Picture of the Day March 09 [Archive]

Ged

03-01-2009, 11:57 PM

Capt Walker sees off the ferry........

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gregs dad

03-03-2009, 12:45 PM

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Crocus in bloom in front of the new ferry terminal yesterday

Samp

03-03-2009, 06:37 PM

Good pictures folks!

gregs dad

03-04-2009, 06:49 PM

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Young visitors at the pierhead today.
There were some lovely clouds around today

gregs dad

03-06-2009, 12:20 PM

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Tug pulling a large barge on the Mersey belonging to Robert Wynn & Son established in1863, their forte is moving very large and bulky items by road and waterways.

halewood

03-06-2009, 05:32 PM

that barge was used to transport concorde upto scotland a few yrs back. ive got a magazine pullout of it infront of houses of parliment. the deck moves up and down so like concorde was raised when passing tourist attraction then going back down into safety when on the open sea. wonder why it was here

taffy

03-06-2009, 10:49 PM

Museum of Liverpool under construction. Due open 2010 it seems. Photo taken at high tide on the River Mersey. The water looks perilously close to the top of the river wall. Let's hope the building doesn't flood.

Ged

03-07-2009, 12:09 AM

The strand at sunset.

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Kev

03-08-2009, 09:22 AM

8th March 2009

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gregs dad

03-09-2009, 08:22 PM

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Newsham Park today

scouse smurf

03-09-2009, 08:24 PM

Brilliant pic, GD. Did you super glue them ducks in place ?

lenka

03-09-2009, 11:58 PM

It's beautiful place! nice shot!

gregs dad

03-10-2009, 12:19 AM

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Brilliant pic, GD. Did you super glue them ducks in place ?
I take them everywhere with me Smurf

Ged

03-10-2009, 11:49 AM

Ha ha good one Joe.

Ged

03-10-2009, 03:29 PM

Dale Street (lower end)

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A sight very familiar to me having lived in that side street (Trueman st) for thirteen years. Whitbreads was then at the top of the street, the big Threlfalls chimney right outside our kitchen window. An elavated passageway ran from one building across the street to another near the top and the big brown tankers were frequent sights. The smell of hops brewing was constantly in the air and there was Dave's little corner shop built into Blackburn Assurance buildings though you'd never know to look at it now.

On the corner of Trueman St is the best surviving example of a Merchants house in liverpool according to the blue plaque, it belonged to John Houghton, a brewer who was also a fundraiser to do with the nearby Christ Church on Hunter Street. Robinson & Neal painters and decorators shop was next in line followed by another art deco building of the area, the Mitre pub (now the Ship and Mitre) and regular winner of the CAMRA award.

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gregs dad

03-10-2009, 06:51 PM

Ged you needed a few bob to buy wallpaper from Robertson and Neal I think they mostly catered for the upper class with all their flock paper.
Had a hell of a job today with my geese, they wanted to get off the train at Kirkdale so I told them Sandhills is nearer the canal
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Ged

03-10-2009, 10:53 PM

Those Geese again or are they ducks. Yes, you're right about Robinson and Neal, I think they were also office outfitters.

Johnny Robbo

03-11-2009, 02:17 PM

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Newsham Park today

That's a terrific shot of the old Seamens Orphanage. I had an ancestor who was resident there in 1901 after the loss of his seafarer father. The census described him as an "Inmate Scholar", aged 12. I remember fishing in the lake around 1950.

Johnny Robbo

03-11-2009, 02:27 PM

Ged you needed a few bob to buy wallpaper from Robertson and Neal I think they mostly catered for the upper class with all their flock paper.

Quite a few must have had that few bob 'cos they're still going today after 110 years, now in Sefton Street.

corky100

03-13-2009, 01:07 AM

March 13

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scouse smurf

03-13-2009, 01:41 AM

Brilliant pic, Corky. But where is it ?

corky100

03-13-2009, 04:02 AM

A clue.....:unibrow:

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potter

03-13-2009, 08:43 AM

no!! give us another.

halewood

03-13-2009, 11:06 AM

its the anglican cathdral in town

ItsaZappathing

03-13-2009, 06:43 PM

Brilliant pics Corky:handclap:

potter

03-14-2009, 08:40 AM

its the anglican cathdral in town

er what town?

taffy

03-14-2009, 10:48 AM

er what town?

Well actually City which Liverpool became in 1880 with the formation of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool. Despite being commonly known in Liverpool as the "Anglican" cathedral, its correct name of course is Liverpool Cathedral. There is no Anglican Church as such in England

http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/

gregs dad

03-14-2009, 01:42 PM

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Part of the old dock rail lines in the cobbled road in front of the Waterhead building by the Prince`s half tide dock

halewood

03-14-2009, 11:33 PM

er what town?

liverpool city centre nr chinatown

lindylou

03-15-2009, 08:43 AM

Potter is having a little jest. He knows our fine cathedral very well :) :)

scouse smurf

03-15-2009, 12:10 PM

Potter is having a little jest. He knows our fine cathedral very well :) :)

He's a little scallywag, ain't he lol

gregs dad

03-15-2009, 01:50 PM

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A derelict toilet on the Clarence Graving Dock,the notice on the wall reads pull rope to flush

scouse smurf

03-15-2009, 02:27 PM

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A derelict toilet on the Clarence Graving Dock,the notice on the wall reads pull rope to flush

you sure that's not goodison ? lol

phredd

03-15-2009, 07:19 PM

you sure that's not goodison ? lol

Nah, its the dockers "Blue Room"

Phredd

scouse smurf

03-15-2009, 07:28 PM

I've seen toilets currently in use that are in a worse state than that one !!!

corky100

03-16-2009, 02:34 AM

Mon 16 March

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The new 'Quiggins'? at the former Barcelona/Grand Central Station

What a mix of colours! :D

potter

03-16-2009, 11:13 AM

Potter is having a little jest. He knows our fine cathedral very well :) :)

Yes I am a scally wag and only jesting, but how did Lindy lou know I might ask...spoiling my rouse???

potter

03-16-2009, 11:17 AM

Lovely pic of Quiggins there too. I made a packet in there selling jewelry to my Goth friends. Did no needle no anaesthetic body piercing too.:034:

taffy

03-17-2009, 12:09 AM

Yachts on the River Mersey at Otterspool

scouse smurf

03-17-2009, 12:12 AM

Yachts on the River Mersey at Otterspool

Nice pic, Taffy. I love the mechanical goose in the background too (if no-one else can see it, maybe I've just got a weird mind)

taffy

03-17-2009, 08:03 AM

Nice pic, Taffy. I love the mechanical goose in the background too (if no-one else can see it, maybe I've just got a weird mind)

Thanks. Glad you liked the photo. There must have been about a dozen yachts out on the Mersey last weekend. I cannot make out a mechanical goose !!

lindylou

03-17-2009, 09:55 AM

Nice pic, Taffy. I love the mechanical goose in the background too (if no-one else can see it, maybe I've just got a weird mind)

I can see it :)

taffy

03-18-2009, 08:37 AM

Plying for trade at the Pierhead, Liverpool.

lindylou

03-18-2009, 08:58 AM

Nice pic, Taffy. I love the mechanical goose in the background too (if no-one else can see it, maybe I've just got a weird mind)

is it that ? :)

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scouse smurf

03-18-2009, 12:43 PM

yeah, that's it lol.

Lindy, looks like u're on the same wavelength as me. You poor woman lol

gregs dad

03-19-2009, 11:33 AM

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St Johns Gardens

Ged

03-19-2009, 12:42 PM

Nice pic GD.

scouse smurf

03-19-2009, 12:49 PM

Gorgeous colours :)

taffy

03-20-2009, 12:10 AM

Kite flying over Otterspool, Liverpool

scouse smurf

03-20-2009, 12:16 AM

Cool pic, I wanna see it dance lol

potter

03-20-2009, 11:14 AM

that's not a kite...that's me mam's lodger!!!! lol

taffy

03-21-2009, 12:02 AM

If you want a Cathedral, we've got one to spare. Liverpool Cathedral and RC Metropolitan Cathedral

lenka

03-21-2009, 01:12 PM

If you want a Cathedral, we've got one to spare. Liverpool Cathedral and RC Metropolitan Cathedral

Wow! It's amazing!!!

scouse smurf

03-21-2009, 01:21 PM

Where's it taken from ?

corky100

03-21-2009, 05:40 PM

I took a few like this recently (and they look almost exactly the same, including the haze!). I'm guessing they were taken from the Ferry?

taffy

03-21-2009, 06:00 PM

I took a few like this recently (and they look almost exactly the same, including the haze!). I'm guessing they were taken from the Ferry?

Yes that's right taken on the Ferry yesterday

ChrisGeorge

03-21-2009, 07:23 PM

If you want a Cathedral, we've got one to spare. Liverpool Cathedral and RC Metropolitan Cathedral

Great photograph, and a fine evocation of the popular song!

Chris

Norm NZ

03-21-2009, 09:38 PM

Yes that's right taken on the Ferry yesterday

"Good Pic Taffy"! but tell me! what ferry would go that far south along the river?? (or should the photo be reversed?) :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

taffy

03-21-2009, 11:11 PM

"Good Pic Taffy"! but tell me! what ferry would go that far south along the river?? (or should the photo be reversed?) :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

It was the 2.25pm Mersey Ferry from Woodside which cruised down as far as the the old Dingle Point and then back to the Pierhead landing stage. Not the most direct route but one for the tourists.

Kev

03-22-2009, 06:53 AM

22nd March 09

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scouse smurf

03-22-2009, 10:57 AM

Cool pic, Kev :)

What a diverse selection of ppl u've got in there.

Norm NZ

03-22-2009, 09:47 PM

It was the 2.25pm Mersey Ferry from Woodside which cruised down as far as the the old Dingle Point and then back to the Pierhead landing stage. Not the most direct route but one for the tourists.

"Thanks Taffy!, Ferries going down as far as the Dingle, is all new to me!!!!
One day I hope to get the chance for a trip down the river, and see it all in 'real life'!!!!Cheers:PDT11

taffy

03-23-2009, 11:48 AM

Old Everton Library.

Samp

03-23-2009, 01:15 PM

Old Everton Library.

I was up there myself on Friday, Taffy.

That wasn't you I spoke to about having a look around the church? If so get up there this Friday 1 o'clock you may be able to get in.

taffy

03-23-2009, 01:43 PM

I was up there myself on Friday, Taffy.

That wasn't you I spoke to about having a look around the church? If so get up there this Friday 1 o'clock you may be able to get in.

Thanks for that. Yes we probably did have a chat. I was on a family tree hunt looking for old grave memorials. As luck would have it I found two family gravestones.

Samp

03-23-2009, 08:30 PM

Thanks for that. Yes we probably did have a chat. I was on a family tree hunt looking for old grave memorials. As luck would have it I found two family gravestones.

If you remember the lady who was locking up the church, she has fixed it for myself and HarryWick to visit the church along with another party of visiters.

It is for 1 o'clock Friday, come along if you can make it.

taffy

03-23-2009, 11:58 PM

Great photograph, and a fine evocation of the popular song!

Chris

Glad you liked it Chris. For those who don't know the words of the song, I think they are approximately from memory

I was born in Liverpool, down by the docks,
My Religion was Catholic, occupation - hard knocks,
At stealing from lorries - I was adept,
And under old overcoats each night we slept.

When I grew up I met Bridgette McCann,
She said "You're not much, but I'm needing a man,
For I want fifteen kids, and a house out in Speke",
The spirit it was willing, but the flesh it was weak.

The reds and the blues, they have battled for years.
They've given us some laughs, and they've given us some cheers,
But scousers don't want no heavenly reward,
They just want a green card to get into Ford's.

Way back in the forties, the world it went mad.
Mr Hitler threw at us everything that he had.
When the dust and the smoke had all cleared from the air,
"Thank God" said my old man, "The pier head's still there".

In my Liverpool home,
In my Liverpool home,
We speak with an accent exceedingly rare,
Meet under a statue exceedingly bare,
If you want a cathedral, we've got one to spare,
In my Liverpool home.

taffy

03-24-2009, 12:03 AM

If you remember the lady who was locking up the church, she has fixed it for myself and HarryWick to visit the church along with another party of visiters.

It is for 1 o'clock Friday, come along if you can make it.

Thanks for the invite. From what you describe, it must have been someone else I met at the churchyard.

taffy

03-24-2009, 07:43 PM

Returning to the Pierhead landing stage on the River Mersey

ChrisGeorge

03-24-2009, 08:31 PM

Returning to the Pierhead landing stage on the River Mersey

A fine photograph, Taffy. :snf (41):

Chris

Ged

03-25-2009, 09:42 AM

Look me up sometime........

ItsaZappathing

03-25-2009, 10:12 AM

Very good Ged:handclap:

Ged

03-25-2009, 12:00 PM

Cheers :)

taffy

03-26-2009, 11:30 PM

Wirral Museum, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. Once was Birkenhead Town Hall

corky100

03-27-2009, 02:42 AM

Some great ones there...:D

Fri March 27th - West Kirby

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18stanley

03-27-2009, 10:29 PM

That's a good'un Corky!
Stan H.

gregs dad

03-28-2009, 10:40 PM

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A pair of swans have made their home by the old dock gates of the Princes half tide dock with under floor heating installed.

gregs dad

03-30-2009, 04:33 PM

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The old British American Tobacco factory on Commercial Rd.This is now living accomodation.The cars belong to spectators watching the Liverpool FC Legends playing Brittania FC old boys across the road on the William Collins Memorial ground

Samp

03-30-2009, 08:41 PM

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A pair of swans have made their home by the old dock gates of the Princes half tide dock with under floor heating installed.

Nice picture GD. I wander if the queen knows what state her swans are living in?

naked lilac

04-01-2009, 08:05 AM

What a good picture.. Such contrast in the beauty of the Swan and the dirt (of the reality) of humans and what they have had no respect for.. The beauty of their own land... Very sad, yet poient ... clean up your mess people... and let the beauty of Mother Nature shine...

Tabnab

04-01-2009, 09:15 AM

gregs dad

04-01-2009, 12:14 PM

British American Tobacco Warehouse.

Was it used by American Forces during WW2? I remember somebody telling me that American soldiers found guilty of murder at that time were hanged in the building. Any truth in that?
No truth at all. The only things that were hung in there were the girls bloomers with all the cigarettes that were smuggled out of the factory.