A Liverpool man who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was regularly punished by the army for drunkenness, but he may not have been drinking alcohol at all. The son of a bottler, John Kirk was born in July 1827 and grew up in a court off Ormond […]
TRAGEDY OF A BANKERS SON
In 1916 Bank Hall station was the scene of a tragic accident that left two men dead, one of them the son of the founder of one of the world’s major banking corporations in the world. At 7.30pm on 22nd December 1916 at Bank Hall station a male passenger was confused by the extreme darkness and stepped […]
TRAGEDY OF A LIVERPOOL PROFESSOR
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. […]
A WINTER TRAGEDY IN LITHERLAND
A grave in Liverpool’s Roman Catholic Cemetery at Ford reveals a tragic tale of boys being killed playing on the winter ice over 100 years ago. January 1905 was a bitterly cold month that saw temperatures across Britain remain below zero for a number of weeks and bodies of water freeze over up and down […]
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