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The Provisional Cathedral 1890
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I lived in Chapel Gardens next to St Anthony's church, there were only 3 houses in our street, the Greggs, Mcartheys and us Hawkins. I went to St Anthony's School and left in 1957 when we moved to Kirkby. I worked in Scotts Bakery in Rose Place and have many fond memories of the people I worked with. I met my first husband Frank Mangan there, we married in 1960. Scottie Road will always be in my heart, there is not another place like it. I think it was the heartbeat of Liverpool, mortally wounded when the city planners had the bright idea to move the population out to Kirkby in the 1950s, great on paper but not in practice. Greaty was a great place to shop, you could get anything there. Who remembers Jacksons the hairdressers, the market, Duffys, and the Italian ice cream parlour? All gone now in the name of progress, but it will always live on in the hearts and minds of the people who lived there.

Written by Cathy Thomson. To send Cathy Thomson a private message, click here.

A memory of Liverpool in Merseyside shared on Tuesday, 28th June 2011.

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