Originally Posted by Bob Edwards A conviction for the murder of a cinema manager, that sent a young Liverpool labourer to the gallows 53 years before, was overturned by the court of appeal on 10th June 2003. George Kelly was executed at Walton jail on Merseyside in March 1950, following what was then the longest criminal trial in English legal history. ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Would you like to help the Museum Of Liverpool win the National Treasure Award? To celebrate 20 years of National Lottery funding, we're on the hunt for the places and people who you think best deserve the title of National Treasure in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Cast your vote and ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Royal Iris The MV Royal Iris, was built as a twin screw, diesel-electric, former Mersey Ferry. The vessel was built by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton (Yard No. 1448) and launched in December 1950, costing £256,000. Her engines were produced by Ruston & Hornsby Metropolitan-Vickers. Her weight is 1,234 gross tonnes. She is 159 feet long and 48 feet wide, with a draught of 9 feet. At least during the first decade of her life, the ship's diesel-electric propulsion made ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Under the first Dock Act, 1708, the Mayor, aldermen, bailiffs, and Common Council became the trustees of the proposed docks in Liverpool, and were empowered to construct the dock and to levy dues. By an Act of 1811, however, they were separately incorporated and the finances of the docks were separately administered from those of the corporation, by a statutory committee of twenty-one members appointed by the trustees. The control of the docks by a corporation, which was in no way representative ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards In 1907, the authors William Farrer and J. Brownbill gave us the following description of Childwall: The township of Childwall, containing 831 acres, is principally situated on the slope of a low hill, the highest point of which is 223 ft. above sea-level, commanding an extensive panorama of a wide, flat plain lying to the east. The district has an agreeable park-like appearance, with plantations and pastures, diversified with cultivated fields, where crops of corn, turnips, ...
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