My maternal grandmother's funeral cost paid by her sister Emily.

We lived next door to Aunty Em in Roade Street, us kids were terrified of her, a very strict Victorian lady.

My grandmother's christian name wasn't Elizabeth it was Bessie, which she was known as. I have her birth certicate, she was born in Bootle cum Linacre.

It took me years to locate her birth as I was looking for Elizabeth.

Bessie is a diminutive of Elizabeth.

Aunty Em had the first TV in the street, a 12" screen with a big magnifyng screen attached to it.