From the Liverpool Daily Post, Jan 5 2010: > > A VICTORIAN gold-leaf plaque, found in a West Sussex bric-a-brac shop, > is back in the city after it was revealed to be an artefact > commemorating a 19th-century Liverpool Archdeacon. > > Rev Jonathan BROOKS was based at St Nick’s at the Pier Head, also > known as Liverpool Parish Church or the “sailors’ church” because of > its close ties with the city’s maritime community. > > The senior churchman was presented with the plaque on June 14, 1848, > to mark his half a century of service in Liverpool. > > Coincidentally, the name of the present rector at St Nick’s is Steven > Brookes, although he is no relation to his predecessor. Read the rest of the story at http://tinyurl.com/ybtwfcm