Explore HistoryLiverpool Albert Docks, A HistoryLiverpool’s Albert Docks, located in the heart of the city, stand as a testament to the city’s maritime heritage and industrial past. Once ... By Andy KinseyNovember 6, 20230
Music HistoryLiverpool’s Pop Idols from the 1950’sToday iNostalgia takes a look at three Liverpool pop idols from the ‘50s who were household names before the Beatles cut their first ... By Malcolm PhebyOctober 16, 20230
Clives CuriositiesFrom The Mersey With Love: The Story of Hovercraft TravelDuring the late-1950s the aircraft manufacturer Saunders-Roe built and tested the firstpractical hovercraft, the SR-N1, thereby validating designer and inventor ChristopherCockerel’s theories that ... By Clive HardyOctober 10, 20230
Music HistoryThe Beatles Final Tour of the USAThe band’s infamous final tour of the USA in 1966. By Malcolm PhebySeptember 1, 20230
Local HistoryThe Liverpool Overhead Railway – The Dockers’ UmbrellaClosed on 30 December 1965 after more than 60 years of passenger service, the ovee’ or Dockers’ Umbrella, was officially called “The Liverpool ... By Andy KinseyJune 1, 20230
National HistoryGet fell in! The vital defence role played by Britain’s ‘Gunner Girls’At the beginning of July 1940, the UK’s anti-aircraft strength stood at 157,139 men, 1,200 heavy and 549 light guns, and 3,932 searchlights. ... By Clive HardyMay 23, 20230
National HistoryShip’s anchor blasted more than a mile away by explosion in Liverpool BlitzThe official Luftwaffe order of battle for the raid on Liverpool and Birkenhead on Saturday May 3rd 1941 makes stark reading. These were ... By Malcolm PhebyOctober 14, 20220
National HistoryWhen the nation lived in dread of gas attacks on our citiesThankfully for us all, the cry Gas! Gas! Gas! was never heard on the streets of our cities during the Second World War ... By Malcolm PhebyOctober 12, 20220
Local HistoryFrom Formby to Fame – Wigan’s rich musical heritagePopular music has always struck a vibrant chord in Wigan, stretching from George Formby and his father right through to 90s rock group ... By Malcolm PhebyOctober 7, 20220
National HistoryMasks an echo of modern timesWar clouds were already gathering in September 1938 when gas masks were handed out at this unnamed Liverpool school in an eerie echo ... By Malcolm PhebySeptember 29, 20220
National HistoryLiverpool store gutted in Luftwaffe raidThe well-known Lewis’s department store in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, was left a burnt-out shell after Luftwaffe raided the city in the 1941 May ... By Malcolm PhebySeptember 29, 20220
National HistoryThe Home to the First-Ever Passenger Hovercraft Service – the WirralFor a few brief months in 1962, the Wirral made history as the location of the world’s first-ever passenger hovercraft service. The Vickers ... By Malcolm PhebySeptember 5, 20220
National HistoryShip’s anchor blasted more than a mile away by explosion in Liverpool BlitzOctober 14, 2022363 views