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
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,
Dr Nick Foggo, on Friday 11th March 2022 Dr Foggo informed the meeting that Liverpool newspapers digitised by the British Library in support of his project are available without charge on the British Newspaper Archive site. Liverpool has the distinction of having more of its local papers digitised than anywhere
Andrew Williams, B.A., on Friday 11 February 2022 Our speaker, Andrew Williams, who works for the Victoria Gallery and Museum at the University of Liverpool recounted the fascinating history of these two institutions. Andrew delivered an excellent and enjoyable talk. Neither of their early buildings is in their original use,
Canon Val Jackson of Liverpool Cathedral – Friday 10th December 2021 A well-attended meeting of the Society on 10th December 2021 heard Canon Val Jackson talk about her supervision of the archives of the Anglican Cathedral, which began in a small room in a vaulting turret, and how she has
Marie Passey, 12 November 2021 Our second meeting in the Athenaeum Library was addressed by Marie Passey, who was at pains to tell us that she isn’t a historian, but a tour guide. This didn’t prepare us for the scale of knowledge she revealed to us, much of it based
God’s Town – Liverpool & her Parish since 1207 Canon Dr Crispin Pailing was the star turn at the Annual General Meeting of the Society on Friday 8th October, speaking on “Liverpool: a study in theocracy.” Which was almost the title of his 2019 book on the same subject. He
8th March 2020 – Talk by John Pinfold. The talk covered the following aspects:A definition of equestrian theatre, or ‘hippodrama’ as the Victorians called it, not a circus performance noran outdoor recreation of for example the Wild West, but rather a stage performance in a purpose builttheatre in which horses
9th February 2020 – Professor Iain Jackson We were grateful to Professor Jackson of Liverpool University, School of Architecture for replacing ourscheduled speaker at late notice. His presentation was based on his book recently published by HistoricEngland.It was suggested that through his commissions for banks, shipping companies and major infrastructureprojects
