November 2008 Archives

A SNOWPLOUGH has limited effect in the drifts on the Maghull-Southport road at Scarisbrick, in January 1979. Notice the hardy soul on the left in his short sleeves. CODE: tmc211207lookback.jpg

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CHARLES BUCHAN'S Football Monthly magazine brought the excitement of the beautiful game into the homes of little boys even if they didn't own a television or couldn't afford tickets to the match.

A new compilation of his articles and photos, featuring Liverpool FC between 1951 and 1973, would make a lovely Christmas present for those little boys now they have grown up.

IT WAS announced last week that Toxteth Library is being given a £1.3m make-over.

The Grade II-listed building on Windsor Street, built with money donated by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, was opened in 1902 and attracts over 1,000 people a week. However, its facilities badly need updating and large parts of it have been mothballed for many years.

IF YOU drive past Lime Street Station you can see the row of shops at the front being pulled down. It seems a good opportunity for looking back at some of the images of the station in our archive.

I don't know the dates of them all so if you can help me out I'd be very grateful. The image on the left was taken in 1966.

Student nurses sport the traditional uniform of cap, cape and apron at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, in February, 1968. Code: tmc170608lookback.jpg

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THERE are five miles of documents in Wirral's newly opened archives, covering local government, workhouses, schools, hospitals and the courts.

They are being houses in new premises at the Cheshire Lines building on Canning Street, Birkenhead, and include details about Cammell Laird shipbuilders, as well as photographs, maps, plans and local newspapers dating back to the 19th century. The oldest is a medieval title deed for Wallasey dating back to 1447.

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JUNE WILLIAMS was just four years old when her father bought a small estate near Chester for £3,500 and began transforming it into a zoo.

Now in her 80s, she has commissioned a book about her unusual childhood featuring many wonderful photographs of her playing with chimpanzees and holding her favourite lion cub, Christie.

THIS video of two Liverpool school pupils on a visit to Givenchy les la Basse in northern France is a great example of how history can be brought to life when taken away from textbooks.

It was filmed by Jennifer Hawley of BBC Liverpool, as part of the Video Nation project, and the children featured are Ashley and Ste.

The Blue Peter Dragon seems about to swallow the the Yellow Submarine at Liverpool's International Garden Festival, April 1984 Code: zz241106garden-6.JPG

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FROM today names of more than 13,000 military men from Liverpool killed in action during World War I are available online.

It will allow people to discover whether they had any relatives killed in the Great War without having to physically look through the thousands of names in the Hall of Remembrance at the Town Hall.