Lost Heritage
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The ‘Star of Hope’ and ‘Atlantic’ Shipwrecks
Star of Hope | Atlantic In addition to the Ancient Footprints on the beach near Formby, more history can occasionally be found a little further along the coast near Ainsdale. Two of the many shipwrecks that have foundered on the…
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Brooks House, Hanover Street
Who remembers this now long lost, Hanover Street building?… The building was originally named ‘Brooks House’, 31 Hanover Street and was the former home of Joseph Brooks, a Liverpool merchant & ropemaker. The house was believed to be one of…
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Endeavour
The German built passenger ferry, Endeavour, whose last reported name is listed as, ‘Trinity’ – (IMO 5264663). She was originally built & launched in 1959 as the ‘Alte Liebe’. However since her launch, she has had several name changes: The…
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Warrington Transporter Bridge
The historic Warrington Transporter Bridge crosses the River Mersey close to Warrington Bank Quay Station. It is one of only 8 bridges of this type still surviving worldwide, having Grade II listing and Scheduled Monument protection. The current transporter was…
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Ancient Footprints on Formby beach
I had heard about ancient footprints of our ancestors being discovered on Formby beach back in the 1950’s. I was fascinated by this discovery and wanted to learn more. So I booked on a ‘National Trust‘ guided tour to see…
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Creep Inn, Munitions Factory & WWII Bunker
A network of Top Secret subterranean Tunnels, passages and chambers, beneath Wirral’s New Brighton Palace amusement arcade, have quite an interesting historic story to tell… The New Brighton Palace Tunnels, said to date back over 200 years and thought to…
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River Jordan, Aigburth
In Liverpool’s historic past, there were ancient rivers, which strangely do not seem to exist anymore. However, many of these rivers still flow down to the Mersey. There existance largely hidden from view, flowing through a network of underground brick…
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Inside the Otterspool café
‘Otterspool House’, the once grand home of “John Moss” stood in what is now Otterspool park, South Liverpool. When the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was proposed in the 1820s, John Moss took great interest in the proposed new passenger Railway,…
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The old Bank Vault
An intereresting discovery was made back in March 2019 whilst ground works were taking place at the site of the former Midland Bank, on Upper Parliament Street by Smithdown Lane and Tunnel Road. The foundations of the former bank’ were…
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Beneath Renshaw Street, Liverpool
The discovery and exploration of a long lost, little known subterranean passage and tunnel under Renshaw Street, Liverpool City Centre. Located beneath what was once a former tyre fitting garage, next door to the Dispensary Pub. This small but interesting…
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