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The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
“
When I was growing up, my Dad always bought the Echo on the
way home from work. It was a broadsheet then and must have been
tricky to read on the bus and train – I think there must have been
a knack to turning the pages. All our family announcements have
appeared in this paper. To my knowledge, the first one would have
been the engagement of my parents, Phyllis Hannah and Peter
McLynn in about 1934. I still have the original cutting.”
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This is where my mother was brought up with her brother, after
she was orphaned aged nine. She and her brother Gordon lived
with their aunt and uncle – Lou and Arthur Martin – and their
children Barbara and Len, until she married. My mum’s aunt
continued to live here with my Aunt May until about 1956.
It was a large house with a wonderful walled garden at the back.
Originally, the street was longer than it is today and thankfully
this half survived demolition when the university took over the
remainder. The street is still cobbled and as a child these always
fascinated me.”
Daily Post and Echo
Designed and stitched by Patricia Green
Chatham Street
Designed and stitched by Patricia Green