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Liverpool: City of Culture 2008 (and 2007 will be its 800th birthday!)
Images by Steve Howe
of the great city on the Mersey: The Liverpool
Gallery
A
huge
archive
of
outstanding
images
from
the
'golden
age'
of
Merseyside
photography
from
the
studios
of
Elsam,
Mann
&
Cooper,
Pagan
Smith
and
others,
run
by
Mike
Meadows
and
Carol
Sharpe:
formerly
Oxton
Studios,
but
now
renamed
the
Reflections
Photo
Archive.
(Mike
and
Carol
have
now
moved
from
Merseyside
to
Hastings,
but
we're
happy
to
report
that
their
website
continues
to
be
as
brilliant
as
ever)
Thanks to David Lydiate for telling us about his most interesting Liverpool website. Lots of fime pictures, a few facts- but a bewildering quantity of useful and entertaining links.
'Liverpool Tales from the Mersey Mouth' by John Williams- a wonderful collection of essays and anecdotes covering every aspect of Liverpool life. Highly recommended.
Another
fine
gallery
of
merseyside
images:
Merseyviews
A
site
where
you
can
choose
from
a
wide
range
of
superb
Merseyside
images
and
send
them
to
your
friends
as
'virtual
postcards'-
for
free!
Merseycards
Learn
about
the
extraordinary
life
and
work
of
Joseph
Williamson,
the
'Mole
of
Mason
Street'
at
the
superb
and
engrossing
Friends
of
Williamson's
Tunnels
site.
A fine guide to the Canning Street area of Liverpool... and, close by, a fascinating exploration of St. James' Cemetery
The
Liverpool
City
Council
website-
a
typical
local
authority
site
really:
fairly
dull
with
a
few
gems
of
useful
information
and
helpful
links.
Another
Liverpool
and
Wirral
guide.
The
Liverpool
Post
and
Echo's
large
and
varied
site:
Liverpool.com
All
the
happenings
in
Liverpool
and
district
according
to
Merseyworld
For
all
you
'North-enders'
out
there,
here
is
the
excellent
Crosby
Channel
website
and the Litherland Picture Post
The
complete
guide
to
Mersey
&
Irish
Sea
Shipping.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport. In addition, see some photographs of what was then Speke Airport during the 1960s here...
The
complete
text
and
illustrations
from
Dorothy
Wane's
History
of
Liverpool,
originally
published
in
1910.
The
layout
here
is
a
bit
wacky,
but
a
fascinating
site
nontheless-
like
webpages
would
have
looked
if
we'd
had
them
a
century
ago...
Talking of wacky, here's the universe according to the baggage loaders at Liverpool Airport- The Millionaire Loaders
Here's an interesting site devoted to the History of New Brighton
A comprehensive guide to one of our favourite parts of the city: the Lark Lane Home Page ...very close to which is the glorious Palm House in Sefton Park- for years, one of this writer's favourite 'hang outs'. Unforgivably neglected and derelict for years, in September 2001, it was officially re-opened to the public after a long period of restoration. Read all about it at the official Palm House website! Also, here is Steve Howe's page about the Palmhouse...
Merseyside boasts some of the finest museums and galleries in the world! Discovering these places as a child literally changed my life... See why by visiting the website of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, the Museum of Liverpool Life and also the Tate North, Liverpool
The Liverpool University Archives: Containing details of their archive collections including the Social Work Archive and the archives of the Cunard Line.
The website of
the Liverpool Architecture
and Design Trust
The brilliant, informative
and witty Scouser
Page.
A new site written
by Dave Williams- and still 'under construction'- dealing with
the history and memories of what was once the world's largest mental hospital
at Rainhill, near Liverpool: Between
the Towers. He is anxious to contact anyone with pictures or reminisciences
to share. Email him: williams.d@cableinet.co.uk
Here is a series of portraits by Steve Howe of some of the former patients
of the hospital: Rainhill Residents
Liverpool Merseyside Inside Out
Many fine Liverpool Images from Liverpool Pictorial
History
&
Archaeology
Links
Top
of
page
A most fascinating long-term archaeological project is taking place just a few miles from Chester city centre: a 'lost' Cistercian chapel and abbey, a crowded medieval cemetery, extensive remains of Roman and Iron Age settlement and even earlier worked flints have all come to light here, thanks largely to the energy and perseverance of project director Mike Emery and his dedicated team. Who knows what the future may bring? Visit the Poulton Research Project Website- and visit the real site too if you can!
Visit the remains of a fascinating XXth Legion Roman bath house located in an archaeology-rich area on the edge of the North Wales seaside resort of Prestatyn- an area designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument with a thriving wildlife population, but nontheless currently (Summer 2001) threatened by a housing development...
Launched on 1st July 2000 was the website of the Chester Amphitheatre Trust. Actually, upon recently attempting to visit, we found the link to be dead, but you can also keep abreast of developments at the Chester Amphitheatre by visiting the official city council Chester Amphitheatre Project website. In addition, here are the amphitheatre and reader's comments chapters of the Chester Virtual Stroll...
The website of the Chester Archaeological Society- which has just celebrated its 150th anniversary
Chester City Council's Chester Archaeology
Based, remarkably, in Washington DC USA, here is the excellent website of a Roman re-enactment group based upon the legion that were stationed in Chester (DEVA) for over three hundred years: LEGIO XX- The Twentieth Legion Lots of remarkable information here- we found their Handbook for Legionaries particularly fascinating...
A few miles from Chester
is Carden Park, home today to a modern hotel and golf course,
but which has a history of thousands of years of human occupation- including,
during the eighteenth century, the 'English Hermit', John Harris. Read
his story and learn about the ongoing archaeological investigations
at Carden in this fascinating article
by Anthony Sinclair and Keith Matthews
Chester artist Julian
Baum, in conjunction with Chester Archaeology has commenced
a major undertaking to produce a 'virtual reconstruction' of the great
fortress of Deva as it may have appeared in the third century AD- the
Chester Project. And here are his reconstructions of Chester's Roman defences. Brilliant
stuff.
An excellent 'virtual stroll' around another great British walled city: the York Wall Walk
The website of English Heritage
Cadw: Heritage in Wales
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales
The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
A useful and growing collection of links to all things historical: The All History Guide
A fine collection of links to urban excavations in Medieval Archaeology
Shannon's colourful and informative Ancient History Resource Page
Read the strange story of Kennewick Man at the Asatru Folk Assembly site.
Masses of worldwide archaeology links at Resource Central-Archaeology
Welcome to the Current Archaeology Homepage
The Council for British Archaeology guide: UK Archaeology Online
Internet Archaeology: Britain's first electronic journal of archaeology
The Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe
Maintained by the University of Connecticut, Archnet is a comprehensive directory of international archaeological resources on the internet
Yet more fine archaeology-based stuff at Suite101.com
A fine guide to Roman Military Sites in Britain
The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire is a vast resource offering large chapters, chronologies, galleries and interactive games.
• Brought
to
you
all
the
way
from
the
University
of
Kansas,
this
is
the
definitive
internet
source
of
information
about
the
Romans:
Bill
Thayer's
vast
and
brilliant
Roman
Sites.
(Bill writes of our Chester
Virtual Stroll: "Almost incomparably better than the official
site" (the Chester City Council
Home Page)- "And passionately concerned with archaeological preservation.
This is one of the deepest gazeteer-type sites I know on the web, with
both lots of pictures and lots of good detailed text".) Thanks Bill. We love you too..
A new feature on 'Roman Sites' is the text of Thomas Codrington's Roman
Roads in Britain, published in 1903, but still very good. Of particular
interest to students of Chester is the chapter dealing with Watling
Street
The UK History Channel is a well organised site with lots of pictures and History UK is another excellent site with lots of useful links.
The Public Record Office's National Archives Education Service may be accessed by anyone over 14 and contains a vast collection of documents pertaining to over 1,000 years of British history.
Here is BBC Education's Modern World History website.
The Spartacus Internet Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1950
Some recommended history and archaeology webrings: The History Ring, the European History Webring (we have been awarded their Best Site Award!) the Archaeology Ring and Archaeology on the Net
The Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Guides Online site offers DK's complete encyclopaedia collection free for all to use. Brilliant.
Photographic
services
for
archaeology
at
The
Black
&
White
Picture
Place
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