Dale Street Redux
A large repository of C19th Liverpool sketches
British Museum FTW
It's always fun to find a new source, not least when it's a book written 200 years ago that triggers the search. Americal pioneer chemist and science educator Benjamin Silliman visited London in 1805 and was impressed by what he found at the British Museum (BM) if not by the rushed nature of the visit.
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February 22, 2017
Dale Street
The L&MR's Liverpool booking office
According to Gore's Directory, in 1829 George Ellwood was a stage-coach proprietor at 176 Dale Street working for Angel Inn and Star offices. By 1830 he had crossed the street literally and metaphorically and was working for the competition, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company (L&MR). Ellwood was in charge of the . . .
February 02, 2017
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