Recollections of Old Liverpool

Recollections of Old Liverpool, by A Nonagenarian
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Title: Recollections of Old Liverpool
Author: A Nonagenarian
Release Date: May 5, 2007 Language: English
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RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD LIVERPOOL BY A NONAGENARIAN.
ENTERED AT STA. HALL PRICE
3/6
LIVERPOOL. J . F . HUGHES,
1836 2nd. 1,000.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE. CHAPTER I. Birth of Author; Strong Memory; A Long-lived Family; Tree in St. Peter’s Church-yard; Cruelty of Town Boys; The Ducking-stool; The Flashes in Marybone; Mode of Ducking; George the Third’s Birthday; Frigates; Launch of the Mary Ellen; The Interior of a Slaver; Liverpool Privateers; Unruly Crews; Kindness of Sailors; Sailors’ Gifts; Northwich Flatmen; The Salt Trade; The Salt Tax; The Salt Houses; Salt-house Dock; The White House and Ranelagh Gardens; Inscription over the Door; Copperas-hill; Hunting a Hare; Lord Molyneux; Miss Brent; Stephens’ Lecture on Heads; Mathews “At Home”; Brownlow Hill; Mr. Roscoe; Country Walks; Moss Lake Fields; Footpads; ...