Thank you for that interesting information Reg,it was a mystery to me as to who I was named after when I was a child. There were no uncles called Brian and nor were there any close friends.What I do know is that there are an awful lot of men in their late 60's and 70's called Brian so it must have been a popular name in the 30's and 40's. My great grandfather,who was scouse but had an Irish accent,used to call me "Brian Boru, the Irish giant,who slew 10 thousand men at the Battle of Clontarf" As a kid in Kirkdale I used to wonder whereabouts in Liverpool Ireland was. You've set me off on a reverie now Reg and you, Pablo, we want to know who you sold them kids to!
BrianD