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Great to see Harvey Elliott with another trophy

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Today, The Times printed the obituary of the great record producer Jack Douglas

Liverpool Echo January 11 1965
The report of a young "John" Douglas and Eddie Leonetti being detained at the docks
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Liverpool Daily Post
March 23 1939 @BNArchive

The Grand National Course

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From
Riding And Hunting
By Capt. M H Hayes (1910)
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The big open ditch was built adjacent to the Umpire's Chair at the original race finish line

Hence the reason why......

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1836 (Liverpool Standard) 1837 and 1838 (Albion) race reports below @BNArchive

1837- one "severe" fence- the rest "ordinary and easy"
The umpire called Daniel O'Connell distanced

1868 (Aintree) - 1837/38 quashed, forming the basis for the authentic record

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The Graphic March 29 1924 @BNArchive

Diagrammatic view of Aintree racecourse
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Illustrated London News August 8 1938
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Launch of the Mauretania from Birkenhead into the Mersey
Heading for its fitting out bay at the Gladstone dock

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Before Sky Sports Pt 2

The Saturday Evening Football Echo
aka the Football Pink January 4 1964 @BNArchive

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Before Sky Sports Pt 1

The Saturday morning Liverpool Echo
January 4 1964 @BNArchive
LFC v Derby County FA Cup 3rd round

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Bell's Life In London and Sporting Chronicle
Sunday March 3 1839 @BNArchive

First article I've seen to use the term
"Liverpool Grand National"

5 days after the 1839 race

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March 25 1938
The Illustrated Sporting And Dramatic News @BNArchive

Messrs Topham
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March 21 1874
The Illustrated Sporting And Dramatic News @BNArchive

The trees around Becher's were poplar

The inner rail was close to being complete

The Table fence, close to the Anchor crossing, was
removed

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May 2 1925 The Illustrated London News @BNArchive

The expansion of the offices of the Liverpool Echo, Daily Post, and previously the Liverpool Mercury, in the centre of the city.

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December 13 1890 The Graphic @BNArchive

The recently opened Walker Engineering Laboratory
@liverpool_uni on Brownlow Hill

Funded by Andrew Walker, son of the brewer Peter Walker

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The Graphic June 3 1893 @BNArchive
Proposed high-level bridge crossing the Mersey
#Liverpool #Birkenhead

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1840 March 4 Liverpool Standard

The course and fences at Aintree.

The fences were slightly easier than in 1839

Two circuits of the course (4-5 miles)

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Grateful thanks to @SeftonLibraries @BNArchive

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Liverpool Mercury March 1 1839

Lead up to and running of the first Grand National

18 runners - 1 fatality-Dictator

The journalist disagreed with its description, elsewhere. as "a great national event"

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187 years ago today
February 26 1839 the 1st Grand National

1839 March 1 Liverpool Mercury

FC Turner was commisioned to produce 4 paintings to commemorate the 1st running of the Liverpool Grand Steeple Chase

Prints - 3 guineas (£526-£570 today)

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The Builder May 4 1889

St Clare's Church Sefton Park Liverpool

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Season 14 Masked Singer (US)
Crane sings Whitney Houston's It's Not Right It's Okay
A fairly hard to beat finale
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