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ARTICLES
Why Not Drown Liverpool? Welsh water for an English city
What were you hoping could still be saved on 21st…
Liverpool Firsts
1007 – First mention of the River Mersey, in a…
800 Years of History
In 2007, Liverpool was 800 years old! No medieval buildings…
Events
The Social Survey of Merseyside by Liverpool University 1929-34
Dr Michael Lambert – ‘The Social Survey of Merseyside by…
Reviews of Past Talks
The Social Survey of Merseyside 1929 – 1934
Dr Michael Lambert, Fellow in Social Studies at Lancaster University…
Robertson Gladstone: Demerara and Back 1828-1829
Dr Janet Hollinshead – Friday, 8 April 2022 from 11:30…
Key Events in Liverpool Newspaper History in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
Dr Nick Foggo, on Friday 11th March 2022 Dr Foggo…
MEMORIES OF WAR
Dig For Victory - Sheila Binks (nee Robinson)
I was seven when war was declared in September 1939.…
Grandma's War - Brenda Murray (nee McElroy)
As prepared for my grandchildren. I was fifteen and a…
The Liverpool Experience - Joe Bowers
I was born and grew up in Manchester from 1921…
NOTICE BOARD
Frank Boyce
We are very sorry to announce that Frank Boyce, a…
Austin Varney
The sad news has reached us that Austin Varney, one…
A Tale of Two Liverpool Synagogues
Two senior members and a rabbi present the Princes Road…
Story of the month
Every month we offer a tantalising glimpse of just a few of the riveting tales that await the reader in Journals published each year since 2002.
This month we feature ‘The Herdman Family of Liverpool’ by Kay Parrott, which appeared in the 2008 Journal.
The Herdman Collection in Liverpool Record Office consists of 1,400 stunning watercolours by members of the Herdman family. Kay Parrott tells the story of an almost forgotten family achievement, which captures a long lost Liverpool…
The full story can be read in the Journal.