Kirkby was a farming village with a population of just 3,000 in 1940. Between the years 1939 and 1941 20,000 workers were employed by the Royal Ordnance factory. In 1947 Liverpool Corporation bought 4,000 acres from the Earl of Sefton for £375,000, this land was to become the present Kirkby town. Present day Kirkby has… Read more