The tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, London, was sculpted by a Liverpool man. The son of an antiques dealer, Laurence Bradshaw was born in Liscard on 1st April 1899. He was baptised at St Peters Church in Church Street and by 1901 the family were living at 17 Eleanor Road in Bootle. They […]
W. G. GRACE AT SEFTON PARK CRICKET CLUB
W. G. Grace, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, was the star attraction of a charity match played at Sefton Park cricket club in 1877. W. G. Grace played for a United South XI in a three day match against the Sefton Park club. At the time W. G. Grace, who was then […]
SHEILA HEANEY – FORMER AIDE-DE-CAMP TO QUEEN
Rodney Street is famous for its medical practitioners, but there are many other notable people who have lived there. One of these was Sheila Heaney MBE, a high ranking army officer. Sheila was born in Liverpool in 1917 the daughter of a surgeon living at 68 Rodney Street. Educated at Huyton College, she studied sociology […]
Hugh Stowell Brown
The statue that stands opposite Liverpool’s Philharmonic pub on Hope Street is of Hugh Stowell Brown. He was a minister at the nearby Myrtle Street Baptist for 39 year prior to his sudden death in 1886. Hugh Stowell Brown was born on Sunday 10 August 1823 in Douglas on the Isle of Man. His father […]
William Faulkes – Organist at St Margaret’s Church Anfield
William Faulkes was a composer and organist at St Margaret’s Church Anfield for over 40 years prior to his death in 1933. William was born in Liverpool in 1863 and was taught music by his sister. He became a chorister at St Margaret’s Church aged ten and continued his studies in theory and practical organ […]
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