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1930
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The R101 disaster, the 777' long airship is destroyed by mechanical failure and fire. |
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1930
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Liverpool Cenotaph unveiled before a crowd of 80,000 by Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. |
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1932
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Speke joins Liverpool and is the last major boundary change to the Liverpool area. |
1933
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The Conservatory, supposedly the largest in England was demolished in this year. |
1934
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The Mersey Tunnel, Queensway Entrance, finished, and opened by King George the V.
The total cost of the tunnel was £7.75 million, and was 2.13 miles long the longest in the world at the time.
The earth and debris from the excavation was sent to Otterspool to build a riverside
Promenade and park. |
1934
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The New Brighton Bathing
Pool was built. |
1934
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The estimated number of people on Ainsdale beach during a July
heat wave this year was 100,000. |
1935
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High explosives used to destroy the wreak of the barque Nereus, which has lain on the Ainsdale beaches since it's wreaking. It was deemed to be a hazard to the ever increasing numbers of bathers to the beach. |
1935
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The Blundell club Golf course
Club House was built. |
1936
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Ascension of King Edward the VIII and subsequent abdication. |
1937
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 The last Street Railway, tram, runs in Birkenhead. |
1938
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Formby By-Pass
is opened this year. |
1939
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War declared on Germany, September of this year. |
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1939
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The D'Arcy Exploration Company drills a test bore and finds oil in Formby, they then set up a field with 18 pumps working around the clock to pump up the oil. This site soon becomes the
2nd biggest oil field in Britain. |
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1939
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Work
on Liverpool Cathedral continued slowly |
1940
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Retreat from Dunkirk. |
1941
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HMS Queen Charlotte opens in this year, to train naval gunners.
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1941
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Freshfield Golf Course
requisitioned by the RAF for an Airfield later
called RAF Woodvale. |
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1941
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Combined Operations Headquarters
moves from Plymouth to a purpose built centre, that
was specially adapted centre designed specifically
for this purpose. The massive bomb and gas proof
command centre was located behind Liverpool's Town
Hall. The HQ, under Derby House, was better known
as
Western Approaches Command, it became the 4th most
important building of the World
War 2. It was so Top Secret that it was only
in the mid 1990's that the complex was made public
and a museum was opened. On 17
February 1941 Admiral Sir Percy Noble was appointed
as the new Commander In Chief, Western Approaches
Command. |
1941
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The Bismarck sank in revenge for the Hood. |
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1941
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Finished
2nd phase of Liverpool Cathedral under the
tower used for the 1st time |
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1942
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On
19 November 1942 Admiral Max Horton replaced Admiral
Noble as Commander-in-Chief of Western Approaches
Command, in Liverpool. where
he remained until it closed on 15 August 1945. |
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1942
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Rommel's forces routed in the desert of this year. |
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1943
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The dam-busters do their work and destroy the Eder and Mohne dams on Ruhr river valley in Germany. |
1944
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The Nature reserves Investigation Committee places Ainsdale in the top 22 wildlife sites in Britain. |
1944
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Normandy landing take place, in June, with initial success off the beaches. |
1944
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The start of the end for the
Third Reich. Paris is liberated by Allied forces in the August. German forces retreat from Holland, September, pursued by allied forces. |
1945
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Victory over Europe celebrated in May. Victory over Japan in September. |
1945
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 Western
Approaches Command, in Liverpool closed on 15 August
1945. |
1945
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Labour Victory
as Prime Minister Clement Atlee had a 2 to 1 majority over the Conservatives
and Winston Churchill was no longer PM. |
1945
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Liverpool
Cathedral survived World War 2 almost unscathed |
1946
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Nationalization
coal industry. |
1946
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National Health Service
formed. |
1946
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HMS Queen Charlotte closes
in Southport. |
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1946
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The Amateur Championships are held at
Birkdale Golf Club. (Royal Birkdale) |
1947
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British Coal industry
nationalized. |
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1947
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School leaving age
raised to 15. |
1948
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club hosts the first of its
major golfing events, the Curtis Cup. |
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1948
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Princess
Elizabeth married Prince Philip. |
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1949
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British Railways and electrical industries
nationalized. |
1949
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British Gas industry
nationalized. |
1950
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Soap and petrol rationing end, and the Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey. |
1951
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Another test drilling at Ainsdale was to take place, but after going down 5,000 ft was decided that it was a dry hole. They tried in several other places around the area but found no other oil reserves. |
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1951
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The Royal Birkdale Golf Club gets
"A Royal Command." On 11 November
1951 an important notice was posted by the then
Captain H F Simpson. It read:- "I have the
honour to announce that His Majesty The King has
been graciously pleased to Command that the Club
shall henceforth be known as The Royal Birkdale Golf
Club." This then was to enabled it to become
1 of the finest clubs not only in the British Isles,
but also in the world. |
1951
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Coronation Stone returned to Westminster Abbey. |
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1951
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Guns in the Fort Perch Rock fired for the last time for the Festival of Britain celebrations.
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1951
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The Walker Cup is held at Royal
Birkdale Golf Club. |
1952
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Albert Dock complex
listed as the largest collection of Grade I Listed Buildings in Britain.
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1953
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Queen Elizabeth the II crowned in Westminster Abbey, the entire ceremony is televised. |
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1953
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BSAC (British Sub Aqua-Club) founded in London. |
1954
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club hosts the
Open Golf Championships for the 1st time having
prevented them from doing so in 1940, due to the
War. |
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1954
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Food Rationing ends in England. |
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1954
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Southport Aero Club starts flying from Hesketh Park, flights costing just £3. |
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1955
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Plans announced that Britain will build 12 atomic power stations around England over the next 10 years. |
1956
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The last train runs on the Overhead Railway. |
1957
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The Last Liverpool Tram runs through Liverpool.
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1957
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The Fort Crosby buildings are now disused and stand empty. |
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1957
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The worlds largest radio telescope went into operation at Jodrell bank for the Manchester University. |
1957
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Queens Christmas speech televised for the first time. |
1958
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Anglican
Cathedral architect, Giles Gilbert Scott, died, aged 80
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1958
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Newly arrived immigrants, invited to the country from the ex-colonies in the West Indies, had an unhappy time on arrival
leading to black British immigrants race riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill
which dominated press coverage. |
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1958
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The UK's first section of the motorway
was built by Tarmac Construction and opened by the
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 5 December 1958.
The section of the now M6 was known as the Preston
By-Pass. |
1959
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Demolition completed on the Overhead Railway, efforts to raise money for repairs were unsuccessful, leading to demolition. |
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1959
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The US Notable Consul
- John S. Service - takes up office in Paradise
Street, Liverpool. |
1959
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The M1 opened to the public for the
1st time. |
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