China Town Area

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Originally Posted by Jericho

I think it's great that there is a call for more investment. I'm a bit concerned by Munby's call for taxpayers money to maintain the arch, not because I think that money shouldn't be used in this way but because I'm concerned that if the local Chinese community wait for LCC to maintain it, it will be in a sorry state before it gets a new lick of paint. Why can't local businesses club together and do it themselves? It would also be good if some of the property owned by the community in that area could be developed rather than sweated hoping for better returns in the future - remember the Scandanavian Hotel?

Who knows, they might set a precedent for other communities in the city. One in which the community is proactive, spending its own money, borrowing money against its own assets rather than waiting for grants from the city or the state before people get off their arses.

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Agreed. Liverpool does need to get out of its dependency culture. The Chinese Arch has to be the responsibility of the Chinese Community and not the council taxpayer as a whole.

China town does need more Chinese restaurants though, theres only a couple but theirs Vietnamese themed ones, Japanese ones and even Indian!

Images of Liverpool's China Town as it looks now:

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The full set can be found here.

nice one our Kev :D

If you ever go Into one of the Restaurants down there, get some Duck outta the Ma Bo. Greasy, but good.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Nice pics though, I get put off taking pics In weather like today though.

Didnt yer get one in the Mah Boh Maxie Lad..

I got Duck once there yeah.

Is the Nook still open? Its at least 10 years since I went in there, I believe they were meant to call 'Last Orders' in Chinese.

It was last Xmas.

To call it rough and ready would be an injustice to rough and ready, but you wouldn't want that place any other way...

Liverpool's Chinese restaurants are more expensive than London's.

You need numbers to get these places really buzzin and on their toes. Hopefully we'll see more numbers arrive with our upturn, opening more restaurants, providing more competition and (hopefully) even cheaper and better quality scran.

Family snap taken a few years back, showing the recent residential development in China Town. My two youngest have told me to inform you that they are no longer scals, but favour the emo look. Haven't a bleeding clue what they're on about. Eldest will always be a scruff:)

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Great photies as ever Dave. Those poses, or is it posers are great :)

Notice the old underground rail tunnel shaft - there's quite a few of these along the routes to Edge Hill, perhaps a thread on them.

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Originally Posted by Ged

Great photies as ever Dave. Those poses, or is it posers are great :)

Notice the old underground rail tunnel shaft - there's quite a few of these along the routes to Edge Hill, perhaps a thread on them.

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Thanks Ged.
Of course I noticed the tunnel shaft! (lying bar steward:unibrow: )

Its a really cool entrance to the area. Hopefully we'll see a lot more pics after this weekend with it being the Chinese new year on Sunday :)

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I am the nextA.D Dave, ScouserDave and Pete Carr In one.:PDT10

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