Matthew Kidd Project Manager for Their Finest Hour, a Second World War digital archive project based at the University of Oxford has asked to to ensure our members are aware of the following event. The project is organising a ‘Digital Collection Day’ event at the Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 2 March 2024 .
This message is from Growing Sudley CiC Do you enjoy local history, researching, and digging up stories?Does your family have a connection to the original walled garden?Do you have old photographs of the Sudley Estate?Did you use the changing rooms?Do you know Ray B ’74 from the graffiti on this
A review of Canon Neville Black’s Memoir ‘Forty Years of Ministry in Liverpool’ has been added to our Book Review pages. Canon Neville Black writes about his long local career. Starting life in Bootle, his ministry has taken him into many parts of Liverpool. Neville describes some prized friendships and
Liverpool Libraries have asked us to make members aware of a project which will be hosted by Liverpool Central Library and across some of the branch libraries this spring. Volunteers for the project are welcomed. Four creatives/artists will work with four (pre-identified) community groups -across Merseyside – to develop two
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
A new post has been added to our Memories of War Page. John Burns was Chair of the Dingle History Group. He was born, raised and died in Dingle in 2022, aged 87. He was passionate about remembering the men lost in both world wars. In his later years he compiled a booklet in remembrance of and
Book Launch Protasia Torkington, Professor Emeritus of Liverpool Hope University will be holding a launch of her memoirs at the Friends Meeting House on Friday 29th September 6.00-7.30. Roger Phillips and Gideon Ben Tobin will also speak. Anyone interested in the NHS, nursing, local history, colonialism and religion will be
This book has been reviewed by Liverpool Irish Festival. Ged Melia has written three novels, all three of which have been inspired by events associated with previous generations of his family. ‘Liverpool’, his latest novel published on July 6th 2023, is set in the city of the 1840s and 1850s.
Denbigh Open Doors event is on this weekend with 28 sites open, 2 lectures/talks, several guided walks, children’s activities and a historical movie matinee on offer all free of charge. As Liverpool is only an hours drive to Denbigh some members may be interested in a visit to the town
Thursday 14th September sees the launch of a fascinating book by Captain Peter Thomson which uncovers a largely forgotten or even ignored piece of Merchant Navy history from the Second World War.The event, which is by ticket only although the tickets are FREE, starts at 1pm on the 4th Floor
