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"Forrester was the oldest of 8 children, in Depression-Era Liverpool. No school, no medicine, no hope - her life was exactly as mine would have been, had I not had the incredibly good fortune to be born after the introduction of the NHS and the Welfare State. I read it as a direct letter from her to me. It politicised me instantly."

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From a Storm to a Hurricane: Rory Storm & the Hurricanes

Anthony Hogan

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Book

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were the top band in Liverpool between 1960 and 1962, bigger even than...

Narvik

Lizzie Nunnery

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Book

If I was to throw myself beneath that tide...If I was to let the water take me, till the cold felt...

The Mersey Girls

Katie Flynn

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Book

Spring 1913, and seventeen-year-old Evie Murphy is leaving her native Ireland for the city of...

An Invitation To Her's by Her's

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The first full-length album, Invitation to Her's, on Heist or Hit Records released on 24 August...

Standing in the Wings: The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me

Joe Flannery and Mike Brocken

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Joe Flannery has been described as the 'Secret Beatle', and as the business associate and partner of...

The Ships That Came to Manchester: From the Mersey and Weaver Sailing Flat to the Mighty Container Ship

Nick Robins

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The merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the...

Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Men in White Suits: Liverpool Fc in the 1990s - the Players' Stories in Books

Nov 15, 2019

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A wonderful insight

I grew up supporting Liverpool FC and do to this day. I remember the highs of the eighties and the lows of the nineties. This candid and frank collection of interviews with both players and managers delves into the reasons behind Liverpools gradual decline in English football in the nineties. Its a turthful behind the scenes diagnosis and autopsy on a Liverpool side who failed to be the dominant force that they were in the Eighties. From player ego's, mis-managment and an unwillingness to modernise this bares it all and is well worth a read if you have read the first insalment (The Red Machine). There is also a third book entitled Ring of Fire which i shall also be reading. A very good read and pute to bed some of the myths associated with 'The Spice Boys' :)