In 1906 a Liverpool language professor died in tragic circumstances whilst attending a conference in Switzerland. Dr Richard John Lloyd was missing for several days before his body was washed up across the border in France, having apparently fallen into the River Rhone and drowned. Lloyd was born in Liverpool in 1846 and worked as […]
THE TOXTETH TABERNACLE
Somewhat overshadowed by its near neighbours the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth and St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, the Toxteth Tabernacle continues to serve the local community for the purpose it was intended nearly 150 years ago. The Tab, as it is commonly known in the local area, was opened in 1871 by William P Lockhart. […]
HOW OLD WAS THE VICTORIAN CENTENARIAN OF EDGE LANE?
Every day thousands of cars travel down Edge Lane on their way in and out of Liverpool, the drivers and passengers no doubt unaware that one of the few remaining houses was the home of a woman whose death brought about a contested will and identity theft. On 20th December 1863 a spinster Mary Billinge died […]
THE FEVER OUTBREAK OF 1861
Liverpool World Museum’s Egyptian collection is now in storage until the Autumn of 2016 while renovation work is carried out to the display area. Many of the exhibits were donated by local goldsmith Joseph Mayer in 1867 meaning the museum had the largest collection of Egyptology in Britain outside London. However earlier that decade there […]
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