New Book Review
A new book review has been added to our website. Liverpool. A Memoir of Words by Tony Crowley is reviewed by Graham Jones. ‘Thought provoking and …delightfully engaging’ this book gives ‘Tony’s insights into the words and sounds and memories’ of a world ‘frequently humorous, occasionally exciting and dangerous’. Information about a discounted price for […]
Hospital Chameleon
Liverpool School of Architecture: Monumentality and Empire
Migration Stories
William Windham Sadler & James Sadler
The Social Survey of Merseyside 1929 – 1934
Dr Michael Lambert, Fellow in Social Studies at Lancaster University – Friday 13th May 2022 An interesting talk was delivered by Dr Lambert, in which he brings to life the Social Survey of Merseyside, which became both an authoritative and influential text and an important policy reference point. He described the purpose of the survey, […]
Greenbank House and the University of Liverpool, A History
Author: Adrian AllenPublisher: Liverpool University Press 2022Paperback. 224 pages, over 100 photographs, maps, illustrations etc.Size 240mm x 170mmPrice: £19.99 (LHS members 30% off with code ALLAN30) This is a book of two halves. The first part, the most interesting, deals with the history of Greenbank between 1788 and the end of the Second World War. ‘Green […]
Walking on Water Street
Author/Publisher: Graham JonesPaperback: 448 pages, 800 photographs, maps, illustrations etc.Size: 210mm x 265mmPrice: £49.95 (LHS Members – £39.95) Many of our members will be familiar with the Walking on Water Street series of articles written by Graham Jones that appeared in various editions of the Journal from 2012 onwards. However, this book, published by him in summer […]
The Social Survey of Merseyside 1929-34
Robertson Gladstone: Demerara and Back 1828-1829
Dr Janet Hollinshead – Friday, 8 April 2022 from 11:30 to 13:00, at The Athenaeum, Liverpool Dr Hollinshead, a well-known historian, a former lecturer and Head of History at Liverpool Hope University presented this informative talk on Robertson Gladstone and his visit to Demerara and his return journey to Liverpool, lasting over 300 days during […]