More Merseyside Tales

Ken Pye

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2016
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780750980463
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Local historian and broadcaster Ken Pye has collected a further fifty true tales that celebrate the weird and wonderful side of Merseyside's history. From the subterranean munitions factory at New Brighton and the bird-man of Speke, to wild tigers at Tranmere and a mysterious leprechaun, you are sure to uncover some truly amazing and extraordinary stories here. Richly illustrated, this fantastic collection will delight everyone interested in finding more about Merseyside's strange and curious heritage.

Table of contents

• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Naughty Nymphette of Neston
• The Goddess Minerva
• Lifesaving and Currant Buns
• Hengler’s Circus and the Hippodrome
• The Real Inventor of the ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’
• William Hutchinson – Liverpool’s Remarkable Dock Master
• Wild Tigers in Tranmere
• Liverpool’s Grim Gaols and the ‘Long Drop’
• The Smallest House in England
• Miller’s Castle and the Nude Bathers of Bootle Strand
• ‘Stand and Deliver!’
• A Casbah in West Derby
• Childwall Village and its Abbey
• The Body in the Derby Square Dungeon
• Nova Scotia, Mann Island and ‘Dickey Sams’
• Eastham Ferry Pleasure Gardens
• The Chinatown Paifong
• ‘Women and Children First!’
• The Cathedral that Never Was
• Judas Burning
• The Earl and the Playhouse
• The Palace and the ‘Creep Inn’
• Abdullah Quilliam and Britain’s First Mosque
• The Wallasey Hermit
• Salty Dungeon Point
• The Great Leprechaun Hunt
• A Taste of Scouse
• The Bird-Man of Speke
• Almost the Bunbury
• Revenge in the Commons
• West Kirby’s Strange Burial Places
• Rolling Round the World
• Moby Dick and Liverpool
• HMS Thetis – A Floating Coffin
• Strawberry Teas and Towers
• Crypts, Catacombs and Corpses
• The Birthplace of ‘Being Prepared’
• Hartley’s Village – A Sweet Community
• Older than Stonehenge – The Calder Stones
• Dingle – A Haven of Romance and Beauty
• The Wailing Widow of Liscard Castle
• Sea Shanties, Maggie May and ‘Women of Easy Virtue’
• The Star-Crossed Lovers of Wavertree Hall
• Everton Village Cross and ‘Old Nick’
• Scrimshaw, Scuttlebutt and ‘Shiver My Timbers!’
• Old Mother Riley, the Boxing Kangaroo and Wild Willie West
• The Dockers’ Umbrella
• The Punch and Judy People of Merseyside
• New Brighton’s Guinness Festival Clock
• King Kong of Mossley Hill
• Select Bibliography
• About the Author