Natural Features Merseyside Uplands May 3, 2011 by Martin Greaney | 3 Comments on Merseyside Uplands The Merseyside Uplands include the higher ground to the east of Croxteth, and strips at Mossley Hill and elsewhere. They have had an important influence on Merseyside and Liverpool throughout... read more Read more »
Natural Features River Mersey May 3, 2011 by Martin Greaney | 17 Comments on River Mersey The valley of the River Mersey was created during the last ice age. Thick glaciers moved inland from what is now the Irish Sea, carving deep parallel iceways. The iceways... read more Read more »
Natural Features The Pool: Liverpool’s beginnings May 3, 2011 by Martin Greaney | 7 Comments on The Pool: Liverpool’s beginnings The Pool is arguably one of the major reasons for Liverpool’s existence. King John was looking for a suitable place from which to launch ships to Ireland, and Liverpool fit... read more Read more »
Landscapes Woodland on Merseyside and the Mersey Forest January 12, 2011 by Martin Greaney | 3 Comments on Woodland on Merseyside and the Mersey Forest The year 2011 was declared as the International Year of Forests by the UN (see the Echo for some of Liverpool’s plans). The very modern Mersey Forest has seen 8... read more Read more »
Buildings Edge Hill: the First Ever Passenger Station August 31, 2010 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Edge Hill: the First Ever Passenger Station Edge Hill has had two stations in its history. The earlier of these was the first passenger station in the world, along with Liverpool Street in Manchester. The first station... read more Read more »
Landscapes Madryn Street: Ringo’s Birthplace and the Welsh Streets August 26, 2010 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment The childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney are massively popular tourist attractions. George Harrison’s and Ringo’s homes (like 9 Madryn Street) don’t get so much as a blue... read more Read more »
Landscapes Knott’s Hole and the Garden Festival Site July 12, 2010 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment The former site of Liverpool’s historic Garden Festival saw the latest phase of its history in 2010, when work got under way to restore the parkland and kick-restart the building... read more Read more »
Buildings Lewis’s Department Store April 22, 2010 by Martin Greaney | 12 Comments on Lewis’s Department Store David Lewis founded a small shop selling men’s and boy’s clothing in 1856. The sale of women’s clothes began in 1864, and by the 1870s Lewis’s Department Store was in... read more Read more »
Landscapes Liverpool ‘one of the earliest seaside resorts’ November 16, 2008 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on Liverpool ‘one of the earliest seaside resorts’ Liverpool's modern tourist trade traces its roots back to the 18th century, earlier than Blackpool and Southport Read more »
Archaeology Manchester Dock: the ‘lost’ dock under the Museum of Liverpool April 16, 2008 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment The earliest dock on the waterfront was buried for years under a car park, until it was excavated in 2007. Read more »
