Liverpool Monuments, Statues and Sculptures

[gregs dad]

Billy fury at the Albert Dock

[julieoapw]

This is at the foot of the 16th earl of derby`s tombstone in Liverpool Cathedral. Anybody know the story of the eagle and child,all I know is there are a few pubs by the name in various parts of the country including the Liverpool one which has been demolished.

Can't speak for the rest of the country but the local one usually refers to the symbol of the Earls of Derby, or the Stanleys as they were then.The legend has it, that one Lord Stanley, having no legitimate son with his wife but an illegitimate one with a village girl, decided to take advantage both of his wife's naiveness and the reputation for child stealing which the eagle (sea eagle?) resident in these parts then, enjoyed. He placed his illegitimate off-spring on the ground underneath the nest of an eagle and then invited his wife to stroll in that direction. On finding the child, a thieving eagle was blamed and the child was adopted! Another version of the legend says that the son never inherited as the father had a fit of guilt and left everything to his (legitimate) daughter who adopted the symbol to crow over her half-brother. Various versions exist but that's roughly it.

In Mawdesley out in Lancs, there's an eagle and child pub also named for the Stanleys/Derbys who owned nearby Lathom. The locals call it the bird and the *******!


Whoops! I've been censored! The last word is a common word for an illegitimate child beginning with b.

[wsteve55]

A couple of old friends have appeared again,
The clock in Church St on Keys Court and the golden eagle is back on its nest in Paradise St.

Hi G.D,
just wondered if you had any info' on Key's court's previous incarnations, and also,is that it's new name, or a revived old one? I know it was H.M.V.,Woolworth's,previously, but looking at the frontage now, makes me think it was some sort of gallery/arcade, at one time?

[lindylou]

I thought it was to be called Church alley or yard or something like that .

What is the significance of keys ?

[Mark R]

I thought it was to be called Church alley or yard or something like that .

What is the significance of keys ?

Yes, that's right Lindylou. I heard it was to be called Church Yard.

[quincyg]

I thought it was to be called Church alley or yard or something like that .

What is the significance of keys ?

it did have a different name when the project started, I'm trying to find the page online that gave the original names.
as for the keys; at the very top of the building, way above the clock is this...


took it when trying out the zoom on my previous camera

[Mark R]

Well spotted Quincy

[lindylou]

Thanks Quincy.

[fortinian]

As for the Keys I have a theory.

The site was that of St. Peters Church (the Liverpool pro-cathedral) and St Peter in traditional Christian symbolgy is indicated by a set of 'crossed keys'. The reason for the Keys is that St Peter traditionaly guards the gates into Heaven and so they keys to the gates became his symbol.

I'm guessing that Keys Court is so named as a reminder of St Peters Church and the keys that St Peter held.

St Peter was also the first pope and as such the emblem of the papacy includes the crossed keys;

[Ged]

Well done Fortinian, I suspect you may well be right there.

[lindylou]

Thanks for posting info.

[annajane]

The door on the Nero coffee house in Castle St. This was once a bank building
first as the Adelphi Bank and later the Cooperative Bank

This is a fantastic photo (and door!)

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Nelson


Queen Victoria's horse & Wellington


Blitz Memorial


Eros Statue


(ignore the copyrights, I just took the photos from my website)

[Kev]

Excellent pics annajane

Welcome btw

[Mark R]

I'll second that

[robbo176]

lovely photos AnnaJane, brilliant website too