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    Cameron Manning replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.
    There is a book in The Library in William Brown Street that has a book although not banned, you have to give your name and adress then sign to enable you to borrow the book. It’s called “ Spiders in the Bath” by Paul Brean, it’s a recent...
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    Cameron Manning reacted to LostLegend's post in the thread The GOT Book Club with Like Like.
    https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/ Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume...
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    Cameron Manning replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.
    Thanks for that reply Kev— I made that list a few years ago when I visited the grave and I have it somewhere in the house— thought there was more to be honest! How very sad, as you said, when you look at the poverty they all died in, workhouses...
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    Cameron Manning reacted to kev's post in the thread The GOT Book Club with Like Like.
    Yeah, it's really sad but the burial was arranged by to the 'overseers of the poor'. 'Plot T11' was a 25ft deep 'public grave' The burial took place on 10th Feb 1911. The remains of 13 bodies lie in that grave. Robert Noonan (Tressell) 40 died...
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    Cameron Manning replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.
    Fair enough Kev— I thought they were all brought together from different graves and put in one grave, alls well that ends well.
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    Cameron Manning reacted to kev's post in the thread The GOT Book Club with Like Like.
    It's the original grave mate. It's the headstone that was added along with the names of not just Robert, but all the others buried there.
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    And Bill’s dad was a bizzie— should have locked him up before he got his hands on Everton!
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    He did and Bill's Ma used to make the hotpots 🍲
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    And on the bench.. Tucker Zammo Togger Tigger Ziggy Gripper Cracker And 3 of them are Goalkeepers
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    Cameron Manning replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.
    Robert Tressall was buried in a paupers grave in that cemetery but a group of people connected to Liverpool Council and the Labour Party got together and buried Robert and I think about 20 more paupers in a proper grave with a big headstone with...
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    Cameron Manning reacted to Eggs's post in the thread The GOT Book Club with Like Like.
    ….read Ragged Trousered Philanthropist myself last year after it was recommended by a Docker friend of mine. Thought it was poignant reminder of the time, the author with very close connections to Liverpool (blue plaques on old Royal Hospital...
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    Cameron Manning replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.
    Three books that I imagine have already been well read by posters on here that I recommend are Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressall. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Sea Biscuit is the...
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    ….To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. One man’s stand against racism and injustice in US south around a century ago, all told through the narration of the main characters daughter. A book encapsulating life’s values and decency whilst...
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    Cameron Manning reacted to Eggs's post in the thread 2024/25 James Tarkowski with Like Like.
    …..there’s a discussion to be had that our strongest pairing will be Branthwaite/O’Brien. I’m equally concerned about the injury Tarkowski suffered, although it is worth noting he’s hardly missed a game since he’s been here. I was pleasantly...
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    My daughter asked me at the game on Saturday, who is my favourite player. I had to give it to Tarkowski as least he gives it his all and is fully committed to this club.
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