Originally Posted by Bob Edwards In today's 'Guide To Liverpool 1902, we join the authors the Littlebury Brothers in a visit to the Walker Art Gallery. As with most of the tours it would be interesting to re-visit them now to see what has changed, in the case of the Walker many of the artworks are still on display. Standing at the north end of St. George's Hall and looking across the street, we notice a fine group of buildings, extending from the County Sessions House on the right, down William Brown Street, to ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards On 4th August 1914 at 11pm Britain declared war on Germany and the British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey made the famous remark: “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life-time”. Everyone in the UK is invited to take part in 'Lights Out' by turning off their lights from 10pm to 11pm on Monday 4 August, leaving ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Picton Library, Brown Reading Room and Museum - 1902 Today, courtesy of the Littlebury Brothers, we take a guided tour through the Picton Library, Brown Reading Room and Museum as they were in 1902. These three Institutions have to a great extent an interest in common, and have internal communication not only with each other, but also with the Walker Gallery. The first building on our light as we leave the Art Gallery, the circular Picton Library, with its sixteen ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards In 1902 the book, 'A New Illustrated Guide To Liverpool' was published by Littlebury Brothers. The book included many sketches of the period by Leonard Pattern. It has since been re-produced by Liverpool Libraries and Information Service. Continuing with our 1902 'Guide to Liverpool' we will today take a trip on the Overhead Railway and view the Docks from the perspective of a visitor to the city at that time. ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards The Asiatic cholera Outbreak of 1849 19th Century Irish Imigrants Throughout the 1840s large numbers of Irish refugees arrived in Liverpool, fleeing from the potato famine caused by blight. By the end of June 1847 approximately 300,000 had landed in Liverpool. There was already severe overcrowded in homes in the city and insufficient lodging- house ...
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