4 April, 2020 – With heavy heart I’m letting everyone know that my good friend Albert Haworth sadly died earlier today in Aintree Hospital. Albert was a founder member of the Litherland History Society, which I joined when we returned to Litherland after 29 years in 2016. That is where I met him.
 
Albert’s permission was always granted for use of his original photographs and historical collections on old Litherland. He gifted me many pictures and also I salvaged some from the skip when he died. Some of those destined for the skip are here. What a shame if they would have disappeared – family life in pre- and post-war Litherland.
 
I looked after Albert for four years, sorting out his little problems and helping him get out and about, when he still was able to do that. It was sad to see his memory and general health decline, but through it all you could see and hear the younger enthusiastic historian who passionately loved Litherland.
 
He was an only child, and looked after his own Mum past the age of 100 and was in awe of his Dad’s craftsmanship – I’m comforted to know that he will be reunited with them tonight and many of the difficult problems he faced in his final years are at an end.
I thought hard about a tribute and felt the best way was to post some photos of his younger years…
 
Goodnight Albert, you will be sorely missed by many in Litherland.