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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Jubilee street party sees 'family not community' come together to celebrate

One street in Merseyside wowed this Platinum Jubilee weekend as families filled the narrow street.

One of the main organisers, Helen Bowyer, described Towcester Street in Litherland as unique, but even that is an understatement when you look at the residents who live on the South Sefton street. The road is home to generations of families, with Helen moving there 33 years ago, and now her two daughters, Kelsie and Paige, both live in their own homes down the road and their brother Lloyd only moving away last month.

The 57-year-old nurse described the street as one big family, rather than just a tight-knit community as they all came together to celebrate 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II, with bonds between neighbours on Towcester Street rivalling those in an ordinary family. Helen told the ECHO : “I’ve lived here 33 years, two of my kids live down here and the third only just moved away but wants to come back.

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