Birkenhead North End

A Memory of Birkenhead.

does anybody remember Birkenhead north end in the 50s&60S. I lived in Alwen street from 1945 till1970.I enjoyed my childhood there,playing allsorts of games kick than can the allyo football cricket anything you could play we played it Ilchester square was a meeting place for lads and girls from the river streets.The square was a block of 3&4 story flats,a thing that used to amaze me in the square was the run up to bonfire night the lad from the square would shin up the drain pipe onto the roof and haul all the gorse on my heart used to beat like hell watching them.Bidston hill and the rhods playing there we were cowboys indians commandoes all our film heroes in my teens I used to go to the majestic the craftmans and the empress in New Brighton. I went to Holy cross primary and then to St Hughs sec.O HAPPY DAYS