The approximate world as I knew it 1963

A combination picture I created for a now defunct website, showing approximate locations of our house, the local pub, our shop and Clint Road School.

The Botanic Gardens

This old aerial photo shows Botanic Road on the right with Edge Lane running along the bottom from left to right. There is clearly quite a large pond seen at the top of the picture.

The ordered square area is the botanic gardens, paths and flower beds, walled off from the rest of the park and the gates were locked at dusk.

Botanic Park

In those days, Botanic Road wasn’t a busy road, not a main one. It was (and still is) a link between Wavertree Road and Edge Lane. We lived at number 53 and owned number 51 which mum and dad rented out. I never thought about them being landlords as we, the kids, were never included in any talk about money or business.

So, here I am, standing still in a nappy and rubber pants in the park in front of our house on Botanic Road. In was probably spring or summer 1959 and I was about 20 months old.

It was a fantastic park, plenty of space for mothers walking prams and kids, a botanical gardens area.

The maps I will add show a water feature in the park, but I cannot recall that being there as I grew up.

There was a rock garden in the botanical garden area, this was walled off though. In later years we would climb into the botanical garden area to play as it was locked up at night.

John Edwards

John Edward Edwards (centre) or 'Jack" as he became known to family and friends went to School in central Liverpool. In 1919, at the age of 13 years he was attending Tiber Street Council School.

He was born on May 27th, 1906 in West Derby, Liverpool.

Tiber Street School, Liverpool

This is the oldest photograph I have of my Grandad on my mums side.

John Edward Edwards, who was born May 27th, 1906, attended Tiber Street Council School, Lodge Lane, Liverpool.

This photo was taken in 1919, I will add a close up of John, who at that time probably was still called by his real name, later to be replaced with Jack.