These ones are designed to protect the old lamp post which incidentally has a very nice Liverbird in the casting.
These ones are designed to protect the old lamp post which incidentally has a very nice Liverbird in the casting.
I've seen a few places with those ribbed square bollards (which taper towards the top). The best example is the Pall Mall arc. I've seen others around town, though most are probably modern. Dale St/Tithebarn St/Castle St/by the bucket fountain/by Walker Art gallery etc.
I noticed a few still with black/white stripes...somewhere off West Derby Road (Hygeia Street, I think). A variation on the square ribbed bollard is at the start of Shaw Street (it's thinner, than the others)
I'll take pics of the non-standard ones I see. I think I even saw a few square tapering bollards, made out of concrete (but I'll have to check near Tuebrook market)
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Lower Bank View and Leather Lane bollards. I haven't found these designs repeated anywhere else, yet, but I'm still looking. I'd guess these are some of the oldest ones.
Good pics Marky.
Lets hope a few more get caught on camera.
Taffy
These are the ones I remember and seen alot of on old pics.
Good sighting Taffy.
Solitary bollard at junction of Tempest Hey and Leather Lane. In the background is Eberle St. This is a fascinating area of old Liverpool with narrow lanes reflecting the old burgage plots along Dale St
Chadwick Street/Pall Mall. The best ones I know of this old type.
Mill Lane. There are eight of these bollards in this street.
Camden Street. An old colour that I've also seen on some cannon/ball bollards.
nice pic, worlds apart that last pic, the work gone into that iron bollard, then the mass produced concrete ones bordering the carpark, i wonder if in 150 years people will be snapping the old concrete ones, i don't think so
Marky
Great shots mate, the ones in Pall Mall is that down by the old Tate & Lyle factory.
Some interesting old and new bollards.
Last edited by taffy; 02-13-2008 at 10:04 PM.
^ Yes, that long arc of bollards is down by the start of the railway arches that run between Gt Howard Street and Vauxhall Road (near the Eldonian Village).
Guelph Place, off Kensington. Total of six here. This narrow street no longer appears on Google maps, but it still has its' old cast-iron name plate.
Regent Street.
Fazakerley Street. A non-standard cannon and ball bollard, plus a ribbed one in the distance.
Last edited by marky; 08-31-2009 at 10:37 AM.
Marky
Super pics, you must have your own GPS for tracking these bollards down.
That shot of Regent Street, do I spot a drinking fountain set in the wall ?
Any idea how high and wide these bollards are ?
Look forward to your pics mate.
Last edited by xkopite; 02-14-2008 at 06:38 PM.
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