British Customs subsequently bring the heroin into the UK. ibid.
Rozzer: You were convicted of smuggling heroin?
Showers: Yes, convicted on fabricated evidence by Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise. ibid.
And he was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Which for that amount of drugs was extraordinary … The system wanted to make an example of him … ibid.
In 1991 Michael went to prison for 20 years. He served 10. Then in 2010 he was arrested in Turkey and charged with intent to supply heroin internationally. He denied the charges but was sentenced to 10 years in a Turkish prison. He returned home to Liverpool in 2016. ibid.
’89 is a key year for Liverpool … After Hillsborough so many people and so many things changed … And then this drug popped up; a small tablet that created happiness. Liverpool Narcos II: Ecstasy, Emile Coleman
Best buzz you’ll ever get. It’s a love drug. ibid. user
In a sense there was something evangelical about selling ecstasy. You were doing a good thing for people … Demand outstripped supply in terms of quality. ibid. counsellor
Much of the blame for all that can be laid on the burly shoulders of 34-year-old Curtis Warren. Arrested after a raid on a warehouse; investigators discovered cocaine with a street value of £75 million. Once known as Interpol’s Target One, Warren led a gang who for years had flooded Europe with heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and hashish. Liverpool Narcos III: Cocaine
Curtis Warren was released from Dutch jail in 2007. He was convicted in 2009 on further drug smuggling charges in Jersey. He remains in prison. ibid.
Meet the Fitzgibbons: Christine and her two boys Ian and Jason. Their mission to become top dogs of Liverpool turned into a battle for supremacy. Their violent reputation helped them build their empire. This is the story of their rise to become narco kingpins of the Liverpool underworld. The Real Narcos UK: Blood & Fear s1e4, Liverpool’s Most Feared Family, Sky 2018
Large parts of the city are a wasteland of deprivation and violence … A heroin epidemic is taking hold. ibid.
Brothers Ian and Jason Fitzgibbon quickly move from dealing cannabis to more lucrative Class-A drugs. ibid.
One big threat to the Fitzgibbons’ emerging empire is this man – Curtis Warren. ibid.
Bloody Sunday: 1911 Liverpool general transport strike. As protest of up to 85,000 gather, Home Secretary Winston Churchill sends troops and armoured cars into Liverpool to break the strike, and positions the gunboat HMS Antrim on the Mersey. Soldiers also opened fire on a crowd in Vauxhall Road, killing 2, injuring 15. Ragged Trousered Philanderer tweet 14 April 2023
It’s the Church of England’s newest cathedral as well as Britain’s biggest. The bells inside are the highest and the heaviest. And in its day it contained the largest music instrument ever made. Built on a high it dominates the city’s skyline. Britain’s Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson V: Liverpool
This one was constructed from steel and concrete. ibid.
It was finally completed in 1978, 74 years later. ibid.
The Blitz: It was a time when Britain’s fate hung in the balance. Rob Bell & Michael Buerk & Angelica Bell, The Blitz: Britain on Fire I, Channel 5 2019
Hitler was determined to bring Britain to its knees and ordered a series of raids on the nation’s ports. ibid.
Now the bombers headed north-west to the biggest port in England … Liverpool was in the eye of the storm. ibid.
Tuesday 1st May 10.45 p.m. Day 1: After the sirens had sent the people of Liverpool scurrying for cover, the first German bombers appeared overhead.
A week of continual bombing … The May Blitz. ibid.
The story of one of the most intense bombings of a British city in World War II. The Blitz: Britain on Fire II
Bombing raids had already targeted the city centre, the docks, and residential areas. ibid.
Mill Road Hospital: The hospital was struck by a parachute mine, a direct hit. ibid.
This is the story of eight days in May when Britain and Liverpool in particular were in the eye of the storm. The Blitz: Britain on Fire III
On the morning of the fourth day of the onslaught, Liverpool was waking up from the worst night of bombing so far in the May Blitz. ibid.
The nurses gathered together all of the babies rescued from the rubble, and because there were no cots or cribs left, they placed them all in large clothes baskets. ibid.
The Militant Tendency once ran the city of Liverpool. A group of only 7,000 revolutionary socialists, they infiltrated the Labour Party, they orchestrated the antiPoll Tax campaign. But by last year Neil Kinnock had expelled most Militants including MPs Dave Nellish and Terry Fields. Cutting Edge: Comrades, captions, Channel 4 1992