Our Liverpool

Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain

Piers Dudgeon

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Headline Review
09 August 2011

Oral history; Local history

OUR LIVERPOOL is an oral history about the real Liverpool - about the city before its slick transformation to European City of Culture - and about the spirit that remains at its heart. Here, at last, is Liverpool's grievous and glorious past. And here, through the people's voices, we find old Liverpool, without the gift-wrap. Its stories pulsate with the rhythms of an alternately funny, flippant, belligerent, stubborn and warm heart, and they broadcast the values of a community, which are the city's true legacy to the modern world. Piers Dudgeon has listened to dozens of people who remember the city as it was, and who have lived through its many changes. They talk of childhood and education, of work and entertainment, of family, community values, health, politics, religion and music. Their stories will make you laugh and cry. It is people's own memories that make history real and this engrossing book captures them vividly.

By: Piers Dudgeon
Imprint: Headline Review
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 301g
ISBN: 9780755317165
ISBN 10: 0755317165
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 09 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Piers Dudgeon is a writer, editor and photographer. He worked for ten years as a publisher in London and then started his own company, publishing a number of bestsellers. Since 1989 he has worked as a journalist and written nine works of non-fiction. In 1993 he moved with his wife and three children to the North Yorkshire moors, where he is setting up a residential school for writers and artists.

Reviews for Our Liverpool: Memories of Life in Disappearing Britain

'These are stories told by those who remember life in Liverpool long before its transformation and vividly reveal its heart, humour, enduring strength and spirit' Choice Magazine 'An enchanting book. A glorious triumph! I took it to bed the night I received it and wallowed for hours. A must for the book shelf' Anne Robinson It brings back clear memories of the Liverpool that was still there in my childhood but which has now disappeared' Cherie Blair 'This is warts and all Liverpool... the heart of Liverpool, becasue the people's voice is at the centre of it' Roger Phillips, BBC Radio Merseyside