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    Recollections is very good - but don't take it...

    Recollections is very good - but don't take it all for granted. Like any historical document it needs to be looked at in context and not in the same way as a modern history book.

    Its author,...
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    Hmm... It probably wasn't a church. Looking at...

    Hmm... It probably wasn't a church. Looking at old maps there was no church on Brunswick Place. Saying that, the map doesn't explicitly show any chimney either.

    The building seems to have been...
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    That's a great website Underworld, thank you. ...

    That's a great website Underworld, thank you.

    ChrisGeorge, you may have not forgotten but it seems the world at large has.

    Here http://www.urbaneye.net/results/ue_wp3.pdf an EU Commissioned...
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    A Forgotten Liverpool First - CCTV!

    Whilst compiling my Music/History Blog Beneath The Beat I came across the 1965 BBC Documentary 'The Singing City'.

    Part of the documentary was an interview with Acting Chief Constable Herbert...
  5. Thread: Seth Davy

    by fortinian
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    Seth Davy

    This character has always interested me, in fact he's the latest post on my blog:

    http://beneaththebeat.blogspot.com/

    He was a black street entertainer, active in Liverpool in the late 1800s. ...
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    If World Heritage Status came with a 5.5 Billion...

    If World Heritage Status came with a 5.5 Billion prize it would be worth defending.
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    If any bodies were found during the Liverpool ONE...

    If any bodies were found during the Liverpool ONE dig i'm sure they would be in the full archeology report carried out by Oxford Archeology North.
  8. I believe it was an English Presbytarian Chapel,...

    I believe it was an English Presbytarian Chapel, called St Georges. From the maps I have it seems to have been built in the early 19th century and disappears somewhere in the 1930s-40s.
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    According to James Stonehouse in 'Recollections...

    According to James Stonehouse in 'Recollections of Old Liverpool' the stone that went into St Jude's church was procured from Joseph Williamson - perhaps from his tunnels?
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    Looking at an 1849 map there doesn't appear to be...

    Looking at an 1849 map there doesn't appear to be any substantial woodland there - apart from around Allerton Hall, so i'd guess that the mansion gave the name to the area.

    There does however seem...
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    I've been told that during the second world war,...

    I've been told that during the second world war, Central Buildings housed the back-up for the Western Approaches Command Centre beneath Exchange Buildings.

    I can't remember where I heard that...
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    Nice to have you back Dazza.

    Nice to have you back Dazza.
  13. Who is Henry Penny, Mickey? Forgive my...

    Who is Henry Penny, Mickey?

    Forgive my ignorance!
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    Smithdown Lane is a long road? Which end was it?

    Smithdown Lane is a long road? Which end was it?
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    Ha ha ha, fantastic. Re: St Thomas Church...

    Ha ha ha, fantastic.

    Re: St Thomas Church spire.

    The Church was built in 1750 and looked like this:
    23088 (From Genuki)

    A storm blew down this original spire in 1757 and it was replaced...
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    From what I can gather it was orignally a house...

    From what I can gather it was orignally a house called 'Elmswood House', built between 1850 and 1890. As late as 1982 I can find a reference to the Salvation Army still calling it Elmswood House.
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    I think what is more important is that Robert...

    I think what is more important is that Robert Morris was the First Superintendant of Finance - basically the first Finance Minister of the USA. He established the financial structures and system...
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    My work has been picked up by MyPlanet Liverpool...

    My work has been picked up by MyPlanet Liverpool - a great magazine that I hope you can all get copies of.

    Here is a little preview!

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  19. Nikolaus Pevsner (the) leading scholar of British...

    Nikolaus Pevsner (the) leading scholar of British architecture says thus:

    "The structure is of reinforced concrete faced with granite cladding. The style is impossible to label."

    He uses the...
  20. Royal Liver Building: Why is it called a 'Gothic' building?

    This week has seen the celebration of the centenary of the Royal Liver Building. Quite rightly, there has been a huge amount of media coverage. However, one thing struck me, in nearly all these...
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    The old big issue office was taken over by a...

    The old big issue office was taken over by a group of artists for about 6 months. Shame they were kicked out.
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    Fantastic Colin. Like i've said before it's...

    Fantastic Colin. Like i've said before it's amazing that the same year that saw the Liver Birds take their place on top of the Liver Building - arguably a symbol of the wealth that a certain section...
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    All the info you'll ever need to know about...

    All the info you'll ever need to know about Liverpools Workhouses on is brilliant website:

    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Liverpool/Liverpool.shtml
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    Fanastic picture, do you have any of Elms House...

    Fanastic picture, do you have any of Elms House itself?
  25. Thread: Old Crosses

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    Indeed, I suspect its a nice bit of Victorian...

    Indeed, I suspect its a nice bit of Victorian 'Keltic' revivalism. I'm just wondering if it was added as a nod to the monastic names that John Cragg gave to his houses: The Friary, The Cloisters,...
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