Lost Liverpool: In The Beginning

Thursday, 21 June 2007

In The Beginning

Collingwood Dock, Liverpool 2006

I started this blog to capture some of the hidden history of Liverpool and its inhabitants and places that I had come across during my research into local and family history.

There are many books written about the history of Liverpool but some of its history has been forgotten - such as tales of ordinary people who didn't make the headlines and some extraordinary ones who did. Places on old maps which no longer exist but influence our lives even now. Fleeting moments in time almost forgotten - this is the part of Liverpool I love.

Look closely where you live and you may see a glimpse of a different life - a bit of sandstone wall left from an old farm - an old fashioned street name - a twisting road when a modern straight one would be much more convenient. Look closer to home and you may find a medal from Grandad's war days or an old love letter sent from the front. There is more to Liverpool than meets the eye.

Click on the labels to the right to read on..........................

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5 comments:

Keeping Soul Alive said...: Hi Barb

Good to see you going out by yourself - Best wishes for your new blog!!!

Mr KSA; 26 June 2007 at 21:04
Anonymous said...: I enjoyed reading your visit to St George's Church. Thanks
Dave
www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk; 30 September 2007 at 16:31
Barbara said...: Thanks Dave - glad you enjoyed it. Barb; 30 September 2007 at 17:19
andalucia said...: Hi Barbara

A fantastic site, well done for keeping his memory alive.

I know of a war memorial that list his name. if you want it i can pass it on.

great work you have done here.

Anthony.; 3 February 2008 at 14:37
Barbara said...: Thanks for your comments. I would like to know where the memorial is with Peters name on

Thanks Again

Barbara; 3 February 2008 at 21:09

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Fazakerley People

In the course of my research into local history and as a result of my interest in genealogy, I have come across a few snippets which interested me but don't fit in the main story.

Searching the census gives a picture of the social development of the area. The early census documents show that Fazakerley was mainly a farming community with a few large houses but as the railway system allowed greater social mobility, commuters moved out of the busy city to the luxury of newly built houses within a rural setting.

One such person was a gentleman named Charles Octavius Bremner who is recorded on the 1881 and 1891 census as living at 9 Higher Lane. He lived with his wife Anna Amery Wedgewood who was born in Rock Ferry and one servant. By 1891 the couple had 3 children Barbara, Evelyn and Henry. Charles worked as a Sergeant at Mace at the "Chief Circle of the Court of Passage" Love to Know describes the Court of Passage as a very ancient institution which sits five times a year to try civil cases.

Charles came from a large family, in 1871 he lived in Northumberland Terrace with his father Henry, an attorney, his mother May, 10 siblings and 4 servants. At least one of his brothers was a barrister.

Charles and his family moved to Wellington Rd in Oxton by 1901. It is unclear at what time during the previous decade they moved to the Wirral. Maybe they did not relish the idea of living near an isolation hospital.

Fire at City Hospital

The British Journal of Nursing printed the following report on 29th April 1911

"As usual, when a fire occurs in a hospital, the nursing staff showed presence of mind and promptitude at the City Hospital for Infectious Disease, Fazakerley, Liverpool, last week. The gale dislodged a chimney pot from the roof of a block in the isolation quarter, and some burning soot set fire to the wood-work in the roof. The nurse in charge rushed out to raise the alarm, and when she returned she found the ceiling ablaze. There were 13 children suffering from measles and whooping cough in the wards, and attention was first given to them. Doctors and nurses hurried to the rescue, and beneath a roof of flame the little patients were carefully wrapped in blankets and transferred to other wards with disciplined coolness. The City Fire Brigade concentrated their efforts on preventing the flames from spreading to the other wooden-built blocks close by, and in this they were successful, for the fire was confined to the one building which was entirely gutted"