by Sarsfield Blog | Mar 9, 2015 | Blogs
The King of Edge Hill Known as an eccentric, a businessman and a philanthropist, Joseph’s most enduring legacy must be the tunnels he had constructed in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool. Born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Joseph was the son of a glassmaker, but left...
by Sarsfield Blog | Feb 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pioneer of the nursing profession Agnes was born into a wealthy family in Cambridge in 1832, but moved to Fahan, Co Donegal in Ireland while very young. Her father was in the army and the family travelled a great deal as he was posted overseas. Agnes herself was very...
by Sarsfield Blog | Jan 19, 2015 | Blogs
Born in Carmarthen on 24 February 1845, Alfred Jones began his career in shipping at an early age. He was apprenticed at twelve to the African Steamship Company in Liverpool and spent numerous years rising through the business, reaching the role of manager by the time...
by Sarsfield Blog | Oct 13, 2014 | Blogs
“No one person can make a theatre. The vital thing is teamwork – from the callboys and cleaners upwards.” – but if anyone helped create the Liverpool Playhouse, it was Maud Carpenter. After a spell at the Kelly’s Theatre in Paradise Street, Maud Carpenter joined the...
by Sarsfield Blog | Oct 6, 2014 | Blogs
Remembering a Liverpool sculptor ‘privileged never to have had an art education’ Born in Liverpool in 1929, Arthur left school at 14 and took up an apprenticeship at Cammell Laird’s shipyard, where he contributed to the construction of the Ark Royal. On being finished...
