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Join like-minded people in the study of Merseyside's local history.
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The Society warmly welcomes new members who wish to discover more about the history of Liverpool and its surrounding area.
Here are just some of the reasons to become a member:
- Eight local history talks every year
- Summer trips to places of historic interest
- Annual Journal – Liverpool History
- Access to the Society’s local history library within the Liverpool Central Library
- A group of like-minded people
- Access to recordings of the Society’s talks on this website.
Anniversary Day Talks
Adelphi Hotel, 16th June 2026
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Liverpool History Society. But it is also the anniversary of other important events in the history of the city.
It will be sixty years since the visit of Bob Dylan to the Adelphi Hotel during his controversial 1966 tour of the UK. In the afternoon before his appearance, Dylan found time to be photographed with kids playing out in Dublin Street. The street was empty because Everton were at that moment winning a heroic match in the FA cup final on the telly.
1966 wasn’t just about men in music and sport. There is a largely undocumented history of Liverpool women on the music scene in the mid-sixties, complete with seasons in Hamburg by the Band the Liverbirds. The mid-sixties was a period when Liverpool was never off the TV. From the rants of Alf “You Scouse Git!” Garnett to the social realism of Z Victor One on Z Cars, Liverpool was not short of small screen presence in 1966.
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Journals for sale
The latest journal is now available from our shop.
Many of our past journals are also available, including rare back issues.
Image of the Week
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Lime Street c1930s
This image, from a postcard posted in 1942, was probably taken from St George’s Hall plateau sometime in the 1930s and shows how one of Liverpool’s most famous streets has changed over the past ninety years or so. On the right, all of the buildings up to the old Forum cinema have gone. On the left the same is true of the buildings up to the Crown public house, and from the Crown to the Vines public house. Perhaps the biggest change is to the street scene. It is so busy, crowded with people, cars and especially trams – it…
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All the Liverpool History Society talks are recorded and posted here on our website for members to view.
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