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WHEN LIVERPOOL’S TAXI DRIVERS EARNED FOOTBALLERS WAGES

January 13, 2016 By Steven Horton

WHEN LIVERPOOL’S TAXI DRIVERS EARNED FOOTBALLERS WAGES

One Hundred years ago a court case took place in Liverpool during which question marks arose over the earnings of taxi drivers who were suggested to be earning footballers wages. On 13th January 1916 at Liverpool County Court a motor company tried to reclaim a taxi that was being sold to the driver under a […]

TRAGIC DEATH OF YOUNG MINISTER

August 4, 2015 By Steven Horton

TRAGIC DEATH OF YOUNG MINISTER

Two hundred and four years ago the power of the River Mersey was demonstrated when an inspiring young churchman, who had only been in the town for six months, tragically drowned whilst bathing. Born in 1791 in Hertfordshire, Thomas Spencer was working as glover’s apprentice in London when he became interested in the dissenting ministries […]

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