Groucho's Fact Hunt

[degsy]

…well there are rumours that he had family in Liverpool around that time.

His half sister(?) lived in Upper Stanhope St...also noted kopites

 

[Groucho]

…well there are rumours that he had family in Liverpool around that time.

Upper Stanhope Street, L8.

The very last bomb that fell on Liverpool blew his brother’s house up.

 

[Eggs]

….Victorian Poverty; the ‘four penny coffins’ were men would be given a tarpaulin to sleep. For those that only had two pence they were put on a bench with a rope ‘hungover’ to stop them falling off. It’s where the expression ‘hungover/hangover’ comes from;

 

[kev]

….Victorian Poverty; the ‘four penny coffins’ were men would be given a tarpaulin to sleep. For those that only had two pence they were put on a bench with a rope ‘hungover’ to stop them falling off. It’s where the expression ‘hungover/hangover’ comes from;

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Also the expression"I'm so tired I could sleep on a clothes line"

 

[Rich1878]

Also the expression"I'm so tired I could sleep on a clothes line"

Or 'feeling ropey' ?

 

[Kurt.]

Or 'feeling ropey' ?

Or “Tie her up and chuck her in the van”


Oh …. Ropey … my bad

 

[goldfinchmule]

….Victorian Poverty; the ‘four penny coffins’ were men would be given a tarpaulin to sleep. For those that only had two pence they were put on a bench with a rope ‘hungover’ to stop them falling off. It’s where the expression ‘hungover/hangover’ comes from;

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Looks like Lenin is reading Stalin a bedtime story.

 

[Vintage]

Looks like Lenin is reading Stalin a bedtime story.

It actually does

 

[Eggs]

….there’s a 2 mile stretch of beach in Crosby known as ‘Blitz Beach’ because following the 1941 Blitz much of the rubble was moved here to help sea defences. Clearly visible are bricks, tiles, fleue-de-lil, gargoyles and other artefacts;

 

[Bryan+]

….there’s a 2 mile stretch of beach in Crosby known as ‘Blitz Beach’ because following the 1941 Blitz much of the rubble was moved here to help sea defences. Clearly visible are bricks, tiles, fleue-de-lil, gargoyles and other artefacts;

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Can you share the coordinates or actual location- id love to go

 

[Bryan+]

This may be it?

Crosby Blitz Beach

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

www.atlasobscura.com

53.4967, -3.0583

 

[kev]

53.4967, -3.0583

inspector,mops.wisely *those who know know

https://what3words.com

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Flo Rider ,is so called cos hes from..Florida ...

 

[Eggs]

 

[davep]

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If you're in the water, are you actually wet?