Originally Posted by
ChrisGeorge
Thanks, Pablo. I like some of the changes but not others. I don't like those shoebox buildings they've put at the Pier Head... but as my mate Geoff says (ex-Rose Lane School like myself, now in Fareham, Hants), at least they're better than that bloody Cloud thing they wanted to build that looked like a deflated football!
Chris
Originally Posted by
pablo42
True, I don't like them myself, but don't dislike them neither. Just think it coulda been better. Still, reckon most things can be done better. Any other observations?
Hi Pablo
Thanks for asking for my further impressions of the 'Pool as it is today.
I was walking along the new canal at the Pier Head yesterday morning and noticed a long-necked bird flying overhead. At first thought it was a heron, which I am used to seeing in the U.S. around the Chesapeake Bay/Baltimore-D.C. area where I live. It turned out to be a swan and was making a kind of squeaking noise as it flew, so could I suppose have been a whistling swan conceivably. I think it's grand that such wildlife is encouraged by the developments and cleanup of waterways. Though looking down I did see juice containers in the water, so it's not all great.
Could I be correct that as I was standing outside the Crowne Plaza smoking a Hamlet cigar at midnight that the clock on the Liver Building only struck "four" not "twelve"???? I had not had that much drink either. I believe that I have heard that a clock that is undergoing maintenance or needs maintenance may strike an odd number. Also noticed that the east-facing clock was either stopped or was showing a different time to the west-facing clock which was showing the correct time, 4:15 pm as I came back tot he hotel this afternoon.
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Donna and I also went up to the Liverpool FC museum at Anfield this afternoon. A fine experience... brought back a lot of memories. I used to live on Anfield Road as a toddler. Can remember Billy Liddell playing and also when he brought his two twin sons to enroll them at Rose Lane school and how the boys of the school mobbed the corridors to see him... local hero. Was disappointed though that there were several lads of 6-7 years or so running wild round the museum spoiling things a bit for visitors who wanted to enjoy the exhibits and videos. Ugh. They probably needed a guard to shoo them away and straighten up. Another thing that makes you wish for the old days.
I find myself navigating around Liverpool by guesswork given the number of closed-off or one-way streets. We went to a poetry reading at the Fly in the Loaf on Hardman Street last night. Reading went well enough but the downstairs was mobbed, sound a number of decibels too high, though that did not affect the reading which had nice variety and was well attended. Besides Donna and myself from the USA there was an 83-year-old poet who had come in from New Zealand. Felt a bit exposed when we walked out early 10 PM from your flight the day before and did not like some of the types on the street. Still we got fish and chips from a shop across from the bar, got in our car parked in Rodney Street without incident. I was wise enough to not try to drive through the city centre but went south round the Anglican Cathedral to Gambier Terrace and take Upper Parly down to the Dock Road to get us to the Crowne Plaza where we enjoyed fish and chips watching TV.
All the best
Chris
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