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  1. Thanks to the seven people who rallied together in the name of socks yesterday. You very nearly made it happen. about 22 hours ago via web
  2. Well it was a good try. I guess my book will have to be all respectable and make sense. Tho I do like the idea of a 7.25 mile long Sock Wall 9:48 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  3. Well that's a scarily valiant effort Twitter but you're going to have to do better if you want socks instead of docks twitter.com/histliverpool/… 8:48 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  4. "The last thirty years of the 19th century saw a great programme of enlarging and improving the existing socks". If I get 10 RTs it goes in 6:47 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  5. I keep typing 'socks' instead of 'docks' again. I might write this whole book with it that way around. 6:46 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  6. @mhbastian My mind was on a council which decided there'd be no mayoral referendum - then their candidate won the actual election! 2:13 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to mhbastian
  7. Currently reading about the time the Council elected its own officials without bothering to ask, or represent, the ratepayers. #1825 8:51 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  8. @jessicammoody How multi-talented! His book was certainly in the same mould as the general celebrations. Great fun to read. 6:03 AM May 22nd via web in reply to jessicammoody
  9. The destruction of Great George Street streetsofliverpool.co.uk/the-destructio… 5:25 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  10. @NeilMcQuillian He was, so I'll let him off! Still, it's a classic Victorian approach to history, which we now think should be neutral(-ish) 4:28 AM May 22nd via web in reply to NeilMcQuillian
  11. And is "the most stupendous work of its kind that the will and power of man have ever created". Proud, much? 3:56 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  12. I love Ramsay Muir's 1907 History of Liverpool: dock wall is "as solid and enduring as the Pyramids" 3:56 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  13. Re-reading this blog post of mine from the middle of last year: Liverpool Heroes 4: Jesse Hartley. What a man! liverpool-landscapes.net/2011/06/liverp… 9:36 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  14. "I'm told?" WTF? Publishers, please KNOW YOUR JOB! 4:11 AM May 21st via web
  15. Publisher: "Please write photo book for us and pay for all image (c)". Me: "That's £9k!" Pub:"I'm told all post-'46 images are out of (c)". 4:10 AM May 21st via web
  16. I suspect @pd_smith's book City: Guidebook for the Urban Age to be of interest to those of urban landscape history bent amazon.co.uk/gp/product/140… 10:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
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