Living In Litherland

A Memory of Litherland.

My family moved to Osborne road in litherland as my father got a job in Norwest, we lived in a prefab, i remember all the children coming together to play ball tick, hide and seek, skipping and hopscotch and we called the neighbours auntie or uncle, and I remember the long block of shops in Kirkstone Roadwhich included the dairy, the chandlers where we used to bring our own bottle to put Aunt Sally disinfectant in, the fruit and vedge shop and the post office right at the top on Church Road, i had a schoolfriend who lived in the "tin" houses of Anderson road, which are still there, We went to school at Litherland Moss and the school is still there, my best memory of the school was the huge mural of charles Dickens we had in the dining room of the little boy in Oliver Twist asking for more, we also had shops at the top of Osborne road on the main road, Underwoods and another little shop that sold lemonade powder where we would buy our lemonade powder and some sweets and head off to Springfield park off moss lane where the park keeper would keep an eye on the kids whilst we played on the witches hat and the rocking horse. a bike ride away was Litherland Park where they had the "big" slide and a paddling pool. The prefabs are no longer there and new housing was built, but the row of shops is still there but no longer the same shops, Underwoods building is still there and the whole area has not changed that much, very much recognisable from that time. The Lift Bridge was also there and we used to watch the barges pass, sadly that bit has all changed to make way for the dual carriageway to the docks. Further along was Linacre Road, where we went to Stirlers department store for our school uniforms. Past their was the Picture House, I can't remember the name, but we used to go on a Saturday morning to watch a film. The cinema building is still there but with a different usage.