Chris Thompson will be talking about the civil disorder in Birkenhead in 1932, when over 1,000 people ralied to protest against the means test which drastically cut unemployment benfits.

Derek Arnold  will give a presentation about how the  Mersey Ferry boat Royal Daffodil got its name.

A talk by Elizabeth Davey, who has been researching the background of villa estates on both sides of the Mersey for a number of years.

One of our own members, Clive Edwards will be speaking about Neston and its myths.

Following a short AGM, Sheila Jones, one of our own members and the Honorary Secretary of FHSC, will be talking about Conscientious Objectors in the First World War.

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Ian Diamond will be talking about the local history of the Rock Ferry area

Most will have heard of the ninenteenth-century French author, Jules Verne, if not read some of his novels (including Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Centre of the Earth).  You may not, however, be aware that his first visit outside of France was to Liverpool and Birkenhead, and that he set parts of several of his novels in Birkenhead!  John Lamb will be telling us more.

(Image: Jules Verne by Harry Furniss. pen and ink, late 19th or early 20th century. NPG D1643,  Used under Creative Commons licence from National Portrait Gallery)

Starting to feel in a festive mood?  Come and join us for Barry P Humphreys' talk!

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