Tuesday, July 7 – 1914 Last year the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authorities’ rat-catchers obtained on ships and quays 8,901 rats, bringing the total number of
Category: Other news
Police dogs in Liverpool
May 2, 1914 The use of police dogs in Liverpool district is commented on by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Eden in his report on the police
Penny tickets inaugurated at Lime Street Station
April 30, 1914 Commencing tomorrow, the new system of closing the platform by iron barriers will be inaugurated at Lime-street Station. Anyone in order to
The last Italian in Liverpool
Wednesday, April 29 – 1914 Till within a year ago the name of the “Latin Quarter” of Liverpool was truly deserved by the tangle of
The Cup Final at the Lime-street Picture House
Tuesday, April 28 – 1914 This house still maintains its reputation for high-class programmes, presented to the large audiences which attend there week after week.
Gambling at Cup Final
Monday, April 27 – 1914 A batch of charges was heard by the Penge-magistrates, today, in connection with the football Cup Final. There were 20
Prince Rupert’s headquarters at Everton
Wednesday, April 22 – 1914 Rupert-lane Barracks, the site of which has lately been converted into a pleasure ground, used to serve by reason of
– Don’t argue with a cockney; you won’t understand him
Thursday, April 16 – 1914 An ex-Liver, now in London, sends the following “Don’ts” for the special attention of my readers: – Don’t forget to
The football betting bill
Thursday, April 16 – 1914 A memorandum accompanying the text of the Ready Money Football Betting Bill, issued yesterday, shows the measure deals solely with
Liverpool underground tramway
Wednesday, April 8 – 1914 (Liverpool Echo, 08-04-1914)
Some Liverpool lunchers and their lunches
Saturday, January 17 – 1914 (Liverpool Echo, 17-01-.1914)
A duologue of the years
January 1, 1914 You are old, Nineteen-Thirteen, the Young Year said, And it’s time you were snugly asleep, But your face is tear-damp and your
Liverpool turning into a ghost town?
Tuesday, May 20 – 1913 At a conference in Glasgow it was stated that as the result of street trading Liverpool has miles of empty
Liverpool taxi drivers on strike
January 2, 1913 Fifty-five Liverpool taxi-drivers struck work yesterday owing to the employers demanding an extra threepence per gallon for petrol. In London nearly 12,000
Stoke joint Hospital Board
September 4, 1912 The monthly meeting of this Board was held at the Workhouse on Wednesday. Mr. A.P. Miller presided, and there were present Messrs.
Football in Norway
July 8, 1912 The Olympic football contest at Stockholm have given much stimulus to the game in Norway. Vincent Hayes, the Bradford full back, who
Charles Hafekost got his Amy Dora
June 19, 1912 Marriages: HAFEKOST – SMITH. – At Cleveland Road P.M. Church, on the 19th. By the Rev. G. Fawcett, Charles Henry Hafekost to
Miss Curwen with a new world record
May 20, 1912 Miss Daisy Curwen, of Liverpool, at the Olympic trials at Liverpool lowered the world’s record of 84 3-5 seconds for swimming 100
Liverpool English of 1912
May 30, 1912 Lancastrian traditions still assert themselves in what there is of dialect in the Liverpool language. For instance “nowt” is used for “nothing”
The funeral of the Titanic bandmaster
Saturday, May 18 – 1912 Thousands of people honoured on Saturday an heroic son of England – Mr. Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the Titanic,
The funeral of Bailie James Henderson
Wednesday, May 15 – 1912 Impressive scenes were witnessed at the funeral, in Glasgow, of Bailie James Henderson, who was laid to rest in Cathcart
The “Titanic’s” maiden voyage
Monday, April 8 – 1912 The “Titanic,” the largest ship in the world, will sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on
A joke the law calls stealing
Saturday, January 27 – 1912 “It’s a joke the law calls stealing,” was the Stipendiary’s comment on a defence put forward by two men named
Where’s our Maggie Cooper?
Saturday, November 18 – 1911 After the battle of Tottenham last Saturday, two Liverpool footballers were distending their bellies with stewed tannin and buttered scones
A new football watch
August 28, 1911 A very novel idea, and one which will no doubt be greatly appreciated by football referees, has been conceived by the Football
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