A community is fighting back against fear after a house was shot in a "targeted attack".
Parents said they were scared for children on Percy Road, Wallasey after the shooting, which many mistook for fireworks.
Since the attack, residents have banded together to breath life back into the community after Covid made their conversations brief as they passed on the street, and after the gunman shook them.
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Days after the October 29 attack, residents threw a Bonfire Night party with an "amazing atmosphere", complete with a DJ outside houses, a bonfire on a field beside the playground, and fireworks shot from the pavement.
Kids danced to Vengaboys, and the whole street sang Sweet Caroline as people served burgers, hotdogs, stews and curries.
Mum-of-three Lori Gray, 34, told the ECHO : "You'd just look down the street and every kid had a smile on their face. And the adults as well.
"There were neighbours talking to neighbours that wouldn't usually. It's usually just a 'Hi' and they carry on."
She added: "It was overwhelming just to watch how happy everyone was, and seeing all the kids smiling and enjoying themselves.
"I mean, usually everyone tends to look at for each other's kids anyway, but the kids were just running around and everyone was watching them.
"So you weren't having to keep telling your child or standing with your child. Everyone was doing their bit.
"It was a brilliant atmosphere. Every now and again, we'd all cross paths somewhere along the road."
Bonfire parties were once an annual feature of life here, but the pandemic put a stop to that.
A few weeks before Bonfire Night, co-organiser Kev Nicholson, 36, decided he wanted to bring back the street's celebrations.
He told the ECHO : "I just asked them if they all wanted to chip in. Obviously the area was s***, wasn't it, with Covid and whatever.
"So it was one of them, just asked everyone to join in and that was it. Everyone came together."
The distance brought by Covid, and the fear sparked by the shooting, gave the street party a special meaning this year.
With people coming from neighbouring streets and beyond, residents had their own little festival to bring them back together again.
Glenn Makka, the 30-year-old DJ who has a baby on the way, told the ECHO : "I loved it, me, because when I was a kid, there was nothing like that around here.
"So to see people who live around here putting all the money together to do something for everyone else, it's good to see.
"Especially because kids were asking for photos and stuff, dancing around the smoke machines, and sparklers. It was just a brilliant atmosphere. It was good to be a part of it."
Daz Burns, who helped organise the Bonfire Night party, has big plans for what future events can achieve for the local community.
The 30-year-old dad of four told the ECHO : "We are going to be looking at doing more events. New Year is one we're going to be looking at doing, but to organise it properly with food stalls and stuff.
"And also charging for the food, charging for the stuff that's on stalls, and then once all the money has been collected on the night, put that back into the community.
"Whether it's youth clubs, whether it's a martial art club that needs extra funding for punchbags, or tuition fees for kids who haven't got much money."
