Published 1st June 2010
ISBN 9781904438922

The story of the Manchester Ship Canal is one of great engineering and entrepreneurial endeavour. Between 1887 and 1894, a canal 35 miles long was constructed, linking Manchester to the sea. The remarkable story is told in this book – with stunning photographs from the Ship Canal archives.

Jack the Ripper: British Intelligence Agent?

Authors: Tom Slemen and Keith Andrews

ISBN 9781904438915

Retail Price £8.99

“Sharply written, thoroughly readable and totally fresh … without question an extremely significant addition to the shelf of worthwhile studies of the great East End enigma”. Richard Whittington-Egan (world renowned Ripperologist).

A groundbreaking investigation into the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. Exhaustively researched and highly controversial, this compelling account raises the possibility that the infamous murders were carried out by a Government agent working against Fenian terrorists who were planning to overthrow the Government and Monarchy.

Colin Wilkinson, managing director of Bluecoat Press also has a popular blog, Streets of Liverpool.

Colin says about the blog:

The idea for a site dedicated to photographs of Liverpool came out of my work as a publisher. I set up The Bluecoat Press in 1992 and have published over 200 books on local history and related themes. My particular interest is the visual image (I have been involved in photography for many years and set up the city’s Open Eye Gallery in 1977).

Over the years, I have collected a substantial archive photographs documenting Liverpool in the 19th and 20th centuries and have attempted, through Bluecoat Press’s books, to bring them to a wider audience.

One of my main aims as a publisher has been to create awareness of the thousands of images that are stored in archives, public and private. Liverpool is fortunate in that so much of its history has been documented photographically but, all too often, it is difficult for the public to access collections.

The internet is a tremendous (and free) way of opening up archives to a wider readership and Streets of Liverpool is my contribution towards encouraging a better understanding of Liverpool’s great history.

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