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Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road From Booker Avenue c.1955
Photo ref: L60018
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Located in the suburb of Allerton, this junction provides access to West Allerton train station and to the B5180 and A562 arterial roads. As such it sees increasing amounts of road traffic to the detriment of the local infrastructure, including the shops in the photograph. None of them now exhibit the smart appearance they had in the 1950s, and it would not be wise to park bicycles en masse without providing some form of additional security. The post office has closed, but another is now located half-a-mile away in Melbreck Road.

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Memories of Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road from Booker Avenue c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road From Booker Avenue c.1955

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I can clearly remember pushing my doll's pram up to the shops with my mother from our home in South Mossley, Hill Road.  I was always fascinated by the overhead cash delivery system in the Co-op shops.  The very end shop was the Co-op selling haberdashery and shoes, I think that was where my love for shoes was born! A cake shop called Wallers was next door, another favourite place of mine! The Co-op food shop ...see more