Memories are liberally scattered around this week’s links. Photos of life in Liverpool, plus revealing the hidden corners of the city, and life on the Home Front. Read more
Tag Prescot
Liverpool’s Electric Tramway
This week’s research has been all about transport: roads, rail and that in-between technology, trams.
Like a lot of Liverpool’s landscape, the trams were both pioneering and behind the times. The first Act of Parliament was granted in 1868, and Liverpool was the first city to be granted such an Act, and yet Liverpool stuck with trams when other cities were moving to buses, the last tram entering the depot in 1957. Read more
Mapping the History of Liverpool
Interactive old maps of Liverpool's suburbs, old maps of Merseyside, and details of our protected, listed heritage.
Recommended Reading
These are some of my favourite books on Liverpool history. They're what I'd recommend to someone who wants great coverage of the whole history of the port and city.
All these books are available via Amazon UK, and buying from through the links above will help fund the web hosting costs of Historic Liverpool.
Old maps from Cassini
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