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During the Second World War I was employed as an engineering Tradesman in the 'City Engineers Department, Breckside Park', where a massive war effort was made at the same time as having to meet the needs of the City of Liverpool itself!

Thousands of American Army vehicles were assembled after they arrived, in large wooden crates, from the United States. Then once they were ready we had to drive them in convoys, of sometimes a hundred vehicles, over to Arrow Park, in Birkenhead. They would then be parked by American GIs in their thousands, as far as the eye could see, ready to be moved down to the South of England for the forthcoming invasion of France!

Hundreds of American Sherman tanks were driven up along Queens Drive, from the docks, into a parking area at Cherry Lane. They would then await transfer into our depot to be serviced, then transported on large Dyson Trailers down south. Again, hundreds of British Army vehicles were completely overhauled then despatched back to their units.

Last, but by no means least, large mobile Power Plants on railway bogies were built up to be sent by sea direct to Russia to provide Electrical Power for destroyed Russian Cities!

Yes! Liverpool can be very proud of the great effort that was made to defeat Hitler!!

Just as a point of interest, in July 1987 I took early retirement after serving 46 years with the Liverpool City Council, this included the three years I served in both the RAF and REME!!

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