Compiled on behalf of the Gateacre Society, this volume contains over 200 black-and-white images, together with informative captions, which give an insight into the social and architectural history of Gateacre, Belle Vale, Netherley and Woolton Hill during the past three centuries.

The photographs - many of which have never before been published - cover a wide range of subjects. They include well-known local landmarks such as the Wilson Memorial Fountain, the Black Bull, the Jubilee bust of Queen Victoria, Gateacre Brewery, the Unitarian Chapel, St Stephen's Church and Gateacre Grange, as well as 'lost' buildings like Strawberry Field (made famous by the Beatles), The Priory, Gorsey Cop Farm, Belle Vale Hall, Gateacre Station, Lee Hall and Netherley Waterworks.

The book is arranged geographically, with separate chapters devoted to Grange Lane, Gateacre Brow, Halewood Road, Belle Vale, Rose Brow and Woolton Hill.

There are pictures of local personalities from the past including Revd William Shepherd, Miss Janet Rodick, Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, William Hall Walker, Sir Benjamin Johnson, Miss Dorothy Nicholson and Sir Arthur Bower Forwood.