Living round the corner from one of the UK's busiest airports may not seem appealing to everyone but for some, there's nowhere else they'd rather be.
Sue Bowcock, 50, first moved to Speke when she was just four years old in 1993 and lived there for almost 20 years before moving to Scotland and then Runcorn.
In 2017, Sue returned to the area and now lives on Western Avenue, just a ten minute walk away from the entrance to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA).
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While the noise of planes taking off and landing may put some people off from moving nearby, Sue said she has countless fond memories of living so close.
From watching the Liverpool team bus drive past as they prepare to head off for a Champions League tie and watching the Concorde fly into Speke Airport, there have been some fantastic moments for Sue.
Sue told the ECHO: "I love living around here. Me and my family are all huge Liverpool fans so to watch the team coach going past on their way to the airport for a Champions League tie was a real goosebumps moment.
"I remember when Liverpool last won the Champions League in 2019. I was absolutely made up because I'd decorated the outside of my house and windows with loads of flags.
"I knew the team would have seen them on the way to the airport and on their way back home.
"People also go down and wait outside the terminal to see the LFC squad on departure and arrival. I've always wanted to do that but I've always been working sadly.
"It's not just the football that makes living here so great. I remember when Concorde used to come to what was Speke Airport years ago. We've seen it quite a few times and not many people can say that!"
Speke Airport was little more than a grass strip when it first opened in July 1933.
It was one of a series of municipal airports that opened in Britain between 1929 and 1939 as part of an effort to provide the country with an air travel network.
Work began in 1930 after Liverpool Council bought 2,000 acres of land for a municipal airfield and the airport opened in 1933.
These days Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a modern international airport dealing with five million passengers a year.
The number of flights taking off and landing can be something of a bugbear for some people with nearby residents just this week complaining of a 'humming noise' keeping them awake from 3am.
A spokesperson for LJLA explained there were 'essential runway works' undertaken in the early hours of Thursday morning to remove the build-up of rubber from aircraft tyres.
While some residents were frustrated, Sue said she barely notices the noise from the airport any more after so many years living nearby.
She said: "We've heard it before, it's like a low humming noise, like a plane standing there idling. I'm a very light sleeper but I grew up here so I'm used to the noise of the planes.
"It's not a huge nuisance and it's certainly not every night. I don't think the noise should put people off coming to live here, you block out the sound eventually.
"When a plane is taking off early in the morning you can hear it but if you're moving to Speke you are going to hear the planes. Heathrow is 24 hours but Speke isn't, they finish at night and start at 6am with flights to Dublin."
A LJLA spokesperson added that the work to remove rubber from the runway takes place 'once every two to three years depending on the build-up of rubber'.
They added: "It can only be undertaken outside of normal aircraft operations as it is a lengthy and slow process and so unfortunately we can only undertake this during the night before operations recommence at 6am.
"We apologise for any noise disturbance this may cause for local residents."
It's not just Sue who loves living near the airport as her sons Kade, 15, and Finlay 12, both enjoy watching the planes fly over their home.
There's even a little-known spot near her home where visitors can watch the planes come in to land right next to the runway.
She said: "There is a road you can go down, near Oglet Shore, and you're standing right next to the runway when the planes come into land. You're right underneath them.
"I've met people coming from all over the north west there. You can have your very own 'Wayne's World' moment.
"My eldest son loves it because he sees all the military aircraft close as they use the airport too.
"I've actually never flown from LJLA myself but my mum and dad did when they were alive. You don't need a taxi because it's so close you can walk.
"So there's loads of brilliant things about living where we do."
