Come along on a journey through the once vibrant streets of Liverpool’s Sailortown, where the iconic figure of George Garrett once roamed.
As a seafarer, writer, and activist, Garrett was at the forefront of working-class culture and politics in Liverpool and beyond. He travelled the world, wrote a series of documentary reports about poverty and struggle in the 1920s and 30s, three plays influenced by the new realism of Eugene O’Neill, and a series of short stories, earning him recognition from George Orwell, who said he was, ‘very greatly impressed by Garrett’, after meeting him while researching The Road to Wigan Pier.
Despite his significant contributions, Garrett’s work had faded from the public eye, even though he occupies a unique and significant position as the central point of a compass that links Liverpool’s literary, cultural, and maritime history. The George Garrett Archive Project, launched by Liverpool’s Writing on the Wall Festival, resurrected his legacy.
On this walking tour, in the company of members of The George Garrett Archive, including Garrett’s descendants, you can explore the hidden corners of Sailortown, discover the influence of this unique neighbourhood on Garrett’s life and writing, and unravel the complex web of Liverpool’s literary, cultural, and maritime history, with Garrett at the very centre.
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