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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist
£15.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398110632 | ISBN 10: 1398110639
The history of Georgian Liverpool through its buildings. All those interested in the history of Liverpool will find this a fascinating exploration of the Georgian heritage of this city. Liverpool grew rapidly in the Georgian period as it ... more
View book details£49.95 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781915292483 | ISBN 10: 1915292484
"I am astonished at the amount of research which you've put into this book, and written with such a lightness of touch."(Peter Elson, Blue Coat School Development Officer) "Thank you so much another wonderful production on a par with your book on ... more
View book details£12.00 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781999803827 | ISBN 10: 1999803825
Local teacher, journalist and Irish language enthusiast, Tony Birtill, tells the fascinating history of the Irish language in Liverpool over the past 200 years and examines the Irish language vocabulary and speech patterns still in use in present day ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781843595205 | ISBN 10: 1843595206
Speke Hall is a precious survival from the Tudor age - one of the most important timber-framed buildings in the north of England. Neglected during most of the eighteenth century, Speke was restored in the 1850s by Richard Watt, who filled its pannel ... more
View book details£10.00 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780954207755 | ISBN 10: 0954207750
Dockers set the pace for all the gains in wages and conditions during the 1940s and 50s. Most of their battles, against their bosses, the government and sometimes their own union, were led by rank and file committees. Harry Constable was one of their ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780091955625 | ISBN 10: 0091955629
On 15 April 1989 the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield: 96 people were crushed to death and another 766 injured in what later was admitted to be caused by a shocking failure by police. ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781445604121 | ISBN 10: 1445604124
Although Liverpool has existed as a port since the thirteenth century, it wasn’t until the seventeenth century that it truly began to grow on the profits of trade with America, importing sugar from the West Indies and Virginia tobacco and exporting t ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780752406404 | ISBN 10: 075240640x
This book of photographs not only depicts the cosmopolitan face of Liverpool but also traces the many changes that Liverpudlians have experienced over the last century. This isn't just a story based around grand buildings, it's about the ordinary peo ... more
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