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Thanks Carole. I see there's a few negatives at the beginning of this post - they remind me of the anti-Liverpool posts from people who either don't understand Liverpool and its culture, or haven't...

No more commuting between Liverpool and Spain for me. At the end of September I have my one-way ticket: I ain't coming back. Will miss Cy Tucker on the occasional Sunday at The Big House. I certainly...

My only claim to fame in respect of St Nicholas Church is seeing in 2000 there. It was a bitterly cold night; it would have ripped a greatcoat to shreds. My poor girlfriend at the time was dressed...

Oh well. It seemed like a good story! (smile). Lots of other good ones, which are true.

Ref: the southern portico of St George's Hall. The missing frieze. The best authority to my mind is Terry McGunigle of the Merseyside Forum for Sculpture, Painting & Allied Crafts.
Terry is...

May have been a little romantic embroidery by the landlord but he did say he had been down there and spoke in first hand terms. Just strolled into town via Mount Pleasant earlier.
One of the...

I was in (I think it's) Ma Boyles Inn by the Sailors Church. The pub's then landlord told me that underneath were the dungeons which at one time housed French POWs from the Napoleonic era. He said...

A GERMAN SAILOR’S POEM

There are no roses on a sailor’s grave,
No lilacs on an ocean wave,
The only tribute is a seagull’s sweep,
And the teardrops that their sweetheart’s weep.

In other words we are being ripped off. Pity we can't either withold our rates as a protest, or second an elective non-party applicant. Perhaps back to the old 'Ratepayers Party', to get this lot of...

There's a Primark just 15 minutes away in Birkenhead, with even better parking facilities than here in Liverpool. So why the excitement? It seems to me that 'bargain shopping' is the new religion....

Thank goodness. Another eye-sore renovated. You see pictures of Lime Street in Edwardian England. It was awesome; better than Times Square. Lights, magic; bustling - a world hub of entertainment,...

The old one that; re-painted. You're not kidding Michael

Better later than never one can only suppose.

Very fond but nail-biting memories of that beautiful building. I dropped my student son, Craig off at its entrance, two or three years ago. He was studying to be a doctor (of medicine).
This exam...

Oh well, difference between sea and Pacific. So size does matter - I knew it did . . . thank God. Hey, cheers, Phredd

It brings back great memories. I was a Cunard Yank and of course the Britannic, along with so many others; Sylvania, Carinthia, Ivernia, Saxonia, MV Georgic, Reina del Mar, Pacifico del Mar (?), the...

She's got to be on youTube, Steve! I saw her once. Frankly I thought it a bit er, well, like what the Egyptians used to do on the quays at Port Said to 'entertain' ships crews and passengers . . . a...

would you leave this lot to look after your chippie while you were away on holiday? I don't think so. How come 'party' and 'brewery' keeps cropping up in peoples minds? :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Seems to me that WE should create an ALTERNATIVE 'Capital of Culture' road show . . . and pull the rug right from under the feet of the incumbent practitioners of the useless arts.

. . . and inventors, explorers, people whose high-minded ideals have brought so many benefits to the world. All bloody ignored by the Capital of Culture Company and local authority.
You know the...

Thomas MacKay (Flowered 1893 - 1913). Born Liverpool, studio in Littleton, near Chester. Very popular prior to 1913 before the World War swept old values away.
Joseph Kirkpatrick Born 1872....

Years ago I read an intriguing story in Readers Digest, allegedly true, that has a Liverpool connection. Can anyone throw any light on it? As all sailors know it is unlucky for a ship to set sail on...

Looks like they got that right then, Kat. Good . . . and thanks for the up-date.

Now, let me get this right! Run it past me again. There's no complaints with the City of Liverpool's traffic flow, access or departure points.
Nevertheless they spend hundreds of millions of pounds...

There's said to be a million Brits settled or partly settled along Spain's Mediterranean coast; good luck to you all. Just thought it might be an idea if some of you ex-Liverpudlians kept in touch...