Hidden History
January 23, 2022 / January 23, 2022 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Cobbles and cottages on Fisher Street
In early 2020 a Twitter user by the name of PhoenixME (@Phoenix1270) got in touch to ask about the ‘Forgotten Street’ (as they put it). This led to a very interesting little journey to discover a road that is blocked off at one end by a gate, and at the other by buildings. But Fisher […]
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July 31, 2020 / November 24, 2022 by Martin Greaney | 6 Comments on Courts and Alleys by Elizabeth J. Stewart
This book is part of the output of the ‘Galkoff’s and the secret life of Pembroke Place’ project. (See my article on a talk by Liz Stewart, this book’s author). It doesn’t cover the court houses archaeological excavations which took place as part of the project, which will come in a later publication. Court houses […]
Archaeology
November 22, 2018 / November 14, 2022 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
This is part of a series of posts based on the talks given at the Recent Developments in Merseyside Archaeology conference. It was held on the 13th October 2018, and took place at the Museum of Liverpool. Liz Stewart spoke about Pembroke Place, and the different projects which have been going on there. Galkoff’s Place […]
Maps and mapping
March 2, 2015 / November 11, 2022 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Liverpool was one of the first British cities to be rendered in three full dimensions on Google Earth. There was, as a crazy extra, a rumour going around that it was in preparation for a new Google office which was opening in the city. That latter rumour was soon quashed, but as a blog interested […]
