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About Steven Horton

I am a local history author and tour guide based the Liverpool region, specialising in bespoke tours tailor made to suit the individual or group. Whether it be football, Victorian murders or Liverpool sites connected to the US Civil War, I can arrange something that will suit the customers needs, not go where I want to take people.
I have published seventeen books, all of which are available via the shop page. As well as writing for the Liverpool Echo and Times, I have made guest appearances on local radio and TV. Local history is a real passion of mine, if you enjoy my site please feel free to share through facebook, twitter etc and maybe leave a comment.

Jeanette Altwegg – Liverpool’s Figure Skating Gold Medallist

February 21, 2020 By Steven Horton

 Britain’s first individual gold medallist in the Winter Olympics was Jeanette Altwegg in 1952. The 21 year old from Aigburth in Liverpool triumphed in figure skating at Oslo’s Bislett Stadium,  then announced her retirement from the sport the following day. Jeanette’s father was a Swiss cotton merchant for the East India Company, while her mother […]

Mr Dead The Liverpool Coroner

May 2, 2019 By Steven Horton

Mr Dead The Liverpool Coroner

George Cecil Mort, whose surname translates from French to English as ‘dead’, was the Liverpool Coroner for twenty five years prior to his retirement in 1953. Mort was born in 1880 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. In 1905 he obtained a medical degree at the University of Manchester then  four years later got his diploma in public […]

The Tragedy of T J Hughes

April 24, 2019 By Steven Horton

The Tragedy of T J Hughes

T J Hughes is a Liverpool retail institution, which began in 1912 when Thomas John Hughes opened a small shop in London Road. Within twenty years it had grown to be one of Liverpool’s biggest department stores with over 400 staff.  However, Hughes’s devotion to growing his business was also behind his tragic death in 1933. The […]

LIVERPOOL BROADCASTER RAY MOORE

April 17, 2019 By Steven Horton

LIVERPOOL BROADCASTER RAY MOORE

Broadcaster Ray Moore, whose voice was familiar to millions of radio listeners first thing in the morning, was born and raised in Liverpool and died at the age of just 47 in 1989. Born in 1942, the first seven years of Ray’s life were spent in Cherry Close, Walton, where he began his education at […]

MATHER AVENUE – ARTHUR STANLEY MATHER

September 3, 2018 By Steven Horton

MATHER AVENUE – ARTHUR STANLEY MATHER

One of the main thoroughfares of south Liverpool is Mather Avenue. It was named after Arthur Stanley Mather, a solicitor and alderman who lived in Woolton. Mather was born in 1842, the son of J P Mather of Bootle Hall. He was educated at Rugby School and in 1865 was articled to Messrs Simpson, North […]

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Steven Horton has been a freelance writer for 20+ years. He is the author of 7 books has written for the Times, Liverpool Echo, numerous fanzines and websites, and also appeared on Radio Merseyside/City Talk, ITV News and Sky Sports News. ..read more

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