People in Wirral paid their respects to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster today, exactly 32 years on from the day that will never to be forgotten across Merseyside.

A crowd of around 50 gathered at a social distance to mark the occasion around the memorial plaque in Port Sunlight village.

The name of each of the 96 victims was read out before a minutes' silence was followed by a recorded rendition of the Kop singing You'll Never Walk Alone.

It is now more than three decades since Britain's worst sporting disaster occurred at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, when 96 children, women and men lost their lives, including 12 from Wirral and Ellesmere Port.

Wirral Globe: People gathered to mark the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in Port Sunlight on Thursday (April 15)People gathered to mark the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in Port Sunlight on Thursday (April 15)

They were Peter Burkett, Raymond Chapman, Anthony Kelly, James Delaney, Christopher Edwards, Arthur Horrocks, Kevin Traynor, Chris Traynor, James Hennessy, Graham Roberts, Dave Thomas and Thomas "Steve" Fox.

Among those paying their respects at the memorial was Wirral resident Bob from Spital.

He told the Globe: "I remember the day and not really believing what I was seeing. And I still can't believe that there's families who still haven't got justice after so many years, because the state won't give them justice.

"But it's lovely to see red and blue scarves here and people putting flowers down at the memorial. It's wonderful thing.

"You've got to remember the scarves that stretched across Stanley Park from Goodison Park to Anfield. It's to be remembered.

Wirral Globe: The sun shone brightly for the Hillsborough service in Port Sunlight, just like it did on that fateful day 32 years agoThe sun shone brightly for the Hillsborough service in Port Sunlight, just like it did on that fateful day 32 years ago

"We can at least show our sympathy and our respects for the families. I don't think we can do more than that for them."

Earlier this month, former chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, Margaret Aspinall, announced that the organisation had now folded, with families looking to move on with their lives.