As Noel Chavasse often gets the most credit as the battlefield medic on the Square I thought I should give a shout out to Thomas Caldwell Litler-Jones, who the 1911 census shows us, lived at numver 1 Abercromby Square. As this report from the Ormskirt Advertier shows, Thomas operated in a number of conflicts and peacetime, as a successful surgeon.
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Thought you might like this pic os a rather lovely bin decoration in St James's garden I came across today. In other Abercromby news I've just downloaded the 1911 occupancy, but also, on Ancestry, here is a 1939 registry, not a full census but well worth a look.
I'm starting on a new project this week with some colleagues at the University, hopefully doing so mapping and recording of the ornate ceilings in 19 Abercromby Square. I'll report back with an update and anything you might be able to access yourselves soon!
For those of you with an interest in the more fictional side of life, why not try www.kitderrick.com which launched today. As well as free content it will soon host the link to a new novel, 'The Raven Sound', based partly in the Liverpool of sixties, and using some of the content from this site as inspiration!
I thought you might like a picture of the most obvious remaining feature of the Liverpool terminus of the first Liverpool-Manchester railway line. On the site of what is now a playground, you'll find this exhaust vent for the tunnels that run underneath, down to Wapping and the docks. If you look behind the trees by the climbing frame you can still see the tracks coming out of the tunnel!
Just a little photo of the Chavasse statue on Abercromby Square for you as I thought it looked quite beautiful in the snow!
I know those of you coming back for more huggests on Abercromby Square itself may be disappointed, so I'd like to reward you for your patience and kindness. Some time back I was going through the archives in the Maritime Museum and came across the full listing of furnishings for the bankrupcy sale of 19 Abercromby Square in the 1860s. Looking at floorplans, evidence from the letters of the occupants and references elsewhere I was intending to write an article on how the house would have looked at the time.
While I never finished the full article, I did complete a 'tour guide' to the house based on all the remaining evidence, so see how it looked. So please help yourself to A Tour of 19 Abercomby Square in 1865. |
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