Merseyside Tales

Well known across Merseyside and the North-West, KEN PYE is the author of over ten books on the history of his home city and its city region, and is a widely recognised expert in his field. Ken’s works include Discover Liverpool and The Bloody History of Liverpool; A Brighter Hope, about the founding and history of Liverpool Hope University; two volumes of his anthology of Merseyside Tales; Liverpool: The Rise, Fall and Renaissance of a World Class City; An A to Z of Liverpool and Liverpool Pubs.

• TitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionMerseyside Tales The Wild West Comes to LiverpoolThe Widnes and Runcorn Transporter BridgeDickie Lewis – Liverpool’s Great Bronze Nude‘Over the Sticks’ – The Founding of the Grand NationalLockerby Road and the Fiji Island CastawayThe Mass Graves of Old SwanLiverpool Observatory and the One O’ Clock GunWooliesMonks on the MerseyThe Old HutteThe Lepers’ SquintThe Enigmatic Eleanor RigbyBelles, Beaus and Cups of TeaThe Meccano Man and Dinky DesignerMiniature MasterpiecesPlumpton’s Hollow and the Lion in the WheelbarrowWho Really Conquered Mount Everest First?The Guinea Gap Treasure TroveHuyton Internment CampThe Storeton DinosaursReynolds’ Waxworks – Freaks, Frights and FantasiesThe Sanctuary StoneThe Adelphi – Liverpool’s ‘Grand Hotel’The Hale Duck DecoyThe Pier Head Floating Landing StagesThe Legend of the Eagle and ChildFire in the MenagerieMolly Bushell and Her Everton Toffee ShopThe First Mersey Tunnel?Propaganda Against Prostitution – A Questionable DeterrentThe Poisoner, the Landlady and the BroochProject Redsand and the Mersey FortsWhisky Galore!The Vampires’ BurialsWithin Way and the Old FordA Dictator Comes to LiverpoolThe Moreton HovercraftDoctor Solomon and the Balm of GileadThe Man in the Iron CoffinThe Lost Lake and the Gorilla’s LipstickThe Petrified Forest of MeolsThe Pagan Carvings of Bidston Hill and the Cheshire CatThe Liver Building Birds and Their True DesignerThe Devil’s Nest at New BrightonThe Admiral’s CoffinSt Patrick’s Cross – Over 1,000 Years of PilgrimageThe Robin Hood StoneMouse Pie and a Touch of ToadNew Brighton Tower and Pleasure GardensThe Childe of Hale – The Gentle Giant Select BibliographyAbout the Author