Liverpool, Capital Of Culture for 2008

The Magical History Tour - The Story of Liverpool

Posted by Stephen

The Magical History Tour is an exhibition being staged at the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The exhibition has already been running for many months and will continue until 27 September 2009. The Merseyside Maritime Museum is open every day from 10am until 5pm and entry to all exhibitions is free.

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Magical History Tour takes visitors on a fast paced, dynamic journey of discovery, with help from a time travelling taxi driver.

Told through the lives of Liverpool people through the ages, the exhibition charts the city’s growth from a tiny fishing village to a busy port. It traces the evolution of the settlement from its earliest pre-historic roots and examines life in the medieval and early modern town before the port’s emergence rpool Art anas a Victorian metropolis of global significance.

The story is brought up to date with the challenges faced by those living in the city during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, before finally considering the evolving perceptions of Liverpool and Liverpudlians in the recent past.

Iconic objects on display include the Liverpool charters and a reconstruction of the long-lost Liverpool Castle.

Discover:

• the origins of the Pool - a muddy river inlet that was to give the city its name
• why King John first established a town in this location in 1207
• how political turbulence engulfed the medieval town
• what effect the English Civil War had on the city in 1644
• how Liverpool became ‘the second city of the British Empire’
• why life expectancy in the city dropped drastically in the 19th century
• how war has affected the people and city in the last century

Please note that the Huxley hoard of Viking silver, which was on display in the exhibition until early February 2008, is no longer on display and will be touring to other venues. However, visitors to Magical History Tour can see a selection of items from the Cuerdale hoard in its place. Discovered in 1840 on the banks of the River Ribble in Lancashire, the Cuerdale hoard is the largest Viking hoard ever found.

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The Invention of the Onion Bag - No. 19,112

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A short piece concerning the small matter of the invention of the onion bag

At the end of 2006 Tabacula were commissioned by the Liverpool Capital of Culture’s ‘In the City’ programme to produce a short film about the invention of goal nets by John Alexander Brodie. Brodie was inspired to invent the ‘onion bag’ after witnessing an Everton match against Accrington at Anfield on the 26th October 1889.

Everton were the first team to use them on a regular basis. The film features interviews with Professor Rogan Taylor, Dr David France and Stephen Done. The voice of Brodie is acted by Neil Fitzmaurice and the narration is by John Keith.

Source : Tabacula

No. 19,112 part 1 (of 1)

No. 19,112 part 2 (of 2)

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