Birkenhead Essays

  • The De-industrialisation and Regeneration of the Merseyside Region

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    textiles and the chemical industry. However, the main industry to progress from the growth of Liverpool as a port was shipbuilding and repair, and in 1829 Birkenhead emerged as an important shipyard. Between 1829 and 1947, over 1,100 vessels of all sizes and types slid down the Laird slipways into the Mersey and during this time Birkenhead was placed at the forefront of the British shipbuilding industry. In 1931, over 193,000 people in the Merseyside region were employed in the shipping, transport

  • The Titanic: The True Meaning Of The Titanic

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    the lifeboat shortage on the Titanic forced the captain to call the BirkenHead drill, caused men to dress as women, and brought passengers to participate in bribery.

  • english

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    child, I didn’t have the most privileged life. My family and I had many ups and downs both financially and emotionally like selling our house and lodging in the back streets of Birkenhead. My dad was a temporary worker for some railway company in town so his income was not the best. When I was fourteen, I attended the Birkenhead institute and Shrewsbury Technical School. That was the first time where I found my occupation for poetry. That was the first time were I found my love of reading the Bible and

  • The Postal Rule: Use Of The Postal Rule

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    INTRODUCTION Postal rule happen when use of the postal email correspondence used in ancient times. Previously, all transactions used from emails correspondence. Our first community used email correspondence to convey to other community but now, correspondence is becoming less used from people. This has resulted in long distance trading. So, law of postal rule was created. If they post the rules of acceptance received by mail, the acceptance will be made on the post itself. This rule is an exception

  • Liverpool Essay

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    Liverpool has been referred to as the core city of Merseyside conurbation in the north west of England. In this essay I will consider the effect of local and global interactions that have produced this image of the city and how the city has come to be the place that we see today. I will explore the declines and booms of the city's economy and citizen’s welfare and feelings. Liverpool is unlike other UK cities, not only does it have a local and national image, it also has global recognition. It is

  • Dulce Et Decorum Est, The Sentry, And The Show

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    battlefield; propaganda on the home front presents war as an honour however, the use of violent imagery illustrates war as a corruption of the mind and body. From an early age Owen aspired to be a poet yet he lacked inspiration. He studied at the Birkenhead Institute

  • The Development of the Railway System in Britain

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    The Development of the Railway System in Britain The first railways in Britain were developed to transport raw materials like coal and quarried stone from the extraction sites to population / processing centres or to coastal ports for onward distribution. The first commercial line was the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825 with steam haulage, with horse transport considered as a back up. This was intended as an industrial line, but it was soon realised that there was a call

  • Regina V Commissioner Of Police For The Metro Case Summary

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    INSTITUTIONS CASE NOTE Regina v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Ex Parte Rottman UKHL 20 (2002) 2A.C. 692 s.r.n:130355977 Regina v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Ex Parte Rottman 16 th May 2002. Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffman, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Hutton and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry. Procedural history: On appeal from a Divisional Court of the Queen’s Decision to the House of Lords. The judicial review against the Commissioner of Police for the

  • Siegfried Sassoon Research Paper

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    he entered for defense became a war of aggression and conquest. He said how much suffering he said and he no longer can support those who he believes are evil. Wilfred Owen(1893-1918) Owen was born in Oswestry, Shropshire. He went to school at Birkenhead

  • Break of Day in the Trenches a Poem by Isaac Rosenberg

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    fingers supple; And God will grow no talons at his heels, Nor antlers through the thickness of his curls. Biography of Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen was born near Oswestry, Shropshire. His father was a railway worker. He was schooled at Birkenhead Institute and Liverpool and Shrewsbury Technical College. His shortage of money prevented him from attending the University of London. He took up a teaching post in Bordeaux, France. He enlisted in the army shortly after war was declared. In 1917

  • Compare the theme of seduction in To his coy mistress and The

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    discover that he is successful as the girl becomes pregnant. In “THCM” the male is narrating for example “our” and “we.” In “The seduction” neither of the characters narrates. It is written in third person “He lead her to the quite bricks of Birkenhead docks.” Throughout the entire poem no names are used “he” and “she.” I think this symbolises that the situation is quite common. In both poems our sympathies are with the women. We sympathise with the women in “The seduction” because she becomes

  • The Seduction Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen

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    words ‘blind windows’ adds mystery to the setting. This is because the two words are contrasting. The word ‘blind’ is usually associated with visionless. While ‘windows’ are usually see-through. ‘The Seduction’ is set in the ‘quiet bricks of Birkenhead’ suggesting that place that he takes her to is remote. ‘Far past the silver stream of traffic through the city’ this is implies that they were distant from the busy city leaving them isolated this makes the girl vulnerable. A lot of the language

  • WWI poems and information

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    Siegfried Sassoon Biography With war on the horizon, a young Englishman whose life had heretofore been consumed with the protocol of fox-hunting, said goodbye to his idyllic life and rode off on his bicycle to join the Army. Siegfried Sassoon was perhaps the most innocent of the war poets. John Hildebidle has called Sassoon the "accidental hero." Born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1886, Sassoon lived the pastoral life of a young squire: fox-hunting, playing cricket, golfing and writing romantic

  • The General Strike 1926

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    The General Strike 1926 In 1925 the mine-owners announced that they intended to reduce the miner's wages. The General Council of the Trade Union Congress responded to this news by promising to support the miners in their dispute with their employers. The Conservative Government, decided to intervene, and supplied the necessary money to bring the miners' wages back to their previous level. This event became known as Red Friday because it was seen as a victory for working class solidarity

  • Chariots Of Fire And Next Goal Wins: Film Analysis

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    outraged at them for putting their culture above winning, but learns to embrace the culture after realising that the team’s desire to win cannot replace other aspects that contribute to who they are as people. Likewise, in “Chariots of Fire”, Lord Birkenhead and the Duke of Sutherland cannot understand why Liddell would allow his faith to overshadow national pride, though this is solved when an English teammate Lindsay, generously offers Liddell his place in the 400 metre race. In both movies, religion

  • Religion In Brave New World

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    stability is a must and science is science is seen as stable. Brad Congdon writes in the article "'Community, Identity, Stability': The Scientific Society and the Future of Religion in Aldous Huxley's: Brave New World,"Whereas Russell, Haldane, Birkenhead, and Bernal all seem to neglect capitalism in their prognostications about a eugenic state, Aldous presents his reader with a planned society wherein the mythology and organization are easily recognized as Fordism and consumerism.” The structured

  • Classical Liberalism And International Relations Theory

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    Background The discipline of IR was officially established after World War 1 with a view to avoiding future mass conflicts and ensuring peaceful change. This remains a worthy goal, but today the scope and complexities of world politics demand an understanding of a much wider range of issues. Moreover, new conceptual frameworks and theories are required to improve our understanding and assist in the development of better policies and practices. International relation theory is often taught as a theory

  • Wilfred Owens Poetry Analysis

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    The deafening sound of shelling and the rattling of gun fire seeing your fellow brother fall before your feet the grim life to live during World War One. Wilfred Owens, another man thrown into a war in the nation’s time of need. Many would clam up and keep to themselves after the war, but not Wilfred. He was a renounced poet, and while he was bunkered down from gunfire or shelling, he found time to write his experiences and the poetry everyone has to come to know. He wrote much of his poetry on

  • Rottman v commissioners of police for the Metropolis

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    common law power is still available” The name of the parties are (appellant) commissioner of the police of the metropolis,(respondent) Mr. Michael Rottman . The judgment has been held in the house of lords. The judges on this were- Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Hutton and Lord Roger of Earlsferry. The barristers and solicitors in this case were, Mr. Perry, on behalf of the appellant and Miss Montgomery, for the respondent. The date of the judgment was 16th may

  • Analysis of Anthem for Doomed Youth

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    Wilfred Owen the son of Tom and Susan Owen was born on March 18, 1893, in Oswetry, England. He was educated at the Birkenhead institute and at Shrewbury Technical School. At the age of 17, Owen began to show an interest in arts, and poetry. He worked as a pupil teacher at the Wyle Cop School while he was preparing for his exam to attend the University of London. After he failed the entrance exam he worked as an English teacher in the Berlitz School in Bordeaux. Wilfred Owen was a famous British