1964 was the year The Beatles went to number one with 'Can't Buy Me Love'. That same year a family got the keys to a new brick-and-tile house on Alver Road, moved in and fell in love. Maybe The Beatles were wrong?
42 Alver Rd was built the way houses were built then, for one family and one lifetime. Solid brick. Pressed patterns in the ceilings. A tiled fireplace in the lounge, because ducted heating wasn't a thing yet. Timber sliding doors with frosted glass to close the lounge off from the kitchen — th