#OTD - 1886: The Illustrated London News describes #Liverpool as 'a wonder of the world…..the New York of Europe, a world city rather than merely British provincial'
Cutting via The British Newspaper Archive

#Liverpool On This Day - 1898: The sad execution of Don Pedro the elephant at the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Went on display at the William Brown Museum 1906 till 1941
liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/don-pe…

Liverpool, 15th May 1902 - The aviary opens in Newsham Park - dismantled 1930s and the birds relocated to Sefton Park

15th May 1907 #Liverpool
pic: whitestarhistory.com/teutonic

It opened in 1924 as Bank of Liverpool & Martins Ltd., Clubmoor Branch. It closed on 15th May 1998 as Barclays

Iron Door #Liverpool
'The #Beatles (as the Silver Beetles) first show here 15th May 1960'

1978, Prescot Road #Liverpool .
....previously Silver Blades

#OTD - 1965: Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened Liverpool's first comprehensive school, St. Kevin's R.C. Comprehensive, Northwood, Kirkby.
pics: liverpool-schools.co.uk/html/st_kevin_…

The Princess also opened the new Oliver Lodge Physics Laboratory

Senate House, Abercromby Square, was opened on 15th May 1969 by Princess Alexandra. She faced protests about delays in re-housing local residents.
It was on the site of the former St Catherine's Church.

15th May 1997 - Sefton Park Palm House is awarded £2million Lottery money

#OTD - 2006: Installation of Lech Walesa as an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University
web.archive.org/web/2012031413…

Considerable and continuing disruption in town this week for filming. Lets hope the city is well compensated, and that at least some money filters down to improving the streets the films actually depend upon, e.g. William Brown St and St. George's Plateau

#Liverpool OTD - 1917: The North Haymarket Munitions Factory, Cazneau Street, is visited by the King

Next research blog to finalise.... 'Johnsons the Cleaners'
#LiverpoolHistory

'Scandinavian Hotel' Liverpool.... liverpool1207blog.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/the…

Still sat there fenced off, does not seem to be a plan

Back to 3 tower cranes on Park Lane

The foundation stone of Trinity Presbyterian Church Walton, Rice Lane corner of Orrell Lane, was laid on 15th May 1897

#LiverpoolBorn - Frank Hornby, 15th May 1863