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    Hi,

    frist: happy new year. :-)



    Now my question: Does somebody of you know why the door of the st. george church is red?
    I have know idea and for me it make no sense. ;-)

    greats

    geri

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerimensch View Post
    Hi,

    frist: happy new year. :-)

    Now my question: Does somebody of you know why the door of the st. george church is red?
    I have know idea and for me it make no sense. ;-)

    greats

    geri
    It just looks like someone had bad taste.

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    Lovely photographs, Mandy!

    Following is a poem of mine that I posted on the Liverpool 800 Poems site.

    The Blake Mistake

    Henri took Ginsberg to St. George’s, Everton,
    chill church interior constructed of cast iron:
    iron columns, vaulted ribs, window tracery,
    all transported via horse-drawn dray from
    Cragg’s Forge, Toxteth. As they emerged

    from the iron cathedral, the scribes laughed
    to see “Blake Street,” reminded of William Blake,
    eighteenth century poet, madman, artist: unaware
    the street name derived not from the Tyger man
    who had warned of England’s dark satanic mills,
    but Cromwell's ironsided admiral, Robert Blake.

    Each cherished the talismanic moment in his heart;
    William Blake’s ghost fertilized his muse to the root.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
    Lovely photographs, Mandy!

    Following is a poem of mine that I posted on the Liverpool 800 Poems site.

    The Blake Mistake

    Henri took Ginsberg to St. George’s, Everton,
    chill church interior constructed of cast iron:
    iron columns, vaulted ribs, window tracery,
    all transported via horse-drawn dray from
    Cragg’s Forge, Toxteth. As they emerged

    Wasn't Cragg's foundry off Dale Street?

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    I've just found this short video of St Georges

    http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/video...0252-20200867/
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    Ta Mandy.. even though that video clip was very short.. it was informative.. I never new it had a caste iron frame.. and is the highest point in Liverpool.. thanks for that info..

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    here some photos from St Georges tower from today

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    Great those Mandy.
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    Some good views there Mandy

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    Good pics there Mandy.Well done

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    thank you Ged,Lindy & Zaps
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    How did you get up there Mandy, you,re not absailing again are you?

    Great views from what has become the family church since St Benedicts was pulled down. Our lot seem to have their services from there now.

    Well done Mandy.

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    This church is one of my most favorites. This is probably because I really adore the way iron steels were erected on the ceiling, better than any other steel commercial buildings that has ever existed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sacredgate View Post
    This church is one of my most favorites. This is probably because I really adore the way iron steels were erected on the ceiling, better than any other steel commercial buildings that has ever existed.
    ^ I totally agree with you. its good to think about how a considerably old church still could attract lots of admirers.
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    Taffy wrote:
    < Frances Morton and Co Ltd was of course based in Garston and was a major steel fabrication company. A particular speciality was prefabricated buildings, churches etc which they exported world wide. The business had its roots in Cable St Liverpool in 1766. Unfortunately like most of the original dockside industry in Garston, it is no more. >

    Please could you tell me more about the history of this Company. I think was founded by two engineers but I couldn't find any information about them.
    Could you tell me what happened with this Co.? Are they still working with another name?
    I am from Buenos Aires and we have very important iron buildings from 1910-1920. The most famous is the Railroad Central Terminal that has cost 2.000.000 pounds of those years.
    Thank you very much for your attention.
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