Two hundred and four years ago the power of the River Mersey was demonstrated when an inspiring young churchman, who had only been in the town for six months, tragically drowned whilst bathing. Born in 1791 in Hertfordshire, Thomas Spencer was working as glover’s apprentice in London when he became interested in the dissenting ministries […]
GHASTLY DISCOVERY AT JAMES STREET
A busy station on the Merseyrail underground network was the scene of a tragedy near the end of the 19th century when a man was run over by a train and his body not discovered for several hours. James Street opened in 1886, the terminus of the Liverpool to Birkenhead railway. Along with Hamilton Square […]
SCHOOLBOY’S PREMONITION OF HIS OWN DEATH
During the summer of 1927 a boy from the Blue Coat School in Wavertree told his friends there would be a large crowd for his funeral as they passed a church. They told him not to be silly but shockingly they were back at the same place just a few weeks later for the boy’s burial. […]
THE SMITHDOWN ROAD STREET FOOTBALLERS
A street in Cheltenham where parents have been told to stop their children playing football in the street as it is a breach of their tenancy agreement has made the news in the last week. Such complaints about street football are not a new phenomenon though, as the matter saw people put before the courts […]
RAILWAY WORKERS PUT PASSENGER SAFETY BEFORE OWN LIVES
A plaque on platform one of Lime Street Station commemorates two railway workers fromthe Edge Hill depot who died following an accident, having first ensured the safety of all passengers. On 20th May 1937 sixty year old Joseph Ball was driving the 1040 Euston to Liverpool express train, accompanied by fireman Cormack Higgins. Just a […]
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