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In the footsteps of Peter Ellis

Two Liverpool History Society members walk in the footsteps of Liverpool’s elusive architectural genius, Peter Ellis.

Written by Graham Jones and the late Rob Ainsworth, designed by Matthew Duddington and published by the Liverpool History Society, this book traces the life of a local architect from his birth in 1805 on Shaw’s Brow to his death in 1884 at Falkner Square.

Story of the month

Every month we offer a tantalising glimpse of just a few of the riveting tales that await the reader in Journals published each year since 2002. 

Abandoned Old Lady resurrected by Women’s Group.

 

Often wondered how the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of football: Goodison Park and the new home of Everton Women Football Team got its name?

This month’s featured article by Tony Onslow tells in detail the story of George Goodison, whom Goodison Park is named after from his Yorkshire beginnings, marriage to Egyptologist and Crosby heiress Anne Jane Padley and to their burial in the village of Thornton-in-Lonsdale. Published in our 2017 Journal (No.16)

The full story can be read in the Journal.