Puerto De Liverpool.
Spirit of The Blitz
Our Lady and St Nicholas's Churchyard,Liverpool Waterfront.
The Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Liverpool. The site is said to have been a place of worship since at least 1257. The church is situated close to the River Mersey near the Pier Head. The Chapel of St Nicholas (Patron Saint of Sailors) was built on the site of St Mary del Quay, which in 1355 was determined to be too small for the growing borough of Liverpool. It is a Grade II listed building and an active parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Liverpool North.
The Spirit Of The Blitz Memorial.
The Port of Liverpool played an important role in the Second World War, staying open to provide a vital supply route for Britain's survival. It was an obvious target for German bombers. As a result more than 4000 people died, 10,000 homes were destroyed and 70,000 people made homeless during air raids which peaked with the May blitz of 1941.
The second world war saw waves of German planes bombing huge areas of UK cities. After London, Liverpool was the worst hit area in the country. This is because Liverpool was a major shipping port and very important to the British war effort. The Liverpool docks brought in food and materials vital to the country.
When war broke out in 1939, thousands of Liverpool children were evacuated to the safety of nearby North Wales. Over the course of 1940, Liverpool suffered 300 raids by German bombers, huge parts of the city were destroyed, and many wonderful buildings were lost forever.
The devastation was worse still during May 1941 when there was a huge attack by over 600 German planes. This bombing raid is now known as ‘The Blitz’ (from the German word blitzkrieg meaning ‘lightening war’) nearly 2000 Liverpool people were killed in one week alone and many more than this were left homeless and injured.
As well as being a major shipping port and navy base, Liverpool was also home to the headquarters of the Western Approaches Command – A strategic base for the Navy to plan the Battle of the Atlantic Sea. Captain Frederic John Walker masterminded the Atlantic sea battles from Liverpool, and his command destroyed 20 German U-Boats. A statue can be found at the Liverpool’s Pier Head in his honour.
For everyday people the war meant terrible hardship – unimaginable for us today. With food in short supply, food rationing was introduced, with families only being allowed certain small amounts of food per week. This lasted for 10 years! Even the football league stopped - with no matches played for 6 years. During the bombing raids families would be forced to take refuge in an air-raid shelter, usually in their garden, but many did not have this ‘luxury’.
Despite being the worst period in Liverpool’s history, the War brought people together in a way that perhaps wouldn't happen today. Winston Churchill himself commented after the Liverpool Blitz that “I see the damage done by the enemy attacks but I also see the spirit of an unconquered people.”
By a strange twist of history, Hilter's brother himself lived in Liverpool before the war and it is believed that the young Adolf Hitler himself visited the city once and had a pint in the Poste House pub on Cumberland Street.Hitler's Nephew William Patrick Hitler was born in Liverpool and the family lived in Upper Stanhope Street in Toxteth,this very house ironically was where the very last bomb to be dropped on Liverpool hit!
Spirit of The Blitz
Our Lady and St Nicholas's Churchyard,Liverpool Waterfront.
The Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Liverpool. The site is said to have been a place of worship since at least 1257. The church is situated close to the River Mersey near the Pier Head. The Chapel of St Nicholas (Patron Saint of Sailors) was built on the site of St Mary del Quay, which in 1355 was determined to be too small for the growing borough of Liverpool. It is a Grade II listed building and an active parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Liverpool North.
The Spirit Of The Blitz Memorial.
The Port of Liverpool played an important role in the Second World War, staying open to provide a vital supply route for Britain's survival. It was an obvious target for German bombers. As a result more than 4000 people died, 10,000 homes were destroyed and 70,000 people made homeless during air raids which peaked with the May blitz of 1941.
The second world war saw waves of German planes bombing huge areas of UK cities. After London, Liverpool was the worst hit area in the country. This is because Liverpool was a major shipping port and very important to the British war effort. The Liverpool docks brought in food and materials vital to the country.
When war broke out in 1939, thousands of Liverpool children were evacuated to the safety of nearby North Wales. Over the course of 1940, Liverpool suffered 300 raids by German bombers, huge parts of the city were destroyed, and many wonderful buildings were lost forever.
The devastation was worse still during May 1941 when there was a huge attack by over 600 German planes. This bombing raid is now known as ‘The Blitz’ (from the German word blitzkrieg meaning ‘lightening war’) nearly 2000 Liverpool people were killed in one week alone and many more than this were left homeless and injured.
As well as being a major shipping port and navy base, Liverpool was also home to the headquarters of the Western Approaches Command – A strategic base for the Navy to plan the Battle of the Atlantic Sea. Captain Frederic John Walker masterminded the Atlantic sea battles from Liverpool, and his command destroyed 20 German U-Boats. A statue can be found at the Liverpool’s Pier Head in his honour.
For everyday people the war meant terrible hardship – unimaginable for us today. With food in short supply, food rationing was introduced, with families only being allowed certain small amounts of food per week. This lasted for 10 years! Even the football league stopped - with no matches played for 6 years. During the bombing raids families would be forced to take refuge in an air-raid shelter, usually in their garden, but many did not have this ‘luxury’.
Despite being the worst period in Liverpool’s history, the War brought people together in a way that perhaps wouldn't happen today. Winston Churchill himself commented after the Liverpool Blitz that “I see the damage done by the enemy attacks but I also see the spirit of an unconquered people.”
By a strange twist of history, Hilter's brother himself lived in Liverpool before the war and it is believed that the young Adolf Hitler himself visited the city once and had a pint in the Poste House pub on Cumberland Street.Hitler's Nephew William Patrick Hitler was born in Liverpool and the family lived in Upper Stanhope Street in Toxteth,this very house ironically was where the very last bomb to be dropped on Liverpool hit!