My grandmother was born in Chatem St in 1886. When Liverpool was a town . She told me she seen Buffalo BIll when he come to Liverpool.. she.remembers spring heel jack.. she had. 5 sisters . Her dad was born in Norway. MY gran never forgot were she was born . And loved Liverpool.
there is a pub on the junction of Belmont Road & West Derby Road in Liverpool 6, called 'The Belmont'. apparently Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley would go in for a drink after touring shows in nearby Newsham park.
Fascinating, I grew up in liverpool in the 60's and never heard of this . In fact I remember the collective opinion during the 70's and 80's the IRA would never bomb liverpool because of the Irish who lived here.
Lol... I grew up in liverpool in 70s n 80s. .... The Ira blew up bins in department stores all the time.... The bins would pop fart n fizzle , the shop would be evacuated. ...
I have been with and lived in Liverpool since 1965 and this is the first I`ve heard of this,I always thought that Liverpools population,largely of Irish descent was spared the horrendous bombings the rest of the UK `enjoyed`
The city expanded as required by growth,so was crosby even inside the boundry of liverpool in 1939?very interesting either way,i had no idea the I.R.A ever attacked closer than warrington.
I would like to see this Historian report the IRA bomb in Liverpool on 17 December 1978. I can not find much about it online. They also bombed Manchester, Coventry, Bristol and Southampton on that day. Cheers for this.
We where always told has kids they would never bomb Liverpool because it was an escape route don't know if it was true but it's always stuck in my mind . useless information I think it's called ..
@@johndowd5792 Yes, I think my mum used to say in the 80s that the IRA wouldn't bomb Liverpool because there were too many Irish people living here. Judging by this video, it wasn't the case!
Thank you for this! I now live in Canada but spent my first 28 years in Crosby. In fact, my maths tutor lived on that road you show.. and I used to walk my dog at Rimrose past that pylon! Never knew about those attacks... I had heard a rumour of the bridge in Maghull, though!
Wow,, very interesting series. Maybe one on the FWA (free wales army) as there is a connection with 'Liverpool' after the 'Llyn Celyn' reservoir was constructed to provide water to 'Liverpool corporation' the FWA wanted to blow it up. The FWA had connections with members from the IRA, there are a few clips/vids here on YT regarding the FWA... Well worth a look.
I have LOVED Liverpool for many years now, and have spent ten very happy years here.....Furthermore, I hope to spend many, many more years in this marvellous city,
@@spudhead1161 When filmed he lived and worked in Liverpool and cared enough to learn more about it's history than most. Why does this not make it his city?
I remember reading about this campaign,a few years ago. They bombed a number of locations all in the same day,just like in Belfast on bloody Friday. If I recall,st helens was one of the targets along with a number of other British citys.
Just a couple of corrections to mention. 1. There is no Prescot Road in Rainhill 2. Lilley Road is in Fairfield, not Wavertree. I live in Maghull and you'd be surprised how many don't know the Green Lane canal bridge was bombed in 1939!
Wtf is his accent? Also, a protest against the Irish in Liverpool. It's kind of what makes Liverpool Liverpool. Maybe if that was done a hundred years earlier. What next? Pakistanis out of Preston?
The respected Lex: it's odd, he seems to have a slight Irish accent but very middle class, Anglicised, and has a Welsh name. He's a pretty good narrator too, however.
Lived in Liverpool all my life i come from Irish and English decent and never once heard any of these storie's and has for trueform shoe shop on London road that was there in the 70s/80s am not saying any of it is not true but why have we never heard of it
Liverpool University is the REAL red brick university. Hope University has a good reputation, however LJMU could justifiably be described as a MMP as you say.
Was looking forward to watching this but there are huge problems in the first 10 minutes: 4:15 That's not Crosby - it's Waterloo/Brighton-le-Sands, and where was the explosion on this street, and what if anything was damaged? 4:45 The Leeds/Liverpool canal is at least a mile from Waterloo/Brighton-le-Sands and in 1939 there were plenty of houses between it and the street he was on, all a lot closer that would have heard/felt the explosion better. Also what happened - was the pylon destroyed and what happened to the electricity supply - was it disrupted? 8:20 - what happened with the Walton Prison bomb - did it work? He gives no information! Too many mistakes - I stopped watching after that.
