Many roads were obliterated as a result of the Liverpool to Wallasey tunnel being built in the last 1960s but some have survived, remembering a long gone hamlet which gave the name to the traditional Scouse phrase of ‘going for a bevvy’ (aka pint, few ales, few scoops etc etc). 300 years ago the built […]
ACTORS FIGHTING AT THE ROYAL COURT
In 1886 there was an extraordinary incident at Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre that left an actor facing a court summons after assaulting an impresario during rehearsals. Leslie Crotty was an actor with the Carl Rosa Opera Company who began a five week residency at the Royal Court at the beginning of the year. Founded by […]
LIVERPOOL’S FIRST BALLOON FLIGHT
Princes Dock was the place where many emigrants boarded vessels to take them to the New World and where cruise liners berth today. However more than 200 years ago it was the setting for a much different form of transportation when Vincenzo Lunardi flew overhead in a hydrogen balloon. The first balloon flight was in […]
RIOT AGAINST GEORGIAN ORANGEMEN
Orange Lodge marches have been occurring in Liverpool for nearly 200 years. The first took place as long ago as 1819 when the marchers were attacked by Irish Catholic immigrants in Dale Street, with the local media reporting that it was lucky nobody was killed. Throughout the 18th Century Orange associations formed across England as […]
NORTH WESTERN SPLENDOUR
Opposite St George’s Hall is the North Western Hall student accommodation, which opened in 1996, was once one of the grandest hotels in Liverpool. Designed in a Renaissance style by eminent Aigburth born architect Alfred Waterhouse, building of the North Western hotel commenced in 1868. It was part of an overall development of Lime Street station […]
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