Cassini Maps - Radio City Talk Interviewd on Radio City Talk by Neil Fitzmaurice (co-writer and actor on Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights) to publicise the boxed set of Liverpool Maps I helped to get into print. Click photograph for Cassini Maps website.

Making History - The Liverpool Overhead Railway - BBC Radio 4 I took the presenter Dylan Winter on a guided tour of the Overhead Railway, along the former route and looking for remnants. We also ventured unannounced into the garage in the Dingle where the underground station used to be located.

'Norman Thomas and Friends on Sunday Show' Produced by Gemma Maull A series of appearances where I was interviewed in the studio by Norman Thomas about various aspects of Liverpool history listed below:

A History of Liverpool Airport

Following on from the Otterspool Broadcast during which there was a discussion about the Airport due to Norman having flown home from a cruise the previous evening, we decided to look at the history of the site of the old airport.

Further information Click here.

Otterspool

This programme featured the History of Otterspool, from its Saxon origins to the dumping of the city refuse and Mersey Tunnel spoil to construct a promenade. Intriguing stories about coin hoards, a Roman Road and a testing ground for Stephenson's pioneering Liverpool to Manchester Railway all feature in this discussion.

Article on Otterspool can be found here - Click here.

Salt and the rise of Liverpool

Most historians refer to the slave trade as the cause of the development and growth of Liverpool, yet this would not have happened if an infrastructure had not already been in place. The salt trade was the catalyst.

Article on Salt and the Rise of Liverpool can be found here - Click here. This set up the infrastructure to enable the port to grow and to be used by the slave trade

School for the Blind

This programme featured the History of the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool 1791-1991 published in 1991. The early origins of the school were discussed, together with Royal Patronage, the unusual story of the chapel and its relocation, the mystery of the doric columns, the eucation of the blind and the visit of the Queen in 1991.

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Article on Edward Rushton and the origin of the School - Click here.

This Programme discussed the origins of the Poor Law, its early application in Liverpool and the Workhouses that resulted from the legislation.

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William Patrick Hitler (born in Liverpool)

William was born in Upper Stanhope Street, son of Hitler's half brother, Alois. This programme discussed his meeting his father again at 18 (Alois left the family home when William was an infant), his first encounter with Uncle Adolf and his bizarre attempt to join the U.S.Navy before slipping into obscurity after 1945.

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Hitler in Liverpool

Broadcast 18th January 2004

Did he come to Liverpool before the First World War? Or was it just nonsense dreamed up by a publicist to cash in on the family name? His brother certainly lived in Upper Stanhope Street but could young Adolf have spent a short time there?

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Broadcast 21 November 2003

A look at the origin, role and demise of a once well known landmark which was finally removed in the early 18th century.

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The Calderstones

Broadcast 5 Oct 2003

A discussion about the origin of the famous Caldersones.

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BBC Legacies - Local Legends:
Adolf Hitler - Did he visit Liverpool during 1912-13?

Adolf Hitler - did he visit Liverpool during 1912-13?
Making History - 2nd December 2003 presented by Sue Cook - BBC Radio 4

The Village in History - September 2002 - BBC Radio 4

Broadcast September 2002, Radio 4

The Village in History - BBC Radio 4 - researched and written by the Making History team, Nick Patrick and Ivan Howlett

A series of programmes about the history of the English Village. Mike Royden was interviewed about village history in the industrial revolution and specifically about Port Sunlight Village.

Click here for summary on the BBC Making History web site.

(broadcast on Radio Merseyside on Sunday May 26th 2002 at 12.05 p.m. and Radio 4 at 11.30 pm August 13th 2002) A series of local history programmes, including The Map. This was about the Woolton Road/Taggart Avenue/ Caldertones area. The local primary school (Bishop Eton) toured the locality with their map studying features along the way. Mike Royden talked about the prehistory of the Allerton area, before concentrating on the Calderstones and the Robin Hood Stone. Written and produced by Pauline McAdam (pictured left with Mike Royden at the Radio Merseyside launch of the series) A Sense of Place - Radio Merseyside web page All Sense of Place programmes are available on line at Radio Merseyside. Click here for the full list, which includes The Map.

Liverpool During the May Blitz
Making History - 13 May 2002 - BBC Radio 4

Click here for summary on the BBC Making History web site.