Notice Board

There are many free events coming up as part of the Heritage Open Days. Links  are provided to help you to search further and book if necessary. Heritage Open Days – National site  https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/advanced-search Wirral Heritage Open Days https://sites.google.com/site/wirralhha/whod-calendar?authuser Victoria Gallery, Liverpool University – Wonderful Waterhouse Tours https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wonderful-waterhouse-tours-tickets-695291394277?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_eid=6abefac3de&mc_cid=a89630f9bf

Our Secretary Bill Carr will be speaking about the CSS Alabama on Radio Merseyside at 2.30 on Thursday 6th July. Journal 22 carries an article by John Hussey called ‘The Sinking of the Alabama and the Quest of Mary Elizabeth Low. Bill has written a short summary of the events surrounding the Alabama which you can see by going to our Home page and scrolling down to Story of the Month. A recording of the radio talk will be put on the website for members.

Eliza Morton, LHS Member, writes historical fiction based in Liverpool. Members interested in the process of turning historical research into drama may be interested to hear her in conversation with two other authors at Waterstones on 13 July at 6.30 pm. Tickets are available through Eventbrite. https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-with-trisha-ashley-eliza-morton-and-juliet-greenwood/liverpool

Peter Colyer has asked us to make members aware of a course coming up to train Blue Badge Guides. The course will be showcased at the Bluecoat Gallery on 15th July 2023 at 10am. Members are welcome to go to find out more. The deadline for applications for the course is 31st July with interviews to be held during August. The course lasts from October 2023 to December 2024. This is a prestigious qualification and the Blue Badge award is a nationally recognised standard of excellence.

Further to the recent email about an addition to our usual talks programme, members can now book onto this event which will be held on Tuesday 20th June at 6.30 pm in the Athenaeum. As explained in the email there will be the option to book to have dinner at the Athenaeum afterwards. If you would like to do this please use the correct booking option. Booking is now open and you can access this through Eventbrite using the following link. We look forward to seeing you. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-some-buildings-of-liverpool-including-the-work-of-herbert-rowse-tickets-645308433897

LHS member John Pinfold will be talking about Cockfighting in Liverpool on Radio Merseyside at 1430 hrs on Thursday 1st June. Please listen in if you get chance. We will hope to place the recording on our website afterwards if you do not catch it.

Members may be interested in this regeneration plan for Liverpool Docks. Chris Capes, Development Director of Liverpool Waters Peel L&P has sent the following information about the next stage of the Liverpool Waters conversation, asking for views and opinions on the wider masterplan. You can find out more by visiting www.liverpoolwatersletschat.co.uk Two events are being held, where the project team will be on hand to update people on the ambitious regeneration of Liverpool’s Docks: Monday 17th April 2023, 4pm-7pm, Silvestrian Suites, Silvester Street, Liverpool L5 8SE Tuesday 18th April, 4pm – 7pm, Ten Streets Social, 8 Regent Road, Liverpool L3 7BX

One day conference marking the 80th anniversary of Battle of the Atlantic. Presentations from scholars & serving members of the Royal Navy. By Dr David Clampin https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-the-atlantic-80th-anniversary-conference-tickets-580438496167

Join Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Karen Blower and Amina Ismail as they give this talk. When: Thursday 13th April, 6pm – 7:30pm Where: Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool, L69 7BX. The talk will be given in a hybrid format and can be watched online. To mark the LSTM’s 125th anniversary, you will be taken on a journey from Liverpool to West Africa exploring the legacy and influence of Mary Kingsley – an ethnographer, writer, and explorer – on the work of LSTM. In this first of three lectures which reflects on the intersection between LSTM’s history and its science,

It is with great sadness that we must inform you that John Tiernan has passed away. A staunch and proud champion of the Liverpool History Society, John was a founder member at its inauguration in 2001. He later served on its management committee and was an active Chairman for many years. Together with his wife Diane, John attended the vast majority of our meetings and was a congenial and easy going colleague. He contributed several articles to the Journal and never lost his enthusiasm for research that revealed new insights into Liverpool’s past. John was admitted to the Royal Hospital

Your new annual journal is on its way to you and should arrive in the next few days. Please give it a week and if you do not receive anything by Friday 31st March let us know. It will take a bit longer to get to International members. We do hope you enjoy reading it.

David Jeffery, a senior lecturer in British politics at the University of Liverpool has asked us to inform our members of the book launch for his new book, “Whatever Happened to Tory Liverpool?”. The event is free, and will take place on Tuesday 4 Apr 2023 17:00 – 18:30, in Rendall Seminar Room 4 on the University Campus (on the South Campus, closer to Myrtle Street). The event is ticketed for catering purposes, and people can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-whatever-happened-to-tory-liverpool-tickets-575930923897 The book itself is available as hardback, paperback, and even an e book (which is free to access: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781802078480)