AnglOrony

Woolton Village is a scenic and treasured middle-class Liverpool suburb, part of a Woolton district with a well-preserved architecture of old terraces, cottages on cobbled streets, old masonry walls, and other historic buildings. In a small walking area, you can find a place for every taste, literally. From colonial dining rooms, old stylish pubs, atmospheric bar, contemporary taverns with outdoor seating space all bring a variety of dining experience. And there is a lot of history packed in lavish greenery.  It is best known as a place where  John met Paul , starting a route to international fame as  the Beatles . It was 6 July 1957 at St. Peter's Church garden fete. The church (below, upper left and lower right) is located on Church Road and it is a good starting point to explore the area. In the graveyard there is a mysterious tomb of Eleanor Rigby , a person immortalised in The Beatles song. As you might discover she wasn't so lonely. For football fans, it is worth noting

A rough timeline walk around the early Beatles period and places in Liverpool, and their predeccessor, the Quarrymen.     It was the year of 1956 when John Lennon decided to form a skiffle group with his school-firends, named the Quarrymen . They all had been attending the Quarry Bank High School (now Calderstone School) and all lived in an area where the old quarry remnats can be seen to this day (upper right).  John's mother, Julia , taught them how to play and tune up their instruments, mostly banjos. They all loved to meet in her house at Bloomfield Road , Allerton (upper left), and listen to the rock'n'roll' records she owned. John lived at Mendips, Menlove Avenue, Woolton (lower left) with his aunt Mimi. The Quarrymen practised at Lennon's aunt's house, or in Pete Shotton's garden shed on Vale Road, behind Mendips.   They took their role seriously, producing business cards and flyers to hand them out to anyone who would book them. The Quarr

Finally some non-essential shops were allowed to open; among them one of the British institutions - garden centres. We took straight to the nearest at the nearest opportunity, after sitting on our balcony for most of 12 weeks lockdown.  What a relief, it was. We were truly grateful to the wonderful government for allowing them to open and us common people, to visit. Garden centres are located on the outskirts of towns and villages, they are more like a visitors centres for an appreciation of nature and decorative art. You walk in and marvel, and relax, sip coffee with a muffin in a café and then you realise you may buy things.   Lady Green is situated in little village of Ince Blundell but with a good transport link, near A565, halfway between Crosby and Formby, north of Liverpool.  We have visited Lady Green in May 2020, on one of the first days when the garden centres were given a green light to open after the Covid-caused complete lockdown of four weeks. There was a small que an eve