Latest posts tagged with #LiverpoolHistory on Bluesky
Liverpool Olympia is back—revived as a vibrant cultural hub. From The Beatles to Robbie Williams, this iconic venue is once again at the heart of Liverpool’s live scene. 🎭✨
👉 alisonlittle.blog/2026/03/27/t...
#LiverpoolOlympia #LiverpoolHistory #CulturalHeritage
Liverpool Olympia is back—revived as a vibrant cultural hub. From The Beatles to Robbie Williams, this iconic venue is once again at the heart of Liverpool’s live scene. 🎭✨
👉 alisonlittle.blog/2026/03/27/t...
#LiverpoolOlympia #LiverpoolHistory #CulturalHeritage
Liverpool Olympia is back—revived as a vibrant cultural hub. From The Beatles to Robbie Williams, this iconic venue is once again at the heart of Liverpool’s live scene. 🎭✨
👉 alisonlittle.blog/2026/03/27/t...
#LiverpoolOlympia #LiverpoolHistory #CulturalHeritage
Nervous Elephant made its way down from the main stage at the lauch of the Liverpool Olympia as a CIC. 🎭✨
👉 alisonlittle.blog/2026/03/27/t...
#LiverpoolOlympia #LiverpoolHistory #CulturalHeritage
On this day in #Liverpoolhistory (27th March)... Robbie Fowler was fined £900 by UEFA because, after scoring against Brann Bergen in a European game the week before, he revealed a T-shirt in support of the 500 Liverpool dockers sacked for refusing to cross a picket line. 1997
On this day in #Liverpoolhistory (25th March), Liverpool's status as capital of the Atlantic slave trade was thankfully destroyed by parliament's vote to abolish that evil. Of Liverpool's two MPs, one (Isaac Gascoyne) voted for the slave trade. The other (William Roscoe) voted for abolition. 1807
On this day in #Liverpoolhistory (24th March)...the most famous Grand National saw Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse ridden by the author Dick Francis, mysteriously collapse in the home straight just 40 yards from certain victory. The fall handed victory to another Dick, David Dick on ESB. 1956.
🚶Reminder! Liverpool Irish Famine Trail tours
Explore how the Great Irish Famine shaped Liverpool on a guided walk led by historian John Maguire.
📅 Mar–Jul | 🎟 Limited places
👉 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/liver...
#LivIrishFest #LiverpoolHistory #IrishHistory
Call for Participants - PhD student @samanthabarker.bsky.social is recording oral histories of 1970s-1980s LGBTQ+ community memory related to fashion and clothing. For more details:
ljmuarchives.blog/2026/02/11/c...
#lgbt #lgbtq #history #archives #liverpoolhistory #fashion #oralhistory #archive
Liverpool before the Luftwaffe, before the barmy city planners post war, before the Beatles, before me and before most of you.
#LiverpoolHistory #LiverpoolbyAir #VintagePanoramas
Our April Ashley First Look event went SO well - THANK YOU to everyone who attended!
If you couldn't make it - we still want to hear from YOU as to what you'd like to see from the collection: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#archive #history #lgbthistory #transhistory #lgbthm #liverpoolhistory #art
We're all set up for our big exhibition launch tonight and can't wait to see you!
Back to the Drawing Board: 200 Years of Art Education
Runs 16 Oct - 19 Dec 2025
Mount Pleasant Campus Library, 29 Maryland St, L1 9DE
#art #exhibit #arthistory #liverpool #history #archives #ljmu #liverpoolhistory
Liverpool's only Robert Adam-designed building, faces an uncertain future after a major fire caused structural collapse and historic loss.
Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/woolton-hall...
#WooltonHallFire #LiverpoolHistory #HistoricBuildingLoss #RobertAdamArchitecture #FireInvestigation
The Origins of the Liverpool Accent. Blog drop here: authorjohnmaxwell.com/origins-of-t...
#scouseaccent #liverpoolhistory
It’s nearly pay day and, with Father’s Day just around the corner, why don’t you treat someone to this history tour (which includes two G&Ts, or other selected drinks). Sunday 29th June ☀️🍸🚶💙 ❤️ @hiddenliverpool.bsky.social #history #liverpoolhistory #walking
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/murphys-di...
To read more and download a full copy of the exhibition booklet, visit our blog: ljmuarchives.blog/2025/05/22/n...
#womeninsport #sportshistory #womenshistory #herstory #liverpoolhistory #liverpool #history #archives #exhibition #exhibit #museum
Super happy to have supplied #archive material from our Everyman & Willy Russell collections for a short piece on The One Show! Starts at 17:24: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
@liveveryplay.bsky.social @willyrussell.bsky.social #theatre #theatrehistory #archives #liverpool #liverpoolhistory
🚂 LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!
Join us this week for an unmissable talk with historian Daniel Mangan on Henry Booth & the railway revolution!
📅 Wed 17 March
🎟 Tickets: www.ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/artic...
#RailwayHistory #HenryBooth #LiverpoolHistory #IndustrialRevolution #HistoryTalk
Background is a black and white photo of April Ashley in profile, taken in the early 1960s. Her dark hair is up. Image text says: "Chins up - get on with life and be as brave as you can" April Ashley, 1935 - 2021 Kickass Women of History logo
Great advice from the ever-inspiring April Ashley.
Hear about her journey from the streets of Liverpool, via the Merchant Navy, to Vogue model on the latest episode of our podcast:
open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9...
#lgbtqhistory #womenshistory #liverpool #transhistory #liverpoolhistory #podcast
You can read more and view more images of Barbara Dickson from Willy Russell's papers on our blog: ljmuarchives.blog/2025/02/10/l...
#archive #liverpool #history #archives #liverpoolhistory #theatre #theatrehistory #musicaltheatre #bloodbrothers #bbc
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Today is our birthday! On 10 January 1840 the Liverpool Philharmonic Society was officially established and by 1843 it was hosting concerts at Collegiate Institute on Shaw Street, Everton. In 1849 we found our permanent home on Hope Street #LiverpoolHistory
I had an hour to kill last week so thought I would visit The Holly Johnson exhibition at Liverpool Museum. It was the best £5 I've ever spent. The exhibition offers a fascinating exploration of the life and career of one of the city's most iconic musical talents. #Culture #LiverpoolHistory
Listen to WATER Street here: amzn.to/43yZ3Tr
Available as an audio book now! How the West was Won right here in Liverpool.
#historicalthrillers #bookrecs #liverpoolhistory #truehistory
@everyone
#2024 #HNY
WATER STREET by JP Maxwell, a mule-kick of a spy yarn set in 1863 Liverpool during the American Civil War. Find it on Amazon.
WATER Street: amzn.to/43yZ3Tr
#LiverpoolHistory #HistoricalFiction
#booktoker #booktok #books #viralbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #foryoupage
