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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

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    Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution

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    Bob Edwards
    , 09-20-2012 at 10:32 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    In the nineteenth century there was no welfare state for the relief of unemployed or destitute sailors, their families or even their orphaned children. The shipowners and merchants of Liverpool played an integral role in raising the interest of the people of Liverpool in welfare provision for seamen and their families. The archives, which relate to maritime charities and missions, demonstrate
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    Seamen's dispensary, Liverpool 1924 to 1991

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    Bob Edwards
    , 09-17-2012 at 11:36 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    The city of Liverpool is famous for many things. One of them which achieved renown on every continent was Dr Ross's Clinic, a name bestowed by seamen of every nationality upon the building erected by Liverpool Corporation in 1923, and described on the bronze plaque beside its front door as


    "THE SEAMEN'S DISPENSARY. OPEN TO SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS FOR FREE TREATMENT AND ADVICE".

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