LIVERPOOL LIFE 1911-1914

Thanks guys, particularly Ged for that wonderful website. Brings back some great memories. I'm particularly interested to learn about life around the Kirkdale area during 1911-1914. The area around Arlington Street is of particular interest.

Thanks

1911: Soldiers of the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment disembark at Brunswick Goods Station on Sefton St/Northumberland St. This station was for a few years a major passenger terminus, until Central Station was built. This was the first time since 1874 that the station had been used by passenger trains. The soldiers were kept away from major flash points of the city centre and the immediate North End of the city.

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Below: Liverpool Magistrate Start Deacon with Colonel East of the Second Warwickshire Regiment at Brunswick Goods Station.

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Below: Brunswick Goods station. The small buildings is the former passenger rail building, with the later massive goods station built around it.
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Below: HMS Antrim, which was anchored in mid-river during the riots of 1911.
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The first World War saved the UK from major civil upheaval that would have meant a regime change - and in all likelihood not kept the monarchy in power.

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Originally Posted by robbo176

here are a couple more interesting links

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/2828

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The above link is quite good. It touches on how the city's ruling class divided and ruled and kept wage costs down by:

1. Religious segregation.

2. Owning vast tracts of land and property - The merchants and ship owners also owned vast tracts of land around the city and with coherence with the council did not allow other forms of industry to form that would compete with the core warehousing and shipping industries.

It was not until the 1920/30s that new diverse industries came into the city in any volume, paying more than traditional industries, and new art deco factories were built on the outskirts. Post WW2, the car factories came.