Liverpool S Own

Author : Simon Hughes
Publisher : deCoubertin Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909245914

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There She Goes by Simon Hughes Pdf

Liverpool was once one of the greatest cities in the British empire but it no longer feels like it is in England, if it ever did. It had retreated as a significant port after the Second World War and by 1979, it was already on the brink. What it needed was support but instead, a Conservative Party with aggressive new ideas allowed it to slide. Thirty-years after the Toxteth Riots, classified government papers revealed that the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was urged to abandon the city and embark on a programme of 'managed decline'. Why did Liverpool's fortunes change so dramatically? Why did it fight back when other cities did not? This is the untold story of what it was like for Liverpool's people and how the period defines who they are.

Author : Christine Dawe
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750953443

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Liverpool's Own by Christine Dawe Pdf

Liverpool has been the birthplace or home to literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women. In this book Christine Dawe features a great many of them - from all eras and walks of life. Locally noteworthy figures, such as Kitty Wilkinson, who started the first public wash-houses in the city, Father Nugent, who rescued hundreds of starving orphans after the Irish Potato Famine, and Teddy Dance, who played a grand piano outside Marks & Spencers for many years and raised over £16,356,000 for Cancer Research, appear alongside some of the more famous faces from the past, including Rex Harrison and Bessie Braddock, as well as more contemporary figures, such as Ken Dodd, Cilla Black, Carla Lane, Ricky Tomlinson and Sir Simon Rattle. This book contains more than a hundred mini-biographies of Liverpool's famous sons and daughters - all of whom are illustrated. A perfect souvenir for visitors to the city, this is also essential reading for Liverpudlians everywhere, and is sure to appeal to those wanting to know more about these people's contributions to the great city we know today.

Author : Mark Christian
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793652645

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Transatlantic Liverpool by Mark Christian Pdf

Written within the perspective of Africana critical studies, this book presents a transatlantic voyage and the depths of historical Black experience in Liverpool, England. The author addresses the narrative of the Black Atlantic propounded by Paul Gilroy and further reveals a firsthand account of a largely hidden aspect of Black British history.

Author : Mike Fletcher
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783408160

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The Making of Liverpool by Mike Fletcher Pdf

Discover the fascinating history of this coastal English city from its Medieval origins to its status today as a world-renowned cultural destination. In The Making of Liverpool, Mike Fletcher tells the story of this historic city and highlights the significant changes that have made it what it is today. It all begins with King John’s 1207 charter and the construction of Liverpool castle to protect this new town. Liverpool’s development throughout the medieval period was slow, and even through the reigns of the Tudors and Stuarts, the town was confined to the waterfront area. Through the English Civil Wars, Liverpool endured three brutal sieges. But during the Georgian period, it embraced the transport revolution by investing in river navigations and building the first passenger railway. By the nineteenth century, Liverpool was a thriving port, yet life in the city was beset by poverty and disease. Even as the twentieth century brought the devastation of two world wars and the Toxteth Riots, Liverpool found international fame during the swinging sixties. More recently, it has enjoyed a significant resurgence and was named European Capital of Culture in 2008.

Author : Michael Brocken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317084884

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Other Voices: Hidden Histories of Liverpool's Popular Music Scenes, 1930s-1970s by Michael Brocken Pdf

At times it appears that a whole industry exists to perpetuate the myth of origin of the Beatles. There certainly exists a popular music (or perhaps 'rock') origin myth concerning this group and the city of Liverpool and this draws in devotees, as if on a pilgrimage, to Liverpool itself. Once 'within' the city, local businesses exist primarily to escort these pilgrims around several almost iconic spaces and places associated with the group. At times it all almost seems 'spiritual'. One might argue however that, like any function myth, the music history of the Liverpool in which the Beatles grew and then departed is not fully represented. Beatles historians and businessmen-alike have seized upon myriad musical experiences and reworked them into a discourse that homogenizes not only the diverse collective articulations that initially put them into place, but also the receptive practices of those travellers willing to listen to a somewhat linear, exclusive narrative. Other Voices therefore exists as a history of the disparate and now partially hidden musical strands that contributed to Liverpool's musical countenance. It is also a critique of Beatles-related institutionalized popular music mythology. Via a critical historical investigation of several thus far partially hidden popular music activities in pre- and post-Second World War Liverpool, Michael Brocken reveals different yet intrinsic musical and socio-cultural processes from within the city of Liverpool. By addressing such 'scenes' as those involving dance bands, traditional jazz, folk music, country and western, and rhythm and blues, together with a consideration of partially hidden key places and individuals, and Liverpool's first 'real' record label, an assemblage of 'other voices' bears witness to an 'other', seldom discussed, Liverpool. By doing so, Brocken - born and raised in Liverpool - asks questions about not only the historicity of the Beatles-Liverpool narrative, but also about the absence o

Author : Martin Greaney
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752493862

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Liverpool: A Landscape History by Martin Greaney Pdf

The landscape has had a huge impact on the history of Liverpool and Merseyside. The ice age glaciers carved out the Rivers Mersey and Dee; the Sefton coast provided a perfect place for the earliest humans to hunt and gather food; and the Pool and the Mersey, and England's position on the coast gave King John the perfect base from which to launch his Irish campaigns. This book explores the landscapes from these earliest times, and charts the changing city right through to the present day. It explains why Liverpool looks the way it does today, and how clues in the modern landscape reveal details of its long history. You'll see how the landscape created Liverpool, and how in turn Liverpool recreated the landscape.

Author : Steven Gerrard
Publisher : Headline
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 147221398X

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Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story by Steven Gerrard Pdf

Steven Gerrard is a genuine Liverpool legend. Captain at the age of 23. Two FA Cups. Three League Cups. One UEFA Cup. And that Champions League win. Gerrard embodies the spirit and passion of Liverpool football club like no other in the modern era. From the raw but talented youngster who made the jump from the Melwood training ground and took to the famous Anfield turf at 18, to the talismanic skipper who has led his beloved club through thick and thin, this stunningly illustrated book, complete with exclusive new photographs, is the story of his fifteen momentous seasons at Liverpool FC. Along with a foreword from Kenny Dalglish, this is Steven Gerrard's Liverpool story in his own words.

Author : Pamela Russell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750988186

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Great War Britain Liverpool: Remembering 1914-18 by Pamela Russell Pdf

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Liverpool offers a detailed insight into this great city and its people facing the challenges of wartime. This highly accessible volume explores the city's regiments, and includes many individual stories of men on the frontline and the vital role of women against the background of the changing face of industry, attitudes to conscientious objectors, hospitals for the wounded and their rehabilitation, peace celebrations, the fallen heroes and how they are commemorated. Liverpool Central Library & Record Office have generously made available illustrative and other material from their extensive archives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062864819

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The English Reports: King's Bench (1378-1865) by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on S. Res. 142
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1540 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Cotton trade
ISBN : UOM:39015066975957

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Cotton Prices by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on S. Res. 142 Pdf

Author : Jez Conolly,Caroline Conolly
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781783201099

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World Film Locations: Liverpool by Jez Conolly,Caroline Conolly Pdf

Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome or Moscow, and sometimes playing itself – or a version of its own past in Beatles biopics – Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop that has attracted film-makers to its ports for decades. A place of passion, humour and pride, Liverpool evokes caverns and cathedrals, ferries and football grounds; it is a city so vivid we see it clearly even if we’ve never been there. From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Mitchell & Kenyon film company, the Lumière brothers and pioneering early cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene – who preserved the city, the river, the docks, the streets and the people, Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination. This collection celebrates that survival instinct and will be welcomed by enthusiasts of British cities, films and culture.

Author : Bryan Biggs,John Belchem
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789621631

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Bluecoat, Liverpool by Bryan Biggs,John Belchem Pdf

Bluecoat is a unique and much-loved Liverpool institution, its oldest city centre building. This book tells the fascinating story of its transformation from charity school to contemporary arts centre, the UK's first. Its early 18th century origins shed light on the religious and maritime mercantile environment of the growing port, whose merchants supported the school. Echoes from then are revealed in themes explored by artists in the 20th century, including slavery and colonial legacies. The predominant focus is on an inclusive building for the arts, starting with colourful bohemian society, the Sandon, who established an artistic colony in 1907, hosting significant exhibitions by the Post-Impressionists and many leading modern British artists. Bluecoat Society of Arts emerged as the building's custodians, paving the way for the arts centre which, despite financial struggles and wartime bomb damage, survived and continues to play a prominent role in Liverpool's and the UK's culture. Bluecoat is described as where 'village hall meets the avant-garde'. In its rich story, Picasso, Stravinsky, Yoko Ono, Captain Beefheart, Simon Rattle and the inspirational Fanny Calder are just some of the names encountered, as key strands, including music, visual art, performance and the building's tenants, are traced.

Author : Paul Du Noyer
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448132515

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Liverpool - Wondrous Place by Paul Du Noyer Pdf

No other city in the world is as well known or loved for its vibrant and definitive musical history as Liverpool. In 2002, Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles voted Liverpool 'World Capital of Pop', recognising that Liverpool's homegrown talent has produced more number one hit singles per capita than anywhere else in the world. In 2008, Liverpool will celebrate its crown as European Capital of Culture. Paul Du Noyer's acclaimed book takes us on a tour of the rich musical history of his hometown, from the world-famous Cavern Club in Mathew Street, host to the Beatles' debut performance in 1961, to the city's musical future with contemporary bands like The Zutons. Featuring interviews with key figures of the music scene, this book reveals the creative impulse behind Britain's most musical city. Find out why Liverpool is not just a place where music happens. The city is the reason music happens.

Author : Charles Duke Yonge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026283790

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The Life and Administration of Robert Banks, Second Earl of Liverpool by Charles Duke Yonge Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10064644

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The life and administration of Robert Banks, Second Earl of Liverpool, K. G. ... by Anonim Pdf