The affluent coastal area of Blundellsands might seem like the last place to be associated with one of Britain's most notorious occult figures. Gerald Bosseau Gardner was born on Friday, June 13, 1884 at The Glen, an imposing house overlooking Crosby Beach. He would go on to be credited as the father of modern witchcraft and the fanatic behind a religion that is now counted among the world's fastest growing faith groups. All trace of the house has now gone, although it stood on its commanding position until well into the 1980s. Gardner's family background was a wealthy one: the...