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We have been approached by Dr Laura Balderstone who teaches a course on Oral History at Liverpool University. She has some students who will be looking for interviewees for their dissertation projects next term (between February and May 2025), and wondered if any of our members would be willing to be involved. The students haven’t decided on their topics yet, but will likely focus on something connected to memories of Liverpool/Britain in the years after the1960s. It would be great to encourage students to carry on the excellent work on Liverpool’s local history which we all enjoy so much.  If anyone

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Members of the Liverpool History Society will be pleased to know that the Heritage Season (to mark the 150th anniversary of Princes Road Synagogue) will start on Sunday 08 September 2024 with a grand Civic Event in the Great Hall of St George’s Hall (in the Presence of Civic Dignitaries including representatives from the entire Liverpool City Region) Event and presenters introduced by television legend Anne Robinson; Welcome to St George’s Hallby the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor Richard Kemp, CBE); Introduction to Heritage Season by Dame Louise Ellman, DBE with Dr Lee Kendall and Robin Makin; Music Organ recital by Professor Ian Tracey – some pieces with cello performance

Professor Iain Jackson, editor of LHS Annual Journal will lead a walk on Sunday 18th August 14.00. Please note this is not an LHS event. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/herbert-rowse-and-the-architecture-of-liverpool-tickets-937961948437?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android

This week we have added the video of our April talk, ‘Cotton and the Confederacy’ to our Video page. We paused the release of it for some time as not long after his talk we heard  the sad news that Dr Nigel Hall had passed away on 3rd May.  He died at his home in Hoylake and his funeral took place at St Hildeburgh’s church on 30th May. Nigel was Churchwarden at St Hildeburgh’s and will be very missed as he did so much for the church. He was born in Hoylake in 1969 and attended Caldy Grammar School. Dr.

Cunard Queen Anne, CPMH Talks, Open Eye Gallery, Mann Island, 1 & 2 pm, 3 June, 2024 To mark the official naming ceremony of the Cunard liner Queen Anne, the Centre for Port and Maritime History is pleased to present talks by three experts on the history, art and culture of Cunard.  Emma Roberts will present, ‘Art at Sea: The Art Collection on Board Cunard’s Queen Mary, 1936-67.’ Clare Horrocks will speak on Savouring the Gastronomic Delights of Cunard from Queen Mary to Queen AnneGraham Gladden will explore some of the opportunities and challenges facing Cunard over the last hundred years.The

Officers’ reports are now available through this link. https://liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-AGM-OFFICER-REPORTS-changes.pdf

1 May, 2024, 5:30pm Maritime Museum, Liverpool This event is free and all are welcome. Tony Tibbles will deliver the lecture on ‘Liverpool’s ship portrait artists’. Since the late eighteenth century Liverpool has been home, permanently or temporarily, to more than seventy artists whose principal activity was painting portraits of many of the ships that visited or were based in the port. They produced thousands of paintings which are now often the only surviving visual record of those ships. In this lecture, Tony Tibbles will look at who these artists were and the paintings they produced. Some, like Samuel Walters and

The annual journal has been distributed and most members should have received it by now. I hope you are enjoying it and I’m sure the editor and contributors would welcome any feedback. If you have not received your journal please let me know by emailing lhsmembership878@gmail.com A few journals have been returned to me as members have moved house. I would ask that any member who changes address update their profile on the website. If you are not sure how to do this I am happy to help. Sue McGuire – Membership Secretary