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Not the New Brighton Tragedy of 1890??? (as published in 2 parts)

New Brighton Tragedy 1890

So the worlds your lobster Tony, the anniversary of the transport strike of 1911 is coming up, could concentrate on the effects of that on Merseyside and Wirral.
One that will have Helles ears pricked would be Grave Exhumation in 1919 following WW1. Lets hope your successful with your appeal.

Tell me more?

Whoops, have i got my wires crossed, i thought you done work for the CWGC, however an interesting story on that part of their work.

I do photograph war graves for a website but only local ones. Covered the Wirral now.

not sure mate i am in john moores

yes still no repsonse so i think it may have fallen on deaf ears. that could be interesting i will certainly add it to the list of possabilities.

Better class of a uni!

Well its a deffo rejection now so independant study it is, so if anyone has any local ideas please fire away, anything from last 300 years is fine so i am open to suggestions

Considering the recent loss of Liscard Hall in Central Park, how's about re-assessing the life of John Tobin?

Links with Liverpool and the slave trade/palm oil industry. Was also a former Lord Mayor. Links with Wallasey (Liscard Hall/St.John's Church, and Egremont), as well as the development of Wallasey Pool.

If it's got legs, go run with it!

Sorry... I should have said Sir John Tobin. He was knighted after all.

You could call it something along the lines of 'Sir John Tobin - Saint or Sinner?'.

The fact that such a study would involve both local and international issues would also give it more depth.

Failing that, but still using Liscard Hall as a case-study you could write a dissertation on the loss of Wirral's built heritage. Other threads on Wikihistory often discuss this issue. You wouldn't have to restrict yourself to just New Brighton or Wallasey either, as you could draw on examples from all over Wirral.

i am now doing an independant study of:

Liverpool, Growth and Change throughout the Industrial Revolution 1700 - 1850
Rural to Urban Liverpool during the Industrial Revolution, changes that occurred such as economics, industrial production and output, transport options, class structure and poverty, Irish strain, competition with other industrial cities and economic links to Africa and America (Cotton and Sugar).

Sounds great mate! Plenty of scope with that. Good Luck.

I bet that's a bit frustrating. I think you were trying to do something new and you've been pushed into doing stuff that's been done before - makes it a lot harder to get uniqueness and personal into your dissertation.

yeah has been completely frustrating but no point dwelliong on it now, just have to get on with it and as ive said earlier i can concentrate on doing it once i have finished.