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Posted: 29-01-2013 10:28 Post subject: Liverpool Leprechauns - help needed!

We will be running a piece on the Liverpool Leprechaun panic of 1964 in the next issue, and need help sourcing images of the fokllowing locations:

Jubilee Park, Kensington, Liverpool

St Chad's Church and churchyard, Kirkby

Learn Farm Lane/Roman Road Junior School, Felling, Gateshead

If anyone can help with photos of any of these places - especially with pics dating back to the 1960s - we would be extremely grateful to hear from you.

Please email me at drsutton@forteantimes.com

Best,

David

Posted: 29-01-2013 12:17 Post subject:

Ha ha, the liverpool leprechauns no longer wear big black hats and belt buckles and the like. They ditched all that stuff and now go for shiny shell suits, shaven heads and jauntily angled baseball caps.

A lage majority of them moved to Runcorn and spent the time shouting abuse at strangers, drinking and shop lifting.

Posted: 30-01-2013 09:19 Post subject:

Posted: 30-01-2013 09:45 Post subject:

They get everywhere. You will probably find a load of them at the bottom of a rainbow with eight can of Stella

Posted: 14-02-2013 22:25 Post subject:

We all know what a Leprechaun looks like but it would help if you could provide reference of a Liverpool Park.

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Posted: 19-03-2013 14:47 Post subject:

I've never heard about the Liverpool\Leprechaun connection
but it does seem this topic is really an excuse for anyone to have a go at Liverpool with the usual stereotypical scouser comments

And now you'll think my comment is a typical knee-jerk touchy, over-reaction
well... probably, yes

As regards the parks comment, Liverpool has fantastic parks, among them:
Sefton Park with it's famous Palm House and Peter Pan statue
Calderstones Park with it's botanical gardens and neolithic stones
Stanley Park which separates Goodison Park, home of the Mighty Blues from some other local "football" team

Posted: 19-03-2013 16:12 Post subject:

The piece has appeared in the current issue of FT as David said it would.

Posted: 19-03-2013 16:25 Post subject:

Posted: 19-03-2013 17:28 Post subject:

Posted: 19-03-2013 19:12 Post subject:

Nah, it was just the right length for a Leprechaun piece. Short and sweet.

Actually I think I'd have preferred to read about the Gateshead Leprechauns.

Posted: 21-08-2013 13:28 Post subject:

Now differnt people have diverse choice kinds of hobbies, for example some people like swimming, some people like running and some people like hiking. However now a lot of people have developed a new kind of hobby, it is metal detecting and there are also device that have been invented to help people with their hobby such as the metal detector for gold and the metal detectors and so on and you also can make a good choice as there are many types that are provided for you to choose.

Posted: 21-08-2013 14:04 Post subject:

Posted: 21-08-2013 19:33 Post subject:

I don't think a metal detector would be much use in locating a leprechaun's pot of gold. I think you've got to catch a leprechaun first, then force him to hand over his pot of gold...

Posted: 21-08-2013 22:16 Post subject: