View Full Version : Liverpool Monuments, Statues and Sculptures


Paul D
10-16-2005, 04:04 PM
http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/5145/nelsonmon14iu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/5171/nelsonmon0az.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Pictures courtesy of A.D Williams off SSC.Check out his excellent site"Liverpool Views".:cool:

Kev
10-16-2005, 04:31 PM
Pictures courtesy of A.D Williams off SSC.Check out his excellent site"Liverpool Views".:cool:

We know him well :unibrow:

Max
10-17-2005, 01:34 AM
Statues looking good.

We know Dave well.:unibrow: :ninja:

Kev
06-17-2006, 03:42 PM
Statues in and around the Palm House, Sefton Park:

Peter Pan:

http://static.flickr.com/73/168843227_cc733b9305.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843227/)

John Parkinson:

http://static.flickr.com/46/168843319_697a84d33f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843319/)

The father of Atlantic Exploration:

http://static.flickr.com/51/168843059_fbd66dd31c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843059/)

The discoverer of America was the maker of Liverpool:

http://static.flickr.com/71/168842988_ff6c103108.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842988/)

Charles Darwin:

http://static.flickr.com/74/168842928_6675fd5434.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842928/)

Linnaeus:

http://static.flickr.com/68/168842862_3901cfb045.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842862/)

The father of Modern cartography:

http://static.flickr.com/59/168842788_adc6bc7575.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842788/)

Constantly at sea:

http://static.flickr.com/53/168842701_c76325f15a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842701/)

Andre Le Notre:

http://static.flickr.com/47/168842610_2fc62e76a5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168842610/)

Inside:

http://static.flickr.com/73/168843614_f81d81d0ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843614/)

http://static.flickr.com/48/168843451_8284b6682d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843451/)

Seat:

http://static.flickr.com/44/168843397_e55c60f919.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843397/)

Other Sefton Park pics here (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1193&page=7).

Max
06-17-2006, 11:30 PM
You went the park and didn't tell us.:eek:

So the Peter Pan one is back there then?

Kev
06-17-2006, 11:54 PM
So the Peter Pan one is back there then?
Yep in all its glory :Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

Max
06-18-2006, 12:07 AM
I needed something to climb on.:badgrin:

Paul D
06-18-2006, 07:11 PM
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2026/war3pu.jpg


http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/6782/king0um.jpg

These are by South Park in Bootle.:celb (23):

Kev
06-18-2006, 07:14 PM
Brilliant :PDT11

Paul D
06-19-2006, 12:31 PM
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1759/statue6oe.jpg

Here's another one from Sefton Park.

Kev
07-06-2006, 08:46 AM
DRINKING fountains were built in the 1850s to stop dockers from spending too much time in the pub.

And now more than 250 schoolchildren are helping to give the Victorian Melly fountains a new lease of life.

Primary schools in south Liverpool have got involved in the plans to restore the first fountain, in Woolton Road.

Terry Chapman, of United Utilities, said: "We wanted to leave a lasting legacy to the city after 2008, and this seemed like an ideal opportunity.

When these fountains were first introduced in the 1850s, it was a tremendous breakthrough in public health, and these are beautiful civic monuments in their own right which deserve to be restored."

Plans started 18 months ago, when Liverpool City Council and the Friends of Liverpool Monuments decided which fountains to restore.

Many had been lying uncared for and vandalised for decades, and organisers decided the local community would be the key to any restoration plans.

Dilys Horwich, Liverpool Culture Company learning and outreach officer, said: "We knew this would be more than just a restoration project, and that it would be important for local people to feel a sense of ownership of the fountains."

Drinking fountains were first introduced in Liverpool in 1854 by Tuebrook man Charles Pierre Melly, an ancestor of famed jazz musician George Melly.

He had seen public drinking fountains in Geneva and seen their health benefits.

He described the problems in Liverpool where dockers could only get a drink in the local pubs "where they were expected to pay for a stronger and less refreshing drink than they required".

Melly noted some were in such distress, they were glad enough to drink at the horse trough.

He initially invested £500 of his own money and installed 43 drinking fountains around the area between 1854 and 1858.

Mr Chapman has designed prototypes for some new drinking fountains, which were used in pupils' science lessons.

Meanwhile, music teacher Gerry Harrison helped children create their own music using water.

adrian.butler@liverpool.com

Kev
07-31-2006, 03:26 PM
The Beatles at Cavern Walks:

http://static.flickr.com/65/202845691_20698e6432.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/202845691/)

Kev
09-24-2006, 01:15 PM
These are located on the Harthill Road side of Calderstones Park, a grand entrance gate with four large statues that apparently represent the four seasons.

http://static.flickr.com/118/251227690_b4d61855d9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227690/)

http://static.flickr.com/101/251227554_e2541f09ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227554/)

http://static.flickr.com/95/251227238_bfdb437925.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227238/)

http://static.flickr.com/110/251227058_39a3e0507d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227058/)

http://static.flickr.com/112/251226556_e774d93da8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251226556/)

http://static.flickr.com/83/251226716_fd48273d5a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251226716/)

http://static.flickr.com/117/251226871_9b1c226f25.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251226871/)

http://static.flickr.com/117/251227370_681dd09d53.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227370/)

A.D.Williams
09-24-2006, 02:01 PM
These are located on the Harthill Road side of Calderstones Park, a grand entrance gate with four large statues that apparently represent the four seasons.

http://static.flickr.com/118/251227690_b4d61855d9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251227690/)

Does look like they could do with some TLC, Kev!

:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

lindylou
09-24-2006, 05:27 PM
Once again, fab pics Kev. :)

scouserdave
09-24-2006, 05:38 PM
Stunning photos. A mate of mine and Sebo's, Pat Neil has an excellent website worth checking out.
www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk

He also contributes to the recently set up website of St James Church, Toxteth
http://www.stjamestoxteth.co.uk

ChrisGeorge
11-05-2006, 12:36 PM
Hi Kev

Glad to see these

photographs. Well done. Sorry to see the statues so bashed up though, arms missing and other damage. I remember them from when I attended nearby Quarry

Bank High School 1965-1967.

Chris

PhilipG
12-17-2006, 05:02 PM
Wouldn't it be a good idea if Liverpool had a statue of Eros in Sefton Park?
Just like the one in Piccadilly Circus, or even like the one in the Conservation Centre, here in Liverpool.

Max
12-17-2006, 08:19 PM
http://static.flickr.com/127/318163386_32c9564b83_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/318163386/)

The Luggage one I took at the beginning of this month.

Is that Peter Pan statue now in the palm house area?

marky
12-18-2006, 12:26 AM
Peter Pan was put inside the Palm House grounds a few months ago.
The Eros in the Conservation Centre IS the one from Sefton Park and it's a disgrace that it's never going back. It does look nice and clean in the 'Eros Cafe', but I'd hardly say it is on public display...another case of Town pinching other areas artworks.

PhilipG
12-18-2006, 09:17 PM
Behave yourself Kev, make it into a borin cylinder?? it's a great shape- it says 'Liverpool.' I wouldn't mind another one, just loads taller.

Iconic, to me anyway, is the fountain at the back of office buildings of The Goree. The 60's one where the buckets fill up and hiss and tip over. I think it's a wonderful piece, and again IS Liverpool.

I agree.
I love that fountain, but for years it wasn't working.
However, Beetham converted the office block into apartments called Beetham Plaza (2000) and got it working again.

The Teardrop Explodes
12-18-2006, 09:36 PM
It really is a great..."thing." A wonderful object. Always utterly fascinated me as a kid. It always seemed to have it's own personality, almost alive spooky and wierd and great.

I was always transfixed by the door to the 'office' in the right hand pillar. My ambition in life was to live in it.

Went to visit it about a year ago. Have they messed around with the pressures? Wasn't making the clanging racket I remember it making.

john
12-18-2006, 11:11 PM
It really is a great..."thing." A wonderful object. Always utterly fascinated me as a kid. It always seemed to have it's own personality, almost alive spooky and wierd and great.

I was always transfixed by the door to the 'office' in the right hand pillar. My ambition in life was to live in it.

Went to visit it about a year ago. Have they messed around with the pressures? Wasn't making the clanging racket I remember it making.

I remember that water feature could sit there as a kid amazed, it was always very quiet there as well

The Teardrop Explodes
12-18-2006, 11:39 PM
..actually the one aspect of it that isn't so great is the paltry amount of muddy looking water which sometimes gets allowed into the basin part. That bit only looks great when it's got a good quantity foamin down there.

marky
12-18-2006, 11:41 PM
That 'bucket fountain' has a small 'hidden' piece of artwork done by Cammell Lairds. I transcribed the writing on it about 2 years ago...took me ages as it was covered in stickers at the time. I'll dig out a pic/transcription (mentions Goree and some American author I just can't remember at the moment, who had offices nearby)
I might be wrong but weren't the walls of this fountain covered in tiny square tiles when it was first installed. The walls seem too smooth nowadays.
I can remember it used to make a clunking sound, but that was years ago when it was probably new.

The Teardrop Explodes
12-19-2006, 12:01 AM
That 'bucket fountain' has a small 'hidden' piece of artwork done by Cammell Lairds. I transcribed the writing on it about 2 years ago...took me ages as it was covered in stickers at the time. I'll dig out a pic/transcription (mentions Goree and some American author I just can't remember at the moment, who had offices nearby)
I might be wrong but weren't the walls of this fountain covered in tiny square tiles when it was first installed. The walls seem too smooth nowadays.
I can remember it used to make a clunking sound, but that was years ago when it was probably new.

Was it built by Lairds? The idea of a hidden inscription's exciting.

Aye it was tiled in 'futuristic' light grey. Which was appropriate as it's a retro-futurustic homage of the Thunderbirds era. Doesn't really look true painted in what is it.. 'homely' burnt ochre or something?

The sound was unmistakable. This ever rising frequency of HISSS!! and BUBBLE from the pipes as each particular bucket filled up, then this CRASH! as 60 gallons of water cascades into the tarmac (?yeah, I know)clad pool below.
Wanton noise-insania.

Remember the thrill of arching over to peer into the filling vessels from either of the towers?

marky
12-19-2006, 12:55 AM
'Fountains Of Liverpool' should be the grand title of my first book. Dead easy, we only have about 2!! (Drinking fountains on the Dock Rd and the odd one in a park doesn't count). . .

Best Fountains In Liverpool
1. The 60's bucket one at the back of The Goree offices. This is a great thing. A work of conceptual art in itself. Wierd noises then cascades of water. I was told each stem of buckets represented one of the Beatles -great imagery- except there are 5 of em...
2. The Walker Fountain. It's ok. Classical, bit boring to be honest but nice enough.
.......and that's the Top 2 out of 2!




That 'bucket fountain' has a small 'hidden' piece of artwork done by Cammell Lairds. I transcribed the writing on it about 2 years ago...took me ages as it was covered in stickers at the time.

There are still some original tiles between the spears, and possibly on the inside of the large 'basin'. The newer colours just don't seem right to me.
Here's a transcript of what is written on the shield...I doubt many people have seen it before:

"GOREE-PIAZZA," ORIGINALLY TWO ARCADED
WAREHOUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OLD
DOCK ROAD, WAS NAMED AFTER THE ISLAND
"GOREE," OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA

ON THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 1802 THE
PIAZZA WAS GUTTED BY A SPECTACULAR
FIRE, DESCRIBED BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY

IN 1817, WASHINGTON IRVING WORKED AT
NO.1 AND 1853-7, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
AMERICAN CONSUL IN LIVERPOOL HAD HIS
OFFICE AT "WASHINGTON-HOUSE, GOREE"

THE OLD PIAZZA WAS SEVERELY BOMBED
IN THE AIR RAIDS OF 1941 AND FINALLY
DEMOLISHED BETWEEN 1948 AND 1950

IN 1967, TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE
NEW PIAZZA, THIS PLAQUE WAS KINDLY
PRESENTED BY CAMMELL LAIRD & COMPANY
(S & E) LIMITED, BUILDERS OF THE FOUNTAIN

marky
12-19-2006, 09:42 AM
Washington Irving, the author mentioned on the shield wrote:
'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' (Headless Horseman story) and 'Rip Van Winkle'

sweetpatooti
12-20-2006, 05:29 PM
I remember sitting by this fountain in the 70s having me dinner in the summer..we young office girls used to put our tootsies in the water. One day somebody had thrown a whole packet of soap powder in and the bubbles were all over the place - wild times the 70s!

catherinemurphy
12-23-2006, 11:35 PM
Great to see so much interest in statues at The Palm House.
It's a great afternoon's entertainment, just walking around them and reading the history of each one and how they connect with Liverpool.

Ben Murphy, son of sculptor Tom Murphy and a fine artist in his own right has recently restored these statues to their former glory.
He studied conservation at the prestigious West Dean College, Chichester where he was a Queen Elizabeth Scholar.

Ross08
12-24-2006, 02:16 AM
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/SuperLamBananaWappingSite.jpg

SuperLambBanana has to be one of the most talked about pieces of art in the city in recent years. At its introduction back in 1998, the statue was a major cause of controversy, but through time it seems that people have developed affection for the Lambo.

Of course, the statue was outside Lamb's Chandlers at Wapping for a while - until the building was demolished.

I absolutely love the statue and recently purchased a replica from the '08 Place'.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/SuperLambBananaModel.jpg

A.D.W
12-24-2006, 09:26 AM
The SuperLambBanana has now moved to Tithebarn Street.

http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/dale/lamb/lamb301063.jpg

Kev
12-28-2006, 03:45 PM
Sefton Park

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/336270967_457cbf6b4c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336270967/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/336270725_2e6d516d4b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336270725/)

A.D.W
12-28-2006, 03:53 PM
Oh my! I was in Sefton Park this morning - we might have passed like two ships in the dark, Kev.

http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/parks/sefton/seft2812061.jpg

and

http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/parks/sefton/seft28120618.jpg

Kev
12-28-2006, 04:02 PM
I visited much later on :). I do keep my eye out though.

scouserdave
12-28-2006, 04:27 PM
Cracking pics folks. Thanks:PDT_Piratz_26:

A few pics of Tom Murphy's lad Ben restoring the Sefton Park monuments

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.com/ben001.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.com/ben002.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.com/ben003.jpg

Kev
12-28-2006, 04:29 PM
^^Brilliant^^ :)

Kev
01-08-2007, 03:42 PM
A BID to have Britain’s first public drinking fountains protected as national monuments has been rejected. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=no-protection-for-historic-city-drinking-fountains%26method=full%26objectid=18419446%26site id=50061-name_page.html)

FKoE
01-08-2007, 03:52 PM
A BID to have Britain’s first public drinking fountains protected as national monuments has been rejected. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=no-protection-for-historic-city-drinking-fountains%26method=full%26objectid=18419446%26site id=50061-name_page.html)


:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24: culture,heritage .. huh!! .. shame on 'em

ChrisGeorge
01-08-2007, 04:14 PM
A BID to have Britain’s first public drinking fountains protected as national monuments has been rejected. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=no-protection-for-historic-city-drinking-fountains%26method=full%26objectid=18419446%26site id=50061-name_page.html)

AGREED, FKoE, FOR SHAME!!!!!

Kev
01-26-2007, 06:58 PM
The Wellington Memorial:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/369157496_ff6fb0695b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/369157496/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/369156069_da07945d34_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/369156069/)

Inside St. George's Hall:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/369151616_66af5987b0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/369151616/)

Concert Room, St. George's Hall:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/369149915_ea06a88211.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/369149915/)

Paul D
02-10-2007, 04:04 PM
Nice pictures lads..

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7745/henrycottonhv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Henry Egerton Cotton Esq.

MissInformed
02-10-2007, 06:44 PM
:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24: culture,heritage .. huh!! .. shame on 'em

you're right..
absolutely terrible. Historic things like these wonderful fountains are being neglected whilst that Paradise Street thing gobbles up our city some more...
Sorry but it annoys me !!!!!!!!:disgust:

Gerard
02-10-2007, 06:45 PM
A BID to have Britain’s first public drinking fountains protected as national monuments has been rejected. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=no-protection-for-historic-city-drinking-fountains%26method=full%26objectid=18419446%26site id=50061-name_page.html)

Beginning of Great Howard St opposite the Costco..

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/L1040993.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/L1040992.jpg

PhilipG
02-10-2007, 08:30 PM
Outside the former Littlewoods Building in Old Hall Street.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/385800438_bb2c0f9d8f_o.jpg

PhilipG
02-10-2007, 08:35 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/385800445_7a3df23524_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/385800448_32567735a2_o.jpg

ChrisGeorge
02-10-2007, 09:56 PM
Great pics, all!!!

Chris

lindylou
02-12-2007, 07:59 PM
Excellent pictures Philip. :)

Gerard
02-20-2007, 07:26 PM
Tom Murphy statue in the grounds of St Nicholas Church.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00127.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00122.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00123.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00125.jpg

WTF is this loada crap..(Bottom of Riversdale Rd on the Prom)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00043.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00044.jpg

ChrisGeorge
02-20-2007, 08:09 PM
Thanks for those pics, Gerard. The Tom Murphy statue to the victims of the Blitz in St. Nicholas's churchyard is a beauty. I had not seen it before. :handclap:

Chris

Gerard
02-20-2007, 08:57 PM
Thanks for those pics, Gerard. The Tom Murphy statue to the victims of the Blitz in St. Nicholas's churchyard is a beauty. I had not seen it before. :handclap:

Chris

Thank's Chris..your welcome mate.

shytalk
02-20-2007, 09:05 PM
I agree, that statue by Tom Murphy is great, I will make a point of visiting it next year when I am over there.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Gerard
02-24-2007, 12:59 PM
Can anyone tell me please the name of the Tom Murphy statue at St Nicholas Church.

scouse smurf
02-24-2007, 01:18 PM
A BID to have Britain’s first public drinking fountains protected as national monuments has been rejected. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=no-protection-for-historic-city-drinking-fountains%26method=full%26objectid=18419446%26site id=50061-name_page.html)

Is the drinking fountain on new chester rd by cammel lairds part of the same lot ?

scouserdave
02-24-2007, 01:26 PM
Hiya Gerard, love those close ups. It's called the Liverpool Blitz Memorial. If you pay a visit into the church there's one of Arthur Dooley's works called the Madonna on display. And just across the road in the foyer of the Thistle Hotel, they have one of Sean Rice's.

Cracking stuff Gerard mate:PDT_Piratz_26:

Gerard
02-24-2007, 01:41 PM
Hiya Gerard, love those close ups. It's called the Liverpool Blitz Memorial. If you pay a visit into the church there's one of Arthur Dooley's works called the Madonna on display. And just across the road in the foyer of the Thistle Hotel, they have one of Sean Rice's.

Cracking stuff Gerard mate:PDT_Piratz_26:


Thanks Dave,I did go in St Nic's and take a few Photies..ang on Lad !!

scouserdave
02-24-2007, 01:44 PM
Thanks Dave,I did go in St Nic's and take a few Photies..ang on Lad !!
LOL! Gerard, you must be bombing around Liverpool like a friggin' Roadrunner. Beep! Beep! - Click! Click!

Gerard
02-24-2007, 02:04 PM
LOL! Gerard, you must be bombing around Liverpool like a friggin' Roadrunner. Beep! Beep! - Click! Click!


Ha Haa..Dont think I got the Madonna statue Dave..Good excuse to get back down there...Ere we go !!...(Hope I'm not putting these in the wrong place..just move them Kev if I have)


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00141.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00142.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00144.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00145.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00146.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00147.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00148.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00152.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00149.jpg


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00150.jpg

Ged
02-27-2007, 09:41 AM
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4350/wellingtoncleanup1971ac8.th.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wellingtoncleanup1971ac8.jpg)

Wellington getting his hair brushed during a clean up in 1971. You can see one of the blocks that comprised Gerard Crescent in the background, Cartwright House as well as Fontenoy Gardens across Byrom Street.

AntiPathos
02-27-2007, 09:48 AM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC00044.jpg

Did that used to be in the Festival Gardens?

Gerard
02-27-2007, 09:58 AM
Did that used to be in the Festival Gardens?


Dunno yer know..Shouldv'e been Iron balled years ago if it was..

theninesisters
02-27-2007, 10:35 AM
The bell that is in St Nick's Churchyard has a slot in the top. This was for the bell restoration fund from years ago. However the bell is welded to what it sits on so there's no way you'd be able to stick it in ya pocket :)

chippie
02-27-2007, 11:03 AM
the photos of st nicks were cracker, thanks a lot. I,ve just had a reference back from a relative to tell me that one of my relatives (loosely said) was one of the first bell ringers to have rung the present bells. His name was William Thistlewood and hailled from Birmingham. Apparently he and a gang of others used to travel the country ringing bells wherever they could.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Gerard
02-27-2007, 11:37 AM
the photos of st nicks were cracker, thanks a lot. I,ve just had a reference back from a relative to tell me that one of my relatives (loosely said) was one of the first bell ringers to have rung the present bells. His name was William Thistlewood and hailled from Birmingham. Apparently he and a gang of others used to travel the country ringing bells wherever they could.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Cheers chippie,Nice little story about your relative,
Welcome to the group by the way.

scouserdave
02-27-2007, 12:53 PM
'kinhell!
Gerard mate:eek:

I leave all the holy joe stuff to my missus, but I do love my church photies. Great pics.

Max
02-27-2007, 01:26 PM
The Area around the Otterspool Bull wasn't like that when I went last month. They were putting new railings down though and taking off the old ones with the red roses on them.

AK1
03-06-2007, 10:00 AM
Does anyone know when the statues in Sefton Park are due to be restored? Funding has been secured, but the restoration doesn't seem to have started yet.

Ged
03-08-2007, 10:51 AM
I know ScouserDave has received this too. Pat has given me permission to post it up, hopefully there could be a monument erected to Melly somewhere within the new buildings going up or in the public green space.



Link to an article about Charles Pierre Melly and his Liverpool drinking fountains:

http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/drinking/mellycharles02.html

For pictures of his Liverpool drinking fountains, see:

http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/drinking/melly.html

The Friends of Liverpool Monuments have been working with Liverpool City Council, the Culture Company & United Utilities on a project to re-introduce drinking fountain back onto the streets of Liverpool. The first to be connected to the the water supply is in Woolton Road, see:

http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/drinking/woolrddkfn01.html

Th 'Friends' have spent 14 hours cleaning this fountain. Liverpool City Council have reconnected the drainage, United Utilities have installed a control box and will be connected the water supply soon. On the Thursday 22nd March (09:30-11:00) the fountain is due to be unveiled.

We at the 'Friends' would like to see new drinking fountains introduced in the public areas of new buildings in Liverpool city centre.

Cheers,

Pat

Max
03-08-2007, 12:21 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/408324811_b218530650_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/408324811/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/408324814_681fa27138.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/408324814/)

marie
03-09-2007, 05:00 AM
Thanks for the photo to all people!!! It´s fantastic this post!!! I can see places about Liverpool that I do not know never!!! :PDT_Piratz_26:

Kev
03-09-2007, 07:46 PM
Hello,

Your site is very good and I just wondered if anyone has an image of
the Monument to William Paulsom in Derby Park, Bootle please? I need to
talk about it for a lecture on 14th March and would be really grateful
to see an image.

Many thanks,

Emma

Can anyone help?

phredd
03-22-2007, 03:24 PM
Wife tells me of a fountain being turned on today

Is it this one >>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/drinking/woolrddkfn01.html

and are they turning on more of them (hopes are high).

Phredd

scouserdave
03-22-2007, 06:04 PM
Phredd, it was cleaned up and restored by three of my mates, Pat Neil of Liverpool Monuments, Robin Riley the sculptor and Ben Murphy (son of sculptor Tom Murphy) who is a monumental restorer. I've got some hires before and after images sent to me by Pat Neil. I'll post them after I've made the tea.

phredd
03-23-2007, 07:38 AM
Thanks for the info Dave.
Have you made the tea yet ?? :)

Phredd

scouserdave
03-23-2007, 12:47 PM
Thanks for the info Dave.
Have you made the tea yet ?? :)

Phredd
LOL! Sorry Phredd, I forgot.
Here's a before and after shot. Pics by Pat Neil, www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk

ChrisGeorge
03-23-2007, 12:59 PM
LOL! Sorry Phredd, I forgot.
Here's a before and after shot. Pics by Pat Neil, www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk

Thanks, Dave and Phredd. They've done a fine restoration job, haven't they? I assume that the restored drinking fountain is not functional. Is that right? Also is what remains of the old tap to the right of the fountain? Do you think the lion's head was completely replaced or just somehow mended and coated with preservative?

One other comment. They made an interesting decision to fill in the date. I assume it might have been done because they thought that, if the incised lettering remained as it was, a vandal might chip away at it but that they might be less inclined to do so if the numbers were filled in.

Chris

scouserdave
03-23-2007, 01:53 PM
Chris, I think it's functional again. Would have been nice to attend the launch.
BTW, is this Chapel street with St Nicks water fountain on the right?

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/invite.jpg

Gerard
03-23-2007, 02:34 PM
Think I'll send Bill Shaw an invitation asking him why this mess was left like that over last weekend
And why Nobody in our Area...Thats right...Nobody was sent any Warning of these Water Works taking place.
Hope you see this Bill and pull yer finger out Lad.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC02036.jpg

Ged
03-23-2007, 02:53 PM
Water state that's in Gerard, you're quite right.

They do the same when they lift fancy block paving up in the city centre, replace it with lumps of tarmac.

That is St. Nicks Dave. Haven't seen that before with the fancy structure around it.

Max
03-23-2007, 04:43 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/431510836_071dac2e4c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/431510836/)

Darth Pope Statue on St Hugh's In Wavertree.

taffy
03-23-2007, 05:46 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/431510836_071dac2e4c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/431510836/)

Darth Pope Statue on St Hugh's In Wavertree.


Really nice photo Max. Your Sony camera seems to do the business. Isn't St Hugh's on Earle Rd and would that not make it in Edge Hill??

PhilipG
03-23-2007, 05:52 PM
[QUOTE=Max;46590
Darth Pope Statue on St Hugh's In Wavertree.[/QUOTE]

Max, I think you've found another Liver Bird. :handclap:

lindylou
03-23-2007, 10:49 PM
excellent photo Max. :handclap:

Gerard
03-23-2007, 10:54 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/431510836_071dac2e4c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/431510836/)

Darth Pope Statue on St Hugh's In Wavertree.

Maxie Lad :handclap: yer gettin bloody good at this photo m'larky mate.

Max
03-23-2007, 11:41 PM
it's much easier with Sony and Photoshop.

Just sharpening and the odd noise reductions.

Sometimes despeckle too.

scouserdave
03-24-2007, 01:33 PM
According to Pat Neil (http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk), the next water fountain United Utilities are going to put back on again is the one outside St Mick's on West Derby Rd next to Ogdens. Pat's gone over there today to tidy it up. That was the church (and SFX) that all the RC side of my family used to attend.

Kev
03-27-2007, 09:24 AM
THREE teenagers found themselves in a spot of bother after trying to scale one of Liverpool’s most recognisable landmarks.

The youngsters clambered onto the famous Superlambanana - currently stationed outside the JMU building on Tithebarn Street - but once up there could not get back down.

Their friends were unable to help, and the trio were eventually forced to call the Fire Service. continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/breakingnews/tm_headline=superlambanana-rescue%26method=full%26objectid=18814095%26siteid= 50061-name_page.html)....

Ged
03-27-2007, 10:07 AM
******s, it's not that high. We used to drop from the first landing of the tennies.

Kev
03-27-2007, 12:11 PM
******s, it's not that high. We used to drop from the first landing of the tennies.

Wrap 'em up in cotton wool these day Ged! We used to do the same, thing is though, if one tried to get down on their own and fell with an injury, there would probably be a claim there :rolleyes:

Ged
03-27-2007, 12:16 PM
Bah, or should it be Baaa?

theninesisters
03-27-2007, 12:18 PM
How the hell did they get up if they can't get down? It's not exactly got steps up the side - answer me that one :)

SteH
03-27-2007, 08:02 PM
Statue of Dixie Dean at Goodison PArk and Bill Shankly at Anfield

billo
03-28-2007, 10:29 AM
A hidden Gem.
Barbara Hepworth, cunningly titles ''A square with two holes''

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/billo/IMG_0297.jpg

Max
03-28-2007, 11:19 AM
Really nice photo Max. Your Sony camera seems to do the business. Isn't St Hugh's on Earle Rd and would that not make it in Edge Hill??

Think It might be the Edge. Webster Road Is past It and thats considered Wavertree, part of the Church Is on Cranbourne Road too which Is Wavertree.

On Picton Road too It's within the Wavertree Boundary sign.

shytalk
03-28-2007, 01:41 PM
If you check the OS 1851 map the border runs alongside the church property putting it in Wavertree.

Gnomie
03-28-2007, 02:25 PM
http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/fount.jpg

Steble Fountain.

ChrisGeorge
03-28-2007, 02:53 PM
Fine photograph of the Steble Fountain, Tony. I have not seen that inscription before. Well done.

Chris

scouserdave
04-07-2007, 10:23 PM
LOL! Sorry Phredd, I forgot.
Here's a before and after shot. Pics by Pat Neil, www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk
Pat's just emailed me with a link to a couple of videos about the Melly Fountain in Woolton (http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=drinking+fountain&uri=%2Fliverpool%2Fcapital_of_culture%2Findex.shtm l&go.x=39&go.y=10). You'll need Real Player.

Kev
04-08-2007, 09:16 AM
Thanks Dave :)

ChrisGeorge
04-19-2007, 01:48 PM
Statues in and around the Palm House, Sefton Park:

Peter Pan:

http://static.flickr.com/73/168843227_cc733b9305.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/168843227/)

Other Sefton Park pics here (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1193&page=7).

Hi Kev

A lot of people may not know that the same statue of Peter Pan can be seen in Kensington Gardens, London (http://golondon.about.com/od/londonforfree/ss/Peter_Pan.htm). Apparently, the author of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie (http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/peter_pan_statue.cfm), was not happy with the statue, believing it did not fully capture Peter's mischievousness. The sculptor, Sir George Frampton, had not modelled Peter Pan on Michael Llewellyn Davies as Barrie had intended. Instead, he used another boy, possibly James W. Shaw or William A. Harwood. Still, the statue, both the Liverpool version and the one in London, continues to delight children of all ages. :handclap:

Chris

AK1
06-28-2007, 09:40 AM
I personally think that some sort of monument or statue should be created to commemorate our Capital of Culture year. It would be great to see some sort of public consultation on what should be created to involve the people of Liverpool. It would give us all something to be proud of and something for us and future generations to remember 2008 by.

lindylou
06-28-2007, 05:28 PM
A great idea. :PDT11

Kev
12-28-2007, 08:42 AM
A campaign has been launched to replace a historic sculpture at Liverpool's St George's Hall that would complete the grade II listed building's restoration. The hall has been restored for the opening ceremony of the city's year as Capital of Culture.

But the original marble sculpture had decayed and has not been in place for 50 years.

The original design celebrated Liverpool's enterprise, craft and skills as major city in the world.

Now £3m is needed for a new sculpture with an updated design in place.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifI would like to say that this a gift from the people to the city Terry McGunigle, project leader

The finished sculpture will weigh 90 tonnes (90,000 kg) and will have been carved from a 100 tonne (100,000 kg) block of marble.

It will take 18 months to carve and will consist of five pieces which slot together.

The new design will be comprised of figures reprsenting society, history, time and commerce and Europe to symbolize Liverpool's past and present.

Terry McGunigle, who is leadiong the campaign, said: "What we want now is not to replace it, but to do a new version because we are a new generation and a new people.

"It has provisionally been backed by the city council and we have been working with English Heritage.

"We can get the money from corporate sponsorship but I would really like the people to take ownership of it and donate money.

"I don't want it to be just another council led initiative. I would like to say that this a gift from the people to the city."

BBC Liverpool

quincyg
02-25-2008, 12:19 AM
took this picture of a rather ornate drinking fountain in Alexandra Park, Crosby on Sunday.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1217.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1218.jpg

ChrisGeorge
02-25-2008, 10:42 AM
Fine pics, Quincy. :handclap:

quincyg
02-25-2008, 10:27 PM
I went through all the previous pages and there are a lot of images missing, so forgive me if you've seen them here before

all these taken from when I first got my new camera last year

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture091.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1144.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1145.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1128.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1131.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1121.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture629.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture055.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture165.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture563.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture668.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture604.jpg

Ged
02-25-2008, 11:02 PM
Great stuff quincyg :PDT11

quincyg
02-26-2008, 08:58 PM
what happened to The Great Escape? Is going to reinstated or put somewhere else?
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/gtescape.jpg

and the much missed (by some) Fred's map
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/fredsmap.jpg

I had friends visit from Newcastle last year and when I suggested a visit to the Albert Dock it was the first thing they wanted to see. They were quite disappointed it was gone. Mind you one of them supports NFC so she should be used to disappointment :unibrow:

Kev
02-26-2008, 10:56 PM
excellent pics :PDT11

quincyg
02-29-2008, 09:01 PM
old Bryant and May factory site ,Litherland

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1381.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1382.jpg

quincyg
03-02-2008, 08:34 PM
taken in the late 90's when I went to visit Rummy's grave at Aintree Racecourse

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/rummy2.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/rummy1.jpg

quincyg
03-08-2008, 09:51 PM
taking an age to upload tonight grrrrrr

William Huskisson in the car park at the new Duke's Terrace housing area, off Duke St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1615.jpg

quincyg
03-08-2008, 09:57 PM
finally got another up
Islington...a memorial to all those killed or seriously injured in the construction industry
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1577.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1578.jpg

quincyg
03-09-2008, 01:06 AM
after a good swear at Photobucket, heres some more

business park, Hawthorne Rd Litherland
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1414.jpg

Bankhall St/Derby Rd
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1151.jpg

The Kiss on a brief visit to the Tate, Albert Dock
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture934.jpg

Cenotaph, St Georges Plateau
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture601.jpg

Victoria monument at night
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture939.jpg

and this is a strange one. spotted it in a car park on Commercial Rd
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture648.jpg
this the best I can enlarge it to for posting
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/statclose.jpg

marky
03-09-2008, 01:21 AM
I tried to photograpgh that last one (Commercial Road), but I could never get a good view. It's a gated community car-park, so access is difficult. I even tried from by the canal, down below.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/south_liverpool/Statue_canal_Sandhills-1.jpg

quincyg
03-09-2008, 01:24 AM
I tried to photograpgh that last one (Commercial Road), but I could never get a good view. It's a gated community car-park, so access is difficult. I even tried from by the canal, down below.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/south_liverpool/Statue_canal_Sandhills-1.jpg

interesting isn't it? it's like someone was sculpting it and it went a bit awry.

lindylou
03-10-2008, 10:52 PM
St Georges Hall. Liver Bird and St George.

Bingo Bob
03-11-2008, 12:18 PM
I like the four statues that are outside a building near the closed YMCA

Each one is a different colour, but they're only roughly shaped like man.

They make me think of Gumby

All Liverpool needs now are Thundercat statues:PDT_07:

nelsbels
04-01-2008, 04:08 PM
I was wondering if you knew the date that the Florence Nightingale monument on the corner of Princess Ave was erected ,thank you ,nelsbels

Ged
04-01-2008, 04:37 PM
1913.

See here

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=05hJrW5yuakC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=florence+nightingale+statue+liverpool&source=web&ots=BMgrgdokkS&sig=oSVMUlO_HFWwYVvI02l8H2u3fmg&hl=en

Also her funeral pic

http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/wellow.htm


.

robbo176
04-01-2008, 04:40 PM
I was wondering if you knew the date that the Florence Nightingale monument on the corner of Princess Ave was erected ,thank you ,nelsbels

Hiya nelsbels
I can't find a date for the memorial but it was sculpted by J Alan in granite to the designs of the firm Willink & Thicknesse

Mandy :)

robbo176
04-01-2008, 04:45 PM
1913.

See here

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=05hJrW5yuakC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=florence+nightingale+statue+liverpool&source=web&ots=BMgrgdokkS&sig=oSVMUlO_HFWwYVvI02l8H2u3fmg&hl=en

Also her funeral pic

http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/wellow.htm


.

good work Ged :PDT_Piratz_26:

Ged
04-01-2008, 04:47 PM
Ta :PDT11

nelsbels
04-01-2008, 05:50 PM
Thanks for that Ged, my 10 year old grandson is doing an essay of his own choosing, ie, Florenc Nightingale & i took him down to see her monument ,he asked when it had been erected ,hence my enquirey, as it is very hard to park in that area i took a quick photo of him standing by it & we left without reading what was written on the sides, nelsbels

PhilipG
04-01-2008, 05:57 PM
Until just now, I never really thought about it, but the Nelson Memorial is 1814.
I mean the ones in the streets, or on buildings.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2312754286_dfb0b084d8_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2311945049_bd66e4b316_o.jpg

quincyg
04-01-2008, 06:52 PM
I took a close up that momument last year...although not from the 'like he's sitting on the loo constipated' angle lol

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1145-1.jpg

there's some fantastic detail on there.

PhilipG
04-01-2008, 07:16 PM
Sitting on the loo, constipated. :handclap:

I thought it was Despair. :PDT_Piratz_26:

It's beautiful work, though, and looks so modern.

Ged
04-01-2008, 10:14 PM
Thanks for that Ged, my 10 year old grandson is doing an essay of his own choosing, ie, Florenc Nightingale & i took him down to see her monument ,he asked when it had been erected ,hence my enquirey, as it is very hard to park in that area i took a quick photo of him standing by it & we left without reading what was written on the sides, nelsbels

Not sure how true it is but I heard on the Roger Phillips phone-in last year that it had been vandalised by members of the black community who said that Mary Seacole should be honoured in the same way if not even more. That may need clarifying.

PhilipG
04-01-2008, 10:40 PM
Mary Who?

taffy
04-01-2008, 11:30 PM
Mary Who?

She was a black woman who did much the same as Florence N in the Crimea. She's commemorated by a street name off Lodge Lane.

See
http://www.jamaicans.com/culture/hallfame/jamaicanhalloffamemar.shtml

lindylou
04-02-2008, 10:16 AM
It's right that she should be equally recognised.

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 10:21 AM
It's just that I don't think I'm alone in not having heard of her.
On the other hand, everybody's heard of F N.
"Lady With the Lamp".

Ged
04-02-2008, 10:33 AM
You're quite right Philip but that was their whole argument. Suppressed coverage or something. Media/historical bias. A cover up/Conspiracies.

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 10:39 AM
You're quite right Philip but that was their whole argument. Suppressed coverage or something. Media/historical bias. A cover up/Conspiracies.

Perhaps.
But they didn't come much bigger than FN.
She was even consulted by major architects on how hospitals were to be built.

P C is a strange thing, sometimes.
The cause isn't advanced by defacing statues.

Mark R
04-02-2008, 10:45 AM
Perhaps.
But they didn't come much bigger than FN.
She was even consulted by major architects on how hospitals were to be built.

Yes. She was consulted regarding the Royal Infirmary I believe.

Ged
04-02-2008, 10:55 AM
Yes, she was by Alfred Waterhouse. I have a booklet I must post up on the Royal Infirmary thread though I think Snappel may have already done it actually.

gregs dad
04-02-2008, 12:53 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2380064873_a6f47d4889_o.jpg
Raphael`s statue outside the Walkers looks like he`s a candidate for the Conservation Centre to have some transplants done.

Ged
04-02-2008, 01:06 PM
I wonder if anyone 'nose' if any plans to restore it are 'afoot' ?

Mark R
04-02-2008, 01:07 PM
It look like a cross between Daniella Westbrook and Heather Mills :)

lindylou
04-02-2008, 01:10 PM
lol ! :handclap:

Ged
04-02-2008, 01:20 PM
I used to play on that (and his neighbour Micky Angelo) but it wasn't me who damaged it - honest. :ninja:

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 01:22 PM
The statues either side of the door to SGH had big black stains down the front, and I was surprised that they managed to clean them.
The stone used on this side of W B St is very soft.
Look in front of the Sessions House.

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 01:23 PM
I used to play on that (and his neighbour Micky Angelo) but it wasn't me who damaged it - honest. :ninja:

VANDLE!

Ged
04-02-2008, 02:29 PM
Nope and I wasn't even a vandal either. Well, we needed somewhere to sneak behind during hide n' seek you know ;)

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 02:36 PM
Nope and I wasn't even a vandal either. Well, we needed somewhere to sneak behind during hide n' seek you know ;)

So, you noticed! :PDT11
If a word is mis-spelled (mis-spelt?) it cannot be used in a libel action.

Ged
04-02-2008, 02:39 PM
That's ko then :PDT11

ps. How did you find out :002:

ChrisGeorge
04-02-2008, 02:44 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2380064873_a6f47d4889_o.jpg
Raphael`s statue outside the Walkers looks like he`s a candidate for the Conservation Centre to have some transplants done.


A sad looking picture but well shot, gregs dad. :handclap:

Chris

lindylou
04-02-2008, 04:06 PM
So, you noticed! :PDT11
If a word is mis-spelled (mis-spelt?) it cannot be used in a libel action.

ha,ha. I must remember that :unibrow:

gregs dad
04-02-2008, 05:25 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2383232386_57c059a7d6_o.jpg

Another vandal like Ged, climbing over the Kings Regiment statue in St John`s Gardens to have a go of the drum.

gregs dad
04-02-2008, 05:29 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2383232386_57c059a7d6_o.jpg

PhilipG
04-02-2008, 07:10 PM
Your sidekick certainly earns his pocket money, GD. :handclap:

gregs dad
04-04-2008, 07:30 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020680.jpg
Ariels looking like rocket launches by a sphinx on the roof of the Liverpool University building

quincyg
04-06-2008, 07:01 PM
Huskissons memorial in St James Gardens and better view of his statue Duke St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture063.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture004.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture2170.jpg

Blitz statue, St Nicks
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1771.jpg

in Cotton Exchange courtyard
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1748.jpg
these 2 and the 1 on the pavement outside where on the original building before it was pulled down
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1753.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1752.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/statues%20momuments/Picture1143.jpg
from their website
http://www.cottonexchange.co.uk/Pics/CX12Sepia300.jpg

bertles86
04-07-2008, 09:27 PM
The building with the Sphinx is the Ashton Building I do believe. Opposite the Harold Cohen Library, and this last year had a massive refurb worth millions. It houses the Department of Computer Science now, and I *think* those rocket launchers are cooling for the servers.

gregs dad
04-10-2008, 01:05 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020737.jpg
This brought a smile to my face as I thought of "A dicky bird told me" and
"There`s a bluebird round my shoulder"

Ged
04-10-2008, 01:12 PM
Cracking shot Joe...as ever.

julieoapw
04-10-2008, 07:27 PM
Which University building is that GD?

Sorry - should have read further - contributor says it's the Ashton building.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020680.jpg
Ariels looking like rocket launches by a sphinx on the roof of the Liverpool University building

gregs dad
04-10-2008, 07:57 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020677.jpg
And here`s the other book end on the building.

John(Zappa)
04-10-2008, 08:10 PM
You must go through some shoe leather Quincy and Gregs dad.??
Brill photos as per usual.:handclap::handclap:

quincyg
04-11-2008, 02:48 PM
You must go through some shoe leather Quincy and Gregs dad.??
Brill photos as per usual.:handclap::handclap:

not really, I'm transported around in one of these!
http://www.toysoldiers.com/products-soldiers/images/kingandcountry/ae01.jpg

and then I wake up lol.

Ged
04-11-2008, 03:30 PM
I want one of them.

Those Egg white pyons are great quincy

http://www.toysoldiers.com/products-soldiers/king&country-ancientegypt.htm

I like the dancing girls :)

.

knowhowe
04-14-2008, 01:31 AM
http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P1010041.JPG

Piss artists in Peter Kavanagh's

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P1010109.JPG

The emigrant's statue, Pier Head

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P1010110.JPG

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P1010120.JPG

One of those wonderful lions in Water Street

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P5220011.JPG

Church Street. Does this guy count?

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P5220075.JPG

Sculpture on tunnel ventilator building, Pier Head

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P5220079.JPG

Dock Board Building, Pier head

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P5220086.JPG

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P6200016.JPG

Paradise Street

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P6200023.JPG

Sorry remnants of the Sailor's Home

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P6200072.JPG

The Titanic Crew Memorial

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P7060064.JPG

Billy Fury at the Albert Dock

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P7060081.JPG

Paul's Buddah: Behind the Grapes, Knight Street

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P7070134.JPG

Suitcases in the Rain: Mount Street

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/yoliverpool/P7290018.JPG

Lamp base: Victoria Street (?)

ChrisGeorge
04-14-2008, 06:32 AM
Excellent work, Steve! :handclap:

Chris

Mark R
04-21-2008, 01:14 PM
Don't know if these have been put up before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/2430362051_cee0230ac1_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2417921593_bd5fc866bf_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2417921595_27af649fc3_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2417921597_a7f578bb2e_o.jpg

shoney
04-21-2008, 01:30 PM
great pics but billy connolly was never the 5th beatle,

gregs dad
05-08-2008, 08:43 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2476014759_b56312ff51_o.jpg
The king looks down on Tithebarn St from his perch on top of Tithebarn Buildings, if he doesn`t clean his keel he be in Davy Jone`s locker

knowhowe
05-08-2008, 11:21 PM
great pics but billy connolly was never the 5th beatle,

I know what you mean. Well dodgy portraits.

quincyg
05-14-2008, 06:51 PM
in Hope St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture185.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture187.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture188.jpg

they are really well done. :handclap:

quincyg
05-16-2008, 12:11 AM
Hope St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture168.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture169.jpg

A.D.W
05-16-2008, 12:25 AM
in Hope St
they are really well done. :handclap:

I agree. A fine memorial. Did you notice the cricket ball on the David Shepherd one?

:PDT11

Mark R
05-16-2008, 11:56 AM
Shankly Statue:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/2496154309_890b8e9083_o.jpg

Shankly Gates:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2496154313_4c99153c3f_o.jpg

Hillsborough Memorial:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2496154305_8a49876d21_o.jpg

Paisley Gateway:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2014/2496154291_5fe8253b4c_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2496154295_d476b3caa1_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2496154303_3a525ece0f_o.jpg

Ged
05-16-2008, 12:49 PM
Ochaye. Great photies. :handclap:

gregs dad
05-16-2008, 07:53 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2497500894_938b72d507_o.jpg
Over the entrance to the University Building in Byrom St. The left hand figure is Science and on the right is Art, by Fredrick William Pomeroy.
Art is holding a mirror in his right hand and in his left a small figure of Michelangelo. Looks as if they could do with some weed killer notice the big weed behind the sculpture