Liverpool Hidden History

Secret Pasts of Everyday Places

  • Home
  • About
  • Walking Tours
  • Shop
  • Get In Touch
You are here: Home / Archives for Ireland

THE ‘DRUNKEN’ VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT

December 27, 2015 By Steven Horton

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 […]

MAN V FOOD IN THE LIVERPOOL TOWER

September 4, 2015 By Steven Horton

In St John’s Gardens there is a plaque in both English and French commemorating over 400 prisoners  who died in captivity in Liverpool during the Napoleonic Wars and were buried in the churchyard of the church that stood there at the time. They had been interred at the Liverpool Tower in Strand Street on the […]

ABOUT

Steven Horton has been a freelance writer for 20+ years. He is the author of 7 books has written for the Times, Liverpool Echo, numerous fanzines and websites, and also appeared on Radio Merseyside/City Talk, ITV News and Sky Sports News. ..read more

Subscribe to our mailing list for news and offers

FOLLOW ME

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Twitter

Tags

Anfield Cemetery Broadgreen Castle Street children Childwall cholera City Centre Cricket crime Dale Street derelict Dingle Edge Hill fire Football George's Landing Stage Ireland Lime Street Liverpool & Manchester Railway Liverpool city council Liverpool Corporation Liverpool Mercury Liverpool Roman Catholic Cemetery Liverpool Town Hall plaques Prescot pubs Queen Victoria Religion Renshaw Street River Mersey Sefton Park Station Statue St James Cemetery suicide Theatre Three Graces Toxteth Toxteth Park Cemetery transportation University of Liverpool Waterfront Wavertree William Brown Street

Past Posts

RSS Stevens Other Local History site – Liverpool Murders

  • A Terrible Tragedy In Everton
  • Blades Knifed to Death
  • Homicide Charge in Venezuela
  • Mothers Tears in Dock
  • Backside Kick Means Lenient Sentence
PayPal Acceptance Mark

Recent Comments

  • Steven Horton on About
  • Norma Jones on About
  • Margaret Mills on The Tragedy of T J Hughes
  • Jay C on The Tragedy of T J Hughes
  • Steven Horton on FANNY CALDER – DOMESTIC SCIENCE PIONEER
  • Website Shop Terms and Conditions
  • Cookie Policy
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 Steven Horton 2014 - Web Development by Word-Shed Creative