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Lancastrian Travellers in 19 Century America
January 2023 Speaker – Roger Mitchell It was around 1850 when over 160,000 people from the Lancashire area travelled to the New World. This was a Revolution as steam replaced sail. People from Europe came to Liverpool and travelled to the USA as part of the Cotton Trade. The stories of 4 people were told, each with …
2018 AGM Chairman’s Report
Chairman’s Report for year ending 28 February 2018 As the session draws to a close, it is usual for the Chairman to summarise our activities throughout the year, and I must first record thanks to those who have contributed in any way to the maintenance and development of the Society during the year, …
Mersey Ferry Boats and AGM
Monday 19th March, Derek Arnold of the Wirral History & Heritage Association will give a presentation about how the Mersey Ferry boats Royal Iris and Daffodil got their names. Prior to the talk the society will hold its annual general meeeting which is only expected to last about 10 minutes.
Old Maghull
Old Maghull (as seen by parents and grandparents) Grandparents came to Maghull in 1883. Grandfather Headmaster C. of E. School 38 years Parents lived all their life in the area. Village life in those days was all centred round Parish Church and School, and of these the present church was new just earlier …
Patriotism or Propaganda?
A talk by Dr Guy Hodgson Patriotism or propaganda? The things the Guardian did not tell you in the Second World War. All media were subject to censorship between 1939 and 1945 and that affected the dialogue between newspapers and their audiences. Successes were exaggerated and reverses diminished in reports even when readers in bombed …
Recollections of Ormskirk at around 1890 – Part 1
Is Ormskirk а Decaying Town? On several occasions lately assertions have been made that Ormskirk is а decaying town, and that she is “going tо the dogs”, and so forth and these assertions made on public occasions and in public рlасеs have given rise to misgivings on the part of some, whilst with others they have set on foot an …
Recollections of Ormskirk at around 1890 – Part 2
Is Ormskirk а Decaying Town? Politics We then proceed and wonder what has taken the place of the extensive brewery which was carried on for many years by Mг George Harriot. Mr Harriot was а prominent and highly respected citizen of that day, fond of pleasure and hunting and notable as а leader of the Tогу party which was …
MERSEY MEMORIES
MERSEY MEMORIES The Whitsun weekend of 2015 will long be remembered as one of the special times in the long maritime history of Liverpool. The arrival and subsequent parade down the river of the three queens, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Victoria, was a fitting spectacle to commemorate the inauguration in …
Stuart Black’s railway memories of Ormskirk and beyond
Railway memories of Ormskirk and beyond. Reading articles in the quarterly magazine of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society, LYR Focus, about Cheshire Lines Railway to Southport and about the station at Ormskirk before WW1 brought back memories for me of train journeys as a young child in the 1920’s. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway …
Robert Owen and New Lanark Contribution from S Black
Recently I was fortunate to be able to visit New Lanark in the Clyde Valley where the fast flowing river once provided power. It was here that Robert Owen, a Welshman from Newtown, a social pioneer and life-long campaigner for greater equality in society was able was able to put into practice his ground breaking …
MERSEY EXCURSIONS
Cruising on the Mersey and into Liverpool Bay dates back to Victorian times when small paddle steamers took trippers to the rapidly developing resorts on the Welsh and Lancashire coasts. By the 1930s most of these excursions had ceased to operate with the exception of those to the Isle of Man and Llandudno. The …
CRUISING ON THE MERSEY
During the summer months a very popular local outing is a cruise on a Mersey Ferry southwards down the river to enter the Manchester Ship Canal, enjoying a City Guide describing the many canal side points of interest all the way to the Salford docks. What many of the tourists do not realise is that …
Memories of Grand National Week
When I read Grand National in the headlines of the press in March my mind is immediately taken back to the mid thirties when an exciting week ahead was guaranteed for local schoolboys. It began on the Sunday before the race when the course was open for inspection by the public, a small entry charge …
Memories of Tawd Vale
I was a member of the 6th Aintree Scout Group based at St. John’s, Rice Lane during the period 1943 to 1949. We used to take our tents and equipment in a “Trek Cart” pulled by a team of scouts the night before our camp, the distance being about 13 miles. I particularly remember swimming …
Teenage Memories
On several occasions recently I have seen the remarkable photograph taken in the summer of 1937 by the renowned Liverpool photographer E Chambre Hardman. It was the perfect shot as he looked down a side street in Dingle and across the Mersey to the Birkenhead shipyard where the aircraft carrier Ark Royal resplendent in its …
A Most Distasteful Naval Action
As the war clouds were gathering over Europe in the summer of ’39, the pride of the French navy, the battleships Strasbourg and Dunkerque paid a courtesy visit to Liverpool berthing in the Gladstone Dock. At this time the battleship had not been replaced by the aircraft carrier as the supreme example of naval power, …
Wartime Recollections
True Patriotism It was in late ’43 or early ’44 that a Hudson aircraft of the RAF, operating on behalf of SOE, landed at a secret rendezvous in France. Unfortunately it became bogged down as it turned ready for take-off requiring a team of horses to free it. This involved a much longer stay on …
An Ormskirk Diary
The following diary was loaned to the society by the late Donald Goldsmith. In the transcription we have attempted to follow as closely as possible the wording and grammar of the author. OLD ORMSKIRK Memories of sixty to seventy years ago (Written in 1942) By John Tyrer A descriptive picture of its streets, etc. It …
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