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Slaves and Pirates of Liverpools Slave Trade
The Slaves and Pirates of the Caribbean during Liverpool’s Slave Trade: Liverpool was built on slave money and the evidence is in the buildings ‘Around Liverpool’ if you know where to look…. If you look at the architecture down by the Royal Liver building next time you are down there, you might expect to see…
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The Mermaid of Merseyside
The Wirral coast was once frequented by a cursed mermaid: A Liverpool sailor called John Robinson fell victim to her charms when he saw her sitting on Black Rock; he took her on board his boat, and she gave him a ring. She returned to the sea and he to his home, where he died…
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Hugo Boss – Scouse Fashion and the Nazi’s
Long before Hugo Boss caught on in Liverpool he was a German fashion designer who made the uniforms for Hitlers regime. Hugo Boss was all over Liverpool at one stage a few years back but and what was seen as an inherently Scouse rig-out the 1934 range looked very, very different to what we know…
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The things that the Vikings left behind in Liverpool
Croxteth, Kirkby, Toxteth, Childwall, West Derby, Crosby, Thingwall, Formby, Heswall, Greasby and West Kirby are all place names left to us by the Vikings. The Vikings invaded England in around the year 800AD and Liverpool was a Viking settlement. They supposedly sailed up the River Alt which is a tiny little river that runs through…
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The Gloser Man – The original Liverpool Boogieman
The Glochier Man – This is a creepy true story that probably none of you have ever heard of. I used to live with my Nan when I was little and I can remember late at night she used to tell me stories about her growing up during World War 2. One of the stories…
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The devil-proof tomb of Liverpool city centre
Do you know the legend of the Liverpool man who is entombed sat at a table ready for a game of poker with the devil right in the middle of town? This is the grave of William MacKenzie but it has a much more interesting story to it. Legend has it that he is laid…
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