The only shop near was a small wooden hut just on the corner where Wavertree Nook Road joined Heywood Road. All other shops at Picton Road.

When we were five we started school at the Institute on Thingwall Road. Two classes in one room. At seven we had to go all the way to Greenbank Road school, walking to the clock then over the "Mystery". I myself did not go for long as the winter I was seven mother sent my sister and I down to Devon to stay with her sister and I only got back to start at Northway school when it opened the next March.

Then of course there was the Tennis and Bowls Clubs very much used, and all the activities at the Institute. The dramatic society and the concerts not to mention the suburb's own version of the Tiller Girls. My mother had a wonderful contralto voice and she was much in demand around the neighbourhood. She sang duets with Mr Heather (Connie & Bronnie's dad). Hockey used to be played where St David's church is now and the footpath to Broadgreen station went over there. It came out where the social club is now, it was then Owen Owen's sports ground. There was also the White Star sports ground at the clock (Abbey cinema and now supermarket) where Liverpool school sports were held.

Childwall Church was then our church with the old Gladstone Hall used for services for those who wanted somewhere nearer. The socials there were great fun and the Guides and Scouts etc were very active. We walked along to Childwall down a rural Score Lane. Only one doctor's house (junction of Score Lane & Rocky Lane) where there was a white gate across the lane only opened for funerals. Queens Drive had a footpath down the centre as far as Allerton Road with seats under the shade of trees. Ellis's farm was where Fiveways is now. The foundation stone for the new social hall was laid where SFX school is now. The great war stopped the extension of the estate. I now live in one of the last houses built in the south end of Wavertree Nook Road.

The seasons were marked by the activities, the "flannel dances" at the Institute in the summer (1/6d), the new year dance mostly held at the "Inny" but later at the Co-op hall, the Armstrong children's party at Christmas and the bonfire night fire held on Thingwall Road at the top of Wavertree Nook Road south and where Westway is now. Of course the Rose Queen was the biggest show, held on what is now MANWEB sports ground. In the later years my mother trained all the dancers etc. Before my time it was held in Fieldway square.

Not many people will remember the "other" open space which had been intended as the junior Tennis Club. The entrance was at the right hand back of the opposite Nook Rise square to the Tennis Club entrance. In my day it was a large gravel area where we used to play - it was favourite for marbles and rounders.

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