Liverpool Free Press archive

Bits & pieces

In the bits & pieces section ...

There were plenty of other "alternative" activities in Liverpool during the 1970s aside from the Free Press. This section looks at some of them (suggestions for others to be included are welcome).

Pak-o-Lies

News from Nowhere bookshop

'Openings' magazine

'Communes' magazine and the Commune Movement

The Little Red Schoolbook

Radio pirates

Plus ...

Scottie Press newspaper

Mersey People newspaper

Notes on the 'alternative' press

The Mersey People newspaper

The Mersey People was a newspaper published by the Toxteth and Scotland-Exchange branches of the Labour Party. Rob Rohrer and Chris Oxley helped to produce it. Issue 5, seen here, caused a stir in 1971 because of allegations about the police planting drugs.

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Mersey People issue 5, page 1

Mersey People issue 5, page 2

Mersey People issue 5, page 3

Mersey People issue 5, pages 4-5

Mersey People issue 5, page 6

Mersey People issue 5, page 7

Mersey People issue 5, page 8