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Mersey Gateway - an online history of the port and its people |
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Eleanor Rathbone
Biography of the reformer and politician Eleanor Rathbone. Apart from her campaigning she was the first woman to be elected to Liverpool City Council and the first Liverpool woman to sit in Parliament. |
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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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| 12 MARCH 1851 |
First horse Fair
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The City's first horsemarket was held at North Haymarket.
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