Archives: LHS Talks

Women in Merseyside’s Political Organisations, 1890-1920

20/05/2025 11:00 am

Public mistrust in the medical profession is not new. We describe a series of street riots that took place in the city of Liverpool in...

Champion black boxers from Liverpool

15/04/2025 11:00 am

Liverpool has produced several champion black boxers who have made significant contributions to the sport. Among them, Tony Bellew stands out, known for his WBC...

Fear and frustration – the Liverpool cholera riots of 1832

18/03/2025 11:00 am

Public mistrust in the medical profession is not new. We describe a series of street riots that took place in the city of Liverpool...

Whatever happened to Tory Liverpool?: Success, decline, and irrelevance since 1945

18/02/2025 11:00 am

In the 1968 local elections the Liverpool Conservatives won 62 percent of the vote and 78 percent of the seats on Liverpool City Council. By...

Courts and Alleys: A history of Liverpool courtyard housing

21/01/2025 11:00 am

Liverpool was a burgeoning trading centre and rapidly growing town in the early 18th century, developing into a thriving mercantile metropolis by the 19th...

Mary Bamber, Bessie Braddock’s radical mother

19/11/2024 11:00 am

Mary Bamber (1874-1938) was a prominent social and political activist in Liverpool. Known for her work as a trade unionist and suffragist, Bamber...

Captive Memories: Far East POWS & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

15/10/2024 11:00 am

Captive Memories is the title of a book which documents the long-term perspective of sixty-six former Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOW). Meg Parkes interviewed them all...