Archive for June, 2020

HOW THE BEATLES STILL GRIP LIVERPOOL…..

HOW THE BEATLES STILL GRIP LIVERPOOL…..

Well, they probably don’t – at least not in the popular sense. Go ask any scouser their opinion of the Beatles and there’ll be a mixed bag of responses ranging from the indifferent (granted, they were ok! ) to the downright hostile (whatever did they do for us? or, they got too big for their boots didn’t they?). And so on.But…

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RMS Lancastria: 17 June 1940.

RMS Lancastria: 17 June 1940.

Introduction:A day which is probably more in people’s minds due to resumption of the Premier League football season rather than the commemoration of Britain’s worst maritime tragedy – a disaster which took the lives of an estimated 3000 to 5800 sailors, soldiers, airmen and civilians. Yes, it was a long time ago – but to keep football supporters still interested perhaps there are parallels between the 1939-40…

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