Hello all my fellow historians,

i am doing a 3000 word essay on popular culture in 19th century Britain, so was wondering if anybody had any ideas of local cultures on the Wirral at the time?

Thanking you all, i will come back with anything i find locally.

Well, the docks were thriving, ship building was coming on, soap works had the third busiest docks in the World, shipping magnates were doing well. There were potteries and blacksmiths. Rest of the folk were the same as anywhere else, in dire poverty.

There was even coal mines in Heswall

What do you mean by culture?
Music, Theatre,the Arts,Food and drink,jobs, living conditions,
Wealth ?

From the mid century on, one of the most popular entertainments was the music hall. In Birkenhead, the Argyle was the best known and most of the stars of the time played there.

then as now beer drinking
I believe there were 300 pubs more or less in Birkenhead alone by the turn of the century
Folks could travel more with the beginning of trains and trams etc

Just look through the whole history section, it all comes under culture I suppose. Derek asked the perfect question, What do you mean by culture?

Do you ever do any of your own degree course work Tony, or are we just here to do it all for you?!

haha but i like other peoples input too.

different ideas are better than people all reading off the same sheet!

its stuff like this that i want to look into, and use primary sources in my research

I'd love to see you quoting your sources...

bert1 (2011), WirralHistory, wikiwirral.co.uk
chriskay (2011), WirralHistory, wikiwirral.co.uk
derekdwc (2011), WirralHistory, wikiwirral.co.uk

it would well work.

Classic!!!! should have thought of this when I was READING, (in caps. as this is what you should be doing)! for my History degree.

Too much reading to do in too little time.

...maybe you should spend less time on internet forums thinking of new names for yourself ...just a thought!

and a great thought that is my friend haha.

Its quite good the module that this thread is about, I am wondering if we had many music halls based on the Wirral in the 19th century as an attraction for sailors when they came ashore?

Hope this helps

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/304222/2.html

Here's another 'great thought'...

Get yourself around to Earlston Library and ask at the reference desk for volume 147 of the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire (1998).

Includes several learned articles including one on 'Cultural Identity of Liverpool 1790-1850'.

Thank you guys, helpful as ever, much appreciated.