Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Byrom Hall opposite Great Crosshall Street and the adjoining premises Late in the 1860s Alexander Balfour and Stephen Williamson, partners in the Liverpool ship owning firm of Balfour, Williamson & Co., became concerned at the numbers of destitute ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards I was always a snooker and billiards fan and throughout my youth I would seek out places to play, as a lad it was usually youth clubs or church halls and as I got older I found the social clubs that had tables. The one thing all these places had in common was the make of the table. Almost all had the small ceramic plate affixed to the table ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards The Liverpool Transport Strike began on 14 June 1911 “You need not attach great importance to the rioting in Liverpool last night. It took place in an area where disorder is a chronic feature”. (Winston Churchill). When Churchill made this statement to ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Liverpool like may other major cities has always had its fair share of hostelries. Scotland Road was renowned for having ...a pub on every corner... whilst most other parts of the city also had their fair share of pubs. There was many a traumatised housewife on Friday night, wondering it an errant husband would make it home with his pay packet and if he would have the strength of character to pass the many pubs en route. But consider this, most people lived in cold damp and draughty homes, many ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards The RMS Carpathia, the British passenger liner that was best known for rescuing survivors from the ship Titanic in 1912. The Carpathia was in service from 1903 to 1918, when it was sunk by a German U-boat. ...
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