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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Beth Lindop

Village where factory is 'rite of passage' and everyone's like 'family'

Martin Hunt has owned Something Different Florist in Moreton for more than 20 years.

Over the past two decades, the shop has become part of the furniture on Pasture Road; an almost interminably long street which snakes through the heart of the village. On a drizzly Wednesday afternoon, the rainbow-hued bouquets and swathes of colourful ribbon inside the shop make a stark contrast to the overcast skies outside.

“Moreton’s a very close knit community,” Martin tells the ECHO as he bustles about behind the counter, “I’m a Moreton lad born and bred and I love it here.

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