Liverpool Garden Festival Site

[Kev]

MORE than 20 years of history has come crashing to the ground with the demolition of this famous Liverpool landmark. more

[The Teardrop Explodes]

a crap waste of what was a semi-decent structure and could've, given time and imagination, become a decent resource for the city.

[Kev]

a crap waste of what was a semi-decent structure and could've, given time and imagination

25 years? As for imagination....

[XL391]

a crap waste of what was a semi-decent structure and could've, given time and imagination, become a decent resource for the city.

Totally agree with you.

[The Teardrop Explodes]

25 years? As for imagination....

But Kev for those 25 years there's been nothing going on with the city has there? Now as soon as a bit of cash and a bit of a boom reaches us developers want to geta slice of it and build another souless housing estate there.

"The dome was too far gone." As if.

[PhilipG]

The photos posted in this thread prove that the dome wasn't "too far gone".

Right from the start they wanted to build houses on most of the site.
Now, they've got what they wanted.

We had 6 months of the Garden Festival, followed by 22 years (so far) of dereliction!
I wonder if COC 2008 will turn out to be the same.

[Kev]

We had 6 months of the Garden Festival, followed by 22 years (so far) of dereliction!
I wonder if COC 2008 will turn out to be the same.

I hope not! the garden festival was on a small area of land compared to the beneits to the c of c on the whole city and region.

[A.D.W]

I pass this site every night on my way home from work and it was sad to see the dome no longer there. Just a few bits of flotsam and fluff are all that remain of the Festival Dome.

[johnmed]

Mate came over on New Year's Day, took him round the IGF, and afterwards he went home and found these, his parents photos from 1984! Enjoy

[scouserdave]

Fantastic John!
Thanks alot

[Max]

http://www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk/jlfestivalb.htm

http://www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk/jlfestivala.htm

One of inside the dome.

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Max

I left a comment for you on your fine Otterspool pics at Flickr. The word you were searching for is "capstan."

Chris

[Max]

Thanks.

[PhilipG]

Hi Max

I left a comment for you on your fine Otterspool pics at Flickr. The word you were searching for is "capstan."

Chris

I hope you weren't trying to get Max on Capstan Full Strength?



They were ciggies, Max.

[oritelad]

arr shame this has jst been left to rot i went a few days before it closed down it was good that it got converted into a theam park type place for kids i would of still been going if it was still open it was a bit hard to get to i sopose the train was your best bet soon as it closed everythink got ripped out then just left for years and years with a guard looking over the place i cant see this place reopening the land will just get used for more posh expensive apartments looking over the mersey