Books by Peter Aughton

Peter Aughton was born in Southport and educated at King George V School. He has always been fascinated by the great city of Liverpool and his earliest memories are of the Mersey ferries, the Overhead Railway and the shipping, the trams and the post war bomb sites. Peter has been a member of the Liverpool and District Family History Society for twenty years and he still gives occasional talks to the society. He is a lecturer at the University of the West of England, and his career includes twelve years in the aerospace industry. His other books include local histories of Southport and of Bristol. He has written about Captain Cook's voyage of discovery on the Endeavour and a biography of Isaac Newton entitled Newton's Apple. His next book, The Transit of Venus, is a biography of Jeremiah Horrocks and will have a strong Liverpool interest.