Writer, Musician, Historian;Maritime/social/landscape/archaeology/WWI/II. Vice-chair/WebsiteAdmin EvertonFC Heritage Soc @EvertonHeritage.Messin about in boats.
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Put together and presented by @lewisroyden and theme music written and played by Liam Royden. The @Everton Blues Brothers! 💪😎
The Everton Heritage Show has arrived!
Tune in now, and please give us a like and subscribe - many thanks! 💙
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We have a talk/social night at @DenbighCastl on Thursday. Leigh Roose biographer @SpencerVignes will join us in an evening of recalling the sacrifices made in times of conflict. Plus, we’ll screen an exclusive new Colin Harvey interview.
Free tickets:
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The amount of time and effort that goes in to organising and delivering an event like the @EvertonHeritage Dixie Dean Memorial Award Evening is mind-blowing.
Take a bow, Ken, Mike, Lewis and Dave.
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A lovely write up on Johnny Morrissey winning the Dixie Dean Memorial Award last night.
Quite something to consider that our visual display- which included video tributes from teammates- brought “one of the games most feared hard men” to tears.
@MikeRoyden @EvertonHeritage
I joined many others to spend an evening honouring an Everton legend - Jack Grealish would have learned so much 💪💙
@EvertonHeritage
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Mike Royden retweeted
The #FridayFlashback from the History Hub at the Grosvenor Museum is this view down Lower Bridge Street towards the Bridgegate from circa 1890s. #Chester.
🖌️ Artist: Louise Rayner.
ALT This view down Lower Bridge Street of a wagon travelling towards the Bridgegate from circa 1890s. 🖌️ Artist: Louise Rayner.
Mike Royden retweeted
Fresh from last night's Dixie Dean Award event, we're preparing for Thursday's talk/social night at @DenbighCastl . The theme is Remembrance. We'll have special guest @SpencerVignes talking about the short but amazing life of Leigh Roose.
Free tickets:
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Absolute privilege! ☺️
The amount of time and effort that goes in to organising and delivering an event like the @EvertonHeritage Dixie Dean Memorial Award Evening is mind-blowing.
Take a bow, Ken, Mike, Lewis and Dave.
Wow, what a brilliant night that was at Goodison, the 35th Dixie Dean Memorial Award which went to sixties legend Johnny Morrissey. Plus an eerie visit afterwards into a pitch black stadium at 11pm with @lewisroyden - full report coming soon on the @EvertonHeritage website.
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As a pre-match warm-up, do watch the latest episode of the Everton Heritage Show, it has host @lewisroyden in conversation with actor and Evertonian Andrew Lancel (@AndrewLancel ).
youtu.be/wQQMxVKkzo0?is=MHzy…
Also on Spotify.
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As we approach November, our thoughts turn to those linked to EFC who sacrificed so much in times of conflict. Our talk/social evening on 5 November at @DenbighCastl has that as the theme. Special guest is author @SpencerVignes .
Book here (free):
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The Everton Heritage Show episode 19 is now live. @lewisroyden chats with actor, Evertonian and former Everton Radio 1602 presenter @AndrewLancel .
youtu.be/wQQMxVKkzo0?si=Q49S…
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The History Hub's #TuesdayThrowBack shot is this lovely view of the fuselage of a comet aeroplane at The Cross just entering Bridge Street, #Chester.
ALT lovely view of the fuselage of a comet aeroplane at The Cross just entering Bridge Street, in Chester.
ALT A lovely view of the fuselage of a comet aeroplane at The Cross just entering Bridge Street, in Chester.
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The 35th Dixie Dean Memorial Award Event with Special Guest Johnny Morrissey
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@robsawyer outlines the history of these special presentation evenings. Organised by @EvertonHeritage, this year's is this Friday 30/10 in the Alex Young Suite at Goodison Park
Mike Royden retweeted
Hot on the heels of our Dixie Dean Memorial Award evening, our talk/social evening on 5 November will focus on Everton FC and Remembrance. Our special guest is Spencer Vignes, author of the acclaimed Leigh Roose biography.
Secure your free ticket, here:
tickettailor.com/events/ever…
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David Bruce Murray is one of the Fallen of Everton FC.
@MikeRoyden has done an in-depth piece on the former Toffees and Liverpool player.
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Join us on 5 November for our talk/social evening, focussed on Remembrance,
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Nailed
I’ve supported Arsenal for over 30 years. I’m a season ticket holder and we’re successful.
Yet I’ve never felt more disconnected from the club.
I’ve written about why, and what I miss about the game I fell in love with.
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Two weeks from today, do join us at Goodison Park for our annual Dixie Dean Memorial Award evening, featuring the 2026 recipient Johnny Morrissey.
Book here:
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A real delight to listen to Merlin Röhl at the launch of his photo book, and nice to see @EvertonWomen ‘s finest photographer there too.
If there’s one thing Evertonians love, it’s our cultured midfielders.
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Wow, the world’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey!
“A time capsule at the bottom of the sea” 🌊
A trade ship heading for the ancient city of Troy or Minoan Crete sank with a cargo of storage jars 🏺
Residue tests will show what they contained c. 4,700 years ago!
#Archaeology
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J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, 1839
The HMS Temeraire was a famous warship from Trafalgar. By 1838, it was obsolete.
Turner saw a small steam tug drag the wooden giant down the Thames for scrap.
It changed art history forever, anticipating Impressionism and setting the stage for modern art.
Turner called this painting "My Darling". He refused every offer to sell it during his lifetime and left it to the British nation when he died.
