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| 1. It was located in the Old Smithy building on Speke Church Road until the early 60's |
| 2. Nursalls Newsagents |
| 3. "Sally" used to sell fresh sea fish. |
| 4. "Routes". (I think that's how it's spelled) The aircraft factory. |
| 5. "Sutton"...They assisted a lot of young boys and girls in the Speke area. |
| 6. The tyre section at Dunlop Rubber Company. At one time or another most of Speke worked at Dunlop. |
| 7. The Dam Woods .....spent many happy hours playing there when I was a kid in the 1940's |
| 8. Dunlop Rubber Company |
| 9. Mr Kneale .....I spent many worrying moments standing outside his office waiting to be caned |
| 10. The Prefabs which used to be located on Speke Boulevard....that was the first bus stop when you reached Speke from Liverpool. |
| 11. All Saints Road |
| 12. Blackrod Avenue and Speke Church Road junction |
| 13. Speke Church Road....it stands derelect now. |
| 14. All Saints Road ...was only taken there once by my mother.....fighting again. |
| 15. Mr Graham....he used to park his van on Blackrod Avenue. He lived on Hale Road |
| 16. Waterworths they were located where the cheap booze shop is now in the Crescent. |
| 17. The Fox Hotel ...(fell out of there many times) |
| 18, The 500....The bus made limited stops to Liverpool |
| 19. At the end of Western Avenue on the junction with Hale Road. |
| 20. John Francis Ottiwell Skelton Graham was the Vicar at All Saints Church during the 1950's |
| 21. Berties was a grocery shop located at the end of Western Avenue |
| 22. Nursalls was the only newsagents shop in Speke during the 1940's and it was located in front of where the Crescent shops are now. There was always a queue there every Sunday morning, for the Sunday papers. |
| 23. The first post office was located in Nursalls Newsagents. |
| 24. Her name was Mrs Thomas....a little grey haired lady |
| 25. The Orient , the Dove and Olive , The Noahs
Ark , the Flying Saucer... |
| 26. St Ambrose , St Christophers |
| 27. All Hallows ....later to
become Blessed John Almond I believe , and Speke
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| 28. Dungeon Lane |
| 29. The Mains |
30. Mr Lennon |
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31. Sister Therese
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32. Corner of Eastern Ave and Tarbock Road
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33. 82C - Pier Head , 81D ..Bootle....500 Pier Head ...express Bus
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34. H1 to Widnes...H25 to Runcorn (Shopping City)
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35. Crossville.
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36. The Tuckie or The Tuck shop
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37. Heathgate Avenue
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38. Daffodils....pinched from the farmers
fields on Hale Road whenever they planted daffodils |
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39. Caledonian Club
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