ian Allan Ltd., 1983
Mersey Ferries, Vol. 1 (Woodside to Eastham)
T.B. Maund FCIT
Rothman's Football Year Book, 1999
Children of the Blitz
Ken Blasbery · Published by Ken Blasbery, 10, Aster Crescent, Runcorn WA7 3HS · ISBN: 1 899181 40 7
Ships of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
Fred Henry · Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow, 1977
The Mersey Ship Repairers
Kevin Moore · Docklands History Project, The University of Liverpool
Birkenhead, an Illustrated History
Ralph T. Brocklebank · Published 2003 by The Breedon Books Publishing Company Ltd · ISBN 185983 350 0
Around Speke
Compiled by David Paul · The Archive Photographs Series · Published by the Chalford Publishing Company, St. Mary's Hill, Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 8NX · ISBN 0 7524 0798 8 · First published 1997
Bombers over Merseyside
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo Ltd., 1943
School registers — All Saints School, Speke
Bird Family Bible

Personal
recollections
Reginald Bird
Helen Bird (née Hallows)
Reginald Ransford Bird
Norman Alan Bird
Brian Robert Bird
Lyn Charmer