My family have lived in this Anfield terrace since 1920 and this is what I remember

In the rows of terraced houses surrounding Anfield sits one home on Alroy Road with decades of living history inside. Sue Humphreys, from Anfield, has lived in that house since she was a girl, and her gran and then her mum owned it before her.

Sue, 73, told the ECHO how she has seen some “stories” living just metres away from the famous home of Liverpool Football Club. She said: “My gran bought the property in 1920, that's when we moved here. The house was built in 1981 and apart from the man who built it, his sister was the next owner, then my gran, then my mum and now me and one of the things I find most interesting about the house is that it's been owned by a woman pretty much all its life.

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“I suppose in 1920 when my gran bought it, it was quite rare for a woman to buy a property. She was a midwife my gran, she always had people coming to live with us.

“There are so many memories here, people often say to me, because I'm on my own here, is the house not too big? But I’ve always lived here so it doesn’t seem too big to me. I grew up here, it’s my house, it's where I've always lived.

“I remember my family being here. My mum who was married previously, her first husband was killed in the war then she married my dad, who actually lived in the house next door, he was her neighbour.

“It’s hard to describe, it's always just been a happy house really. My gran lived here, my mum, my dad, me, my brothers, it's always been a happy home. I walk around and there are memories everywhere.”

But she also remembers some less happy times in the home. Sue says the house has had its “ups and downs” over the years, especially when the new stand was built at Anfield. She said: “Now, I’m the oldest person on the road, I have lived here the longest, I’ve seen some stories.

“I remember when Liverpool were building the main stand, the area was badly treated and lots of houses were destroyed. I remember when they were knocking down the houses, there were three rows of terraced houses that they took down.

“I remember looking out of the window when they were knocking down people's homes who you knew, everyone knew everyone, everyone was your auntie, and I remember looking out the window and seeing my friend's house, the front going and being able to see inside and see the wallpaper. I could see into my aunt Peggy's bedroom, it was quite sobering. I feel lucky that our home stayed because at one time it didn’t look great.”

Around 20 years ago Sue feared she would have to move from her home, she told the ECHO: “At one time the area started going down and down and it became quite frightening. I remember thinking ‘I might have to leave, I don't feel safe.’

“It would have been so sad if I did leave because there is so much history in this home. I remember speaking to my brothers and saying I think I'm going to have to sell, it was only worth about £40,000 the house then, it was worth nothing but I didn't feel safe.

“My brothers came down to visit me and we went for a meal, then I came back and I walked in the front door and thought ‘I don’t want to leave here, I really don’t,’ things did improve and I didn’t move. That was more than 20 years ago, now I wouldn’t ever think of moving, this is home.”

She added: “You look back at all the memories over the years, you can think of all the different wallpapers that have been on the wall and the fablon (sticky back plastic cover) that was on the tables. The hedge on the front my gran planted when she bought the house, it's the only one on the row.

“One interesting story is Liverpool Football Club when it first was up and running they used to put the players up in digs around the stadium. I don’t remember him, but my brother does, Bob Paisley was in digs here and he was always a lovely man according to my mam. She said he would always say ‘hello Lil, how are you.’

“When he died I sent a card to his wife, Jessie, she very kindly wrote back and said ‘yes I do remember, was your mum called Lillian,’ so she obviously remembers being here with him. But, now it's just me and my cat, Sid.”

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