Here are a range of printable and online resources for research task contained in ‘The Great Debate’ workshop. A leaflet from the Liverpool Record Office on the Poor Law and Workhouse can be downloaded here. National Archives’ records of the Workhouses can be accessed here. A website dedicated to information about Workhouses and the Poor […]
‘The Good, The Bad and The Scouse’ heritage project has unearthed some of Toxteth’s unsung heroes and undisclosed villains, bringing their stories to life for new audiences in interactive and creative ways. This education resource pack that has been produced to accompany the project, explores how the resources created – from research documents through to […]
To support the research activity in the ‘Creating a Wiki’ workshop, we have produced a list of online resources that participants may find useful. Click here to download.
This tasksheet has been designed as an introductory task to thinking about the heritage elements in ‘A Grave Mistake?’. It can be used in the ‘From Beyond The Grave!’ workshop. Click here to download.
12th January 1891 (Taken from the Liverpool Mercury) On a cold January day, the City mourned the death of one of its true sons – the legendary, Doctor Hugh Owen Thomas. His methods of resetting bones may have been ‘quirky’ to say the least, and his bedside manner did leave a lot to be desired, […]
9th April 1860 (Taken from the Liverpool Daily Post) The Liverpool Medical Registration Society accused Mr. John Hamilton of Mill Street, Toxteth, of pretending to be a registered surgeon. But all was not as it had first appeared. Mr. Hamilton was indeed a surgeon back in the US, were he practiced botanic medicine. However, the […]
12th July 1864 (Taken from the Liverpool Daily Post) Mary Ellen Campbell had been working as a nurse at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grindrod in St. James Place, Toxteth for two years…until one day she left without notice and went to the courts to claim her remaining wages. But why was Mary in […]
3rd July 1884 (Taken from the Liverpool Echo) Summer time in Toxteth, 1884, and the Jones’ family are mourning the death of their beloved daughter Mary. But, unbeknownst to them their Mary is actually alive and kicking! It appears that you can’t always believe what you hear…
18th January 1881 (Taken from the Liverpool Daily Post) An accident at a butcher’s shop on Park Road, Toxteth has an unsavoury repercussion for an unlucky customer. However, this tale just goes to show that it was once possible to trace back your food, from your plate to its origins in (literally) a simple few […]
30th April 1872 (Taken from the Belfast Newsletter) After his death, the registrar of Toxteth Park Cemetery – Mr. Hetherington – left behind a monument of fraud, yet his method of deception was very simple. Whilst selling graves, he would give out fake receipts on plain paper – not the official counterfoil duplicates that he […]