Tommy Allen

Tommy Allen was born in Liverpool in 1956. For 30 years he taught History, including the local history of Liverpool, at the city's Community College. The Liverpool History course covered the 800 year period beginning with Liverpool developing from a small village, to a burgeoning town and eventually a great city on the edge of Western Europe. Topics included the impact of the slave trade; the huge developments of the port in the 19th century; the impact of two world wars and sport and entertainment. Since leaving the teaching profession in 2015, Tommy has written on a number of aspects of the city's history and has produced four books to date: "Liverpool 1840-49: A Decade of Change and Challenge, Triumph and Tragedy"; "War Poets on the Mersey: Poetry and Protest in First World War Liverpool"; "Liverpool 1960-64: Football, Popular Music and Extraordinary Success" and Celebrations, Demonstrations, Commemorations A History of St George's Plateau, Liverpool

Using his extensive knowledge of Liverpool's history and culture, in September 2018 he established himself as a Liverpool city tour guide. Bookings for his private guided tours can be made at tommysliverpooltours.com