ON THIS DAY 1911
Home Secretary Winston Churchill sent gunboats up the Mersey.
Bloody Sunday Liverpool.
Liverpool had been in the middle of a transport strike since June and on this day 85,00 people gathered at St George's Hall to listen to Tom Mann at a rally.
It was a a time of sectarian divide in the city, 3200 catholics had recently had to flee their homes in the Everton area but the city rose as one in 1911.
For no apparent reason troops and police baton charged the crowd resulting in many injuries and eventually two deaths in Vauxhall Rd.
Section 60 orders giving officers extra stop & search powers have been introduced in Liverpool & Southport today. We have arrested 34 people following disorder in Southport (10), Liverpool city centre (12) and Walton (12) this week.
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@terrychristian Loved these cards. I had all the first series Do you remember the pop music card collection. I remember Adam Faith and Mark Wynter. so it must have been early to mid 60’s. You never see the advertised or discussed
@jkmccracken Great to hear Yeah I retired two weeks ago so it’s just dawning on me no more work. I’m drinking tomorrow too 😂 a rare afternoon trip around Crosbys bars 😂 keep finding the positives. Take care 👍
In 2011, Denzel Washington was asked to give a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
Although the entire message is quite good, a single 54-second segment changed the way I think about life...