Great pictures. I had a couple of trips to Byrom street to see what the 'Poly' was like and I loved those curvy flyovers!
Tim
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Great pictures. I had a couple of trips to Byrom street to see what the 'Poly' was like and I loved those curvy flyovers!
Tim
Sorry no from myself a great pity as I had a very thorough exploration one day as above and didn't have a camera as it was an unexpected piece of luck that I was able to. I think others (Gerald...
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I'm puzzled here I have seen a kitchen on the observation deck level although some equipment had been removed. (BTW I hate commercial kitchens they are horrible places when occupied and creepy...
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Continuing my story of visits to the Beacon, I sometimes found the lifts entrance door to be open. On my 1st couple of visits I merely got as far as the lift doors, marvelling at what...
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where did you get these plans from and can you get plans for other Liverpool buildings?
cheers
Tim
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more to follow soon:
Description of visits via lift
Explanation of diagrams
Diagram of 1 of the other levels (when I have drawn it) - there were 2 at the bottom and 5 at the top!!
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OK here goes:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad325/tibsyt/St%20Johns%20Beacon/Beaconplans.jpg
Tim
You are quite right, it is a GREAT pity!
My (unofficial!) visits to St. John’s Beacon c1989
I was fascinated with the beacon since I saw it on my first visit to Liverpool for university entrance interview in 1986.
I soon realised when...
It is indeed, blinkin fantastic!
Tim
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Beacon Floorplans as originally built
Hi I visited a couple of...
This is confusing - surely the whole top of the tower is normally out of bounds, but on the modern-day tours (certainly early 2000's when I have been a couple of times), they bring you straight into...
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there always was a staircase the whole way up/down, I visited in about 1989 when it was empty and unrefurbished and had a go of both the lifts and stairs.
It may be that improvements had to be...