The history of Blitz Beach in Crosby Liverpool.

[@DamianLewis-o4r]

Thanks

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you

[@DamianLewis-o4r]

I really enjoy your anfield videos… but the blitz beach was also great… my grandparents lives in Waterloo 👍🏻

[@davidlogan2336]

Wow Kev what a truly fantastic video, you have an amazing talent. We need more people like you, passionate people who want to tell a story, tell the kids not to forget, this happened, it happened here to their relatives. I am not from Liverpool, I am from Kilmarnock in Scotland, but I have always had Liverpool in my heart. I love the city and I love the people and you epitomise that belief in the City and its people. I have been a Liverpool fan, from the mid 60's when as a boy I read about Bill Shankly and found out he was appointed on the 1st December 1959 and the next day he started to make LFC the powerhouse we were to become. I was born on the 2nd December 1959, the day he first took on his new team and started the revolution. From that day my heart, like Shanks was with Liverpool. Like Shanks I am an Ayrshire man, Glenbuck is not too far from Kilmarnock. I never thought I would get there as a lad and when I got my first job I was sent to the Merchant Navy College at Riversdale out in Aigburth. This is where I then lived from 77 to 81, sailing on ships out of the docks next to where Bramley Road Stadium is being built. I even learned to drive in the city and passed my driving test in Bootle. My heart is with Liverpool and I get down as much as I can, again I just love its people. There is no place like it anywhere in the world and I should know I have been to most. Kev please keep up this amazing change in your career, sharing your videos of Anfield, but please more of these Documentary videos, you have a fantastic talent as this video shows Y.N.W.A.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much mate, and what a life story you have. I will continue to practice doing these types of video. Hopefully I’ll get better at it

[@harbottle8580]

Great video Kev. Nice to see you cover the Crosby end. That rubble area extends under the nearby golf coarse. As erosion takes place, it's exposing more and more. Golfers ain't going to be happy. Some of the finest city centre buildings are under there. Including parts of the old, stunning Customs house, which became Chavase park after demolition. Now part of the Liverpool One area. If you're going to continue covering our importance during WW2, what a great project to move onto. Never mind our History as a city.

[@Kevcupo]

Thanks a lot, you’ve brought up some interesting subjects that I didn’t know

[@davegerrard4960]

Great knowledge 👍

[@robertevans6596]

Went there for first time last month mate, fascinating but very emotional place to go to. Wish I lived closer.

[@markzed66]

Firstly, nice legs Kev! The overhead shots gave a good sense of the expanse of the fill area. I enjoy most history and especially war history. I think it's important to share this with the younger generations, when people made of sterner stuff went through hardships that we couldn't imagine today.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much mate, I’ll be making a lot more like this

[@Ryand84]

Quality video and insight mate. Never knew about the rubble and history of it. Would love to see more content on Liverpool itself and the history behind things. Top stuff.

[@Kevcupo]

There will be more like this mate, thank you

[@BMJ0877]

I remember being told about when an ammunition ship blew up in huskisson dock and supposedly bits of the ship were blown huge distances. One of the saddest stories I remember was about an aerial mine hitting a maternity hospital in Anfield, the details were so tragic. I’ve really enjoyed your channel mate and I always recommend you to all my mates down in sunny Devon .Many thanks.

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant mate, thank you so much. I’ll look up the maternity hospital story

[@malcolmsmith2891]

Lived in Crosby all my life never heard it called blitz beach till u tubers found it always knew it as Hall road😂

[@vivienmorgan3666]

My aunt was killed in May 1941 when Mill Road maternity hospital was bombed . Her body was never found and although I never met her my mum still talks about her, she was 27 .

[@RussellFrost-vh7ro]

Emotional and powerful people video, Kev. Are there any more sites like this on Merseyside? More please. Your script writing is good. Keep it up please.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, there are plenty more like this to come

[@stesprayer]

Great video Kev. Bit emotional but really interesting. Just Love the history of this Great City. Keep up the Good work Kev Its Really Appreciated. 👍

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much mate, there are more to come

[@AnfieldEye]

As always, great vid Kev, loved this one. BBC have covered this spot a couple of times and you can even see the stone window frames from the grand Customs House that suffered during the blitz and was eventually demolished. Also in the rubble you can see tiles with writing on from the shops and boozers that were flattened. It’s a great spot for a walk oozing history.

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant info mate, thank you

[@kishin101]

Great video Kev, I came here as an LFC fan from your Annie Rd videos. I am also a history buff so would love to see more content like this. I am from Bristol and we share a real bond and kinship with Liverpool... Both working class cities with strong links to the workers struggle and unions, both bombed heavily in WWII, both port/dock cities - Keep up the good work mate, I appreciate you!

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant, thank you so much. I will be doing a lot more like this. Just takes longer writing up scripts, but it’s worth it. Thank you for the kind comments

[@brendanfearon7677]

Great video . i was drawn here after your work on the Anfield improvement. Keep up the good work! i am watching this as I look out my window at the beaches of the Pacific although I am a native of Liverpool

[@Kevcupo]

That’s brilliant, thank you so much. Where are you from?

[@victormm85]

Being that Liverpool is my favorite club, I also enjoy learning and reading about the events of WWII & this is a good series to get into seeing that it contains both the city of Liverpool & history of WWII. Thanks for the info!

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, there will be a lot more to come

[@Bullster777]

Kevlar this is great me lad. Beautifully created. You tell a good tale. The drone footage at the end gives a great idea on the scale of the carnage that unfolded. Tip top job. 😊

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much mate, I’ve still a lot to learn

[@Bullster777]

@@Kevcupo we never stop learning mate 🙂

[@stevewall4589]

Great Video Kev. A big lover of History no matter where it is. Any other places you would think of as interesting would be great to watch.

[@Kevcupo]

I’ve got loads planned

[@tishfox2858]

A very interesting & moving video Kev.I was wondering why do ya think Liverpool was targeted like this? I live in Derby,East Midlands & from what I can gather, cos I wasn't born till 1951,that Derby was bombed becos of the Rolls-Royce connection.Yes, I feel the spirit of the Liverpool people.When I see the Kop singing our anthem...I always have tears in my eyes cos I get the spirit of sooo much adversity & hardship, even today that has been passed along the generations.I have felt this infinity with the people of Liverpool since 1963 when I first became a fan of my beloved LFC.I don't know,,,,maybe I was a Scouser in a previous life?!😊Anyway,thanks so much for this video...lovely to find out a bit of history.Thanks Kev & bless yas.👏👏👏💜YNWA.x

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much, Liverpool was targeted because of the docks, hence why North Liverpool and Bootle took such a beating. Your affinity to Liverpool, makes you an adopted scouser

[@tishfox2858]

@@Kevcupo Oh I see.the docks thanks for explaining this Kev.It's boss yuz accepting me as an honoury Scouser la...Ta very much! 😘💜x

[@davegerrard4960]

That was a great watch Kev. I found it quite poignant and you delivered it perfectly and with the right gravitas, given the facts you were putting across to us. Local History has always fascinated me so any more like this and you can count me in.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you, there will be plenty more to come

[@amphilbey]

Nice one Kev for telling the story, great video

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you for watching it

[@davekiernan29]

I rarely comment on videos, but I have to say I did not expect that from you Kev. It was excellent, informative, fantastically paced and very interesting. I think you have a future in these types of videos as well as your stadium content. Thank you very much kev.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much for the kind words. And thank you for commenting

[@bernardatkinson2189]

Hi kev great video my dad was from Liverpool he was born in 1929, he was in the may blitz just after that he got evacuated to Shrewsbury, he said when the bombing finished in the morning they would come out and look for shrapnel, the tenement block he lived-in got blown up luckily they went to the air-raid shelter, they didn't go there all the time he said they would hide under the table

[@Kevcupo]

Wow, that’s brilliant mate. Do you happen to know the name and address of the tenement block he lived in?

[@bernardatkinson2189]

Great homer Street just off Scotland Road he moved from Liverpool in the 1950s he had a sister who lived 5 minutes from goodison Park, they never saw each other for over 50 years but they managed to meet up before she died ,she was a really lovely woman and a proper scouser.

[@Kevcupo]

I live by there, I’ll look in to it

[@bernardatkinson2189]

Are you still doing your live stream this morning

[@bernardatkinson2189]

Hi kev have you managed to find o Anything out what you was going to look into I know you are a very busy man,

[@Alien_O1]

Superb vid mate. 👍👍

[@1quebert]

Great video Kev, and very interesting.

[@Kevcupo]

Thanks a lot

[@kennethlewis74]

Really nice video kev i have heard crosby is nice in general need to come and visit more frequently but some wonderful history shared there to all it's good to educate the masses so much happened as you were explaining to the subscribers wonderful work just wonderful.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate

[@williamwilcock4326]

Nice one Kev. I can see some mileage in these local history videos mate, so keep it going. You've come a long way in a very short period of time. I remember your first video/s on the Annie Road expansion, where you said yourself how self conscious you were. Improving all the time.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much, I feel I’ve come a long way, but still a long way to go. I appreciate the support

[@arronstrutt8851]

Great video Kev, Love history! looking forward to more videos like this around Liverpool!

[@Kevcupo]

There will be a lot more like this

[@markhumpage9360]

Only just came across kev grate video loe history 2nd favourite thing I learnt after maths

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant mate, thank you so much

[@darren2662]

Amazing! Thanks for the history lesson there KC! Love this kind of content.

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant Darren, thank you so much mate

[@tonyp011]

Hi Kev great and interesting video wasn't part of this beach used to film the bouncing bomb segment in the Dam busters film as the dunes and road look the same seen in the film?

[@Kevcupo]

I really not sure Tony, but I trust your information

[@Mello-bw7tx]

Brilliant video Kev, Liverpool history is amazing. Steam train competition with the famous Rocket, overhead railway, leeds to Liverpool canal, old dock of Liverpool, disused railway tunnels underneath the city, strawberry fields, penny lane & Williamson tunnels are just a few. I'll certainly be following your other adventures 👍

[@Kevcupo]

I’ll be covering everything, thank you for sharing some ideas with me

[@beatleboy0195]

Hi KC it's always nice to see vids on the history of your city. I don't have certain proof but i'm sure that ww2 is the reason my grandfather moved from Liverpool to London he was a stoker in the navy during the war, i'd love it for more like this thanks a lot for this one and hope for more.

[@Kevcupo]

The war was reason for many people leaving, so it was probably true

[@stewartgrant7724]

HI Kevin Great video lots of history to how it was in those time as some of us do not know about what happened in those time so really looking forward to your future ones.Again thank you

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, there will be plenty more like this

[@georgedavis-stewart4225]

An interesting aspect of the area's past - one thing to clear out the devastated buildings and rebuild, but what to do with the spoil. At least the rubble has been put to a good use. How effective has it been in holding the coastline? Where we live, in the Welsh borders, it's mostly about Offa's Dyke, the Norman castles, and priories and abbeys later brought down by Henry VIII. Travel ten miles west and you have reached the edge of the geology that gave rise to mining, mostly in iron and coal - the spoil from that reshaped many hill tops and moorlands. Not even grass and trees can conceal such casual dumping in many places.

[@Kevcupo]

Oh that’s brilliant information, thank you for sharing

[@marksoutham3029]

Well crafted video Kev, spent the first 25 years of my life Bootle, Crosby and Litherland but didn’t know that beach existed or it’s historic significance thanks the research. These sort of historic stories are important to pass this information to future generations.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, you’re right, keeping these stories alive is very important

[@stesprayer]

Great video Kev. Was quite emotional. Love hearing the history of this Great City. Well Done Kev.👍

[@rsclague96]

Great video Kev. My Mum lived in Kirkdale and a lot of kids like her were evacuated to Skelmersdale, to my regret I never queried her about it, will have to pay blitz beach a visit, usually just go to the Gormley statues for a walk. Thanks ❤

[@Kevcupo]

Oh that’s interesting, I’m from Kirkdale myself

[@johnbell2722]

I'm in Liverpool this weekend. Just been on a ferry across the Mersey. Amazing skyline of Liverpool water front. Could also see Anfield main stand in the distance plus Everton's new stadium build. Proud to be a Scouser. Going to the Cavern club tonight.

[@Kevcupo]

I love the Cavern, it’s amazing. I just don’t agree with the £5 entrance fee

[@johnbell2722]

@Kevcupo it was only £2.50 per person. Got an all day ticket for £7.50. Went at lunchtime and it was coolio. Not too busy. Went back in the evening and it was heaving and far too noisy. Getting old I guess. Entrance fee pays for the live music. Ps. The view of the Annfield main stand from the ferry boat was awesome. YNWA 😆🧙‍♂️😆

[@shanehumphries5741]

Great Video Kev, i’d watch Liverpool stuff all day 👏

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you Shane

[@WiMac63]

Great video, kev. Good to see you branching out, on other topics. Well thought out, and edited, too. Look forward to seeing more topics. 👍

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, yeah I have a lot I want to cover

[@criaghuges4445]

I lived there for many years and never once heard it referred to as blitz beach once

[@rotherydesigns]

born and bred crosby and never once heard it called that either, i have heard it many times called the erosion because of the houses that fell into the sea with the erosion of the coastline, maybe it is hightown beach called that, great video and other info though, cant wait to see more

[@nmarks]

A series on Liverpool's historic sites would be interesting.

[@Kevcupo]

Yeah I’ll look in to that

[@carlin8734]

Great video Kev. I was born and raised in Crosby 58 years ago, and although I played down there as a kid, I wasn’t aware of the history.

[@Kevcupo]

I thought it was common knowledge in Crosby, thank you

[@robsim5261]

Dont know why you are nervous about being in front of camera your'e natural nice to put a face to the voice keep doing it kev

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you, I really appreciate that. You didn’t see all the outtakes 😂

[@joannebeastall3145]

Great Video, very interesting, oh and lovely to see you on camera 👍

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you Joanne, hope I haven’t scared everyone 😂

[@stefanoG4i]

Nice vid Kev enjoyed that👍🏻

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you

[@stevepearce6896]

Hi Kev Really enjoyed that mate..Can you do a video of Hillsborough to maybe educate some of the generations who don’t know the true story from Liverpool as a city not just LFC

[@Kevcupo]

I will do mate, will be a tough one to get through

[@DJYunkHank]

My house was bombed in ww2, now it's a new build but I've been doing digging in my garden coz I'm redesigning it and I've been finding all the debris from the old house. I've found bricks ,old reinforced glass that's been melted by an incendiary bomb and even cutlery buried 2ft under my garden.

[@Kevcupo]

Brilliant info mate, my house was also bombed during the war

[@pauljames907]

3:31 - If you turn the camera 90 degrees to the right you can see the site of the bomb hit and the memorial park

[@Kevcupo]

Oh right, I didn’t know about that.

[@penningtonlfc]

good video kev,your volume is alway at the right place,never too loud but good enough to hear you,wear to visit next?dont know the places you would know ,im sure you could find some more places to visit.well done on all fronts mate!

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you, I have plenty of places and ideas to visit

[@sandyallen1610]

Very interesting video. One of the best told. I will have to visit one day. 😢thank you for sharing this information

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Nice 👍 to mix it up abit kev well done buddy 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, there will be a lot more like this

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@Kevcupo look forward to it nicely done aswell.

[@davidspion9548]

Nice video, Kev. I was down there myself just yesterday, as I am a few times every week. I knew of the history of the erosion, as it's often referred to. I know a lot of people don't though, and wonder where the rubble came from and why it's there. It's a great area down there. At low tide what's left of the wreck of the Pegu can be seen at the edge of the Crosby Channel. It had a clearly visible mast sticking up until, I think, the 1980s when a tug lost power and drifted into it, breaking it off. Between Hall Road car park and the pumping station near where you were sat there are lots of really good pieces of carved stonework from city centre buildings. Interestingly, between the pumping station and Hightown there are pill boxes from wartime. Fort Crosby if memory serves. They have been buried by the council to stop kids getting inside, but you can still stand on the flat concrete roofs of them. People have dug access to a couple of them too. There is one that our last dog would not go near. He'd go near all but one of them. One terrified him for some reason. Some of those bricks also came from old mansions that fell into the sea at Blundellsands, long before the sea wall and promenade was built. Anyway, it was nice seeing you in front of camera. I watch your Anfield videos as much for you as for your content. I like your approach. Keep up the good work.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you so much David, you have some fantastic memories and information. I was going to cover for Crosby today, but I’m going to leave it for another video. One of the bunkers are just about accessible

[@barneybiggles]

Lived about ten minutes walk away and at Seaforth / Waterloo and used to play in those pillboxes as a kid in the early fifties and pretend we were firing out of them, had to be a bit careful because sometimes they were used a a toilet. The raw sewage pipes used to empty straight onto the shore; always told to leave the hundreds of ‘balloons’ alone.

[@lorraineraftery3525]

Thank you Kc that was really interesting to know we're the debris was put. Keep up the great work x

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you

[@paulsando80]

Great work Kev. 👏

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you Paul

[@scouser1969]

hi kev great video i was born in bootle and lived there for 30yrs on southport road by the kidney island i always went to crosby had many happy times there i remember the the strand in the old days maybe a video on that will be good see how much its changed and the old container base in orrel park were there used to be a giro bank lol cheers kev

[@Kevcupo]

Yes mate, the strand has changed a lot. I remember as a kid it was mostly outside

[@arwelwilliams6954]

Great video always good to find out history of certain places. Winston Churchill really did have a brass neck complementing the people of Liverpool on one hand whilst a few years earlier sending gunships up the Mersey

[@Kevcupo]

I quoted him, because his words summed up the people of Liverpool

[@arwelwilliams6954]

@@Kevcupo look forward to the next one,your video it was more interesting than any history in school.👍

[@Kevcupo]

@@arwelwilliams6954thank you mate

[@BMJ0877]

Loved every minute, practically know every inch mate.

[@johnbell2722]

Thanks Kev. Really interesting

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you John

[@tommymaguire65]

Hi Kev, what a wonderful video, my Granparents & ma Da's family were from Liverpool, later moved to Chester, remember as a young lad ma Gramps taking me along there when I was 7,. He served during & after the war, he was a King/Queens Harbour Master, who moved up to Scotland way in early 50s. History is beneath our feet, all around us, & above us. When he spoke about the blitz, you could see in his face how terrible it was. Even when up here he gave me history's lessons about the area I lived. I guess it was both sets of Grandparents & Da, a love of history If I've prattle on soz, again what a wonderful, informative video. Hope there's more to come. My Da used too tell me Scouse by birthright, Scots by choice. YOU NEED TAE NO YER HISTORY LADDIE 😂😂

[@Kevcupo]

Loved reading that mate, memories you have and stories passed on through generations are what keeps history alive. I will be doing so much more of this

[@kevinmercer7558]

I didn’t know that was WW2 houses rubble from the blitz. Very interesting 👏🏼

[@Kevcupo]

Neither did I until last year

[@nowayout20042003]

Wow great video KC, great to know this stuff. Is the bricks there anything to do with the golf club or just by accident the council dumped em there & golf club opened up. It’s like here in Ireland we had “EIRE” made up of stones with a number under it. Was forgotten about by nature, wasn’t until a gorse fire revealed a couple that people up earthed them again, it was to let German plans now they were over Ireland & not Great Britain & same for the allies that Great Britain wasn’t too far away. Was Goodison or Anfield bombed in that 2 year span?

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you for that information. Goodison suffered some superficial damage, but wasn’t bombed directly

[@SJW82]

Great video this mate, I will have to go to the beach with my Mrs and check it out!

[@Kevcupo]

It’s a lovely walk down there mate

[@SJW82]

@@Kevcupo Perfect mate…looking forward to it 👍🏻

[@Nansen1981]

Thanks for that my friend, both of my parents were in WW2, and they told me some stories believe me. I am a local, have you heard of Crosby fort? Which was situated not far from where you are in this vid?

[@barryhughes7376]

Great video Kev. Thanks for your piece of history on the city I love. Your dead right about the people, we don't bow down to anyone. Look forward to your future videos.

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you Barry, I really appreciate it

[@tonysebo9010]

I was just thinkng, a study of some of the less famous buildings around Everton's new ground would make for an interesting video? For example, what is the tale of those two barrel vaulted buildings either side of Blackstock St?

[@Kevcupo]

I’ll find out mate, maybe there is a video in it

[@paulbowden7442]

Great video Kev love the history of ww2

[@Kevcupo]

Nice one Paul mate

[@MyPhotoStory_23]

Thank you for the video 👍🏼

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you for watching

[@kopzthat]

Good video enjoyed it

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you

[@johnlanddigging1987]

We the vikings of the Wirral had your back lidd

[@misterbojangles07]

Bit late but,you are actually not allowed to take any of it away,main reason is a mark of respect

[@timbo0151]

Great that Kev 👏👏

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you

[@johnredhead1241]

Thanks Kev 👍🏻

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you

[@gymnosophy]

Churchill hated the working classes. And he sent a warship to the Mersey pointing its guns at the city during the 1911 general strike.

[@alanjones6359]

My dad was in the home gaurd in liverpool he witnessed the blitz when he got called up for service he joined RAF bomber command said he wanted to give some back did 29 operations maybe more if he wasnt shot down over France and captured

[@karlash1910]

Brilliant video Kev I cover a lot of history of the Great War nice to learn something from the Second World War though cheers

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you mate, just trying something new

[@marksavage1108]

After 1911 transport strike I am surprised Churchill had the front to ever come to Liverpool.

[@tommoore7906]

well said Kev,,it's a bit weather worn from when i remember it,,that was back in mid 50's,,,, did ya find a bomb,,could i have 1st dips on it ,, god i really wanted to find one

[@Kevcupo]

Thanks mate, think I’d be steering clear of bombs 😂

[@davethomas4945]

Boss video kev

[@Kevcupo]

Thank you Dave

[@davethomas4945]

@@Kevcupo have a question for you up by Allerton cemetery just by the pub in the park their is an old building by their don't know if you have seen it but it looks like an old army look out post

[@Kevcupo]

@@davethomas4945I’m not sure mate, I’ll do a little research in to it

[@KieranJgaming]

Great video had no idea they were bombed houses from ww2

[@Kevcupo]

I only learned this last year

[@KieranJgaming]

@Kevcupo yeah its interesting that should do more video like that be interesting to watch

[@Kevcupo]

I will be mate

[@KieranJgaming]

@Kevcupo is right looking forward to next one

[@andyargyle8822]

very interesting video I love hearing about the war we have a lot of history in Plymouth keep the good work going don't forget my shout out please on next liverpool video

[@Davey-ys1dx]

👍🏼

[@tommoore7906]

here's a good project for ya Kev,,if you don't know,, do yo how the kop got it,s name and it's conection with Liverpool King's regiment

[@fitzbarbel]

Ta lad.

[@PhilLewis-xg7iv]

great vlog that m8. I've gotta have a little moan though, because i'm a moaning old b. But those slabs of concrete and rebar should be taken away. That beach is a shrine to our ancestors. They must have felt like being in hell. Nearly 4.000 of the them and their homes. A shrine by the seaside is a worthy place for them to rest in peace forever.

[@TheGraeme007]

Nice video but really it's not a Blitz beach. Vast majority was from major demolition of slum/court dwellings in the 1930's.

[@bobsmith3291]

Crosby isn’t in liverpool