Liverpool

Hillsborough disaster memorial – Anfield Liverpool

Football fans will always remember the date April 15, 1989, especially the fans of Liverpool Football Club, it was the fateful day that 96 fans lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster, which was a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. This happened because overcrowding outside the stadium, the police opened an exit which resulted in an influx which then resulted in people be crushed.

The club worked with the victim families in creating a tribute to pay respects to the people who lost their life’s.

It is located near the back on the stadium, in a garden area, it is a fitting tribute with an open book memorial with a flame within the middle that is always light, you can tell that people regular visit from pictures and flowers being left.

International Slavery Museum

The International Slavery Museum is located at Liverpool Albert dock, inside the Maritime Museum. It aims to show the history overtime of the transatlantic slave trade, looking at west Africa history and culture leading into the European slave trade which looks at modern day slavery.

It goes through how condition was on the ships transporting the slaves across the Atlantic, with showing how people was treated like animals, it leads into highlighting racism and discrimination of Black people.

This slavery museum is very eye opening and moving museum I have been to, from the displays it takes you through stories of what people had to face and how they were treated, showing how Liverpool was a major port for slave trade in the 18^th century with over half of 3 million slaves making their way to Liverpool.

When arriving at the museum you will start on the ground floor which is more based on the Titanic story and Liverpool’s connections to the Titanic and stories from survivors, the slave Museum is located on the upper 3rd floor. I found the section of how slaves were treated very moving; in some cases, it was like they were treated like vermin. I think that this museum is an important and education reminder of what happened and is a learning tool for this not to happen again.