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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

Dumping ground: The Liverpool streets where people see more rats than neighbours

Ann and Ray Dickson have lived in Woodcroft Road in the Picton area of Wavertree in south Liverpool for four decades.

It's safe to say they have witnessed a lot of change in the area in that time. It's even safer to say that for Ann and Ray, this has been change for the worse.

"This used to be a whole street of families," says Ann, who is 73 and originally from Woolton. She and husband Ray settled in Woodcroft Road after getting married. At the time it was a fairly typical Liverpool street full of terraced homes and a sense of community.

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