Worsley

The following is from Carole Chapple: It is my husband who is related to the Burrell family through his grandmother Annie, but I have been married to him for 35 years and spent many happy times at his grandmothers home in Orford Street, Wavertree, Liverpool where she lived with her brother Jack. They were a really grand couple. She never went out of the house after she was about 30, through tinitus. Perhaps today we might call it agoraphobia. And so she lived her life inside this home which was very victorian. There were the original bells for the servants and pictures and ornaments everywhere. The meal times were very precise and everything had to be done correctly. The table set with all the tea things. I used to dread shopping for them as they would send me all the way on the bus to Gatacre for a pound of beef "put through the mincer twice please" then all the way to the city centre to Marks and Spencers for their lemon sponge cake! I''d only intended popping to their little corner shop. Right at the end of Annie''s life she suddenly agreed to come out with us and quite enjoyed a little run in the car. So it was very nice that she managed to attend our wedding in 1971. Her brother Jack was a wonderful man. Never married with no children of his own he was like a grandfather to us all and a real gent. Hope to hear from you again. Regards Carole