Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Tag - history

Club with a 125-year history

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CHESTER Football Club was founded in 1885 as an amalgamation of Chester Rovers and Old King’s Scholars. In the early years of the previous century, the club moved to its much loved stadium in Sealand Road. This remained home for 84 years until the final game against Rotherham, in April, 1990.

Fact File: Liverpool Town Hall

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE first Liverpool Town Hall was built on the same site as the current one in 1515.

Illustrious history of Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CAMMELL Laird is one of the foremost names in the history of shipbuilding, and its illustrious history dates back to the 1820s when shipbuilding first began in Birkenhead under William Laird, a Scottish entrepreneur.

The priceless records of Aquitaine to go online as experts translate and upload Rolls

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

UNPUBLISHED medieval records charting the rise and fall of the English government of Aquitaine are soon be available online.

1930s’ depression was real poverty

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Emma Pinch talks to one of the children who grew up in the first great recession between the wars

As part of the Daily Post’s Support Jaguar Land Rover campaign, Paddy Shennan reflects on the Halewood car plant’s colourful history

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IT IS difficult to overestimate the scale of the industrial revolution which swept through the green fields of Halewood in the early 1960s.

Bodies of steel preserved in bronze

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Why we all owe a debt of gratitude to the Jack Tars

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IF YOU think life will be uncomfortable and difficult in the forthcoming year – or possibly years – in the current financial meltdown, here is a salutary reminder that your experiences could be far worse.

Britain's destiny decided on Wirral battleground

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:43:00 GMT

BRITAIN’S biggest and bloodiest ever battle was staged on Merseyside, a sensational new BBC TV documentary will reveal tonight.

Gateway to the world’s great cities

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:49:00 GMT

AS the historic centre of international trade, Liverpool is the first host of a conference dedicated to the past and future of the world’s great waterfront cities. David Charters reports