By Chris Jones ISBN: 978-1-5272-5228-8; 2019 Paperback; 258 pages Available as a paperback book direct from Chris Jones (email: waltonhistory2020@gmail.com) or as a Kindle book on amazon.co.uk Reviewed by Yvonne Allen [Dr Yvonne Allen was a lecturer in neuroscience at the University of Liverpool and, for many years, was seconded
Ian Collard, 2013. Amberley Publishing. 96 pages, 180 illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978 1 4456 1333 8. £14.99. Did you know? – – That two Mersey Ferry boats took part in a courageous wartime assault at Zeebrugge in 1918, in which 11 VCs were awarded for bravery? l – That the
Andro Linklater, 2012. Bloomsbury. 296 pages, 10 illustrations. Hardback. ISBN 978 1 4088 2840 3. £18.99. Also available in paperback at £9.99 and Kindle at £5.14. The media has ensured that it would not have escaped your attention that the 22nd of November 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the
Freddy O’Connor, 2013. Countyvise. 244 pages, 500+ black & white photos and maps. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-906823-70-2. £14.95. Many LHS members will recall the modest little book of the same name that came out in 1986. I certainly do. One of my roles in those days was running Liverpool’s Tourist Information Centres.
2013. Fonthill Media. 175 pages, 83 b&w illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-78155-040-3. £12.99 (£8.50 incl p&p from Amazon). LHS member Mona Duggan, known affectionately as ‘Ormskirk’s History Woman’, sadly passed away at the age of 87 last January. But not before her last book, a history of early sugar refining in
Frances Wilson, 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. 328 pages, 64 black and white photos and illustrations. Hardback £18.99 / Paperback £8.99. But both versions are available on eBay at 99p plus £1.80 p&p or Amazon at 1p plus £2.80 p&p. ISBN 978-1-4088-0922-8 (hardback) and 978-1-4088-2815-1 (paperback). The story of the Liverpool-registered and
2012. Arima Publishing. 113 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-84549-561-9. £9.99. This is the third in a series by Masonic historian Dr Harrison concerning aspects of the history of English Freemasonry. As the text on the back cover comments, the book traces ‘the strange tale of the last great
‘Essays exploring the lives and contributions to society of notable figures in Liverpool Unitarian history’ Edited by Daphne Roberts and David Steers. 2014. The Merseyside and District Missionary Association. 128 pages. 52 black and white photographs. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-9929031-0-7. Cover price is £10 although not available in retail outlets. Concessionary
Liverpool History Press – 2014 – 280 pages – 170 colour and black and white photographs, maps and Illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-9573833-1-9. £14.99 In producing this re-appraisal of the history of the port of Liverpool, Adrian Jarvis has put his extensive academic research and deep local knowledge to extremely good
Two Liverpool History Society members walk in the footsteps of Liverpool’s elusive architectural genius, Peter Ellis. Written by Graham Jones and the late Rob Ainsworth, designed by Matthew Duddington and published by the Liverpool History Society, this book traces the life of a local architect from his birth in 1805 on