@mikeroyden.bsky.social
Writer, Historian & archaeologist; Maritime/social/landscape/WWI & II. Shipbuilding and shipwrecks of the 19thc EvertonFC Heritage Society (Vice-chair/WebsiteAdmin) Messin' about in boats. Liverpool/Chester www.roydenhistory.co.uk
Worth going for the half time refreshments.
Oh well 🤷🏻♂️
Since when did United care about fans? Give yer 🫨 a wobble.
24.10.2025 20:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The engraved entrance stone to the famous Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange at County Meath in Ireland. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Newgrange #Prehistory #Ireland
21.10.2025 06:20 — 👍 253 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 2By an amazing coincidence the architect of the Epstein Ballroom is a bloke called A. Speer.
24.10.2025 20:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Allende connection to Everton of Chile, as revealed by John Shearon of the The Rulereros Society on the Everton Heritage Show.
Watch the interview, here:
youtu.be/0tC83_py55o?...
It is also on Spotify etc.
The latest episode of the Everton Heritage Show has a South American flavour, as @lewisroyden.bsky.social and Ruleteros Society co-founder John Shearon discuss Everton's namesake clubs, located up to 8,000 miles away.
youtu.be/0tC83_py55o?...
An historic day for @evertonwomen.bsky.social as they make their bow at Hull Dickinson Stadium. Ahead of it, our member & Everton Heritage Show host @lewisroyden.bsky.social had a chat with @giuliabould.bsky.social there earlier this week.
12.10.2025 08:19 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Part three of the “Goodison Park, End of an Era” documentary is now available to watch on YouTube.
It features a number of @EvertonHeritage members - plus lots of other great contributors.
youtu.be/IhwCs5A78X0?...
👍☺️ 1893, but continued to run their own line (Indra Line), and the son became chairman of Cunard, putting plans in place for the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary in the 1930s.
15.10.2025 00:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Frankby, north Wirral. It’s the shipbuilding cousins; Tom Royden who founded the yard (Queens Dock 1823), built Frankby Hall (1848), and his grandson Ernest married the girl next door, thus inheriting the Hillbark estate, now Royden Park. Book complete, hopefully in print soon! 👍😁💙
10.10.2025 17:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Autumn vibes at Royden Acres too 😉
10.10.2025 14:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Peak fungus here at #Royden Acres too mate 😉
10.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thoughts and prayers
10.10.2025 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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10.10.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Journalist: Why didn't Trump get it?
Nobel Peace Prize Committee say they only give the prize to those with courage and integrity
More integrity that every politician sucking up to Trump
Episode 3 of the Everton Heritage Show is out now!
It features John Shearon of the Everton Ruleteros Society which honours the history & ties between @evertonfc.com and the Everton clubs in South America, including Everton de Viña Del Mar of Chile. 🇨🇱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tC8...
Lots of new @evertonheritage.bsky.social content to enjoy.
David France in conversation with @cbeesleyecho.bsky.social
efcheritagesociety.com/my-everton-f...
Ava the Everton Women Goodison mascot:
efcheritagesociety.com/avas-dream-c...
Women’s Hall of Fame:
efcheritagesociety.com/everton-wome...
Episode 2 of the Everton Heritage Show is out now. It features Ronny Goodlass talking all things Toffees and about his charity with @lewisroyden.bsky.social . Rob Sawyer chats about the Everton lock-up tower & the @evertonwomen.bsky.social Hall of Fame:
youtu.be/0Oz-craH2sw?...
Ah another part of my Liverpool youth has checked out. 😢 RIP Brian Patten. Still remember music and poetry evenings upstairs at the Phil, and across the road in the Hall watching the anarchic Grimms. Great times. Still have my classic 1967 copy too.
01.10.2025 18:23 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Utter nonsense. History is constantly undergoing analysis, there can never be one absolute version as we see the past differently through a variety of contexts. Historiography is an essential part of this understanding. Who decides on this version that is ‘absolute’? You? 🤷🏻♂️🤦♂️
28.09.2025 13:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A heartwarming new piece on our website by Lewis Royden:
Ava’s Dream Comes True – The First Everton Women’s Game at Goodison Park.
Warning: you may experience some grit in your eyes as you read this article.
efcheritagesociety.com/avas-dream-c...
James knows where it is. He’ll take you 💃🏽🕺
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Ah thanks! Very much appreciated. Next recording at the WHU game, going out by the end of the week. 👍
23.09.2025 12:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😂😂
21.09.2025 01:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cheer yourself up with this 😉💙
Our first Everton Heritage Show
(Put together and presented by @lewisroyden.bsky.social and theme music written and played by @liamroyden.bsky.social The @Everton Blues Brothers! 💪😎)
efcheritagesociety.com/heritage-pod...
Put together and presented by @lewisroyden.bsky.social and theme music written and played by @liamroyden.bsky.social The @Everton Blues Brothers! 💪😎
20.09.2025 16:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The Everton Heritage Show has arrived!
Tune in now, and please give us a like and subscribe - many thanks! 💙
youtu.be/w306gsMpzy4?...
Hope you and your missus enjoyed doing the gutting after you emptied the nets
20.09.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Homeschooled, eh?
05.09.2025 19:24 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0
