Liverpool: A People's History

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Liverpool in the 19th century was actually two cities; one of fabulous wealth (a powerful minority of the population) and the other of grinding poverty and deprivation (the majority of the population).

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Uncontrollable, anarchic, separate and alienated from mainstream England, the Liverpool of popular imagination is a hotbed of radicalism and creativity. But is that reputation really justified? Explore Liverpool’s cinematic profile with this fascinating insight into our city on the big screen. We watch as he turns from schoolboy truant into an artist obsessed with Kafka, Terence Davies and The Fall. Liverpool, 1660-1750 provides the first significant detailed published study of the social and political structure of the town during this crucial period.

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Origin of the name: ‘Pool’ from the Pool, the inlet which flowed into the Mersey; ‘liver’ or ‘lever’ element of the name much more highly debated. A further charter granted to the folk of Liverpool in 1229 allowed the merchants of Liverpool the right to form themselves into a guild. In medieval England, the Merchant’s Guild effectively ran the towns and the first Mayor of Liverpool was elected in 1351. Major Reds players have contributed monumentally to Liverpool’s reputation since their founding in 1892. In addition to all the Owens, Gerrards and Salahs, legends of the Shankly and Paisley eras like Ray Clemence, Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish are among the players featured who make this Liverpool history book a must-have keepsake. There’s no better edition around to match the multitude of Liverpool’s football legacy.

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Liverpool Ghost Signs: A Sideways Look at the City's Advertising History - by Caroline and Phil Bunford Liverpool was unique among English towns in the rate of its commercial development from the late seventeenth century.I grew up addicted to portal stories, where fantastical lands full of magic and adventure are accessible from our mundane world if you just know where to look. Stories like The Neverending Story, Labyrinth, Alice in Wonderland, and The Chronicles of Narnia. My first novel, The Between, is a portal story like those but written more for adults–at least, for adults who are still young at heart. If you, too, like to daydream about slipping from your work cubicle into someplace strange and weird–and perhaps a little dangerous–here are books I think you might love. There’s a saying in England: It’s grim up north! Largely used pejoratively (by the south), it’s true to say it is generally colder and wetter, the landscape more unforgiving, the people – friendlier in my opinion – are more outspoken and candid. The cities of Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, with their declining industries and rising unemployment, provide fertile ground for crime writers. So when I started my own series following the investigations of DS Adam Tyler and his cold case team it didn’t take long to settle on my adopted home of Sheffield as the setting. Be warned: we’re a long way from the sleepy villages of Agatha Christie here. The Welsh in Liverpool: A Remarkable Story by D. Ben Rees is the culmination of decades worth of research into the unique history of the contribution made by the Welsh in Liverpool and Merseyside. Liverpool remained in royalist hands only for a matter of weeks, when in the summer of 1644 they were defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor. Following the battle the Parliamentarians gained control over most of northern England, including Liverpool. Celebrating its 800th birthday in 2007, the now great city port of Liverpool actually evolved from a small fishing village on the tidal banks of the River Mersey in northwest England. It is likely that its name also evolved from the term lifer pol meaning muddy pool or puddle.

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Beautifully and fully illustrated with photographs, sketches, charts, and maps, this tells the triumphant yet tragic tale of a genuine unsung hero of Liverpool and British architecture. Ellis was a many genuinely ahead of his time who built the first building with a steel frame and skeleton, encased in stone cladding. This enabled the creation of the first ‘skyscrapers. His work inspired this major development in building construction, yet he was scorned, castigated, and drummed out of his profession by fellow architects. Before King John discovered the Liverpool’s potential as a launchpad for his Irish campaigns, there was little more than a few scattered settlements on the north bank of the Mersey. However, the creation of the borough, and the granting of rights for entrepreneurs over the next few centuries ensured a rapid growth on both the size and importance of the new town. From the first seven streets, Liverpool expanded across the tidal creek which next to which the castle stood, and eventually overshadowed the nearby centres of West Derby and Chester. Liverpool Journalist, Simon Hughes, takes us across the shifting tides of Liverpool’s ever-changing fortunes. From our golden era as one of the wealthiest ports in the British Empire, to Thatcher’s ‘managed decline’ of the city, this inspired depiction of the city’s resurgence will make you proud to be a Scouser.A new town hall had been built before 1673, and Castle Street was widened in 1786. The New Exchange was constructed in 1808, marking a transition from this phase to the burgeoning industrial revolution. I love this book because George Chandler loved and cared for the City, and yet was an unbiased observer. He writes with clarity and detail that is informed and driven by that love, and it is a joy to read. Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery - by Edited by David Richardson, Suzanne Schwarz and Anthony Tibbles Secondly, there are other map-based tools which should help you explore historic Merseyside, such as maps of old streets, listed buildings and Church of England parishes. My name is Martin Greaney, and I did my undergraduate studies (BA Archaeology and Prehistory) at Sheffield Uni, and stayed there to do my MA in Landscape Archaeology. After completing this, I worked for English Heritage’s National Monuments Record (now the Historic England Archives), helping them put thousands of their records online. But that was all a long time ago now…