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MERSEY COLLISION BETWEEN STEAMERS

May 21, 2015 By Steven Horton

MERSEY COLLISION BETWEEN STEAMERS

As Liverpool gears up for Cunard’s Three Queens lining up on the River Mersey at the same time, it has to be hoped that there is no repeat of what happened 150 years ago today, when two ferries collied just as they set off across the river. On Sunday 21st May 1865 at around 430pm […]

BRAZIL’S EMPEROR COMES TO LIVERPOOL

June 10, 2014 By Steven Horton

BRAZIL’S EMPEROR COMES TO LIVERPOOL

With the World Cup about to start in Brazil, that country’s influence in Liverpool is more prevalent than ever before. There are two Brazilian players at Liverpool FC, restaurants such as Fazienda Rodizio, Bem Brasil and Viva Brasil in the city centre, while the annual Brazilica festival is the UK’s biggest Samba carnival. It is […]

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