We mustn't forget what these people went through

Group aims to restore cemetery's memorial to victims of the Blitz

- By DAVID HUMPHREYS

THERE is one site in Liverpool that links T.J. Hughes, Joe Fagan and Michael Whitty, the founder of the Liverpool Daily Post - they are all buried at Anfield Cemetery.

The Grade II listed cemetery on Priory Road is roughly 110 acres, with a French design by Edward Kemp.

Opened in 1863, the cemetery has three chapels and entrances, designed by the Liverpool architects Lucy and Littler. Back when it was known as the Liverpool Corporation, the city council built a Blitz memorial at a cost of £4,400 in 1951.

It was proposed by Alderman Alfred Ernest Shennan who also designed the Abbey Cinema in Wavertree. After more than 70 years in situ, deterioration meant the popular viewing point was cordoned off from the public.