A History of Womens Lives in Liverpool
A History of Womens Lives in Liverpool
Gill Rossini
First published in Great Britain in 2019 by
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Copyright Gill Rossini, 2019
ISBN 9781526718099
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to all the women of Liverpool, but especially my very own Liverpool Woman, my beloved spouse, Lynn Carter.
Acknowledgements
This project has been an historical quest, of course, but it is also a community, and a family, venture. My first guided tour of Liverpool, years ago, in the expert care of my Liverpudlian partner, Lynn, was an eye-opener. She showed me empty spaces and painted vivid word pictures of what had been there, and took me to see all the suburbs, city centre sights, and hundreds of buildings. We crossed the water and saw Liverpools cousins, Birkenhead, New Brighton and Wallasey. She answered my hundreds of questions about the city and its people with care and quite often, that unique local humour. She does a fantastic line in Scouse lingo! She and her family, both those still local to Liverpool and others now living abroad, gave me insights I could never have found any other way. The Liverpool museums, libraries and archives have a wealth of information at their fingertips and are unstintingly generous in their sharing of it, and local resources such as newspapers contain stories forgotten for many years until recently. Sources of national importance, such as the Census Enumerators Returns, offer personal insights into the households, occupations, neighbourhoods and even opinions of those listed but there is no substitute for the personal, and thank you is never enough.
2018 was my thirtieth anniversary as an adult education lecturer, and the historian I am today is partly the result of the wonderful students I have had the company of over those years. Their lively minds, questioning approach to the past, and support for each other, culminating in the most amazing and professional projects worthy of any library shelf, have been, and remain, an inspiration.
To all of the above, I offer my deepest respect and gratitude.
List of Illustrations
Cover Illustration: Group photograph of staff outside the Central Caf, Liverpool, c.192830
Map taken from vintage atlas, 1910, depicting Liverpool from Sefton Park to Waterloo, also Birkenhead, New Brighton, Seacombe and Rock Ferry. Title of atlas or publisher not known. Authors own collection.
Sunlight Household Hints Booklet, c.1900. Authors own collection.
Two well dressed ladies walking down Summer Seat, Vauxhall, c.1910. Vintage postcard, captioned Liverpool cottages on old slum area. Photographer not identified. Authors own collection.
A group of poor girls waiting to collect a charitable hot pot for their families on Christmas day. Illustration from an article in the Harmsworth Magazine, c.1900. Authors own collection.
In Memoriam card (front and interior views) for Susannah Howard, died 28 October 1877. Printed by Walsh and Sons, 407 Scotland Road, Liverpool. Authors own collection.
Photographic illustration of Liverpool Infirmary. Illustration from a book, title not known. c.1900. Authors own collection.
Photographic postcard of the Jenny Lind Ward, c.1905. Captioned Jenny Lind Ward, Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool. Manufacturer not identified. Authors own collection.
Agnes Jones. Portrait from a Victorian magazine (title unknown). Verified PDF download with permissions from www.istockphoto.com/gb .
Group photograph of staff outside the Central Caf, Liverpool, c.192830. Probably professionally photographed but photographer not known. Mounted on board. Authors own collection.
Unidentified woman in maids uniform, c.19151920. Portrait photograph in postcard format by De Freyne, 1A Lorton, Street, Liverpool. Authors own collection.
Young woman delivering milk by the pail in Liverpool, with her pet goose in attendance. Captioned: The Goose Step in Liverpool. Vintage newspaper clipping, title of publication unknown. Authors own collection.
Stripping tobacco at the Copes Tobacco factory. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine, 1892, Vol 9, page 306. Authors own collection.
Making Cavendish at the Copes Tobacco Factory. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine, 1892, Vol 9, page 303. Authors own collection.
Making cigars at the Copes Tobacco factory. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine, 1892, Vol 9, page 305. Authors own collection.
The Ogdens Colossal Tobacco Factory, West Derby Road, Everton. Advertisement on cutting from Illustrated London News, February? 1902 (date obscured). Authors own collection.
Advertising card for Johnsons Dye Works, Liverpool, c.1900. Postcard style format, from the Grano Series manufactured by The Photocrom Co. Ltd., London. Authors own collection.
View of Bold Street, c.1906. Photographic postcard captioned Bold Street, Liverpool. Manufacturer not identified. Authors own collection.
Postcard of sketch of the Reilly Building, University of Liverpool. Captioned Womans Union and below The University of Liverpool. Printed and sold to raise money for the University Appeal to raise one million pounds. Manufacturer not known. Authors own collection.
D. Carters wool and drapery shop, Bishop Road, Anfield, with proprietor standing outside, c.1950.
