Had a really interesting night last night. As my strange bellringing hobby keeps me insane, people in charge of church towers are called Tower Captain's. The Tower Captain of Childwall in the 1960's, a chap called Mike Dodd has always kept in touch with our family and he came up to Liverpool last night for a meal out.
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It's always good to speak to someone who knows the area and can tell you things about it that you never knew.
He gave an amazing account of the Fiveways roundabout with the tram terminus stopping at the end of Childwall Road by the Library.
Told me about the 'newer' houses on the corner of Bowland/Bentham Drive that were taken out with a bomb in WW2 and had to be totally rebuilt and just across the road from where I live now, the massive spotlight and guns situated in the patch of land below.
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Find someone who knew your area and you will be amazed at what people can remember!
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