October 2008 Archives

LOCAL historian Mike Royden is being interviewed by Dean Sullivan on City Talk 105.9FM this afternoon at 1.45pm about a new set of Liverpool maps.

Printed by Cassini, the set is made up of four 1:50,000 maps from four different periods giving a series of bird's-eye views of the city and its surrounding countryside. A detailed 1:10,000 map lets you explore the mid-19th century city street by street.

THIS mug was designed in Liverpool to celebrate the advent of the railways.

One of the transfers on its side depicts George Stephenson's Rocket, which beat four other engines (although two of them dropped out due to mechanical problems) to win the Rainhill Trials of 1829 and a £500 prize.

THE Daily Post & Echo has produced a glossy collection of photographs from its archive, North Wales: They Way We Were.

I've picked out the ones that might ring a few bells with people from Liverpool - of childhood holidays to the beach or trips on a steam train.

'IT WAS very unhealthy, dirty and smelly," says Jane Laughton about the place that has been her obsession for two decades.

Some of it remains, less well known than the black and white 19th- century facades or the city's Roman ruins - traces of Medieval Chester in a shop's cellar or in a drainage system underneath the Cathedral green.

MUSIC fans should check a new research database created by Liverpool University's Institute of Popular Music and National Museums Liverpool.

The Beat Goes Online resource provides more than 250 pages of stories, images and facts, exploring not only popular music on Merseyside, but also offering a broader perspective tackling the themes and issues related to popular music.

AS PART of Liverpool's Black History Month, Liverpool FC has made a film on the history and contribution of its black players.

Emma Pinch has interviewed former LFC footballers John Barnes and Howard Gayle on their own experiences of the game. Click here to read the full feature.

Three GPO operators try the new subscriber Trunk dialing system for Liverpool's central maritime exchanges.

To order this or any other Photo of the Week, call 0151 472 2549, quoting the relevant picture code, or click here.

The Queen Mother unveils a plaque marking the start of rebuilding the blackened William Brown Library in June, 1957.

To order this or any other Photo of the Week, call 0151 472 2549, quoting the relevant picture code, or click here.

THESE photographs of the warship Illustrious, on her recent visit to Liverpool, were sent in by Sheffield-based student Alex McKenzie in case they inspired people's memories of serving in the armed forces.

Send your own images for publication to lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk

DID you know that Ronald Reagan once visited Liverpool in the days before he became a US president?

He arrived on board the MV Britannic, in November 1948, before travelling to the Savoy Hotel in London where his occupation was listed simply as "actor".