Patriot
I remember Hall's on the corner of Runcorn Road, but wasn't it Shovelbottom's on the corner of Ladypool Rd & Taunton Rd? I attended Dennis Rd School which was on Birchwood Crescent, but I'm sorry I didn't know your friend. Though I suppose he would have attended the same school, but it sounds like you are both a couple of years older than me. I attended from 1958 -1962.