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Lowry claimed to have been shot in the knee during his trip out east, because he got caught up in a Chinese Tong war. The more prosaic reality is that he fell off a bicycle coming down this hill in West Kirby.

Below: West Kirby c. 1911; image courtesy Colin Dilnot.

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Lowry claimed to have been shot in the knee during his trip out east, because he got caught up in a Chinese Tong war. The more prosaic reality is that he fell off a bicycle coming down this hill in West Kirby. Below: West Kirby c. 1911; image courtesy Colin Dilnot.