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Descendents of Speak Hall
48 Boundary Lane (between the banana warehouse where they still used horses and carts and a pub) was my parents home till 1951. When I...
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The Adventures of West Derby
My place of birth, the adventures of Conker Lane, the home of my friends, then, and still now, sixty years later. The resting place of my...
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Story from Ballantyne Road
I am 87 years old and was brought up in Liverpool. I left when I was 23 but my family lived there for many years after. I would not know...
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Sunday Afternoons in the early 60's
We'd stride down the hill to town: Kensington, Prescot Street and London Road, passing the closed shops in quiet streets. Two 13 year...
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Bootle Tales
It was summer 1957, me and my mate Terry Savin, had wandered away from our homes in Spring Grove and headed for the jumble sales at the...
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Story of Nellie Pratt
My mom, Nellie Pratt, was born in Smithdown Road on 29th July 1920. I believe she lived their till she left Tiber Street mixed school on...
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