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HOW OLD WAS THE VICTORIAN CENTENARIAN OF EDGE LANE?

October 3, 2015 By Steven Horton

HOW OLD WAS THE VICTORIAN CENTENARIAN OF EDGE LANE?

Every day thousands of cars travel down Edge Lane on their way in and out of Liverpool, the drivers and passengers no doubt unaware that one of the few remaining houses was the home of a woman whose death brought about a contested will and identity theft. On 20th December 1863 a spinster Mary Billinge died […]

RAILWAY WORKERS PUT PASSENGER SAFETY BEFORE OWN LIVES

June 6, 2015 By Steven Horton

RAILWAY WORKERS PUT PASSENGER SAFETY BEFORE OWN LIVES

A plaque on platform one of Lime Street Station commemorates two railway workers fromthe Edge Hill depot who died following an accident, having first ensured the safety of all passengers. On 20th May 1937  sixty year old Joseph Ball was driving the 1040 Euston to Liverpool express train, accompanied by fireman Cormack Higgins.  Just a […]

MYSTERIOUS DEATH AFTER VISIT TO CHILDWALL ABBEY

June 5, 2015 By Steven Horton

MYSTERIOUS DEATH AFTER VISIT TO CHILDWALL ABBEY

One of Liverpool’s oldest pubs is the Childwall Abbey hotel in the heart of the old Childwall village, with parts of the building believed to be over 500 years old. A thriving local nowadays, it was once a popular rural retreat from densely populated Liverpool but one man’s trip out there in 1860 led to […]

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