These books are mine and I have relied on these for many years. The Quentine Hughes book is signed by the man himself.

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Nice book collection, Kev. You could add to it from the links below:


Garlic Press (http://www.garlicpress.co.uk/)

Liverpool Books and Merseyside Books (http://www.liverpoolbooks.co.uk/)

Liverpool University Press: Local Interest (http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/catagories.asp?idCategory=39)

News from Nowhere: Local Interest (http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayCategoryBooklist.php?CatID=8)

Pharaoh Press (http://www.pharaohpress.co.uk/)

Scouse Press (http://www.scousepress.co.uk/)

Always new the Quentin Hughes one was valuable :celb (23):

Out of those publishers, howcome the bluecoat press don't have a website?

All I found was this so it must be part of the farts centre.

http://www.bluecoatartscentre.com/tenants.html#

BLUECOAT PRESS has moved to 19 Rodney Street, Liverpool, L1 9EF Telephone 0151 707 2390

New Mind are currently developing a site for Bluecoat Press, (see www.newmind.co.uk/displayArticles.asp?article=338&page=27).

I Bought my dad a Liverpool Memories book a few christmas' ago which contained old photos of Liverpool up to the 60s and a few up to date ones to compare. Also has articles on historical buildings and companies like Meccano and Jaguar throught the ages.

Personally myself i have Tom Slemens Haunted Liverpool series which is a good read.

Your book collection looks good Kev.

I Bought my dad a Liverpool Memories book a few christmas' ago which contained old photos of Liverpool up to the 60s and a few up to date ones to compare. Also has articles on historical buildings and companies like Meccano and Jaguar throught the ages.

Personally myself i have Tom Slemens Haunted Liverpool series which is a good read.

Your book collection looks good Kev.

Thanks, they have proved invaluable when researching info for this site.

The Photo Archive Photographs series Garston and there are books for other areas such as Speke and Norris Green which are great, some really good pictures.

Liverpool: Wondrous Place - Music from the Cavern to the Coral
Paul Du Noyer

Great read about the history of popular music in Liverpool

Liverpool: Wondrous Place - Music from the Cavern to the Coral
Paul Du Noyer

Great read about the history of popular music in Liverpool

I've got that book and highly recommend it.:)


Synopsis
Liverpool: cradle of British pop culture. The "swingin' Sixties and youth revolution started in the backstreet nightclubs of this gritty Northern seaport. Even before the Beatles it had already produced Britain's first true rock 'n' roll star, Billy Fury, one of whose biggest hits was "Wondrous Place". The Beatles took the story of Liverpool to the world's press and television channels across the globe. This is their story also, but told with a new twist - a mosaic of individual stories of the people who made it happen. Billy Fury, The Beatles, Brian Epstein, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, Cilla Black, The Liverpool Poets, Badfinger, The Real Thing, Echo and the Bunnymen, John Peel, Julian Cope, OMD, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Elvis Costello, Dead Or Alive, Pete Wylie, The Christians, The Farm, Lightning Seeds, The Coral - names and records that echo across the generations.

And of course there's countless bands not mentioned there.

If you want to read some books that really get into the Scouse mindset then try'My Liverpool' and 'you know my aunty Nelly' by Frank Shaw. Just great reading.

Here's mine ;


Whitbread Book Of Scouseology ‘An Anthology Of Merseyside’
By Phil Young & Tim Bellew.

Whitbread Book Of Scouseology. Vol 2. Merseyside Life. 1900-1987.

Whitbread Book Of Scouseology . Vol 3. Merseyside At Play.

Liverpool – The 60’s . A Photographic Celebration.

Let’s Go Down The Cavern.

Around Scottie Road.

No One Ever Mentions Love.
By Womens History Group – Second Chance To Learn, L’pool Community College.

A Pride Of Parks. – City Of L’pool Recreation & Open Spaces.
By Howard Channon.

Liverpool It All Came Tumbling Down.
By Freddy O’Connor.

A Pub On Every Corner. Vol 1. L’pool City Centre.
By Freddy O’Connor.

A Pub On Every Corner. Vol 2. South L’pool.
By Freddy O’Connor.

A Pub On Every Corner. Vol 3. North L’pool.
By Freddy O’Connor.

In Our Liverpool Home.
By Brian Walker & Ann Hinchliffe.

Merseyside’s Secret Blitz Diary.
By Arthur Johnson.

Jesse Hartley. Dock Engineer to the Port of Liverpool 1824-60.
(National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside)

All Our Yesterdays – All Our Tomorrows. The people and communities that have made L’pool a city to be proud of.
Written by the young people of L’pool. (L’pool Compact ).

A History Of The Royal & Ancient Park Of Toxteth.
By R. Griffiths.

Haunted L’pool. Vol 1.
By Tom Slemen.

The Art Of The Beatles. 'Beatle' - signed by Pete Best. from The Empire to The Rialto. 100 years of sugar refining, The Story of Love Lane, 1872-1972, J A Watson.

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Liverpool 8? The history of Toxteth etc?

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Liverpool - A City That Dared To Fight by Peter Taaffe and Tony Mulhearn. Read online here (http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/liverpool/).

I wouldn't mind this book.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

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Wonder how many pro champions liverpool has had. I know we've had a couple British, Commonwealth and European champs and even a world champ.

**** we lack some heavyweights though. Max will have to sort that out.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I wouldn't mind this book.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

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Wonder how many pro champions liverpool has had. I know we've had a couple British, Commonwealth and European champs and even a world champ.

**** we lack some heavyweights though. Max will have to sort that out.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

You can get a used one for 4 quid on amazon.:)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903854334/202-1697618-4685418

Synopsis
Merseyside has a rich boxing heritage and a pedigree of champion fighters unsurpassed in any other area of the country. Local fighting heroes such as former world light-heavyweight champion, John Conteh and world featherweight champion, Paul Hodkinson have lived and fought in the region and their legacy lives on through the many stories of classic fights and legendary clashes told by those who remember them well. In 1973, boxing correspondent Syd Dye launched his boxing 'Hall of Fame' series in the Liverpool Echo and this series of articles on famous and notorious glory fighters of the past was an instant hit with fight fans. The painstaking research, total understanding of the sport and his evocation of by-gone days showed this was both a labour of love and a classic piece of seminal sports journalism. Now gathered together for the first time is the complete collection of the classic 'Hall of Fame' boxing profiles, covering nearly a century of boxing greats from celebrated world champions such as **** Tiger and Hogan Bassey, to little known local fighting legends whose names and reputations live on through the stories passed down through generations: Fighters such as the undefeated British Featherweight Champion Nel Tarleton who fought with only one lung; Lud Abella, the young fighter from Bootle who took fought an opponent backed by the New York Mob and was forced to flee the ring; and the tough Liverpool featherweight Chris Kelly who made the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest fighter ever to be licensed by the Boxing Board of Control at the age of 16. The Mersey Fighters is testament to a city and a region steeped in boxing history and is a treasure trove of sporting information and anecdotes.

Oh! I spent about £85 on Liverpool books from eBay the other day!

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Oh! I spent about £85 on Liverpool books from eBay the other day!

:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

Which ones?

Which ones?

One (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8433391069&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1), two (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8430608140&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1), three (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8425537250&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1), four (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8389929588&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1), five (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8380865712&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1) and six (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8423560391&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1).

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Brilliant Dave :celb (23):

Oh! I spent about £85 on Liverpool books from eBay the other day!

:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:


Dave's loaded!

Gis a tenner.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I have a lot of the books on Scotland road and a few about Liverpool.

will post them up when i have some time.

The city that dared to fight. i have this, it was my dads copy. he was involved in all the movement. the book is signed by Tony Mulhearn and Peter Taafe as well as most of the 49 Councillors. its my prized possesion.

Up the Workers

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Not quite books, but I have most of the Liverpool reprint Ordnance Survey maps published by Alan Godfrey, they are an excellent source of information

http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/liverpool.htm

Ive got a pretty good "Liverpool from the Air" photo book

Oh shoot. I lost the bid for this: Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190001610871&category=122560&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:UK:11)

Oh shoot. I lost the bid for this: Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190001610871&category=122560&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:UK:11)

I can't believe that only sold for £7.50 that should be in the new museum that.

The last time I went in for a bidding war with someone, they had already put in a highest offer so I could have bidded upto £20 or something.

The last time I went in for a bidding war with someone, they had already put in a highest offer so I could have bidded upto £20 or something.

I think the same would have happened with this one as well Kev.

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This is a book about a mate of my me ald fellas... Hung for a Crime he never committed.... I think he recently got a Royal Pardon... 40 years too late.

Liverpool Cathedral Official Hand Book from 1927 - I photographed pages from this book, it contains lots of information about the building and photographs at the back, enjoy!

Amazing what you can find on EBay :)

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Nice one Kev ;)

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I bought this from Borders in Speke.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Misses out fighters after the 80's though, which they say they'll do for another volume if that one sells enough.

Received my copy of The Day John Met Paul (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-John-Met-Paul/dp/0415979331/sr=8-1/qid=1159561280/ref=sr_1_1/026-2898702-5615603?ie=UTF8&s=books) from U.S. author Jim O'Donnell (http://www.blogger.com/profile/14748897) today. And a cracking read it is too! It's a reprint, originally released in 1996. The new one includes some of my photos:PDT_Piratz_26:
On sale from Oct 28th.

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This is a book about a mate of my me ald fellas... Hung for a Crime he never committed.... I think he recently got a Royal Pardon... 40 years too late.

Look at:

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/CCRC_Uploads/KELLY_AND_CONNOLLY_-_28_10_03.pdf#search=%22%20liverpool%20%22Luigi%20 Santangeli%22%20%22cameo%20cinema%22%22

FKoE,
After the pardon the authorities refused for a long time to allow his family to give him a Christian burial which was very important to them. Their reason was that a car park had been put over where he was buried. Eventually earlier this year his family arranged a service for him at the Catholic Catherdral.
It was the tenacity of the author Mr. Skelly and an assosciate who helped him with research etc. that enabled this pardon. They spent years working on it. I know the guy who helped the author and they went to the funeral but were not allowed in, the police only allowed immediate family. They both stood out in the rain untill it was over.

A COLLECTION of Merseyside's most valuable books and manuscripts are being lovingly restored by a team of volunteers.

Four Liverpool women have devoted the past four years to cleaning and painstakingly preserving rare watercolour paintings and nature books housed in the library at the prestigious Knowsley Hall.

The treasured collection owned by the Earl of Derby is the only one of its kind in the country and includes a vast array of books on the natural sciences.

Knowsley Hall houses the unparalleled private collection of natural history drawings, watercolours, prints, books and manuscripts collected by the 13th Earl of Derby in the early 19th Century.

Now their beauty is being renewed by a Liverpool arts society which is dedicated to bringing Merseyside's local heritage back to life.

Valerie Strauss, chairman of the Liverpool Decorative & Fine Arts Society (LDFAS), said: "One of the aims of our society is to conserve and record our artistic heritage.

"We work on a voluntary basis to promote our history and this is a great way to preserve some of the most precious books in the region.

"It is a fantastic collection of drawings and botanical prints, with some books even a metre tall."

Yesterday the volunteers from LDFAS celebrated the 35th anniversary of the society.

Lady Derby joined members for a banquet to mark the occasion and members received a lecture from Christopher Lloyd CVO, a former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures entitled The Royal Image - Past, Present and Future.

The guest speaker at the event was Sheila Marshall, the Chairman of the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies with which the Liverpool group is affiliated.

Margaret Bishop, a volunteer at Knowsley Hall library, said: "My mother is a founder member of the Liverpool society so it's lovely following on from her.

"The whole day was a triumph and it was lovely to mark the 35 years that it has been going and all the work that has been done in that time.

"One of the nicest things about being involved in the society is the opportunity to learn so much about the arts - we have so many interesting lectures and events.

"Over the past four years we have been cleaning, restoring and documenting Lord Derby's collection which has been a real delight.

"In that time I have come across the most beautiful books I have ever seen.

"Once I opened a tattered looking book to find beautiful hand-painted pictures of butterflies and moths that were so realistic I thought they would fly right off the page."

While work continues at Knowsley Hall, other members are recording items from departments of Liverpool University where a new museum is due to open in 2008.

LDFAS is one of the oldest groups of its type in the country and links up to other groups in Southport and Formby which have also been volunteering at the library in Knowsley Hall.

kate.mansey@liverpool.com

List of my Liverpool Books .... (it could take a while)

1. This is my City- Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

2. Liverpool Roundabout - Richard Whittington Egan (1st Edition)

3. Liverpool Colonnade- Richard Whittington Egan (1st edition)

4. Portrait of Liverpool- Howard Channon

5. Haunted Liverpool 1-12 - Tom Slemen

6. Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

7. Liverpool Ghost Walk- Tom Slemen

8. Liverpool Soundings -Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

9. Tales of Liverpool- Murder, Mystery, Mayhem- Richard Whittington Egan

10. Liverpool Characters and Eccentrics- Richard Whittington egan

11. Tram Ride to Dingle- our very own Philip G!!

12. Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

13. Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy o connor

14. Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- freddy o connor

15. A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

16. A Pub on Every corner Vol 2- Freddy O connor

17. Portrait of Liverpool- Paul McMullin

18. Dream Palaces of Liverpool- Harold Ackroyd

19. Scouseology Vol 1 and 2

20. Pioneers and Perserverance- Michael W Roydon

21. Treadmill and the Rope- Tod Sloan

22. WondrouS Place- Paul du noyer

23. Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 1 - Derek M Whale

24. Liverpool- Catherine Rothwell

25. Liverpool Heritage Walk- Liverpool Heritage Bureau

26. Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

27. Liverpool Echoes- Richard whittington egan

28. Liverpool Shadows- Richard whittington egan

29. Seventeen Stations to dingle- John W Gahan

30. Liverpool Log Book- Richard whittington egan

31. Liverpool ghosts and ghouls- richard whittington egan

32. The great liverpool Liverpool - richard whittington egan

33. Wondrous Face- billy fury story- Spencer Leigh

34. Liverpool Oddities- Richard whittington egan

35. the post in Liverpool- OW Newport

36. Underground Liverpool- Jim Moore



pHEW!!!

wow! phew indeed :PDT_Piratz_26:

he he:celb (23):

i could open my own private Liverpool library!

I went into Old Swan library last week, they have a great selection of local books..

List of my Liverpool Books .... (it could take a while)

1. This is my City- Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

2. Liverpool Roundabout - Richard Whittington Egan (1st Edition)

3. Liverpool Colonnade- Richard Whittington Egan (1st edition)

4. Portrait of Liverpool- Howard Channon

5. Haunted Liverpool 1-12 - Tom Slemen

6. Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

7. Liverpool Ghost Walk- Tom Slemen

8. Liverpool Soundings -Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

9. Tales of Liverpool- Murder, Mystery, Mayhem- Richard Whittington Egan

10. Liverpool Characters and Eccentrics- Richard Whittington egan

11. Tram Ride to Dingle- our very own Philip G!!

12. Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

13. Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy o connor

14. Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- freddy o connor

15. A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

16. A Pub on Every corner Vol 2- Freddy O connor

17. Portrait of Liverpool- Paul McMullin

18. Dream Palaces of Liverpool- Harold Ackroyd

19. Scouseology Vol 1 and 2

20. Pioneers and Perserverance- Michael W Roydon

21. Treadmill and the Rope- Tod Sloan

22. WondrouS Place- Paul du noyer

23. Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 1 - Derek M Whale

24. Liverpool- Catherine Rothwell

25. Liverpool Heritage Walk- Liverpool Heritage Bureau

26. Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

27. Liverpool Echoes- Richard whittington egan

28. Liverpool Shadows- Richard whittington egan

29. Seventeen Stations to dingle- John W Gahan

30. Liverpool Log Book- Richard whittington egan

31. Liverpool ghosts and ghouls- richard whittington egan

32. The great liverpool Liverpool - richard whittington egan

33. Wondrous Face- billy fury story- Spencer Leigh

34. Liverpool Oddities- Richard whittington egan

35. the post in Liverpool- OW Newport

36. Underground Liverpool- Jim Moore



pHEW!!!


An excellent selection! :celb (23):

thank you very much!!

any you recommend philip??

i have Ainscough's Liverpool on my list of to get...

thank you very much!!

any you recommend philip??

i have Ainscough's Liverpool on my list of to get...


There's quite a lot there I haven't read. :)
I see you prefer a good read. :neutral:
I've got all the picture books. :shock:

Catherine Rothwell was a librarian in Southport, but she doesn't know Liverpool.

These are my Local History shelves.
Not all Liverpool.
I've never made a list!

Ah, finally found the books thread! Liverpool Explodes by Mark Cooper (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1982) is one of my very favorites. I think now it's pretty scarce (was it ever reprinted?). It has lots of great early photos of Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes, amongst others.

:) Found this interesting site, local history books.

http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/localhistorybooks.html

Lookwhat arrived in the mail today! I'm very happy to finally have a copy of this book by Quentin Hughes. I think the photos are fantastic, lots of grainy black and white with really interesting shadows. I've scanned my very favorite photo, it reminds me of the pictures Shirley Baker took in Salford during the slum clearances of the 60s (if you ever come across her book Street Photographs snatch it up because it's very hard to find these days).

(The photos in Seaport are by Graham Smith and David Wrightson, copyright 1964 Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.)

Lookwhat arrived in the mail today! I'm very happy to finally have a copy of this book by Quentin Hughes. I think the photos are fantastic, lots of grainy black and white with really interesting shadows. I've scanned my very favorite photo, it reminds me of the pictures Shirley Baker took in Salford during the slum clearances of the 60s (if you ever come across her book Street Photographs snatch it up because it's very hard to find these days).

(The photos in Seaport are by Graham Smith and David Wrightson, copyright 1964 Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.)

The picture in the snow. It looks like somewhere in the north end of Liverpool and the houses are ready to be demolished. The painting on the end wall of the cul-sac looks like William of Orange on a horse indicating it was a Protestant street, if it was WofO of course. The painting is blurred because of the depth of field, but I only ever saw William of Orange painted on the walls - the same is in Northern Ireland today. These painting were only ever in very poor working class districts.

Lookwhat arrived in the mail today! I'm very happy to finally have a copy of this book by Quentin Hughes. I think the photos are fantastic, lots of grainy black and white with really interesting shadows. I've scanned my very favorite photo, it reminds me of the pictures Shirley Baker took in Salford during the slum clearances of the 60s (if you ever come across her book Street Photographs snatch it up because it's very hard to find these days).

(The photos in Seaport are by Graham Smith and David Wrightson, copyright 1964 Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.)
Bed time reading for me Nancy. Bought it on Ebay a couple of years back. Thanks for the refs, some people "forget" to do this.

The picture in the snow. It looks like somewhere in the north end of Liverpool and the houses are ready to be demolished. The painting on the end wall of the cul-sac looks like William of Orange on a horse indicating it was a Protestant street, if it was WofO of course. The painting is blurred because of the depth of field, but I only ever saw William of Orange painted on the walls - the same is in Northern Ireland today. These painting were only ever in very poor working class districts.

Wow! You've got a good eye, Waterways. I've never noticed the mural before.

Apologies if this is not the right forum for this but a thing that has always interested me is when you come accross a mention of Liverpool in a book whe you least expect it.

I'll start with a couple that spring immediately to mind.

P.G. Wodehouse- The Goalkeeper and the Plutocrat. circa 1912. When discussing the football team of the story he says 'word of their fame has spread to all parts of the civilised world, and even parts of Liverpool.'

Another was in a book about British soldiers in N.Ireland, it may have been called A Soldiers Tale or Brits speak out. Anyway, a Southern soldier described his fear as he was bussed out to Belfast something like this:

I looked out of the bus window and could not believe the deprevation in front of me. Shop fronts were boarded up from fear of attack and all the walls were strewn with grafitti. I had not seen anything like it in my life. We then boarded the boat and left Liverpool!

Hope my memory of these is pretty accurate. Anyway, can you think of any you've seen yourself?

I'm replying to myself as I've just thought of a few more. Anthony Burgess in his autobiography 'Little Wilson Big God' tells a funny tale about asking for directions in L'pool city centre one day. A number of people joined in the discussion until an argument broke out between them and he was forced to flee as it erupted in violence!

Another great one is the three or four page diatribe against Liverpool and Scousers by the vile policeman in the Irvine Welsh book 'Filth.' These views were totaly alien to those held by Welsh himself I might add.

Anyway I might talk to myself again later on if I think of any more.

Hello folks, not sure if this'll work but this is my 3rd book - just out, regarding the corporation tenement flats of Liverpool. Thanks for all your support regarding my first two books, well somebody's buying them anyway.

Ainscough's Liverpool is available in the Book Clearance Centre in St John's Precinct for £4.99 at the moment.

Hi all

A book I have not seen mentioned in this thread is

George Chandler, Liverpool, Batsford, 1957

Mr Chandler was chief librarian of Liverpool's public libraries between 1952 and 1974, and when I grew up in Liverpool during the 1950's and 1960's his book seemed to be the standard "modern" history of the city.

I did not get a copy of that book of his although I did buy from the library system for 25 shillings (!) Mr Chandler's William Roscoe of Liverpool, containing a biography of the Liverpool man of letters and MP with a nice selection of the Renaissance man's poems as well as Herdman prints of Liverpool and artworks that had been in Roscoe's collection.

Although much of Roscoe's poetry is somewhat inaccessible today, being of the eighteenth century classical style, full of zephyrs and classical gods and overblown romanticism, his children's poetry has beauty and interest even now and his "Wrongs of Africa" represented an important literary work by a Liverpudlian who bravely opposed slavery when many of the town's merchants made their fortunes from the trade. Also stirring and poignant is William Roscoe's sonnet "upon parting with his books" when he had to sell his library when threatened bankruptcy forced him to sell Allerton Hall.

Chris

A book review written by me for Ripperologist at the time of the 2003 Jack the Ripper convention at the Britannia Adelphi. I assume the book in question is out of print but you could probably still pick up a copy. As I relate in the review, I got my copy at the Oxfam shop on Smithdown Road near the old tram sheds. . . :celb (6):

The Treadmill and the Rope:
The History of a Liverpool Prison

Tod Sloan
Leighton Banastre, Parkgate, Wirral:
The Gallery Press, 1988
Paperback, 64 pp., notes, biblio.;
ISBN 1 900389 30 3
£1.95

I picked up this little book at an Oxfam shop in Liverpool while in that city for the August Ripper convention, and a good read it is. Truth to tell, it may be out of print, but it will be worth scrounging around in used bookshops to find a copy. The writer, Tod Sloan, grew up near the site of the subject of his book, Kirkdale Prison, which closed its doors in 1892, and was demolished. Sloan had a personal link to the prison’s bleak and gruesome history: his grandmother was the last matron of the prison in north Liverpool.

First occupied in 1819 and completed in 1821, Kirkdale Prison saw just over 70 years service before being supplanted by Walton Prison as Liverpool’s main ‘house of correction’. During this time, hundreds of male and women prisoners spent hours on the ‘tread-wheel’, said to be the largest in Great Britain, which was used to ground flour. Other activities for the prisoners were oakum picking and rugmaking, or making handkerchiefs. If prisoners did not work on the treadmill, they were given ‘shot-drill’, i.e., the task of carrying cannonballs from one side of the prison yard to the other to stack them in a pyramid, 91 balls in a stack. Misdemeanours were punished with whipping, ironing (shackling with ball and chain), or solitary confinement with dietary restrictions. Sloan gives interesting data on the prevalence of diseases among the prisoners, including tuberculosis and syphilis, as well as their degree of ignorance, citing an 1844 report that 50 percent of prisoners could not name the months of the year and 39 percent could not name the reigning sovereign.

Much of the book is given over to discussion of the executions that took place at Kirkdale and of the hangmen who came to the prison. The main executioners were Calcroft and Marwood, although a number of stand-ins performed the work on occasion, such as Howard, the York executioner, and Anderson, the nom-de-plume of a sheep farmer from North Wales whose actual name was Evans. Calcroft’s clumsy style of hanging by slow strangulation is given considerable grisly coverage. For example, a contemporary newspaper report on the 1873 execution of James Connor for the murder of James Gaffney in Mill Street, Liverpool, is quoted on what was possibly Calcroft’s last time as hangman (he had begun as an executioner in 1828, and a judicial enquiry was held after the botched execution). ‘Many a morning after a Sessions could mean the stringing up of up to a dozen poor devils, the bulk of whom had sinned, not against life, but property. . . . If the culprit dies easily, so much the better for him. But, if he be tenacious of life, his struggles, not infrequently, can be soul-harrowing to witness.’ The first attempt to hang Connor ended with the rope breaking, and blood issuing from the condemned man’s neck. Connor’s feet being pinioned below the platform, ‘he leaned forward over the edge of the platform, reminding the onlookers with a grotesque awfulness of a puppet in a Punch and Judy show.’ Calcroft produced another rope to finish the job. When he pulled the bolt, the condemned man fell only eight inches, and though the hangman tried again and again to pull the bolt to make the dying Connor fall further, the attempts were in vain. The journalist commented: ‘Connor died hard! . . . So the judicial slaughter lasted over eight minutes!’ With tales like these, writer Tod Sloan makes those bad old days come alive. His book contains useful and interesting information. A list of period documents and other references consulted by the author appears at the end of the book. However, it did bother this reviewer that in the text, the individual quotes and data are not individually referenced, which would make it easier for later researchers who might wish to follow up on Mr. Sloan’s research.

that's a very good little book.

3. Liverpool Colonnade- Richard Whittington Egan (1st edition)



I've got this one, but the 2nd edition from 1976. I think Tom Slemen was heavily influenced by the style of some of the stories in this book.

I've got this one, but the 2nd edition from 1976. I think Tom Slemen was heavily influenced by the style of some of the stories in this book.

There's no doubt that Richard Whittington Egan pioneered reporting of the mysteries and oddities of Liverpool in his various books, and, yes, Tom Slemen is carrying on in that tradition. I am sure Mr Slemen picked up a lot of tips from Mr Whittington Egan's books.

Chris

A book review written by me for Ripperologist at the time of the 2003 Jack the Ripper convention at the Britannia Adelphi. I assume the book in question is out of print but you could probably still pick up a copy. As I relate in the review, I got my copy at the Oxfam shop on Smithdown Road near the old tram sheds. . . :celb (6):

The Treadmill and the Rope:
The History of a Liverpool Prison

Tod Sloan
Leighton Banastre, Parkgate, Wirral:
The Gallery Press, 1988
Paperback, 64 pp., notes, biblio.;
ISBN 1 900389 30 3
£1.95

I picked up this little book at an Oxfam shop in Liverpool while in that city for the August Ripper convention, and a good read it is. Truth to tell, it may be out of print, but it will be worth scrounging around in used bookshops to find a copy. The writer, Tod Sloan, grew up near the site of the subject of his book, Kirkdale Prison, which closed its doors in 1892, and was demolished. Sloan had a personal link to the prison’s bleak and gruesome history: his grandmother was the last matron of the prison in north Liverpool.

First occupied in 1819 and completed in 1821, Kirkdale Prison saw just over 70 years service before being supplanted by Walton Prison as Liverpool’s main ‘house of correction’. During this time, hundreds of male and women prisoners spent hours on the ‘tread-wheel’, said to be the largest in Great Britain, which was used to ground flour. Other activities for the prisoners were oakum picking and rugmaking, or making handkerchiefs. If prisoners did not work on the treadmill, they were given ‘shot-drill’, i.e., the task of carrying cannonballs from one side of the prison yard to the other to stack them in a pyramid, 91 balls in a stack. Misdemeanours were punished with whipping, ironing (shackling with ball and chain), or solitary confinement with dietary restrictions. Sloan gives interesting data on the prevalence of diseases among the prisoners, including tuberculosis and syphilis, as well as their degree of ignorance, citing an 1844 report that 50 percent of prisoners could not name the months of the year and 39 percent could not name the reigning sovereign.

Much of the book is given over to discussion of the executions that took place at Kirkdale and of the hangmen who came to the prison. The main executioners were Calcroft and Marwood, although a number of stand-ins performed the work on occasion, such as Howard, the York executioner, and Anderson, the nom-de-plume of a sheep farmer from North Wales whose actual name was Evans. Calcroft’s clumsy style of hanging by slow strangulation is given considerable grisly coverage. For example, a contemporary newspaper report on the 1873 execution of James Connor for the murder of James Gaffney in Mill Street, Liverpool, is quoted on what was possibly Calcroft’s last time as hangman (he had begun as an executioner in 1828, and a judicial enquiry was held after the botched execution). ‘Many a morning after a Sessions could mean the stringing up of up to a dozen poor devils, the bulk of whom had sinned, not against life, but property. . . . If the culprit dies easily, so much the better for him. But, if he be tenacious of life, his struggles, not infrequently, can be soul-harrowing to witness.’ The first attempt to hang Connor ended with the rope breaking, and blood issuing from the condemned man’s neck. Connor’s feet being pinioned below the platform, ‘he leaned forward over the edge of the platform, reminding the onlookers with a grotesque awfulness of a puppet in a Punch and Judy show.’ Calcroft produced another rope to finish the job. When he pulled the bolt, the condemned man fell only eight inches, and though the hangman tried again and again to pull the bolt to make the dying Connor fall further, the attempts were in vain. The journalist commented: ‘Connor died hard! . . . So the judicial slaughter lasted over eight minutes!’ With tales like these, writer Tod Sloan makes those bad old days come alive. His book contains useful and interesting information. A list of period documents and other references consulted by the author appears at the end of the book. However, it did bother this reviewer that in the text, the individual quotes and data are not individually referenced, which would make it easier for later researchers who might wish to follow up on Mr. Sloan’s research.


Your right about the research it there Chris as I fell into that trap with my site and have had to update. In this book Tod desecribed the hanging of two youths in connection with the Tithebarn St murder in 1874, describing them as members of the High Rip Gang, a gang ]which actually didnt come into being till ten years later. It also described the victim as a doctor when in fact he was a dock labourer. Its only reading the recent Gangs of Liverpool book that I've relaised my mistakes and been reminded of what your friend Jim Bennet told me when I went on his Intro to Journalism course - always check the sources! Otherwise, I found that book a fascinating read and perhaps a lesson to those in charge of imposing justice today.

Your right about the research it there Chris as I fell into that trap with my site and have had to update. In this book Tod desecribed the hanging of two youths in connection with the Tithebarn St murder in 1874, describing them as members of the High Rip Gang, a gang ]which actually didnt come into being till ten years later. It also described the victim as a doctor when in fact he was a dock labourer. Its only reading the recent Gangs of Liverpool book that I've relaised my mistakes and been reminded of what your friend Jim Bennet told me when I went on his Intro to Journalism course - always check the sources! Otherwise, I found that book a fascinating read and perhaps a lesson to those in charge of imposing justice today.


Hi Steve

Indeed, as you will be aware, there appears to be an erroneous perception among the general public that if it's "in a book" it must be true. But there are writers and writers and researchers and researchers. It's probably the case that it is rare that to find historians or other researchers who are absolutely perfect in the facts they present. We all have a tendency to some extent to take some statements on faith and often hearsay statements or traditions aren't checkable anyway.

Chris

Don't think this one has been mentioned in this thread before:

Buildings of Liverpool, by the Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978. Published by the Liverpool City Planning Department, Wilberforce House, 25 The Strand, Liverpool L2 7QA. 278 pages including index plus pages i-x of forematter. Contains discussion of significant buildings throughout Liverpool along with sketches and street plans showing locations of the buildings.

From the Introduction (p. x): "Buildings of Liverpool has been written, illustrated and graphically designed by members of the City Planning Department, and it is hoped that it will not only bring about a greater awareness of the City's considerable architectural heritage on first reading, but will also prove to be a reference book of continuing interest and enjoyment."

Don't think this one has been mentioned in this thread before:

Buildings of Liverpool, by the Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978. Published by the Liverpool City Planning Department, Wilberforce House, 25 The Strand, Liverpool L2 7QA. 278 pages including index plus pages i-x of forematter. Contains discussion of significant buildings throughout Liverpool along with sketches and street plans showing locations of the buildings.

From the Introduction (p. x): "Buildings of Liverpool has been written, illustrated and graphically designed by members of the City Planning Department, and it is hoped that it will not only bring about a greater awareness of the City's considerable architectural heritage on first reading, but will also prove to be a reference book of continuing interest and enjoyment."

That's been superceded by Joseph Sharples' excellent "Liverpool".
One of the new series of the "Pevsner Architectural Guides".

"Buildings of Liverpool" has been out of print ever since it first came out.
(meaning I don't think it was ever reprinted).
Compared to Joseph Sharples it is very rudimentary.

Will try to get hold of that Philip.
Went to the book clearance centre yesterday and got Ainscough's Liverpool, and Greetings from Olde Liverpool by Cliff Hayes:)

"Buildings of Liverpool" has been out of print ever since it first came out.(meaning I don't think it was ever reprinted).
Compared to Joseph Sharples it is very rudimentary.

Copies of this book can be found on ebay.co.uk from time to time. You can also find the odd copy on amazon.co.uk - expect to pay a fine price though!

Has this book been mentioned?

That's been superceded by Joseph Sharples' excellent "Liverpool".
One of the new series of the "Pevsner Architectural Guides".

"Buildings of Liverpool" has been out of print ever since it first came out.
(meaning I don't think it was ever reprinted).
Compared to Joseph Sharples it is very rudimentary.

Thanks for the tip about Sharples, Philip. I will hunt down a copy.

Chris

Thanks for the tip about Sharples, Philip. I will hunt down a copy.

Chris

I've seen it on the Web somewhere for £3 cheaper than its £9.99 cover price.
It's a newish book (2004) so is still available.

It's ironic that other books (like "Buildings of Liverpool") which never sold very well are now worth quite a lot because they are rare! :Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

[QUOTE=MissInformed;27130]List of my Liverpool Books .... (it could take a while)

1. This is my City- Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

2. Liverpool Roundabout - Richard Whittington Egan (1st Edition)

3. Liverpool Colonnade- Richard Whittington Egan (1st edition)

4. Portrait of Liverpool- Howard Channon

5. Haunted Liverpool 1-13 - Tom Slemen

6. Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

7. Liverpool Ghost Walk- Tom Slemen

8. Liverpool Soundings -Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

9. Tales of Liverpool- Murder, Mystery, Mayhem- Richard Whittington Egan

10. Liverpool Characters and Eccentrics- Richard Whittington egan

11. Tram Ride to Dingle- our very own Philip G!!

12. Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

13. Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy o connor

14. Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- freddy o connor

15. A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

16. A Pub on Every corner Vol 2- Freddy O connor

17. Portrait of Liverpool- Paul McMullin

18. Dream Palaces of Liverpool- Harold Ackroyd

19. Scouseology Vol 1 and 2

20. Pioneers and Perserverance- Michael W Roydon

21. Treadmill and the Rope- Tod Sloan

22. WondrouS Place- Paul du noyer

23. Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 1 - Derek M Whale

24. Liverpool- Catherine Rothwell

25. Liverpool Heritage Walk- Liverpool Heritage Bureau

26. Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

27. Liverpool Echoes- Richard whittington egan

28. Liverpool Shadows- Richard whittington egan

29. Seventeen Stations to dingle- John W Gahan

30. Liverpool Log Book- Richard whittington egan

31. Liverpool ghosts and ghouls- richard whittington egan

32. The great liverpool Liverpool - richard whittington egan

33. Wondrous Face- billy fury story- Spencer Leigh

34. Liverpool Oddities- Richard whittington egan

35. the post in Liverpool- OW Newport

36. Underground Liverpool- Jim Moore

37. The Streets of Liverpool- Colin Wilkinson

38. Liverpool Overhead Railway - Charles E Box

39. Story of Liverpool- CL Lamb and E Smallpage

40. Liverpool 8- John Cornelius

41. Ainscough's Liverpool- H Ainscough

42. Greetings from Olde Liverpool- Cliff Hayes

43. 'The History of the Royal and Ancient Park of Toxteth- R Griffiths

44. Walks Through History-Liverpool -David Lewis

45. A Century Of Liverpool- Cliff Hayes

46. A Century of Liverpool Volume 2- Cliff Hayes

47. Murder in Edwardian Merseyside- David Parry

48- In Our Liverpool Home- Brian Walker and Ann Hinchcliffe

49. The Little Book of Liver Birds- David Cottrell

50. Liverpool 800- edited by John Belchem

51. The Illustrated History of Liverpool's Suburbs- David Lewis

If you're in to Liverpool Cathedral, the 1964 edition is always on E-bay for about £5! Hardback too!

Plus there is a 'new' (2004) book out of the Cathedral in full colour with some amazing pictures! Not that I'm biased at all, I feature as one of the bell ringers on one of the pages!

ah no not that you're biased! you big campanologist you!:)

I see you haven't got a copy of the First Edition of Peace and Good Neighbourhood - the story of the Bells and St Luke's Church, Bold Place :)

I've got about 20 copies still waiting to be shifted!

sorry jona, bell ringing just ain't my thang!:)

An older title I have mentioned elsewhere on these boards:

Richard Brooke, F.S.A., Liverpool as it was in the Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century 1775-1800. J. Mawdsley and Son, Liverpool, 1853.

I have seen copies for sale for as low as 30 pounds from used booksellers.

Heres a list of some of my books(lost loads by lending them out & not getting them back:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24: )

Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy O'Connor

Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- Freddy O'Connor

A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

A Pub on Every corner Vol 3- Freddy O connor

A Pub on Every corner Vol 4- Freddy O'Connor

Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 2 & 3 - Derek Whale

Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

The Streets of Liverpool- Colin Wilkinson

Ainscough's Liverpool- Harry Ainscough

Greetings from Olde Liverpool- Cliff Hayes

Liverpool in a city living 1-3 Ged Fagan

Murder on Merseyside Thomas Slemen

Haunted Liverpool 1-13 - Tom Slemen

Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

Wicked Liverpool -Tom Slemen

The Iron Church-St Georges Everton -R F Mould

Bombers over Merseyside

Merseyside at War- Rodney Whitworth

Village with a View-a short history of Everton

The Black Widows of Liverpool- Angela Brabin

Tiber-history of a Liverpool Community School 1904-1999

the Liverpool Quiz book-Kathy Hignett & John Nolan

The Autobiography of a Liverpool Slummy-Pat O'Mara

murder in Edwardian Merseyside-David Parry

Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

Edwardian A-Z & directory of Liverpool & Bootle. pt 1 & Pt 2

Mersey stars- Michael Smout

Liverpool in Old Photographs-Catherine Rothwell

Stories & tales of Old Merseyside- Cliff Hayes

Liverpool 8- John Cornelius

Christmas Day Liverpool Quiz book

Liverpool Directory 1766

The Pubs of Scottie Rd-Terry Cooke

A Century of Liverpool -Cliff Hayes

A Century of Liverpool Pt 2 -Cliff Hayes

many A-Z's & other street atlas's

3 Liverpool daily post Street Guides from various years

and too many Beatle books to list except for
The Beatles. the true beginings-by Roag Best signed by Pete Best ,Roag Best & Rory Best
& John by Cynthia Lennon signed by Cynthia

An older title I have mentioned elsewhere on these boards:

Richard Brooke, F.S.A., Liverpool as it was in the Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century 1775-1800. J. Mawdsley and Son, Liverpool, 1853.

I have seen copies for sale for as low as 30 pounds from used booksellers.

No need to pay that much!
It's recently been reprinted.
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/localhistorybooks.html

Thanks for that information, Philip.

Chris

Heres a list of some of my books(lost loads by lending them out & not getting them back:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24: )

Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy O'Connor

Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- Freddy O'Connor

A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

A Pub on Every corner Vol 3- Freddy O connor

A Pub on Every corner Vol 4- Freddy O'Connor

Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 2 & 3 - Derek Whale

Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

The Streets of Liverpool- Colin Wilkinson

Ainscough's Liverpool- Harry Ainscough

Greetings from Olde Liverpool- Cliff Hayes

Liverpool in a city living 1-3 Ged Fagan

Murder on Merseyside Thomas Slemen

Haunted Liverpool 1-13 - Tom Slemen

Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

Wicked Liverpool -Tom Slemen

The Iron Church-St Georges Everton -R F Mould

Bombers over Merseyside

Merseyside at War- Rodney Whitworth

Village with a View-a short history of Everton

The Black Widows of Liverpool- Angela Brabin

Tiber-history of a Liverpool Community School 1904-1999

the Liverpool Quiz book-Kathy Hignett & John Nolan

The Autobiography of a Liverpool Slummy-Pat O'Mara

murder in Edwardian Merseyside-David Parry

Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

Edwardian A-Z & directory of Liverpool & Bootle. pt 1 & Pt 2

Mersey stars- Michael Smout

Liverpool in Old Photographs-Catherine Rothwell

Stories & tales of Old Merseyside- Cliff Hayes

Liverpool 8- John Cornelius

Christmas Day Liverpool Quiz book

Liverpool Directory 1766

The Pubs of Scottie Rd-Terry Cooke

A Century of Liverpool -Cliff Hayes

A Century of Liverpool Pt 2 -Cliff Hayes

many A-Z's & other street atlas's

3 Liverpool daily post Street Guides from various years

and too many Beatle books to list except for
The Beatles. the true beginings-by Roag Best signed by Pete Best ,Roag Best & Rory Best
& John by Cynthia Lennon signed by Cynthia

great list!
nice to see someone else listing!!

as for beatle books....tell me about it!!:)

I've just read in the past year:

Holly Johnson - A Bone In My Flute
Pete Burns - Freak Unique
Julian Cope - Head On

All give an amazing description of the punk/alternative scene in Liverpool during the late 70's and 80's.

[QUOTE=MissInformed;30611][QUOTE=MissInformed;27130]List of my Liverpool Books .... (it could take a while)

1. This is my City- Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

2. Liverpool Roundabout - Richard Whittington Egan (1st Edition)

3. Liverpool Colonnade- Richard Whittington Egan (1st edition)

4. Portrait of Liverpool- Howard Channon

5. Haunted Liverpool 1-13 - Tom Slemen

6. Strange Liverpool - Tom Slemen

7. Liverpool Ghost Walk- Tom Slemen

8. Liverpool Soundings -Richard whittington egan (1st edition)

9. Tales of Liverpool- Murder, Mystery, Mayhem- Richard Whittington Egan

10. Liverpool Characters and Eccentrics- Richard Whittington egan

11. Tram Ride to Dingle- our very own Philip G!!

12. Liverpool Firsts- Jack Cooper

13. Liverpool: our city our heritage- Freddy o connor

14. Liverpool- It all came tumbling down- freddy o connor

15. A Pub On every corner Vol 1- Freddy o connor

16. A Pub on Every corner Vol 2- Freddy O connor

17. Portrait of Liverpool- Paul McMullin

18. Dream Palaces of Liverpool- Harold Ackroyd

19. Scouseology Vol 1 and 2

20. Pioneers and Perserverance- Michael W Roydon

21. Treadmill and the Rope- Tod Sloan

22. WondrouS Place- Paul du noyer

23. Lost Villages of Liverpool Vol 1 - Derek M Whale

24. Liverpool- Catherine Rothwell

25. Liverpool Heritage Walk- Liverpool Heritage Bureau

26. Cameo Conspiracy- George Skelly

27. Liverpool Echoes- Richard whittington egan

28. Liverpool Shadows- Richard whittington egan

29. Seventeen Stations to dingle- John W Gahan

30. Liverpool Log Book- Richard whittington egan

31. Liverpool ghosts and ghouls- richard whittington egan

32. The great liverpool Liverpool - richard whittington egan

33. Wondrous Face- billy fury story- Spencer Leigh

34. Liverpool Oddities- Richard whittington egan

35. the post in Liverpool- OW Newport

36. Underground Liverpool- Jim Moore

37. The Streets of Liverpool- Colin Wilkinson

38. Liverpool Overhead Railway - Charles E Box

39. Story of Liverpool- CL Lamb and E Smallpage

40. Liverpool 8- John Cornelius

41. Ainscough's Liverpool- H Ainscough

42. Greetings from Olde Liverpool- Cliff Hayes

43. 'The History of the Royal and Ancient Park of Toxteth- R Griffiths

got some more today at reids in mount pleasant

44. The Dockers Umbrella - Paul Bolger

45. Sefton Park - Sefton Park Civic Society

46. Walks Through History - David Lewis

47. A Century of Liverpool - Cliff Hayes

its growing! slowly but surely

:)

hurrah!!:)

You can buy my 3 on the 20th then ;o)

20th??

Ged we have his books for sale at the Gardens of Stone screening on the 20th.

sound!!

looking forward to it and to maybe meeting a few of you

ill be the one hiding behind miss informed

:)

ged, do your books have any info on king gardens, toxteth?

Yes including this one of King Gardens which was built either side of the Grapes public House, addressed as 55 Mill St. This more recently was known as the Jennings after landlord D i c k Jennings. These were amongst the shortest lived tennies, lasting less than 40 years. Mersey Parks residential and nursing home for the elderly is now situated on this site.

I'll have to have a root around in the morning to find my copy, but... Has anyone else got the hilarious comic book called..erm..'The Jam Butty Wars' ?

Its the mythical battle between the 'Wackers' and the 'Woolybacks'? its dead funny, I think it may have been one of them one-offs WHsmiths do sometimes.

FKoE, i have the book , it is called Scouse Wars, written and illustrated by Anthony Griffiths. First published by: The Bluecoat Press, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX. ISBN 1872568 02 5
Tells the tale of the Wollybacks and Wackers and their epic struggle, now known as Scouse Wars. I found it really funny, a must for all you Liverpool Historians.:)

FKoE, i have the book , it is called Scouse Wars, written and illustrated by Anthony Griffiths. First published by: The Bluecoat Press, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX. ISBN 1872568 02 5
Tells the tale of the Wollybacks and Wackers and their epic struggle, now known as Scouse Wars. I found it really funny, a must for all you Liverpool Historians.:)


Whey hey :D thats the one Jimmy lad :celb (23): nice one mate ;)

Yes including this one of King Gardens which was built either side of the Grapes public House, addressed as 55 Mill St. This more recently was known as the Jennings after landlord D i c k Jennings. These were amongst the shortest lived tennies, lasting less than 40 years. Mersey Parks residential and nursing home for the elderly is now situated on this site.

thank you ged

looking forward to the 20th

:)

Two books I received today - A tram ride to Dingle (PhilG :handclap: ) and Liverpool 800.

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got both of them Kev...really good.

My fave book right now is the Little book of Liver Birds...absolutely fantastic!

I always flick through that at Borders.

i used to!
but it is well worth investing in

got both of them Kev...really good.

My fave book right now is the Little book of Liver Birds...absolutely fantastic!

I got that for Christmas. It's a smashing book. :handclap:

I have just received the book 'Liverpool's Irish Connection' writen by Michael Kelly. I haven't started reading it yet but I will critique it when I have.

Two books I received today - A tram ride to Dingle (PhilG :handclap: ) and Liverpool 800.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/361778104_4c09f2de4b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/361778104/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/361778010_9fd167f59e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/361778010/)

Excellent choice, Kev.

My book is now 10 years old.
Reprinted at least 3 times.
Buy it from St John's Centre in the Book Clearance and save £2.

End of plug.

Thanks from Philip.

Two books I received today - A tram ride to Dingle (PhilG :handclap: ) and Liverpool 800.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/361778010_9fd167f59e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/361778010/)I have ordered, and paid for, the 'Liverpool 800' book from the University of Chicago, in September 2006, but it is yet to arrive.

cool books.

I like the Tramride to Dingle one. looks interesting.

My missus says i have enough books:eek: NEVER

Yeah but can you count the Mayfair, men only and razzle?

A great book by James Murphy - very well written and it transports you back in time as though you were there - very atmospheric.

There was a film made too. The man from the pru and a dramatisation with Geoffrey Yates in it as a copper.

It would appear from a Radio City programme I remember listening to that a Richard Gordon Parry was responsible for the murder but died in Wales just as they were about to interview him.

Vincent Burke does a good take on the case in his crimes dvd but leaves it unclosed, not even mentioning the Parry connection which I found disappointing.

just managed to get this one off ebay

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/375017903_424acb3f86_o.jpg

is that your book Philip?looks great nice and old!!

Missy I assume you are asking if Philip owns the book rather than wrote it:Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

Missy I assume you are asking if Philip owns the book rather than wrote it:Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

:handclap:

I'm only 60! :eek:
I own it.

This is the oldest book I've got (apart from reprints).
"Smith's Strangers' Guide to Liverpool" (1843).

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I knocked this up during the week

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I just read it all. Very good Ged. Those lists of names are a nice idea. :handclap:

Missy I assume you are asking if Philip owns the book rather than wrote it:Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

I have some papyrus from ancient Egypt that I wrote in a previous life! :celb (23):

(just kidding)

I just read it all. Very good Ged. Those lists of names are a nice idea. :handclap:


Thanks Lindylou, yes they go down well. It's funny how people hark back with nostalgia to bygone times and it seems that way just now more than ever, probably with the advent of the pc and the ever growing number of websites concentrating on forums, old pics, family research etc.

Thanks Lindylou, yes they go down well. It's funny how people hark back with nostalgia to bygone times and it seems that way just now more than ever, probably with the advent of the pc and the ever growing number of websites concentrating on forums, old pics, family research etc.

Hi Ged

I think a sense of belonging and of wanting to know one's roots is important and necessary in the increasingly chaotic modern world... and it appeals especially, I think, to people as they get on in years. It's an interest that the youngsters of today hopefully will acquire as they get older as well. At least I trust that will be the case. :rolleyes:

Chris

Yes I think you're right. I wouldn't have thought i'd be doing this when I was 18 or even 28 so good on anyone on here who is younger than that. Some of the people I could have asked so much from are gone now and I rue that fact. I'd heard my mamand dad mention old street names, vaguely remember my dad mentioning Little Italy and talking about the Gayo and Peel Square etc, all well gone now and i'm sorry I didn't find out a bit more about their past and pastimes.

heres a rule of thumb for those who frequent genealogy forums..never hand out personal info.. and if questioned... make stuff up ..:)


What Ged Said ;)

What? D'ya mean me?

I knocked this up during the week

www.inacityliving.piczo.com/

Great site Ged keeps the history of Merseyside alive re the photo down Pall
Mall of Tate & Lyle the building with the tankers outside waiting to be loaded
was called the Home Trade also the photo of the bottom block of Portland Gardens brings back memories i lived in the top block at the junction of Limekiln Lane which was never finished owing to the pub called the rising sun
the building still stands today i can still picture the way it was from the late 40s to they late 60s also the hod carrier on Gerrard Gardens which was a tribute to all the building workers who lost their life while working in the building trade keep on writing the books Ged.
Fergie

This one Fergie ? Mrs. Macks as we used to call it.

Thanks for the support. That last pic was from Freddy O'Connor's A pub on every corner Vol3.

there are some great books in the Book Clearance Shop in St John's right now. Really cheap too!:celb (23):

A 1964 Bus timetable, I'm still waiting for the No.3 on St. Anne street. Handy for checking out the old routes. Whatever happened to Lyme Cross and Lee Park,destinations not shown these days?

A letter from a very old St. George's Hall book I have detailing Queen Mary's visit. I also have St. George's Hall Letts scribbling diarys from 1884-89 and 1921 with accident reports, original letters and Gladestone speeches.

Also got two dozen Queens silver jubilee visit booklets from 21st June 77 and two dozen Pope John Paul II visit from 30th May 82 but they're too big to upload apparently.

Just been looking at my Liverpool Books - it seems for some strange reason that I've got two copies of 'The Illustrated History of Liverpool's Suburbs' - is anyone after a copy of this?

Just been looking at my Liverpool Books - it seems for some strange reason that I've got two copies of 'The Illustrated History of Liverpool's Suburbs' - is anyone after a copy of this?

oh we only just bought that at the weekend too! grrr!!

oh we only just bought that at the weekend too! grrr!!

Got a reciept? Take it back and have my copy!

I'm at a lunch tomorrow with some fellow authors of Liverpool books including - Terry Cooke, Dave Cottrell, Freddy O'Connor, Mike Kelly, Margaret Donnelly... any questions anyone may have, i'll gladly ask away.

I'm at a lunch tomorrow with some fellow authors of Liverpool books including - Terry Cooke, Dave Cottrell, Freddy O'Connor, Mike Kelly, Margaret Donnelly... any questions anyone may have, i'll gladly ask away.

What's the lunch ? A private thing ?

It has been set up by the Vauxhall Neighbourhood council (4 of the authors are from within that area) Louise Ellman, a person in the process of building a Liverpool books website, a Culture Co. reprsentative and a Daily post reporter will be there as well as 3 local publishers to offer up ideas of how local authors can get better opportunity to see their work published and outlets to actually stock them. Waterstones and Smiths now order in centrally from down south on a budget and with the Bluecoat shop now gone, it is awful really that in our 800th birthday year and CoC around the corner, that tourists who will want to buy local history books are finding them hard to come by. Many local small bookshops have gone to the wall and the MoLL is of course no more and many good books like Freddy's and our own PhilG's end up in the book clearance centre at a reduced price.

Cheers for that.

Any more info on this ?

...Louise Ellman, a person in the process of building a Liverpool books website...

Is Louise on here ?

Thanks again,
AP.

Cheers for that.

Any more info on this ?



Is Louise on here ?

Thanks again,
AP.

Louise Ellman is the MP for the Vauxhall area, I assume the person building a local books website is someone else whose name Ged hasnt been made aware of.

Yes, sorry I might not have made that too clear. I meant Louise Ellman MP, a person building the website etc etc - listing them, not meaning that Louise if the person building the site. That persons name is Fran something or other and shes actually from Manchester.

It has been set up by the Vauxhall Neighbourhood council (4 of the authors are from within that area) Louise Ellman, a person in the process of building a Liverpool books website, a Culture Co. reprsentative and a Daily post reporter will be there as well as 3 local publishers to offer up ideas of how local authors can get better opportunity to see their work published and outlets to actually stock them. Waterstones and Smiths now order in centrally from down south on a budget and with the Bluecoat shop now gone, it is awful really that in our 800th birthday year and CoC around the corner, that tourists who will want to buy local history books are finding them hard to come by. Many local small bookshops have gone to the wall and the MoLL is of course no more and many good books like Freddy's and our own PhilG's end up in the book clearance centre at a reduced price.

That's only partly true, Ged.
It's still available at Smith's, Borders, and other places, at full price!
After all, it is 10 years old, and has been reprinted at least 3 times.
Interestingly, when it first came out, I had to agree to it being sold at a discounted price at ASDA, but that didn't actually happen.

But your basic point remains.
We need something like the shop at the Bluecoat.
One of the reasons she gave up was because of the Book Clearance Shop.

The Anglican Cathedral bookshop normally carries a good range of local books.

NEWS FROM NOWHERE ON BOLD STREET ALSO HAS A REASONABLE RANGE OF LOCAL HISTORY AND INTERESTS BOOKS.

MUNCHKIM

NEWS FROM NOWHERE ON BOLD STREET ALSO HAS A REASONABLE RANGE OF LOCAL HISTORY AND INTERESTS BOOKS.

MUNCHKIM

will have to have a look in there ta muchkim:celb (6):

I am at the moment reading a book called 'The Braddocks' about Bessie and Jack Braddock. Interesting reading.

:)

A high rise block on Netherfield road was called after them.

A high rise block on Netherfield road was called after them.

I didn't lnow that, Ged, is it still standing?

No, it was built in 59 and was demolished in the late 80s/early 90s when H.A.T. took over all high rise - there were 20 odd of them from Everton Valley to Shaw Street. There is a pic of them though on the pubs thread, possibly the last page of it. I posted it up but seem to have lost it somehow so i'll have to scan it in again.

The Braddocks were centre right area...Netherfield Rd.
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A fine picture, squire. The orange street lights will have to go though.

Great night pics Gerard. Those aren't street lights,it's the glow of the local girls just leaving the tanning salons.

From the Daily Post and Echo archives. Some great pics, only 4 quid too.

Some Easter reading for me:

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Wonderful book, Kev! I have had a copy for years. I heartily recommend it!

Chris

I've just flicked through it, fascinating :)

i have that book kev. a great read

where can i obtain that book from

Can't remember whether I've posted on this subject before - sorry if I have :PDT_Xtremez_42:

Got a pile of First Editions of this very rare book!

http://www.liverpoolbells.moonfruit.com/mbrgstluke

I can not see this on the site yet >>>>>

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/previewsandreviews/tm_headline=liverpool-then&method=full&objectid=18649484&siteid=50061-name_page.html

Some cracking pics and memories in it. It is on sale in Smiths.

Hope it is in the correct place.

Phredd

There's a Liverpool books thread, I'll move it in a mo.

Yes and only 4 quid, I mentioned it on the books page (or perhaps another) the day it came out.

Sorry
Could not find the thread.
Thanks Kev.

A couple of mistaken captions in the book though, I don't know how people at the Echo can get it wrong you know - pee poor - great photies though.

Sorry
Could not find the thread.
Thanks Kev.

That's no problem phredd :)

A couple of mistaken captions in the book though, I don't know how people at the Echo can get it wrong you know - pee poor - great photies though.

Oh, Ged, you must be very young if you don't know how the Echo can get it wrong! :rolleyes:

BTW, if anybody has trouble buying the Toxteth book, try Central Library, as they produced it.

Yes Phil, born in 85 - that great Everton F.C. year.

Yes Phil, born in 85 - that great Everton F.C. year.

the summer 85, the best summer hols ever and left primary school.

Just been out and bought 'Then'.
If you dont see me for a few days I will have gone back in time to my days in a Boat Pram ;)

Now I know why my sig says what it does.

Phredd

That's true that Phredd.

No playstations, nintendo's, sega's, 100 t.v. channels, wei's, X boxes where your nearest combattant is in virtual reality.

Ours we right there in front of you in the flesh (no, not like that)
Alallio, hopscotch, footy, tick, hide n' seek, british bulldogs, ollies, catch the girl kiss the girl (yes, like that) - Problem solving via proper interaction not via a screen - and it all helped you keep fit and burn off the crisp butties.

Ged

That line comes from a very good song by Harvey Andrews, folk singer.
My brain is not that clever. :slywink:

Phredd

Oh, Ged, you must be very young if you don't know how the Echo can get it wrong! :rolleyes:

BTW, if anybody has trouble buying the Toxteth book, try Central Library, as they produced it.


Yes, you are right Philip. The Echo are ALWAYS getting things wrong. :rolleyes:

particularly when it comes to addresses and districts - they are forever getting it wrong.

I do love to read my Echo tho' :)

A poster mentioned Frank Shaw's "My Liverpool" a few pages back and as proper record of Liverpool dialect, characters, customs, sayings, songs, children's games etc, this is hard to beat. I found a copy on a bookstall a few years ago for twenty pence and although it's pretty tatty, I'd never part with it. Frank Shaw was a customs officer I think and had a fantastic memory for just about every story and joke he'd ever heard whilst growing up in the city. The book was published in 1971 but he died before this happened. I'm really surprised somebody hasn't reprinted this one and it's well worth keeping your eye out for.

I'd like to get hold of that Birdseye, will have to keep a look out for it.

Just to let anyone know who may be interested, News From Nowhere are featuring my Tenement model and books in their current window display as shown below. This will be until Sat 14th April and includes a book signing afternoon this coming saturday.

I've also updated my website to include over 300 photographs of the various tenement blocks that existed citywide.

Bought Merchant Palaces by Joseph Sharples today.
It is absolutely brilliant.

It's quite amazing that the majority of houses in the book were/are situated around the Sefton Park area....

Bought Merchant Palaces by Joseph Sharples today.
It is absolutely brilliant.

It's quite amazing that the majority of houses in the book were/are situated around the Sefton Park area....

Yes, it's very good, but with it being by Joseph Sharples, I was expecting it to be something like "Liverpool".
Something like a gazeteer, hopefully listing all the "Merchant Palaces".
As it is, it is a book of a selection of photos, mainly interiors.
I would have liked more exteriors.

Yes, it's very good, but with it being by Joseph Sharples, I was expecting it to be something like "Liverpool".
Something like a gazeteer, hopefully listing all the "Merchant Palaces".
As it is, it is a book of a selection of photos, mainly interiors.
I would have liked more exteriors.

I o quite agree PhilipG.
It is wonderful to see the photos , which I am very interested in, but it would have been lovely to see the exteriors of these buildings to get a better sense of atmosphere and a feel for the exterior surroundings too.
It is a lovely book, but could have been alot more....

At the moment only I was read 4 books about Liverpool. My fauvorite its CURIOSITIES OF MERSEYSIDE of R. HOLLS. Its an interesting book for know the city. Now I am reading too PLAQUE BY PLAQUE of JOHN B. FILDER.

I'm looking for a copy of "Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies, and Scouse", by Brian Jacques. If anyone has any information on this, it would be appreciated.

I've just added my 72nd Liverpool book to the collection. It's the 2nd part of the Echo's then and now only this one is the now. Good overhead shot of the layout of the Bread Streets.

I'm looking for a copy of "Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies, and Scouse", by Brian Jacques. If anyone has any information on this, it would be appreciated.

U can buy a book in Fnac. If they have not got the book, they try to find it!!
And in this web? http://ebooks.palm.com/author/detail/11857

I've just added my 72nd Liverpool book to the collection. It's the 2nd part of the Echo's then and now only this one is the now. Good overhead shot of the layout of the Bread Streets.

72 then, Ged!

I've never counted mine, but I will now.
You'll have the 14 Tom Slemen ones then?
I've only got one or two.

The 1st two Tom Slemens only Phil that I cottoned on :unibrow:

I hadn't counted mine until Missinformed asked us how many we had and lots were listed. It looks like i'm just about to add another. The bookclub have dropped a 192 pager into the workplace. 'Played in Liverpool' by Ray Physick. Loads of photos and info on every possible aspect of sport on merseyside including pics of swimming baths, stadiums, boys and girls clubs whether it be bowls, cricket, golf, boxing etc with some pics of Art deco Royal Birkdale and Childwall clubhouses. A discounted price too.

Lots of my books are from the 80s - Now. Streets of liverpool, more streets of liverpool, liverpool street names, 2 Liverpool quiz books, then and now, from the air, underground, airport, cathedrals, 6 by Freddy O'Connor, Sharples, Colin Wilkinsons, Ainscoughs, Past Liverpool 1 & 2, Some Echo suppliments, Overhead railway one and a crackin one called Tram ride to Dingle 9where my pa in law is from, 3 by some fella regarding tennies too :)

I've just had a very quick count of what's on my bookshelves.
At least 125 proper books, plus lots of guide books, booklets on individual buildings (mainly churches), other booklets and pamphlets.
And then there's my postcards and photographs!
One of these days I'll make a list.

By the way, none on the Beatles, but I do like them.

I had quite a small collection of books and loads of newspaper cuttings from the 1980s but I sent most of them to my big brother lost in Lancashire somewhere because he sent me my first computer. I thought it not a bad swop.:rolleyes:

My oldest book now appears to be "Liverpool 1907" by Walter Dixon Scott and illustrated by James Hamilton Hay, published by Gallery Press 1979.

Apart from my 1935 Kellys that is. Which reminds me, I,ve bought a 1968 Kellys from a bloke at the local auction for £30.

As I,ve got one, it,s up for sale for the price I paid for it.:)

Literally dozens on the Beatles but I didn't count them as I only meant local history-ish. There's lots of Beatles ones worth giving a miss because of misinformation or rehash but there are some definitive ones such as the official Hunter Davies biography or Mark Lewisohn's who is the official anorak on facts and figures and has been entrusted into the vaults including their Anthology series on cds, vids and book.

I didn't count my History pamphlets either but i've only a dozen or so of them including an old 1964 bus timetable and local church ones.

Chippie, would you mind checking out 39 Holly Street and 98D Thurlow House for me please in your 1968er. I tried these for an earlier date at the LRO but it only said something like 'Corporation dwellings' but no residents names.

I had quite a small collection of books and loads of newspaper cuttings from the 1980s but I sent most of them to my big brother lost in Lancashire somewhere because he sent me my first computer. I thought it not a bad swop.:rolleyes:

My oldest book now appears to be "Liverpool 1907" by Walter Dixon Scott and illustrated by James Hamilton Hay, published by Gallery Press 1979.

Apart from my 1935 Kellys that is. Which reminds me, I,ve bought a 1968 Kellys from a bloke at the local auction for £30.

As I,ve got one, it,s up for sale for the price I paid for it.:)


Chippie, I've sent you a pm.

Ged, It just says "liverpool corporation workman,s dwellings on the Holly Rd one. Is Thurlow House in Holly Rd. can,t spot it anywhere.

Thought it would say that judging by an earlier entry Chippie but thanks for looking anyway. Thurlow House was a tenement block that made up the Gerard Crescent development. This leads me to ask, I wonder where Dereck Fielding of Mersey Memories get his information from when he does those resident listings as they are very accurate and he can pinpoint any street - any year?.

Had another look through, Ged, still can,t spot Thurlow either in the 1968 or 1960 edition.

Fielding must have devious means:unibrow:

Perhaps he,s a secret agent:ninja:

Secret Agent Fielding does have a ring to it :ninja:

Just bought a book, off ebay, about the 1919 Liverpool police strike. Also bought another, earlier, copy of a book about Johnnie Walker.

Hurrah!

:)

Just got another brill book - only out a few days ao - City Beautiful by David Cotterall (writer of the little book of Liver Birds)

Liverpool photographed at its magnificent best with some great little detailed captions. Pages 216/217 have some animals that feature in freizes around the town including a Camel, Elephant, Squirrel etc which would look good on the animals heads thread on here.

Just got another brill book - only out a few days ao - City Beautiful by David Cotterall (writer of the little book of Liver Birds)

Liverpool photographed at its magnificent best with some great little detailed captions. Pages 216/217 have some animals that feature in freizes around the town including a Camel, Elephant, Squirrel etc which would look good on the animals heads thread on here.

I bought that book on Monday some lovely photos in it

I guess I'm not using any pictures for guess the location :)

Here's part of the current selection of Local books in W H Smith's in Church Street.
I might buy the one in the middle! :PDT11
(From the Book Clearance Centre, where it's £2 cheaper.)

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Here's part of the current selection of Local books in W H Smith's in Church Street.
I might buy the one in the middle! :PDT11
(From the Book Clearance Centre, where it's £2 cheaper.)

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Hi Phil I'd highly recomend that book,its very good :)....I bought mine from St Johns too
:PDT11

I paid the full wack for mine Phil, can you post me the two quid difference please?

Ok ah well, I thought not.

See they're out of mine - no really, officially. Ron Formby of the Scottie Press rang me last week to say he asked and they're on order but it seems the Countyvise rep isn't all he could be. Waterstone's has them though.

Bought that 'Played in Liverpool' too a couple of weeks back, some good photies in that of long gone swimming pools and stadiums.

Your book is in the Waterstones in Ormskirk as well Phil, I noticed you were up there at the Library last week or so, did you spot this neat bot of artwork nearby:

I think we got a bargain Ged ,Phils book was offered on Ebay a few weeks ago for a 38 quid & P&P

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220036350054&rd=1&rd=1

Just got another brill book - only out a few days ao - City Beautiful by David Cotterall (writer of the little book of Liver Birds)

Liverpool photographed at its magnificent best with some great little detailed captions. Pages 216/217 have some animals that feature in freizes around the town including a Camel, Elephant, Squirrel etc which would look good on the animals heads thread on here.

He is a member on here, I'm sure....

I think we got a bargain Ged ,Phils book was offered on Ebay a few weeks ago for a 38 quid & P&P

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220036350054&rd=1&rd=1

:PDT_Piratz_26::eek:

Ged. I haven't been to Ormskirk in months. :PDT10

And your books were in Smiths as well.
I'll take a snap, next time I'm in.

Thanks Phil. You said on the Ormskirk in WWII thread that you'd seen an exhibition of sorts in Ormskirk Library so assumed you'd been, anyway, this pic isn't recent, it's just over the road from the library.

The local cinema (as was) up there is a Tesco now, it's in Church st near the Parish church.

Just bought this from Merseyshop for £2.50 With P&P £5.00.

Looks like a good read.

Adolf Hitler threw everything he could at Merseyside in the early stages of the Second World War. The region was torn apart and huge areas were flattened, but the one thing the Luftwaffe could not destroy was the spirit of the people. The death toll here was twice that of any other British port.
Merseyside stood side by side throughout this nightmare period and one man, Liverpool Echo Blitz Correspondent Arthur Johnson, ensured that the facts would be preserved forever in a remarkable personal diary that he meticulously kept as he toured war-torn Liverpool night after night. Now his amazing insight into Merseyside at war is revealed in a new book that features the entire diary, exactly as it was written, plus many photographs from the unique archive of the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo.
Now the contents of this historic diary can be fully revealed. Arthur Johnson, whose son of the same name would later work for the local media, was a real character. What would he think about his secret diary being published over 60 years after his death?
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Merseyside's Secret Blitz Diary (http://www.merseyshop.com/products/productdetail.php?category_id=94&product_id=614&variation_id=1812&search_term=)

I've got that and it is very much a text laden book set out in a diary form. There's lots of pics of Bootle bomb damage on the port cities Liverpool site and the MoLL did a good spirit of the blitz exhibition just prior to its closure.

At the time, exactly what buildings were destroyed in the war were kept a secret (public morale and all that), and even today it's difficult to find out which they were.
For instance, a number of cinemas were completely destroyed, but only the really famous ones like the Rotunda and the Metropole (Bootle) are known.
The Broadway in Bootle is known to have been bombed because it was replaced by a new Gaumont after the war.
At least another three: the Burlington in Vauxhall Road; the New Adelphi in Christian Street and the Doric in Smith Street didn't survive the war, but getting confirmation that they were bombed is proving difficult.

My dad definitely told me that the new Adelphi (but wasn't it in Rose Place - off Christian st) was bombed, he mentioned it because they were building the new dinner hall next to Bishop Goss/St. Joseph's school at the time which we and my older brother all attended.

Exactly, you have to rely on people's memories.
The New Adelphi was on the corner of Rose Place and Christian Street, and with its address being 107 Christian Street, it probably was in Christian Street. :PDT10

At the time, exactly what buildings were destroyed in the war were kept a secret (public morale and all that), and even today it's difficult to find out which they were.
For instance, a number of cinemas were completely destroyed, but only the really famous ones like the Rotunda and the Metropole (Bootle) are known.
The Broadway in Bootle is known to have been bombed because it was replaced by a new Gaumont after the war.
At least another three: the Burlington in Vauxhall Road; the New Adelphi in Christian Street and the Doric in Smith Street didn't survive the war, but getting confirmation that they were bombed is proving difficult.

Hi Philip, drone, and Ged

I recently bought War Diary and find it most interesting. I also remember that startling view of the bombed buildings around the Victoria Monument in a period book my grandparents had -- don't know what ever happened to the book as I would like to have it now! :(

Philip, I should think there should be some official records about what was bombed and the extent of the bombing, either among records in Liverpool or Lancashire or else down at the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) at Kew. If you are interested, I can ask a researcher who does work for me at the PRO to look into it for us.

Chris

Just received the second book in the series of LIVERPOOL HEROES 18 HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS. Got a very nice book mark with it as well. I have put my name down for the final two books.

:PDT_Piratz_26:

The Girl From Penny Lane. By Katie Flynn.

This book started off in Liverpool and is signed by the author.

Then sent to a relative (not of mine) in New Zealand. Where it was once again read.