Interesting site here about the Florence Institute. Has quite a bit of history about the Florrie "Friends of the Florrie" _http://www.savetheflorrie.org.uk/_ (http://www.savetheflorrie.org.uk/) "The Florrie, or Florence Institute, is a historic but neglected building in Liverpool 8. Members of the local community are trying to save the structure and to remember its illustrious past....." ".... The Florence Institute was officially opened as a boys' club in Mill Street, Toxteth, in 1890, four years after the opening of a similar establishment, the Gordon Working Lads Institute in Kirkdale on the other side of the city". For a hundred years The Florence Institute, or the Florrie as it is affectionally known by locals, served the young working and unemployed youth of the area...." I've also just learned from the author himself that there is a new book out illustrated softback book published, 'For Their Country', detailing the 70 men who are listed on the Florence Institute War Memorial in Mill St, Dingle - All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Florence Institute Trust Ltd. Apply to the contact e-mail address given on the website for more details and cost of the book or the above campaign Caryl _www.old-liverpool.co.uk_ (http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk)

Thanks for that - used to be a table tennis instructor (not very advanced) at the Florrie - back in about 1957 Marged Interesting site here about the Florence Institute. Has quite a bit of history about the Florrie "Friends of the Florrie" _http://www.savetheflorrie.org.uk/_ (http://www.savetheflorrie.org.uk/) "The Florrie, or Florence Institute, is a historic but neglected building in Liverpool 8. Members of the local community are trying to save the structure and to remember its illustrious past....." ".... The Florence Institute was officially opened as a boys' club in Mill Street, Toxteth, in 1890, four years after the opening of a similar establishment, the Gordon Working Lads Institute in Kirkdale on the other side of the city". For a hundred years The Florence Institute, or the Florrie as it is affectionally known by locals, served the young working and unemployed youth of the area...." I've also just learned from the author himself that there is a new book out illustrated softback book published, 'For Their Country', detailing the 70 men who are listed on the Florence Institute War Memorial in Mill St, Dingle - All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Florence Institute Trust Ltd. Apply to the contact e-mail address given on the website for more details and cost of the book or the above campaign Caryl _www.old-liverpool.co.uk_ (http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk) ==== ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List ==== You can search or browse the archives of this list and also change membership - move from digest to normal mail mode, or vice versa and sub and unsub at this link http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-MERSEYSIDE.html