THIS drawing by W. G. Herdman, in the Livrpool Free Public Library shows the foot of Hanover Street and Duke Street about 1858; but the Sailors’ Home is a little obscured by some old and shabby buildings, now happily removed. The foundation stone of the Sailors' Home was laid by Prince Albert on July 31, 1846. The home was built at the instigation of James Aikin, its first chairman, and his efforts were ably seconded by a number of Liverpool gentlemen, prompted by a desire “to improve the conditions of life of British seamen, and to arrest them from corrupting influences.”
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Muir, Ramsay, et al. Bygone Liverpool. Liverpool: Young, 1913. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 29 September 2022.
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