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59 unusual facts about Liverpool


371st Engineer Construction Battalion

The unit left Boston on the 13 May 1944 bound for Liverpool, England with a convoy of several ships including USAT Brazil, carrying the 371st.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The hospital is currently being rebuilt in neighbouring Springfield Park in a £237 million pound scheme.

Arriva Trains Northern

The long distance regional services connecting Sunderland, Newcastle, Scarborough and Hull with Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool were operated under the TransPennine Express banner, the rest as Arriva Trains Northern.

Arthur Bywater

On 22 February 1944 there was an accident at an arms factory in West Kirby in Liverpool.

Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson

After his wife's death in 1916, Richardson returned to Liverpool and died there in 1932.

Arthur Nickson

Arthur Thomas Nickson (b. 4 February 1902 in Liverpool, England – d. 5 January 1974), was a British western fiction writer as Arthur Nickson, Matt Winstan, John Saunders, Arthur Hodson and Roy Peters, from 1956 to 1968.

Blackburne House

Blackburne House stands on the east side of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Central Village

Central Village, Liverpool, a large redevelopment project in Liverpool, England.

Charles Avery Dunning

Upon completion of the railway and port facilities in 1931, Churchill became the closest Canadian port to Liverpool.

Clare Imrie

In 1910 she funded the building and interior decorating of St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church in Liverpool, which is known as "the Vatican outside of Rome", because of the splendid artistry displayed in its interior.

Clwydian Range

The summits of these hills provide extensive views across north Wales, to the high peaks of Snowdonia, eastwards across the Cheshire Plain, Peak District and towards Manchester and Liverpool to the northeast.

Convoy SL 125

Convoy SL 125 was the 125th of the numbered series of World War II convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool.

Convoy SL 138/MKS 28

SL 138 and MKS 28 continued with no further incident and arrived at Liverpool on 5 November 1943.

Convoy SL 140/MKS 31

SL 140 and MKS 31 continued their passage without further incident, arriving at Liverpool on 26 November 1943.

Coral Hull

Born with Autism, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Coral Hull was raised under disadvantaged circumstances in the working class suburb of Liverpool in Sydney's west.

Crosby railway station

When the line closed, a group of lads from Merseyside removed the station nameboard and to this day it is believed to hang on the wall of the scout headquarters in the Liverpool suburb that shares its name.

Dad's Dead

Ian Hart plays the narrator, an urban storyteller who relives his youth in 1970s and 80s Liverpool.

Edwin Henry Mason Smith

Private Edwin Smith embarked on Troop Ship Number 93 from Wellington on 13 October 1917 and disembarked in Liverpool, England on 8 December.

Evaristo Conrado Engelberg

Some time between 1957 and 1971, the company name was shortened to Engelberg, Inc. and by 1971 the name was amended, to Sundstrand-Engelberg, Inc. of Liverpool, New York.

Groovy Train

The video for the single features a cameo from actor Bill Dean, who at the time was in Liverpool soap opera Brookside.

International Literacy Foundation

Abdulmagid Taufik - based in Liverpool, primarily responsible for establishing the strategic direction of the organisation as well as sourcing literacy-based projects worldwide, specifically in Europe.

Iron Door Club

The Iron Door Club was a music venue at 13 Temple Street, Liverpool founded by Geoff Hogarth and Harry Ormesher.

James A. Patten

He also operated his business in Liverpool where in 1911 on a trip to the Manchester Exchange his appearance caused a riot.

James Iredell Waddell

By then the Civil War had been effectively over for more than two months and, when he received confirmation of this fact in early August, Waddell disarmed his ship and took her back to Liverpool in England.

Janet Webb

Born as Janet Patricia Webster in Liverpool, she was most famous for her appearances on BBC television's The Morecambe & Wise Show where was, anonymously, "the lady who comes on at the end".

John Buxton Marsden

Born at Liverpool, he was admitted sizar of St John's College, Cambridge, on 10 April 1823; and graduated B.A. in 1827, M.A. in 1830.

John Graham Davies

In Spring 2009, Graham-Davies' play 'Beating Berlusconi', based on Liverpool FC's remarkable 2005 UEFA Champions League victory over AC Milan began touring across venues on Merseyside including the Unity Theatre in Liverpool, and has subsequently toured internationally, with a Norwegian production opening in the autumn of 2011.

John R. Goldsborough

On 1 June 1861, Union captured a Confederate blockade runner, the schooner C. W. Johnson with a cargo of railroad iron, off the coast of North Carolina; she also captured the blockade runner Amelia, carrying a cargo of contraband from Liverpool, England, off Charleston, South Carolina, on 18 June 1861.

José Agripino Barnet

He was named the Cuban Consul in Paris, France and in 1908 was transferred as the Cuban Consul in Liverpool, England.

Lapskaus

In Britain the same dish is called "Scouse" (from the word "lobscouse"), and is particularly associated with the port city of Liverpool.

Liverpool hospitalité

The Liverpool Hospitalité is a voluntary organisation associated with the annual Liverpool Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Lord Street

Lord Street, Liverpool, one of the streets in Liverpool, England, that forms the city's main shopping district

Malcolm Lowry

In May 1927 his parents drove him to the Liverpool waterfront and, while the local press watched, waved goodbye as he set sail on the freighter S.S. Pyrrhus.

May Sinclair

Her father was a Liverpool shipowner, who went bankrupt, became an alcoholic, and died before she was an adult.

MS European Endeavour

She remained in Dunkerque until early February 2011 when she sailed for Liverpool in preparation for returning to service on the Liverpool-Dublin service replacing the M/V Norcape.

Music for Aliens

Originally available at their Unity Theatre gig in January 2002, but was finally available for download 4 November the same year.

Northern Circuit

The Northern Circuit stretches from Carlisle in Cumbria at its northernmost point, running through Lakeland to the port of Whitehaven in the West, on through Preston and Burnley in Lancashire to Manchester, Liverpool and Chester.

Orange Grove affair

When the courts ruled in Westfield's favor, Liverpool City Council sought State Government approval for a retrospective rezoning, to validate its earlier decision to approve the shopping centre.

Immediately following the end of the comment period on 15 December, an officer of Liverpool City Council approved the development application, apparently satisfied that "warehouse clearance outlets" were not forbidden by the LEP.

Palliser Expedition

Unable to find passes to the Pacific north of the 49th Parallel they reunited with Hector in Fort Colvile, and traveled 598 miles downstream on the Columbia River to Fort Vancouver and the Pacific Coast, then onto Fort Victoria, then returned by ship through San Francisco and Panama, then to Montreal and back to Liverpool.

Pamela Ditchoff

Ditchoff is married to Paul Ditchoff and lives in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Peter Christian

Peter Christian (born 14 August 1947 in Dingle, Liverpool) is an English actor best known for his roles on UK Television.

Piper aduncum

It was introduced into the profession of medicine in the United States and Europe by a Liverpool physician in 1839 as a styptic and astringent for wounds.

Real-time Programming Language

A number of large scale manufacturing applications were developed in RPL, including that which was in use at Plessey and GEC-Plessey Telecommunications limited in Liverpool and also the Trifid suite of manufacturing software.

Rejects Revenge Theatre Company

Their training consisted mainly of partaking in the numerous free workshops given by theatre practitioners at Hope Street in the late 80's/ early 90's, organised by Peter Ward.

Robin Banerjee

He went on to pursue medical education at the prestigious Calcutta Medical College in Kolkata, and later at Liverpool (1934) and Edinburgh (1936).

ROC Post Speke

ROC Post Speke is a nuclear monitoring post in Speke, Liverpool built during the Cold War.

Royal Australian Engineers

In 1939 the School of Military Engineering was re-established at Steele Barracks in Liverpool, New South Wales, where it remains today.

Soviet Weekly

The comedian and writer Alexei Sayle has described how this was the newspaper his Communist parents read during his upbringing in Liverpool in the 1950s and 1960s.

SS Lake Champlain

On 13 April 1875 she departed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and then to Montreal.

SSC Yugal

Yugal, formerly called Dalmatinac, came into being in 1956 when several young Yugoslav immigrants got together to kick a football around a park in Liverpool.

State Insurance Building

:For the building with the same name in Liverpool, England, see State Insurance Building, Liverpool

Stephen B. Packard

As a reward for his services to the party, which had then acquired the nickname Grand Old Party, or GOP, Packard was named United States consul at Liverpool.

Sterling submachine gun

Sterling built them for the British armed forces and for overseas sales, whilst the Royal Ordnance Factories at Fazakerley near Liverpool constructed them exclusively for the British military.

The Maybes?

All the members of the band are from the Anfield and Kensington districts of Liverpool, and were close friends before the band started.

Thomas Mellard Reade

Thomas Mellard Reade FGS (1832-1909) was an English geologist, architect and civil engineer, laying out the Blundellsands Estate in Liverpool in 1868.

Ulverston Canal

A passenger ferry to Liverpool thus commenced from Ulverston canal in 1835, which was later complemented by a service from Barrow-in-Furness to Fleetwood.

William Lassell

When Queen Victoria visited Liverpool in 1851, Lassell was the only local she specifically requested to meet.

Wolf pack Pfadfinder

At 00:18 hours on 27 May the unescorted 6,269 ton Dutch merchantman Polyphemus, en route from Halifax to Liverpool, was hit by two torpedoes from U-578 about 340 miles north of Bermuda and sank within 45 minutes, with the loss of 15 of the crew.


1971 FA Cup Final

Within a minute, a move which began with Larry Lloyd deep within Liverpool's half found Heighway in space on the left flank.

1974 FA Charity Shield

The match finished 1–1, Phil Boersma had opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 20th minute, but Trevor Cherry headed home Leeds equaliser in the 70th.

1984 European Cup Final

An ill-tempered first leg, which saw Liverpool captain Graeme Souness break the jaw of Dinamo midfielder Lică Movilă, was won 1–0 by Liverpool.

1991–92 Football League First Division

The previous season’s runners-up Liverpool slipped to 6th in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness.

Apollon XI

She was chartered by Burns & Laird Lines Ltd. for the service between Belfast and Liverpool, also from Cork to Fishguard, Dublin to Liverpool and for the service Glasgow - Dublin - Liverpool.

Batalha dos Aflitos

Both substitutes that entered the match in the second half are currently playing in English football: Anderson with the nickname "Andershow" at Porto of Portugal, and currently at Manchester United and Lucas at Liverpool.

Bert Freeman

The semi-final saw them come up against Sheffield United; the first match was again goalless, and in the replay at Goodison Park Tommy Boyle scored the goal (a long-range effort past the Sheffield keeper) that put Burnley into the FA Cup Final for the first time in their history, where they were to meet Liverpool.

Big Society

Two days after the initiative's launch in Liverpool, an article in Liverpool Daily Post argued that community organisations in the city such as Bradbury Fields show that Cameron's ideas are already in action and are nothing new, and that groups of community-based volunteers have for many years provided "a better service than would be achieved through the public sector".

Brighton United F.C.

Maurice Parry played for Brighton United in the 1899–00 season, before having a long career with Liverpool and making 16 appearances for Wales.

Butler Cole Aspinall

The son of the Reverend James Aspinall, he was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England in 1830, educated for the law, and was called to the Bar in 1853.

Catherine Earnshaw

They are separated when Hindley becomes jealous of his father's affection towards Heathcliff and reduces him to servant-boy status after the death of Mr Earnshaw, who took Heathcliff in as a Liverpool foundling.

Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester

Lord Grantchester is the grandson of John Moores and his mother is nominal head of the Moores family, founders of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses.

Clas Ohlson

There are now 12 stores in England and Wales, including Manchester, Leeds, Watford, Kingston upon Thames, Reading, Liverpool, Merry Hill, Cardiff, Doncaster, Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Craig Phillips

He was one of the Lord Mayor of Liverpool's chosen charity ambassadors (alongside footballer Kenny Dalglish and musician Gerry Marsden) assisting at events throughout Liverpool's European Capital of Culture 2008.

Crouse-Hinds Company

Not long after, Cooper sold the traffic products division to Traffic Control Technologies of Liverpool, New York, who then sold the division to Peek Traffic Transit of Tallahassee, Florida.

Damien Comolli

Comolli made an instant impact at Liverpool as he was responsible for the signings of two players, Luis Suárez and Andy Carroll, on January 2011's transfer deadline day, with Carroll's signing breaking the record for most expensive British player ever and eighth most expensive player in history, overtaking David Villa and Wayne Rooney.

Deeside College

From 1974, the North East Wales Institute expanded under the vision of another prominent educator, Professor Glyn O Phillips, who took the institution forward and made it into a significant research based and practice based technological organisation which had a financial turnover equalling a great many universities close by, like Liverpool, Manchester and Bangor.

Florence Maybrick

Few residents had any knowledge of Florence's true identity and the lady who had once charmed Victorian Liverpool died alone and penniless on 23 October 1941, and was buried in the grounds of South Kent School.

Florence Mills

Mills became well-known as a result of her role in the successful Broadway musical Shuffle Along (1921) at Daly's 63rd Street Theatre (barely on Broadway), one of the events credited with beginning the Harlem Renaissance, as well acclaimed reviews in London, Paris, Ostend, Liverpool, and other European venues.

Gary Mawson

During the tournament, Mawson became popular with British fans due to his resemblance to Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez.

Genigraphics

Shortly after the divestiture, the headquarters of Genigraphics was moved from Liverpool, New York to Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

Harry Storer

Harry Storer, Sr. (1870–1908), football (soccer) goalkeeper for Woolwich Arsenal and Liverpool

Hed Kandi

Two stores were operated by the brand, one in the Liverpool One in Liverpool, England and one in the Bluewater in Greenhithe, Kent, England.

Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd

On the voyage from Liverpool to Osaka, the engines suffered several breakdowns, and was off-hire for a total of five weeks, undergoing repairs.

Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley

She was educated at Notre Dame High School in Liverpool, before attending Liverpool University from where she graduated with a BSc in Biology in 1966, and later completed a PGCE at Manchester Polytechnic in 1979.

Joaquín Sánchez

In the following campaign's UEFA Champions League, Joaquín appeared in all six group stage games for Betis, including the 1–0 triumph over Chelsea and a 0–0 draw against Liverpool, at Anfield (third-place finish, UEFA Cup "demotion").

John Brekell

Joshua Toulmin prints a letter (dated Liverpool, 3 Dec. 1730) from Brekell to Rev. Thomas Pickard of Birmingham, showing that Brekell had been asked to Birmingham, but had 'handsome encouragement to continue' where he was.

Kasper Køhlert

Køhlert's father is Morten Køhlert who currently works as an assistant manager at Varde If and his brother Nicolaj Køhlert who is younger, have played for Liverpool, Glasgow Rangers and is now playing for the Danish side Silkeborg IF.

Lionel Barnett

The son of a Liverpool banker, Barnett was educated at Liverpool High School, Liverpool Institute, University College, Liverpool and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Lita Roza

On 14 March 2001, the Liverpool Wall of Fame was inaugurated opposite the Cavern Club on Mathew Street in Liverpool with Roza presiding at the ceremony.

Matilda Hays

Charlotte's sister Susan Webb Cushman who played Juliet to Charlotte's Romeo left the stage to marry a successful Liverpool scientist, James Sheridan Muspratt.

Omagh

Sean McDermott - American Football manager and alumni of University of Liverpool Law School

Pete Price

Shortly after, Price made his first appearance on the comedy scene at Liverpool's 'The Shakespeare', working at various venues which include The Palladium and the QE2.

Point Lynas Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is considered to be important for its association with Jesse Hartley, the engineer responsible for the world's first great floating-dock system at Liverpool

Richard and Judy

It first aired in October 1988 and was broadcast from the Albert Dock in Liverpool, although production moved to London in 1996.

Robert Steel

Robert Walter Steel (1915–1997), Professor of Geography at Liverpool University and Principal of the University College of Swansea

Sheppard-Worlock Statue

The statue was commissioned in 2005 by The Liverpool Echo Newspaper and paid for by the people of Liverpool, to mark the life and work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock.

SS Escambia

The casualties included Chief Officer Stephen George of Wales, Second Officer John Simpson of Liverpool, Third Officer J. Meyler of London, Chief Engineer James Sturrock, Second Engineer P. Walker, all the stokers (most of whom were Chinese), other hands, and a passenger named O. Detchon of South Shields.

Stan Bowles

He was also the personal favourite player of Liverpool legend John Barnes.

Statue of John Laird

He was born in Greenock, Scotland, and moved with his family as a child, first to Liverpool, then in 1824 to Birkenhead, where his father, William, founded a shipbuilding business.

The Continental

Hook Continental, a passenger train running between London's Liverpool Street Station and Harwich Parkestone Quay

Vanessa Beeman

She studied prehistory at Manchester and Liverpool, and for a Post Graduate Diploma in Education in Wales before teaching at a school in Truro, going on to a post with the Federal Department of Antiquities in Nigeria, and afterwards to teach at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria.

Wavertree Botanic Gardens

It incorporates an earlier walled botanic garden, founded by William Roscoe as Liverpool Botanic Garden and relocated from land near Mount Pleasant in the 1830s.

Weaveworld

Calhoun "Cal" Mooney: A bored young man whose life alternates between his job at an insurance company in Liverpool and caring for his father until he encounters the mysterious rug that instantly strikes him as something peculiar.

William Rathbone IV

William Rathbone IV (10 June 1757 – 11 February 1809) was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool, England.

Willie McFaul

A battling 2–2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur seemed to have been the start for McFaul, but no wins in the next four matches saw his Newcastle side under severe pressure, but they pulled off a great win at champions Liverpool 2–1 with Mirandinha and Hendrie scoring.