Hello John or anyone
What is the latest situation in regard to the Calderstones?
Thanks
Chris
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Hello John or anyone
What is the latest situation in regard to the Calderstones?
Thanks
Chris
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Great Crosby Mill in a postcard datemarked 1931
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Liverpool-born American comic actor John E. Owens appeared at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Clayton...
News report found by Howard Brown of JtR Forums about the hanging of Deeming in Australia
Kansas City Star
May 23, 1892
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Family Portrait, 1928
All the dear dead, assembled:
my Grandad, benevolent,
he's caressing his briar pipe,
wears knickerbockers as if he's
just returned from the links;
my Nanna, the...
The recent Liverpool Echo article about the plan to develop the old Cain's brewery as a tourist attraction bodes well for this historic building.
Cain's is a magnificent building and it would be...
Hi Jeff
Here's a period postcard that I bought on ebay showing the Lusitania before her sinking. In many ways of course as major a disaster as the sinking of the Titanic, although the April 1912...
Romance Novelist Melanie Clegg discusses Prince Rupert on her blog today --
http://madameguillotine.org.uk/2013/04/11/his-royal-hotness-prince-rupert-of-the-rhine/
"Champion of the World and the High Ripper !"
Liverpool Mercury
July 1, 1890
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Liverpool Mercury...
Attacks on waxworks were by no means rare as shown by the following article found by Howard Brown at JtR Forums --
Illustrated Police News
January 14,1899
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Thanks, Steve, for posting those interesting articles from the Liverpool Mercury. I'm going to post some articles from the same newspaper found by Howard Brown at JtR Forums.
Liverpool Mercury...
The following web page on "History of the Mersey Ferries" is new to me --
http://www.wirralhistory.net/ferries.html
I am also very curious about the claim made that Birkenhead Priory, which...
My review of Bob Dylan's recent CD "Tempest" can be found at
http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/blog.php?b=160
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Hi all
A blog posting over at the poetry site Eratosphere on former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon's latest solo CD --
Eric Burdon's New CD, 'Til Your River Runs Dry
Check it out.
Cheers
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Cheers
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Nice work, Keith.
Chris
In the latest, April 2013, issue of Ripperologist magazine, No. 131, we covered preservation efforts to save the canopy at Aigburth Station. Jack the Ripper suspect James Maybrick, a resident of...
Very nice, Smurf. :handclap:
Of course, these old drinking fountains for the local population, or sometimes for the horses that used the streets, were landmarks. The Aldgate Pump is one example in the East End of London, and is...
Good post, Joe.
In the Age of Sail, there were ropewalks in all seaports. In the following view of Baltimore in September 1814, at the time of the Battle of Baltimore that gave birth to the...
Thanks, Ged. I am assuming that we are looking at what was known as the "Monk's House" at the rear and the building to the left is what was termed the "Upper Barn" -- in other words the barn...
I had not forgotten that CCTV was pioneered in Liverpool. I do recall at the time that there were some concerns about privacy and "Big Brother."
Great pics and memories, Ged! Many thanks. :handclap:
When Donna and I were there in October, I walked her through Exchange Flags on our way back to the Crown Plaza Hotel after an evening meal. ...
More on these incidents from Ripper researcher Rob Clack:
From 'The Illustrated Police Budget' July 1909 (possibly the 10th)
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From Howard Brown at JtR Forums. I wonder what there is the Liverpool papers about these incidents?
Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle
July 4, 1909
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