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This photo’s original caption frets that the ‘left-over antique lamp-standards’, which also formerly supported the overhead electric power supply for trams, caused a traffic-hazard in the middle of the ‘none too wide’ St Domingo Road, Everton, in May, 1962. Here’s a Bedford Commer van bizarrely demonstrating the problem in an otherwise empty road. Note, too, the Morris Minor ‘Moggy’ van, right, and the somewhat underused lollipop man, far leftPicture: DAILY POST ARCHIVE

Bringing health to the community

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of district nursing charity, the Queen’s Nursing Institute. Emma Pinch talks to two district nurses who covered the city, past and present Read

Merging cultures in a mysterious land

On Twelfth Night, the Three Wise Men presented their gifts to the infant Jesus, but – guess what – there is a Liverpool connection. Peter Elson reports Read

Statues on the Victoria monument in Derby Square, Liverpool

Bodies of steel preserved in bronze on a great Liverpool monument

Muscles almost ripple in the semi-naked brothers on a great Liverpool monument. Now we can reveal their names for a new generation of ogling girls. David Charters reports Read

Kelly Reilly: I wanted DC Travis to be flawed, rather than a brilliant young police officer

Lynda La Plante’s latest TV detective is not as tough as her predecessors. Laura Davis finds out more Read

Faith, love and prayers for our city of Liverpool

Liverpool Cathedral has asked people to share their hopes for the city in the forthcoming year. Laura Davis reports Read

St George's Hall on Capital of Culture opening night (Pic: Pete Carr)

What a Capital year for Liverpool

AS 2008 draws to a close, we take a look back at the headlines Read

Power of money

ON HIS seasonal visit to Birkenhead, Mr Brocklebank was dismayed to note that there was no Christmas tree standing before the splendid old Town Hall. In past years, the tree stood as a glittering sentinel overlooking the majesty of Hamilton Square. What has happened this year? Apparently, Wirral Council’s Scrooges and pettifoggers decided the tree was too expensive in these straitened times. Mr Brocklebank thinks that this council, perchance, is allowing mere monetary concerns to rip the very soul from Wirral. He is also appalled by the proposed closures of libraries, sports centres and the wonderful Pacific Road Theatre. Pshaw! Is this the spirit of Christmas to come on the Peninsula? Read

Rescuing the city’s history from the flames

The Bluecoat fire threatened to be the biggest disaster of Liverpool's Culture Year. Laura Davis meets the team who helped save the day Read

It really is time to clean up our act

IT ALL started off as one of those social clean-sweeps, pushing out the empty and meaningless courtesies of yesteryear which got in the way of the actual truths of life. What was (and still largely is) known as bad language, became regarded by the modernisers from the 1960s onwards as merely honestly expressing what speakers felt – so why shirk away from it? Read

A beacon of hope in a harsh world

He’s just another businessman in one of the world’s great cities, but with him he carries the love of Merseyside to the poorest of the poor. David Charters reports Read

Our much-loved king of comedy

Emma Pinch talks to the comedian who holds a unique place in the hearts of Merseysiders Read

These two cheeky chimps, Jamie and Tuzo, got down to the serious business of redistributing Southport Zoo’s Christmas tree decorations onto themselves before their party, in December, 1987. Seven-month-old Jamie, an African chimp, lost his twin baby brother, Jethro, when he was just two weeks old. Staff at Southport Zoo found a companion in the form of six-month-old Tuzo, from London ZooPicture: STEPHEN SHAKESHAFT, Daily Post archive

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Roll out the welded barrel: it’s January, 1946, but there’s seemingly no shop floor sexism here, as both men and women workers together get down to electrically welding 40-gallon steel tanks at the Speke works of E A Brough & Co, in truly grim-looking surroundingsPicture: DAILY POST ARCHIVE

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Book early for 2009

NOT content with netting Cilla for its panto this year, Liverpool’s Empire Theatre has obviously decided to grab the punters while the Scotland Road chanteuse has got them in the right frame of mind. This means you can now book for next year’s Christmas panto, which is Peter Pan, in case you’re interested. And it appears people are, as 60 bookings have been made already. Read

Country focuses on city’s Christian unity

In spite of its relative newcomer status, Liverpool Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral now has one of Britain’s most sought-after choirs, as the country can hear on Christmas Eve. Peter Elson reports Read

Meals, deals and gossip at Table 21

Liverpool’s restaurants are wildly busy at this time of year. Emma Pinch spends a day eavesdropping on busy Table 21, a popular spot in Victoria Street’s Living Room Read

Knocking proper science facts into a cocked hat

ONE of the few scientific facts I can easily remember, apart from the theory of relativity and Boyle’s second law of thermodynamics (naturally), is that nearly half of your body heat is lost through your head. Read

Forget the coughs, colds, pre-Christmas stress and credit crisis – let’s look forward to spring . . . well, spring, 1967, that is. This Hillman Minx sits bathed in the sharp sunshine of an April day, 41 years ago, in front of Eastham parish church, one of only two such broach spires in WirralPicture: DAILY POST ARCHIVE

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Congregation’s gift of hope

Despite the shopping frenzy, silly hats, office parties and gloomy news, a true Christmas story has been unfolding in an unlikely place. David Charters reports Read

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