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The tapestry works
by jeannie- cool jerk
I knew girls who worked at the tapestries and they were very scary . you did not question or mess about with them.

They were real characters all of them and the work was facing the bullring in Birkenhead Northe end. This place was for living accommodation bu was was the most notorious place to go any time of day or night. a circle of flats based around a courtyard seen from all angles. Policeman did not go in there unless in 3's, thts how it was then early sixties. The pub on the corner the blood tub as known as was the hub of the communiuty, and like a little den its were all the decisions were made.

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