rising middle class 61, 144
working women 61, 132, 133
Liverpool Mercury 21–2, 54
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir 192–3, 195–6
Liverpool Playhouse 229
Liverpool Sanitary Act, 1846 51–2
love
at first sight 229
as debt and duty 219
lung cancer 168
McGann, Clare (SM’s mother) 130, 142, 143–61, 302
aspirations for her children 145, 157, 181, 189
bereavement counsellor 159
death of firstborn sons 152–3, 159–61
depression 154–6
divorce and reconciliation 189–90, 217–18
feminism 154, 186
love of learning 143, 144–5, 147, 157
marital unhappiness 154, 158, 186–7, 189–90
meets and marries Joe McGann 146–9
motherhood 156, 171
nursery nurse 186
stay-at-home mother 156, 157, 174
teaching career 145
McGann, Clare (SM’s sister) 173, 174, 179, 187, 190, 220, 227–8, 236, 263
McGann, Dominic (SM’s son) x, 8, 270–1, 273–6, 274, 278–9, 290–1, 296, 302–3
McGann, Elizabeth (Lizzie) (SM’s grandmother) 11, 103, 105, 130–1, 132–4
McGann, Eugene (SM’s great-grandfather) 12, 20, 23, 47, 59, 62, 89, 90, 92, 98
McGann, James (Jimmy) (SM’s uncle) 11, 71, 100, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136
McGann, James (son of Owen and Susan) 20, 23, 47, 59, 62
McGann, James (Titanic McGann) 64, 89, 90, 93, 96, 97–8, 100, 105–21, 130, 138
McGann, John Dennis 62, 63
McGann, Joseph (Joe) (SM’s brother) 156, 179, 186–7, 194, 202, 236, 263, 264
McGann, Joseph (Joe) (SM’s father) xiii, 11, 130, 131–42, 137, 146–61, 173, 183–4, 200, 201, 206, 216–17, 226, 302, 303
anxiety neurosis and melancholy 135, 138, 141, 142, 148, 150, 157–8, 175–6, 201, 206, 217, 221, 224
aspirations for his children 181
birth and early life 131–2
childhood rheumatic fever 134, 217
death of firstborn sons 152–3, 159–61
death and funeral 223–4
divorce and reconciliation 189–90, 217–18
heart problems 217–18, 221–3
love of learning 147
marital unhappiness 154, 158, 186–7, 189–90
meets and marries Clare Green 146–9
patriarchal assumptions 131, 132, 157, 174, 186, 220
sense of injustice 135, 141
sense of personal duty and service 135
telegraphist 136, 178
wartime naval service 135–40, 223
McGann, Kate 121, 130
McGann, Mark (SM’s brother) 27, 28, 33, 36, 71, 174, 179, 187, 190, 194–5, 222, 236, 263
McGann, Mary (daughter of Owen and Susan) 23, 47, 59, 62
McGann, Mary (SM’s aunt) 11, 26, 100, 106–7, 108, 131, 132, 134
McGann, Mary (wife of Eugene) 62, 64, 89, 98
McGann, Owen 7, 20, 23, 38–9, 47, 58, 59, 62
McGann, Owen Joseph (Joseph) (SM’s grandfather) 11, 64, 89, 90, 93, 96–105, 99, 130–1, 132–3
McGann, Paul (SM’s brother) 70, 75, 76, 179, 181–2, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190–1, 194, 197, 236, 263, 275
McGann, Sarah 23, 47, 53–4, 55
McGann, Stephen 177, 198, 299
adolescent awkwardness 187
agoraphobia 170, 173, 195–7, 198–208, 264
amateur theatre 188–9, 190, 191
asthma 174–5, 176, 177, 184, 187
becomes a professional actor 202–4
birth 171–2
bullying, experience of 34, 182
as data ix–x, 301–2
drifting 187, 191, 194, 195
education 182, 185–6, 191–2, 195
family weakling 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 199
first love 192
genealogist xiii–xiv, 9–11, 224, 263
The Hanging Gale (TV drama) 264–6
meets and marries Heidi Thomas ix–x, 229–34, 238–41, 261–3
pneumonia 183–4
singing 178–9, 192–3
McGann, Susan 7, 8, 9, 15, 20, 23, 47, 62
McGann, Teresa 7–9
McGann family
arrival in Liverpool 10, 20–1
culture of competition 237
first home owners 173
loyalty, bonds of 218
origin story 9–24
pecking orders 179–80
and the performance arts 190–1, 194
professional careers 190–1
Roman Catholicism 219–20
Scottish heritage 11
seafaring 90–9, 105–6, 111–20, 135–60
sibling relationships 174, 178–9, 227, 228–9, 237–8, 239–41, 263, 264–6
social progress 129–30, 172–3, 185
war service 99–104, 135–40
MacKenzie, Kelvin 77
Mahler, Gustav 260
maladies xvii
malnutrition see hunger
marasmus 4, 7, 9
Maxtone-Graham, John 95
Maze prison 4
measles 43
medical research 213, 249, 250
memory
episodic 87–8
implicit/explicit 87
making memories 87, 88–9
short-term 86
menstruation 256
mental health
anxiety disorders see anxiety disorders
depression 127, 154–6
social taboos 129
merchant shipping 90–1
Merseybeat 37–8
Michel, Charles 167
middle age 302
miscarriage 256–7
mitral valve 210
mitral valve stenosis (MVS) 211, 217, 222
valve replacement surgery 217
More, Sir Thomas 218
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) 125
Myrtle Gardens, Liverpool 144, 149
National Health Service 126, 130, 180
necrosis 255–99
definitions 255
gangrene 36, 125, 257–8, 281, 288
neonatal death 128, 152–3, 159
neurons 87
New York Tribune 110
Newlands, James 52
Nightingale, Florence 52
Northumberland Street, Liverpool 143
Notre Dame Grammar School, Liverpool 144–5
nursing care 151–2, 292–3
O’Connor, Hazel 216
O’Connor, T. P. 61
October Revolution 1917 240
Oi for England (Trevor Griffiths) 197
Old Testament 42
Operation Overlord 126, 138–40
Oravia, SS 97
organ donation 213–14
Osborne, Jack 32, 36
Osler, William 167
oxygen tents 167, 183
Pacific Steam Navigation Company 133
panic attacks 169
paralysis 3, 62
parasites 3
parenthood 275
Patten, Brian 233
pawnbrokers 96, 133
penicillin 125–6, 134, 140, 183–4
peristalsis 258
peritonitis 259, 279–96
pestilence 41–81
definitions 41
moral and cultural contamination 41, 42, 46, 47, 51, 53, 56, 57, 59, 66, 68, 69, 79–80
see also infectious disease
Pfizer 126
phagocyte cells 257
pneumonia 121, 166–7, 183–4
political hunger protests 4–5
polyhydramnios 127
Poor Law relief 18, 22
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 127–8
potato blight 15, 17
potato famines 14–16
and disease 18
emigration and 19–20
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br /> evictions and 18–19
Great Famine (1845–52) 15–19, 263, 264
relief funds and works 17–18
Potts shunt 243–4
poverty, smell of 182
prefrontal cortex 86, 87, 115
prisoners of war 3–4, 5, 24–5, 27, 28–9, 30–5, 31, 36
public health
health officers 52
sanitation 48, 51–2, 65
vaccination 44–5, 54–5
pulmonary ventilation 164, 165
Ramesses V, Pharaoh 44
Rattle, Sir Simon 193
Reagan, Ronald 46
Reeve, Christopher 260
respiratory cilia 168
respiratory system 164
damage to 168
see also breathing; breathlessness
rheumatic fever 134, 211, 217
rheumatic heart disease 134
Rockcliffe’s Babies (TV drama) 236
Roman Catholicism 10, 67, 219–20
cultural heartbeat 220
Sacred Heart of Jesus 218–19
symbolism 212, 218–19
Routledge, Ritchie 37–8
Routledge, William (Billy) (SM’s uncle) 24–37, 27, 38, 215, 238
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) 189, 190, 194
Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital 175
Royal Naval Commandos 136–7
Sacred Heart of Jesus 218–19
Saffron Walden 266, 276
sanitation 48, 51–2, 65
scar tissue 259, 260, 261, 268, 288
Second World War 135–6, 143–4
antibiotic use 126
Atlantic convoys 135–6
Blitz 135, 136, 143–4
D-Day landings 126, 138–40
prisoners of war 3–4, 5, 24–5, 27, 28–9, 30–5, 31, 36
Singapore, loss of 29
secondary moderns 181
Sefton Park, Liverpool 192
sepsis 125, 258, 281
septic shock 124, 259, 260, 288
Sevastopol 52
sexual ignorance 146, 149–50
Shamrocks and Crocodiles (Heidi Thomas) 229–30
Sherwood Street, Liverpool 7
shrapnel 124, 125, 139–40
Singapore 29
smallpox 43–4, 54–6
containment and surveillance strategy 45–6
death rate 44
eradication of 45
laboratory stocks of 46
vaccination 44–5, 54–5
Smith, Captain Edward John 114–15, 116
smoker’s cough 168
smoking 167–8, 191
Smyth, George 60
social housing 130, 141
South Yorkshire Police 79
Spandau Ballet 216
Stanislavsky, Konstantin xiv
starvation 1–3, 4–5, 16, 23
see also famines
starvation studies 6
steamships 91
street traders 61
streptococcal infections 125, 140, 211
sulphonamide drugs 125
‘summer hunger’ 14
Sun 76–7, 78
Sutcliffe, Selby 31
Sydney Gardens, Liverpool 141
synapses 87, 88, 120
technical schools 181
theatrical agents 197, 201, 227
thermoregulation 83–4
thiamine deficiency 3
Thomas, David 215–16, 232, 234–6, 241–8, 245, 249–52
Thomas, Heidi 108, 245, 299
endometriosis 267–8
and her brother David 241–8, 249–50, 251–3
meets and marries Stephen McGann ix–x, 229–34, 238–41, 261–2
peritonitis 279–96, 298
pregnancy and childbirth 269–76
Thomas, Johnny 215, 241, 244, 245, 246, 251
Tibohine, County Roscommon 11–13, 17
Titanic, RMS 94, 106, 107, 108–20
‘tomcat spraying’ 237–8, 239–41
Toxteth riots 195
transistors 178, 206, 207
trauma 123–61
definitions 123
emotional 123
immune and inflammatory responses 124–5
physical 123, 124
psychological 127–9, 153
shock response 124
Trench, Dr 54, 56, 57
trimmers see black gangs
triple expansion engine 91
Tropic, SS 96–7
tuberculosis 98
typhus 18, 42–3
death rate 43
‘undeserving poor’ 17
United Kingdom census 47–8
Upper Frederick Street, Liverpool 130, 131, 141
vaccination 44–5
cicatrix 55
mass 45, 46
smallpox 44–5, 54–5
variolation 45
Velzen, Dick van 249, 250
Wall Street crash 133
Walls, Charlie 132, 134, 135
Walls, Edward 131, 132, 133–4
Walls, Frank 132
The Warp (Ken Campbell) 194
welfarism 69
Whitley Street, Liverpool 89
Withnail & I (film) 236
World Health Organization 45, 124
Yakety Yak (musical) 203–8, 216
Yorkshire Post 110–11
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