Swedish soprano Jenny Lind, often known as the ‘Swedish Nightingale’, performed in Liverpool on a number of occasions in the middle of the 19th Century. Born Johanna Maria Lind in Stockholm in 1820, Lind was admitted to the Royal Dramatic Theatre at the age of nine and was soon appearing on stage. Her first major role […]
FATHER MATHEW IN LIVERPOOL
Temperance campaigner Theobald Mathew, more commonly known as Father Mathew, paid a number of visits to Liverpool in the middle of the 19th Century. Mathew was born in County Tipperary in 1790 and schooled in Kilkenny. After being ordained as a priest in Dublin in 1814, he settled in Cork. In 1838 he set up […]
REGINALD BEVINS
Reginald Bevins was a working class Liverpudlian who was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Toxteth from 1950 to 1964. During this time they were the ruling party for thirteen years and his background led to him being appointed to key government positions. Born John Reginald Bevins on 20th August 1908, Bevins grew up at 20 […]
DESTRUCTION OF RAJAH AT LIVERPOOL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
In June 1848 there was a tragedy at Liverpool Zoological Gardens in West Derby Road. Rajah the elephant, one of the main attractions, killed his keeper and was subsequently destroyed. Rajah had been at the zoo since 1836 and was around 35 years old. He was usually a very docile elephant and would pick his […]
AGNES JONES
Agnes Jones, a nurse who strived so hard to improve the health of the inhabitants of Liverpool’s workhouse, died at the tragically young age of just thirty five years old. Agnes was born in Cambridge on 10th November 1832. The daughter of a lieutenant-colonel in the Twelfth Regiment, she spent six years of her childhood […]
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