Local history project

[EddTheRed]

Hi there.

I've recently started work on a local history project, working with a group of 14-16 year-olds based at Liverpool Lighthouse. We’re investigating 150 years of entertainment in the North Liverpool area, and I was wondering if any of you might know of good websites, books, or other sources of information. (I am from Liverpool, but not quite 150 years old!).

We’re hosting an exhibition and putting on a performance at the Lighthouse based on our research, on Wednesday December 19th (time tbc).

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed Barrett
Creative Coordinator
Young Roots / 'Harmonize Looks Back' Project
Liverpool Lighthouse

[Kev]

Hi there,

There's lots of info here.

Other members might have links to other sites.

[ChrisGeorge]

Originally Posted by EddTheRed

Hi there.

I've recently started work on a local history project, working with a group of 14-16 year-olds based at Liverpool Lighthouse. We’re investigating 150 years of entertainment in the North Liverpool area, and I was wondering if any of you might know of good websites, books, or other sources of information. (I am from Liverpool, but not quite 150 years old!).

We’re hosting an exhibition and putting on a performance at the Lighthouse based on our research, on Wednesday December 19th (time tbc).

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed Barrett
Creative Coordinator
Young Roots / 'Harmonize Looks Back' Project
Liverpool Lighthouse

Hi Ed

The best of luck to you with your project. One item that should be included in your North Liverpool entertainment history project is that Litherland Town Hall was a place where a number of the Merseybeat era groups played, including the Beatles. In fact, I was told by Gerard Fleming who took my wife and I on a private Beatles tour in May, that Litherland Town Hall was where Beatlemania really started to take off with the fans (mostly girls) starting to mob the Beatles. See the following Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...all%22+Beatles

Best regards

Chris

Sounds interesting.
What is meant by North Liverpool?
I'm stating the obvious, perhaps, but the Library is a good place to start.
There are books about Liverpool cinemas and theatres.
R J Broadbent's "Annals of the Liverpool Stage" (1908) is still the definitive history of Liverpool's theatres.
More recently there has been a book called "Played in Liverpool", which details all the sporting venues.

[EddTheRed]

Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...all%22+Beatles

Best regards

Chris

Thanks for that link, Chris. Very useful.

The project is limited to a specific geographical area (Anfield / Everton / Kensington / Princes Park / Belle Vale / County / Warbreck / Aintree), and so Litherland might be just outside our remit. (Forgive me if my grasp of North Liverpool geograophy is a little shaky - I grew up here, but I've never quite known where Warbreck begins and ends).

I spotted the Aintree Institiute date they played, though, which is a great lead for me to follow up.

Thanks,

Ed

[EddTheRed]

Originally Posted by PhilipG

Sounds interesting.
I'm stating the obvious, perhaps, but the Library is a good place to start.
There are books about Liverpool cinemas and theatres.
R J Broadbent's "Annals of the Liverpool Stage" (1908) is still the definitive history of Liverpool's theatres.
More recently there has been a book called "Played in Liverpool", which details all the sporting venues.

Cheers for the tips, Philip. I'm in touch with Liverpool Records Office, who are beign extremely helpfull, and I've got a copy of Ray Physick's book, which is phenomenal. I'll look the other recommendation up, sounds ideal.

It's amazing how little I know about the city's sporting & entertainment heritage I know (beyond the obvious), despite growing up here. I'm (cheekily) trying to save time by picking people's brains on here!

Thanks,

Ed

PS I've listed the geographical scope of the project in my reply to Chris above.

Shame about the Aintree Institute.
It's only recently been demolished.
Luckily, I photographed it just before demolition.
It was used as a cinema before the Aintree Palace was built.

[EddTheRed]

Originally Posted by PhilipG

Shame about the Aintree Institute.
It's only recently been demolished.
Luckily, I photographed it just before demolition.
It was used as a cinema before the Aintree Palace was built.

Hi, Phil

Cheers for the link, some great photos there. Would you mind us printing some to add to our exhibition? (It's not-for-profit).

Where about would I find the Aintree Institute photo(s)?

Loved the glass photos. Do you sell prints? Reckon you'd shift a few if you got some of those on the wall of one of the bars down Lark Lane.

Ed

[Ged]

Hello Edd. I wouldn't call Princes Park or Belle Vale North Liverpool though.

Chris. Gerard is quite correct. Bob Wooler billed the Beatles as direct from Hamburg at the Litherland Town Hall resulting in many people thinking they were in fact German and cause some people to say' They sing in English very well'.

It's also sadly where Stu Sutcliffe is reputed to have been beaten up which may have resulted in his brain tumor a little later.

[EddTheRed]

Originally Posted by Ged

Hello Edd. I wouldn't call Princes Park or Belle Vale North Liverpool though.

True, I just got tired of listing all the areas we're covering every time I wrote an e-mail! I have since discovered the joys of cutting & pasting . . .

[ChrisGeorge]

Originally Posted by Ged

Hello Edd. I wouldn't call Princes Park or Belle Vale North Liverpool though.

Originally Posted by EddTheRed

True, I just got tired of listing all the areas we're covering every time I wrote an e-mail! I have since discovered the joys of cutting & pasting . . .

Could it be that your project is about various selected areas of Liverpool and not North Liverpool as such?

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Originally Posted by Ged

Chris. Gerard is quite correct. Bob Wooler billed the Beatles as direct from Hamburg at the Litherland Town Hall resulting in many people thinking they were in fact German and cause some people to say' They sing in English very well'.

It's also sadly where Stu Sutcliffe is reputed to have been beaten up which may have resulted in his brain tumor a little later.

Thanks, Ged.

[EddTheRed]

Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

Could it be that your project is about various selected areas of Liverpool and not North Liverpool as such?

Chris

Its supported by a small Heritage Fund grant, and states North Liverpool in the grant application, with a particualr focus on the areas listed.

So, yes!