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  • Changing city
  • Court housing
  • Accent and expression
  • Ford Anglia
  • 'Unemployment on Merseyside'
  • Liver bird
  • 'Blackie'
  • Tourism in Liverpool
  • Colomendy totem pole
  • Liverpool Map
  • Gerard Gardens sculptures
  • Stunning views
  • From waterfront to Western Front
  • Cathedral of dreams
  • Home and neighbourhoods
  • Made up - the Liverpool look
  • The Welsh Nation in Liverpool
  • Taking liberties - women's suffrage in Liverpool

Blackie' the rocking horse

old wooden rocking horse

'Blackie' the rocking horse helped to make generations of Liverpool children very happy. He was the much-loved highlight of Blackler's children's clothing department and later Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

old photo of a child on the rocking horse in the shop

Courtesy of Elizabeth Hawkins

Read Elizabeth Hawkin's memories of Blackie at Blackler's department store on the blog|.

Accession number MMM.2004.171

 

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