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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Olivia Williams

Mystery of tiny building frozen in time sandwiched between two houses

A tiny building which used to be a barbers now remains a mystery.

Standing on Poulton Road at number 127 in Wallasey and attached to two houses, the premises has remnants of history of what it once was. Still intact is a sign which reads Colin's Barber Shop.

It appears to be once painted in blue, red and white. The small windows still have shutters, however the building looks like it has fallen into some disarray and it is unclear if the building is used.

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According to documents on HM Land Registry, the building was bought on July 14, 2002 by a William Miner for £7,000. It is unclear what happened to the former barber shop and what its future will be.

Do you know Colin the barber? Email olivia.williams@reachplc.com

Also in the same area of Wallasey, is another tiny house. Property 284A Poulton Road is easy to overlook as you make your way to Central Park or drive past on the bus.

But if you take a closer look you can see the brickwork has been painted with a piano pattern - giving a little hint at its current usage. The pint-sized structure on the corner of the park has proven to be a very versatile unit over the years, having once been a police sub-station and public toilet - at one point known locally, and lovingly as 'The Bog Shop'.

But it isn't until the 1970s that we can see planning documents put forward for several changes of use. In the mid-1970s it became a taxi rank -perhaps the perfect size for a person to coordinate radio hire cabs.

This changed by the end of that decade when it became a tobacco and sweet shop, however this closed by the 1990s. In May 2021, the ECHO reported how the current owner applied for permission from Wirral Council in 2000 for it to become a recording studio.

And that is what it has been ever since, offering specialised sessions for vocalists in the sound-proof booth big enough for one singer. Now known as the Fynk Studio and run by a company of the same name, musicians can hire the space out for aspiring artists to lay down some tracks.

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