Liverpool Garden Festival Site

**GingerTheCat** · 03-12-2010

Originally Posted by marcia2008

did they have the yellow submarine at the garden festival in the eighties? im sure i remember going inside it?

Yes it was in the Beatles' Maze

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**Digital Fanatic** · 04-08-2010

Anyone noticed much activity down at the IGF site?

**Kev** · 04-08-2010

Yep, drove past it last week, seems the oriental gardens are geting restored

**Digital Fanatic** · 04-09-2010

Cheers Kev

I'm gonna have to get down there and take some piccies

**JMLE** · 04-13-2010

Here's a link to some recent pictures of the clearance work that's been carried out.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/...ad.php?t=48973

**Digital Fanatic** · 04-15-2010

Originally Posted by JMLE

Here's a link to some recent pictures of the clearance work that's been carried out.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/...ad.php?t=48973

thank you

**marky** · 05-17-2010

New signs were put up around the entrance gate a few weeks ago advertising the developments. The large car-park, opposite Bempton Rd was being scraped clean today.

**naked lilac** · 05-18-2010

Good news...!

**smudger95** · 05-18-2010

YEP ! good news. But don't leave the gates open like they used to, to let the 'wanderers' set up camp again.

**wsteve55** · 05-18-2010

Originally Posted by smudger95

YEP ! good news. But don't leave the gates open like they used to, to let the 'wanderers' set up camp again.

Is it true that security,have dogs running free,in the grounds?!

**az_gila** · 05-19-2010

Originally Posted by JMLE

Here's a link to some recent pictures of the clearance work that's been carried out.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/...ad.php?t=48973

The history of the site is a bit off on theat web link though -

Synopsis of the sites history:
Previous to 1984 - Land was docks.
For 1984 Garden Festival - Docks filled in, landscaping, building dome.
Since 1984 - Short life as 'Pleasure Island' (It was amazing!). That closed around 1995. Remained abandoned since.
2006 - Festival dome demolished.
2010 - Work begins on restoration of gardens. About bloody time Liverpool City Council!

It was a long time since that area was a dock.

Pre 1984 I think landfill/tip/rubbish dump would be more accurate...

Anyone remember a dock there?

**Digital Fanatic** · 05-21-2010

Originally Posted by az_gila

The history of the site is a bit off on theat web link though -

Synopsis of the sites history:
Previous to 1984 - Land was docks.
For 1984 Garden Festival - Docks filled in, landscaping, building dome.
Since 1984 - Short life as 'Pleasure Island' (It was amazing!). That closed around 1995. Remained abandoned since.
2006 - Festival dome demolished.
2010 - Work begins on restoration of gardens. About bloody time Liverpool City Council!

It was a long time since that area was a dock.

Pre 1984 I think landfill/tip/rubbish dump would be more accurate...

Anyone remember a dock there?

Wasn't it the Herculanuem Dock at little further up that they filled in for the festival?

**pablo42** · 05-21-2010

Judging by all the front gardens on my estate, I can't understand why we don't do better at trampolining in the Olympics.

**smudger95** · 05-21-2010

Herculanium was by were Jaguar cars are now and th gym on the other side.

**az_gila** · 05-21-2010

Originally Posted by smudger95

Herculanium was by were Jaguar cars are now and th gym on the other side.

You can still see the Herculanium dock entrance on this satellite pic -

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=53...,0.017595&z=16

It is a bit North of the Festival Site.

Herculanium was the most Southern dock - neat MD&HB map here -

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5/Dkbkpl30.jpg

So, was it the dump, or just undeveloped land before the festival?