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Mersey Gateway - an online history of the port and its people |
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| See its astonishing growth from humble beginnings to a gateway to the world. |
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Mersey flats
Boats designed specially for travelling along the shallow waters of the River Mersey. | |
The Origins of the Place-Name Litherland
What is the origin of the place-name ‘Litherland’? Over the last two hundred years many scholars and historians have put forward their own suggestions and this story looks at some of them. |
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Privateers
Looks at the role played by privateering - where the Government encouraged private ships to fight and captured enemy ships. | |
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No Cotton Gloves required
Feature specifically written as an introduction to archives. A series of 6 historical questions are considered and explored using original archive material. | | |
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| ON THIS DAY... |
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| 11 MARCH 1911 |
Aldey Hey Hospital
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Foundation stone laid at Aldey Hey Hospital. Originally intended as a hospital for the poor it changed to helping sick children before it opened.
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