Two Merseyside school photographs might revive some childhood memories of the 1920s...
The bottom picture shows Class 5 Juniors of Steers Street Council School taken in 1924. Submitted by Mrs Irene Purslow (Nee Brookes), of Birmingham who started school in Liverpool.
Pictured above is Class D of St Alexander’s Infant School, Bootle, taken in about 1925-26, writes Mr William Mathieson, now living in Weston Super Mare.
“Many of these boys were lost in the war” he writes.
Mr Mathieson recalls the sound of hoofs and steel rimmed wheels on setts as horses and wagons used to make their way down Bankhall or Miller’s Bridge to the docks.
And bone shaking rides on old tramcars along Stanley Road; “Blow over” cigarette-card games on the pavement; ollies, top and whip, Diabolo, YoYo and hoop rolling.
“I am sure that these things will be remembered with pleasure by those who were children over 50 years ago”, he writes.
“Times were hard, poverty rife and the surroundings humble, but at least the fun was free.”
Reader R.J. McCracken of Fazakerley, also refers to schooldays in Liverpool and expresses surprise that old Daisy Street School, in Kirkdale is being demolished.
“Daisy Street had a swimming bath in the basement and I was given to understand that this was the first school in Liverpool to have one”, says this reader.
NOTE: Daisy Street school was opened in about 1883.
