Originally Posted by Bob Edwards UNTIL 1998 Blue Plaques, designed to commemorate the home and birthplaces of famous people, were exclusively placed on properties of interest in London. The scheme was initiated in 1867 by the Royal Society of Arts when a plaque was erected at the birthplace of Byron, and by 1901, 36 plaques had been placed in the capital. Over a hundred years later, English Heritage, which took over responsibility for ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Frank Hornby was born on 15 May 1863 in Liverpool, Hornby was the son of John Oswald Hornby, a provision merchant and his wife Martha Hornby (née Thomlinson). He is mentioned elsewhere on this site in the 'Meccano' story. He was an English inventor, ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Mention the manufacture of tobacco products to people in Liverpool and their first thought is usually Ogden’s Tobacco works, Ogden's Tobacco Company was founded by Thomas Ogden in 1860 when he opened a small retail shop in Park Lane, Liverpool. But twelve years before then Thomas and George Cope had begun manufacturing tobacco in the city. Cope Bros & Co was ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards The Liverpool Food Association, later known as the Liverpool Food and Betterment Association from 1898-1900, became the Food and Betterment Association, from 1900-1909, And in 1909 the League of Welldoers. It was founded in 1893 by H. Lee J. Jones, a pioneer in the introduction of the middle-classes into social work. Under Jones, as Honorary Secretary, and the City Coroner, ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards A collection of Merseyside Area Amateur Football League, Team photographs courtesy of Billy Flanagan, the photographs are his private collection and he has asked me to share them with you through 'Liverpool Picturebook' See the photographs here...
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