Bridgett Lunn has lived in one of the houses directly facing Prenton Park for the last 63 years.
The 94-year-old recalls memories of her children learning to rollerblade in the car park behind Tranmere Rovers stadium, right by where the Mersey Clipper pub is now situated. On matchdays, she says one of her sons would regularly be found around the back of the iconic Cowshed stand - facing her home at the end of Woodchurch Lane - where he and friends would scour the floor for change dropped by supporters.
Ms Lunn says there “was a lot of happiness” in the area for many of the decades she’s called Prenton her home - which bears a mural of the Birkenhead skyline and Tranmere players Ian Muir and Ray Mathias. She says the community display inside the stadium often reflected the togetherness felt among neighbours in the tight knit streets of Birkenhead.
