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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. Kirkdale

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    In the year 1907 the authors William Farrer and J. Brownbill described Kirkdale as follows:


    With a frontage to the Mersey of a mile in length, Kirkdale extends inland about a mile and a half, the area being 841 acres. It occupies the level ground between Everton and the river, a large part of which was formerly Sandhills, and the village lay at the foot of the hill, on the north-west side of the road from Liverpool to Walton. To the north rose a brook which ran down to the
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  2. The History of Liverpool Museum

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    13th Earl of Derby





    Liverpool’s museum is the oldest of the museums and galleries operated by National Museums Liverpool, and is one of the great museums of the British regions. Its story reflects Liverpool’s rise to become one of the world’s great trading cities and an awesome dip in its fortunes during the twentieth century. The
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