Knotty Ash
Coordinates: 53°24′47″N 2°53′24″W / 53.413°N 2.890°W
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 Knotty Ash
Knotty Ash shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 13,200 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ408911 |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Liverpool |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L14 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Liverpool West Derby |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Knotty Ash is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. Historically within Lancashire, at the 2001 Census, the population was 13,200.[1]
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[edit] Description
Knotty Ash is a small area on the eastern fringe of Liverpool and neighbouring districts include West Derby, Old Swan, Broadgreen and Dovecot.
It derived its name from a gnarled ash tree. In the 1960s it was made famous in the United Kingdom by stand-up comedian and local resident Ken Dodd, in whose television programme the dwarfish comic characters he called the Diddy Men lived there. In his BBC children's television programme Ken Dodd And The Diddymen (1969), the fictitious Diddyland, boasting the highest sunshine rate in the world, was situated in the centre of Knotty Ash. The Diddy Men worked in the local "Jam Butty Mines".[2]
In 2004, Mr Dodd planted a new ash tree close to the site of the original (outside the Knotty Ash pub).
Knotty Ash is mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Liverpool Lullaby" written by Stan Kelly-Bootle.
Knotty Ash was the site of the unsolved "Tiki" Murder in 1961 in which a housewife was killed in what was claimed to be a ritual linked to the worship of the Polynesian idol Tiki.[3]
[edit] Government
The elected councillors for Knotty Ash are Cllrs Dave Irving, Paul Twigger and Josie Mullen - all Liberal Democrats.
Prior to the general election of Thursday, 6 May 2010 the MPs were Jane Kennedy, Labour (Wavertree Constituency) and Bob Wareing, Independent (West Derby Constituency), both of whom stepped down at that election.
At the 6 May 2010 General Election, Knotty Ash was wholly in the West Derby constituency. Candidates were Stephen Twigg (Labour), Paul Twigger (Liberal Democrat), Steve Radford (Liberal) and Pamela Hall (Conservative).
Stephen Twigg (Labour) was elected, with an increased majority for Labour, going against the trend of the election nationwide.
[edit] Education
Knotty Ash contains the special needs secondary school Clifford Holroyde and a primary school, Knotty Ash CP.
[edit] Transport
Knotty Ash railway station, on the North Liverpool Extension Line, once served the area. It is also at the western end of the M62 motorway.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2001 Census: Knotty Ash, Office for National Statistics, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5941445&c=knotty+ash&d=14&e=16&g=358516&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1213468590137&enc=1, retrieved 14 June 2008
- ^ Diddy? Doddy! Ken Dodd hits the road again, The Independent, 27 January 2007, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/diddy-doddy-ken-dodd-hits-the-road-again-433875.html, retrieved 30 March 2009
- ^ The Knotty Ash Ritual Murder, http://members.fortunecity.com/slemen/knotty.html, retrieved 28 March 2009
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