liverpool, merseyside

The Littlewoods Pools building (also known as the Littlewoods Building) is a notable building on Edge Lane in Liverpool. Built in 1938,^[1] and probably designed by Scottish architect Gerald de Courcey Fraser,^[2][3][4][5] the building is next to the Wavertree Botanic Gardens. The building has had various uses throughout its life. It was originally the headquarters of Littlewoods, then the country’s largest family-owned business empire. A year after it opened, during World War II, it was was requisitioned and became home of the government’s postal censorship department, while its printing presses were used to print National Registration cards. Its vast internal spaces were used for manufacturing the floors of Halifax Bombers, barrage balloons and woollen material. In the 1940s the building was also used by Unity Pools (formed from Littlewoods, Zetters and Vernons). The building has stood empty since 2003.In June 2018, developers Capital & Centric announced the new site will consist of a film studio complex and adjacent soundstages to become a new base of Twickenham Studios. Slated to become 'Hollywood of The North', the studios will be named Littlewoods Studios as an homage to the building in which the studios will be housed.
- On 2 September 2018 the building was partly destroyed in a fire. The roof and upper floor of one wing of the structure have been lost, although the main structure has been saved.

伯肯黑德 Birkenhead (/ˌbɜːrkənˈhɛd/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, until 1974, in Cheshire. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established in the 12th century. In the 19th century, Birkenhead expanded greatly as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution. Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square were laid out as well as the first street tramway in Britain. The Mersey Railway connected Birkenhead and Liverpool, with the world's first tunnel beneath a tidal estuary, and the shipbuilding firm Cammell Laird and a seaport were established. In the second half of the 20th century, the town suffered a significant period of decline, with containerisation causing a reduction in port activity. The Wirral Waters development is planned to regenerate much of the dockland.

people
- David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician. He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is known for his human rights work including the co-founding of Jubilee Action, the children's charity (which changed its name to Chance for Childhood in 2014), and serves as chair, patron or trustee of several charities and voluntary organisations.Born in London on 15 March 1951,^[5][6] His father was a Desert Rat who had served in the Eighth Army, and then worked for the Ford Motor Company. His mother was a native Irish speaker from the West of Ireland. After being rehoused from the East End Alton was brought up in a council flat on an overspill council estate. He passed a scholarship exam to join the first intake of a new Jesuit grammar school and was educated at the Campion School, Hornchurch, Essex, and Christ's College of Education, Liverpool. He began his career as a teacher and, in 1972, he was elected as a Liberal to Liverpool City Council as Britain's youngest city councillor. Alton was elected for the Low Hill ward from 1972 to 1974 then after the Local Government Act 1974 he was elected for the Smithdown ward (1974–1980). Also a member of Merseyside County Council for the Smithdown division from 1974 to 1977 and chairman of the housing committee. He was deputy leader of Liverpool City Council from 1975 to 1978.Alton has been appointed to two Roman Catholic orders of chivalry; he is a Knight Commander of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (2003) and a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2008).

• 有市民昨晚自發於英國領事館組成英國旗人鏈，聲援英國上議院議員奧爾頓勳爵（Lord Alton）將於倫敦時間24日在上議院進行兩個半小時辯論，為港人爭取第二國籍。有集會人士認為，英國對香港有其道義責任作出援助。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20191024/00176_015.html

jews
- economist 2mar19 "an ill wind" british jews face an old prejudice from new quarters

china
- historical ties

• investors from china

• The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. was taken over in 1902 together with their fleet of 13 steamers and their route between China and the West Coasts of Canada and the USA. Although ships were nominally owned by China Mutual SN Co. after this date, these are not shown separately for the purposes of this list.”And the ‘Red Duster’ page lists ships of China Mutual, the earliest being built in 1883 (this Liverpool based company seems to have been founded in 1882). Similar sources add that the firm was considered a serious rival of Alfred Holt’s until the takeover, and that the name was used – nominally, I would think – for decades after this event; the most recent trace I found was 1974.https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/2550/china-mutual-steam-navigation-co

- chinatown

•  在英國以至全歐洲歷史最悠久之一的利物浦唐人街，近年面對人流量銳減，在無人光顧下餐館陸續結業，店舖十室九空如「鬼城」。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180828/00180_021.html

hk

- 香港高等教育科技學院（THEi）兩名學生今年暑假成為利物浦球會零售旗艦店首批港人實習生，不但能寓興趣於工作，更學習了「紅軍」品牌成功背後的營商之道。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20181227/00176_013.html