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LIVERPOOL
The Major port for the north west of England, Initially
built it's wealth with trade from the New World. Among others, slavery was
a major trade. Ships would leave Liverpool with goods for Africa where
they would pick up their human cargo bound for the Caribbean and the
America's, from there they would return to Liverpool with sugar, cotton,
tobacco and other goods.
When slavery was abolished, Liverpool continued
to trade in people but this time it was different, people were passing
through Liverpool on their way to a new life in America. Approximately 10
million people passed through Liverpool making this journey.
During the second world war,
Liverpool was the command centre for the battle of the Atlantic. It was
vital for the Allied war effort to keep open the shipping lanes between
the USA and Britain. Some would say it was this battle that won the war.
Today, Liverpool is a vibrant
tourist centre with people from all over the world coming to ride on the
world famous Mersey Ferries and among other things find out where the
Beatles lived, played their music and visit the places such as Penny Lane
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Right now in 2008 Liverpool is
the European Capital Of Culture and to celebrate this there are all kinds of
functions going on throughout the year. One of the many events will be the
return of the tall ships in July.
Some time during the year this
page will be updated to show the "new" Liverpool with it's new skyscraper
skyline (Don't worry the old waterfront is still there) But what I am
waiting for is, for the city to look more like a city than a construction
site. |
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Liverpool
As seen from Woodside Ferry
terminal (Birkenhead) |
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| The King of Spain's ship moored at
Liverpool's Pier Head. |
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Approaching Liverpool on one of the
famous Mersey Ferries.
The clock faces on the Liver
(pronounced Liver) Building are 25 feet in diameter 2.5 feet larger
than Big Ben in London making them the biggest clocks in Britain. |
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| The Liverpool
Anglican Cathedral as seen from the ferry.
Follow the link at the bottom of the page for
more pictures of Liverpool's Cathedrals. |
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Pier Head (Liverpool) Ferry
Terminal. There have been ferries crossing the Mersey for over 800 years,
the first operated by the Monks from Birkenhead Priory. After a low period
in the 1980's when they were threatened with closure the Mersey Ferries
are now as popular as ever crammed with tourists from all over the world. |
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ALBERT DOCK
The Albert Dock was built in the 1800's offering
secure warehousing for expensive goods from the New World. In the 1980's
it was threatened with demolition. Since then it has found a new lease of
life as a Shopping Arcade/Art Gallery/Liverpool Life Museum/Maritime
Museum/TV Studio/Tourist Attraction and more. |
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Living Statues
These Statues had just walked here... Yeah that's
right  They were
part of the Mersey River Festival 2001 which took place at the Albert
Dock. |
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The Liverpool Maritime Museum, Albert Dock |
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 Fred's Weather Map 
Fred Talbot (Granada TV's Weatherman) uses this map to
show what the British weather is going to be like. He walks around the map
stepping over the many models that are sent in by the public, they include
things like Stone Henge, The Houses Of Parliament, Blackpool Tower, The
Forth Road and Rail Bridges in Scotland and Giants Causeway in Northern
Ireland. There is always a huge cheer from the watching crowd when Fred jumps
across to Ireland and back. While using this map he
has slipped and fell into the water, a diver appeared from under the water
scaring him and making him fall in again and a streaker (male) ran onto the map
on live TV You can
see Fred (and whatever happens to him) every Friday Morning on his map at
The Albert Dock, or
you can just watch him on ITV's Good Morning program. On all other days
Fred does his weather report for Granada TV from other locations all around
the North West of England including the roof of the studio at Albert Dock
and his own back garden as well as any local sport and charity events.
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Looking through an archway near
Kings Dock toward Albert Dock and Pier Head |
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The Cavern Club in Mathew
Street, where the Beatles used to play. Probably the most famous club in
the world. Above the door it says, Where It All Began. People come from
all over the world to walk down this little back street. Just
across the street is (of course), the wall of another building. In the bricks are the names of everyone
that has played at the Cavern Club, they include Paul Simon, Sting, Dire
Straits, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, Eric
Clapton, Lou
Reed, Bruce Springsteen and many many more, in fact anyone that is anyone in
the world of pop and rock. |
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Penny Lane
This picture is taken from a Post
Card. I no longer have the post card so I don't know who the copyright
belongs too (thanks to whoever) I just hope they don't sue me. Not
far from here is Strawberry Field (A Salvation Army Children's Home) and
the graveyard that contains the Rigby Family headstone that includes
Eleanor Rigby. |
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Erm...... Here I was going to add a
picture of the Strawberry Field Gates.... But when I got there to take the
pic someone had stolen them...... Geeeeezzzz if its not nailed down eh??,
lol...... Anyway..... they found them at a scrapyard but I aint been back
there since....... so just Imagine some fancy rought iron gates with a
sign on the huge sandstone gateposts that says Strawberry Fields
 John
Lennon used to play here as a kid. |
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Street entertainment in Bold
Street |
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Chinatown Liverpool
Liverpool boasts one of the oldest Chinatowns in
the world. |
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