Any One Remember Him

A Memory of Birkenhead.

My husband was Tony Nelson.One of the 9 Nelson children born in Vernon Place Birkenhead.He was born in 1939 and lived his entire life in Birkenhead.He spent his youth going out in New Brighton and Liverpool.He was well known in the pubs around Birkenhead from playing darts and quizzs.He worked at the old Lawries club as a doorman.The old club like so many of the pubs he used to tell me about are of course no longer there.As I am from Yorkshire he used to tell me stories of the old Birkenhead and its characters.He worked as a insurance man and knew a lot of the old Birkenhead families.Tony died on the 3rd of January the day after his 76th birthday.Out of the 9 children just one remains now.I find myself thinking about the stories he used to tell me about how Birkenhead used to be and just wondered if anyone remembered him or his brothers and sisters.Until his illness he would be out and about around town everyday having a drink and a bet.A tall chap with a mop of white hair and a very big heart.