WORK has started on a sailing club destroyed in an arson attack, thanks to a £500,000 grant.

Liverpool Sailing Club has been homeless since the blaze five years ago at its boathouse near the old Speke Airport.

Now groundwork has begun on rebuilding it after Sport England handed over cash for the ambitious project. Added to European funding it means the club has raised the £1.25m it needs for its plans for a new building on the banks of the Mersey.

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Garston Coastal Reseve Park

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If you can ignore the comedy knob and other examples youth expressionism, Garston Coastal Reserve Park is a beautiful addition to Liverpool's parks and grounds.

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4 years and 5 million pounds later, the area has been transformed into a walker's paradise along the coast, feet away from the River Mersey than runs upto Speke Hall and probably beyond.

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What a delightful & tranquil area Kev.Always nice to have places like this to go to particularly if you need to escape the hustle & bustle of city life.It really makes you appreciate what we have on our doorstep.On the 4th picture down is that an old Trawler or Dredger btw.
Its nice to know that even within our cities you don't have to wander too far to find solitude with the choice of Parks,Coastal Paths & Gardens close by.Sad though that we are still left with reminders of who we have to share this planet with.:snf (41):

Once the place has had time to 'bed in' I'm hopeful that the incidents of vandalism will decrease. Shame that the kids living in the area don't know how to treat them. I grew up in and around that area too but would never had poured paint over something like that, maybe we would have done, who knows......

I'm going to get along the other end to have a look at the boat house being rebuilt.

Great photos Kev I'll have to get myself down there soon.:PDT_Piratz_26:

Great photos Kev I'll have to get myself down there soon.:PDT_Piratz_26:

U can't beat it on a sunny day, look-out point is great! (were the stones are located). To the left is the boat house that should be completed soon with a jetty into the River :celb (23):

I've been keen to get closer to this development for some time now and after a long walk I eventually got there, about 20 mins from the Garston Coastal Park (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14362&postcount=76) entrance. Liverpool Sailing Club (http://www.liverpoolsailingclub.org/first%20page.htm) are a family based club first formed in 1958. Currently, they are replacing their old clubhouse with a multi- million pound building that will provide fantastic facilities for all water sports.

13th November 2006

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U.T.B? What's that, Kev? Second to last picture.

Oh and good pictures. Strange looking building.

:)

U.T.B? What's that, Kev? Second to last picture.

My guess? Under The Bridge. The local yoofs enjoying the coastal walk in their own special way.

Oh and good pictures. Strange looking building.

:)

It's supposed to look like a boat.

I'm not seeing the boat but it looks fine to me thanks Kev.

Actually it's meant to look like a sail. See the pic on the Sailing Club's website: http://www.liverpoolsailingclub.org/Plans.htm

Chris

Actually it's meant to look like a sail. See the pic on the Sailing Club's website: http://www.liverpoolsailingclub.org/Plans.htm

Chris

Thanks for clearing that up Chris, I wasn't too sure myself :)

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A couple of pictures taken from Princes Dock today.

Nice one Paul. i love River pics:)

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A couple of pictures taken from Princes Dock today.

Paul, I took some today too, very similar in fact, I may move 'em and create a new thread, I was thinking something like 'Mersey Views and River Side' or summink, let me know what you think.

Kev

Kev post that one you took of the wrecked boat in Garston. cool pic.

Paul, I took some today too, very similar in fact, I may move 'em and create a new thread, I was thinking something like 'Mersey Views and River Side' or summink, let me know what you think.

Kev

Me too, from just that spot :D

I may move 'em and create a new thread, I was thinking something like 'Mersey Views and River Side' or summink, let me know what you think.


Thanks everyone it looks like we were all there too see the sunken Seacat,Kev if you want to move them go ahead a new thread might be good.:) It was a lovely fresh slighty misty day today I enjoyed it.

There must have been something in the air this morning, I too had a walk along the river and there were some stunning views, despite the mist and fog.

Check these dudes fishing at Otterspool:

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^^Notice the brand new River Mersey railings^^
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A couple of pictures taken from Princes Dock today.

Fine pictures, young Paul. I was at the Princes Dock today and it seemed I was following a lad and his dad around. Oh I wonder if that was you?!

:)

There must have been something in the air this morning, I too had a walk along the river and there were some stunning views, despite the mist and fog.

Check these dudes fishing at Otterspool:

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Oh dear! A Morrisons bag!

:disgust:

Brilliant pics:)

Waiting for the Isle of Man Seacat to take me away to my future land :celb (23):

Oh dear! A Morrisons bag!

:disgust:
Cracking pics.
BTW,
Q: what's yellow and white and full of shiite?
A: A Morrisons carrier bag:unibrow:

Great pics, gang! :celb (6):

Chris

River Mersey - 4th February 2007

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They look like little house chimneys :)

They look like little house chimneys :)

Cough! The subject of the picture was the pair of swans, Kev.

:)

Cough! The subject of the picture was the pair of swans, Kev.

:)

...and they look so adorable Cissie, the chimneys do stick out too :)

River Mersey - 4th February 2007

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WTF!
I've seen swans in the Docks in Feb, but never on the Mersey! Our flowers have started to sprout as well. Very worrying:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

Cracking pic.

WTF!
I've seen swans in the Docks in Feb, but never on the Mersey! Our flowers have started to sprout as well. Very worrying:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

Cracking pic.

Might be the same pair I saw in the Collingwood Dock late December 2006.

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[QUOTE=Cissie Braithwaite;38183]Might be the same pair I saw in the Collingwood Dock late December 2006.

.... or the ones I saw with their cygnets on the canal last summer by where I live.


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A fine picture and they could very well be the same ones, Brenda. Swans pair for life you know.

There must have been something in the air this morning, I too had a walk along the river and there were some stunning views, despite the mist and fog.

Check these dudes fishing at Otterspool:

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I noticed the new railings at Otterspool, bit too plain compared to the ones with Tudor roses on them.

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Why wern't you jogging?:PDT10

here is some pic's of us kiting at Otterspool on saturday.

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Nice pics :PDT11

Here's one taken from the Central Dock Area, which will be in the news for the next year or two:unibrow:

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The Sea Cat waiting to take me to my future home!! (Isle of Man)

1668

Looking towards Seacombe

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love the pic dave the colours are awsome

Superb as usual Dave..:handclap: ..yer the Man !!

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4th April 2007 - Garston Coastal Path / Speke Shore Line
*For the Panoramas I took, Click Here (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/4th%20April%202007%20-%20Garston/%20Speke%20Shore)*

An absolutely beautiful walk today along the Garston (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1421) Coastal Path Area that joins the Speke (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3204) Shore Line. This is becoming a popular area, despite annoyance of the solo motorbike razzing around:

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..and along comes a bike......

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Great pics of a sunny afternoon. Isn't that building (2 good shots of it btw) a sailing club?

Fine photographs, Kev. Thanks! :handclap:

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Hi Kev

What's the story about the flying object seen behind the biker? Something he is pulling along, a plane taking off, or just some artifact on the photograph? :unibrow:

Oh, .... I see (answering my own query) it must be that wind machine thing near the sailing club.

Chris

Chris
Could it be the Wind Turbine by the Club House ??

Phredd

Chris
Could it be the Wind Turbine by the Club House ??

Phredd

Yep, thanks, phredd. I have just amended my post, realizing it is the wind turbine that Kev shows in his first photograph in the series, although it looks a bit disembodied at a distance in the heat haze, maybe because of the dust the bike rider is kicking up as well.

Chris

^^I see what u mean Chris^^ Thanks for the comments, that is Liverpool Sailing Club, there hasn't been much going on since my last visit (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24745&postcount=2) (November 2006).

some great pics there

I grew up from about aged 9 years to 13 in the Grassendale / Cressington area and was often wandering those parts

I haven't seen them since then, 1981 - live in Australia now

thanks

Thanks for your comments OB1, and a warm welcome aboard :PDT11

We’re hoping future will be plain sailing

Feb 7 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL Sailing Club plans to celebrate its golden anniversary by returning to the water – eight years after arsonists torched the club.

The Speke clubhouse was vandalised and burned down in 2000.

The attack meant supporters had to raise £1.25m to rebuild the site.

Now a new iconic and ecologically-sound clubhouse is taking shape boasting a wind turbine.

And club bosses hope, after spending £25,000 on clearing the slipway of mud, members will once again take to the water to celebrate both its 50th anniversary and Capital of Culture year. Liverpool Sailing Club is run by volunteers. President Tom Workman said: “We’ve received about £1.1m from Sport England, European money and bits and pieces of donations and fund-raising.

“We’ve got the ground floor finished now and we’re applying for another £300,000 which would mean we could get the lift in and finish the other two floors.”

Over its 50-year history the club has worked alongside the city council to launch the Mersey River Festival.

It also ran the Mersey Raft Race with Merseyside police raising more than £500,000 for charities and hosted its own Tideway and Head of the River races.

Over the past seven years the sailing club and its partner Merseyside Youth Challenge Trust used a fleet of land yachts to teach youngsters the principles of sailing, and provided sailing opportunities using the Liverpool Marina-based MYCT flagship the Liver Bird.

The initiative is now being extended under the banners of Youth Afloat for 13 to 19-year-olds, and All Aboard covering other age groups.

catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk