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31 October 2011, Liverpool Sailors on the Waterfront in the 19th Century. Dr Graeme Milne

The idea of the Waterfront conjures up a vibrant, multicultural, notorious sailor’s town. In reality it was where sailors, paid up after a long voyage, were relieved of their hard earned cash by unscrupulous tavern owners, boarding house keepers and brothel owners. Often when the sailors were destitute they were forcibly recruited into other trades. …

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Lectures

Lecture Programme Meetings are held atĀ Four Lane Ends Mission, Skelmersdale Road, Bickerstaffe, on Monday evenings commencing 7.30pm.