Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Thomas Harrison (1815-1888) was an apprentice to the firm of Samuel Brown and Son and Company who operated as Shipbrokers in 1830. James Harrison (1821-1891) joined Samuel Brown in 1838, and in 1839 Thomas became a partner in the firm, which changed its name to George Brown and Harrison, George being Samuel's son. In 1849 James became a full partner and by this time the firm's main ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards A link today to my 'Picture Liverpool' website, due mainly to the fact that I couldn't resist taking a trip into Liverpool City Centre with my Camera for Pride. More than 50,000 people were expected to have converged on the Gay Quarter and the Pier Head in Liverpool on 4th August 2013, for Gay Pride. The rainbow flag was also raised over the Town Hall on Dale ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Standing proudly at the top of William Brown Street on Commutation Row, is the fluted stone Wellington Monument. A 14 foot statue of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, cast from cannon guns captured at the battle of Waterloo, stands on top of an 81 foot column unveiled in 1863. Read More.......
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards The Steble Fountain The Steble Fountain was a gift to the City Of Liverpool from Colonel R.F Steble, the Mayor of Liverpool from 1874 to 1875 and was unveiled by a later Mayor Sir Thomas Bland Royden, in 1879. According to Pevsner, the art historian, it was designed by W Cunliffe, but more recent research attributes it to French artist Paul ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Sefton Park covers some 269 acres of land, it was acquired by Liverpool Corporation from the Earle of Sefton in 1867. Architects Lewis Hornblower and Edouard Andre, who won a competition that year, designed the layout. The park was opened by the Duke of Connaught in 1872 and the Palm House in the park completed in 1896. The Palm House was a gift to the city by Henry ...
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