The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
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Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
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Most of the Mid West is dry. No alcohol. That explains a lot.
It is dry where I live, 5 dry counties together. It can be put on the ballot but in the 'Bible Belt' it never gets changed.
It does have its advantages, no rivers of puke and pee in the streets on Saturday nights and a way lower crime rate than in areas which sell booze.
I enjoy a drink now and again so I go to Missouri to buy mine. The state line is only 20 miles from me.
When the smoke has cleared and the bullets cease.another soldier rests in peace. The politicians who caused the fight, rest at home no danger in sight
The passenger liner Kaisar-I-Hind was built in 1914 by Caird& Co. of Greenock for the Bombay service of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. It was the second succesive vessel of the company to bear that name,which derives from the Sanskrit for Empress of India. During the First World War she survived no fewer than 5 attacks by submarine torpedo,one of which struck her but actually failed to explode and, following abrief charter to Cunard Line in 1921 under the name Emperor of India,she returned to P&O service until 1938 ,when she was sold for breaking up at Blyth.
The painting is another one of Charles Dixons,you can see that masterly touch.
P.S. I loved the pictures from Canada,and the ensuing discussion but can we try and keep this thread for pictures of ships,
thanks,
BrianD
Nice one Brian. Sorry for that, it's usually me that goes off thread. Gotta mind that skips and jumps. I shall try my utmost to discipline meself in the future.
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In 2001 I went to Ascension Island and in a small cove, Comfortless Cove. A small entrance over the volcanic rocks was a small clearance of only a few yards surrounded by black lava flows. In there was a dozen or so graves of Royal Navy sailors. They had died at Ascension from diseases from the West Coast of Africa around 1823 to around 1858. The place was clean and tidy and the grave markers appeared to have had a recent coat of paint.
A sad and lonely place
Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls-
http://www.chesterwalls.info
The Liverpool Gallery-
http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/liverpool.html
The Chester Shop
http://www.thechestershop.com
Chester & Liverpool Guided Walks
http://www.chesterwalls.info/guidedwalks.html
I was in Punta Arenas, Chile in the Magellan Straits in 2006 when I found a Trawler from the UK.
She was the Boston Beverley once registered in Grimsby now same name but registered in Valparaiso, Chile. Fishing 10,000 miles away from home.
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