A few days missing, so here's a few to catch up -
Gay Pride Day, Pier head, Aug 2011
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A few days missing, so here's a few to catch up -
Gay Pride Day, Pier head, Aug 2011
Quirky car in Victoria st.
Penquins .. .. I forgot where I saw them now ! ha,ha, -- the tourist shop at the Pier Head I think.
Great pics, Lindy. Thanks! :handclap:
Cheers
Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
No but I had to go on one knee to take it and walk around town with 1 wet knee GrekkoQuote:
Originally Posted by grekko
didn't dampen your enthusiasm then?Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Great shot that joe:PDT11
Sun 14th Aug 2011
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The anchor belonged to H M S Conway which was anchored in the Mersey,used as a training school for naval people. After the loss of the Conway in 1953 the anchor was recovered in 1968 and placed in
the parade ground of the Stone Frigate in Anglesey.
It was returned to Liverpool in 1980
How are the trains going to get by on those tracks with that bloody big anchor in the way?.....:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
15.8.2011
A ruined view !
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collegepudding
16 August
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well ... i know...a little crooked ...horizon is curve
beautiful building
It would be nice to know where it is! what it is! or any other explanation!!! PLEASE!:PDT_Xtremez_12:
Is it one of the "art around Town" installations? Or leftover from the pod people?Quote:
Originally Posted by lenka
liverpudlian girls(12-14yo?) smoking weed inside piece of art near Ropewalks General Practice at Argyle Street, Liverpool (Cambell Square) - google map:Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm NZ
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...ed=0CBkQ8gEwAA
I assume that this is the place...........Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm NZ
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18 August
may i again?
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liverpool sculpture by exacta2a, on Flickr
Another bust of the famous Captain Johnnie Walker in the Western Approaches museum in Liverpool
Nice photograph, Joe. :handclap:
Thanks Lenka! I love seeing all the photographs of all parts of the city, and I try to 'relate' them to the areas that I remember way back in the 60s!! Could this photo be new development in the Duke St area? I seem to recognise the older building at the rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by lenka
It's the much maligned black granite Mann Island buildings Norm. There is currently a photographic exhibition on in there. You are looking out onto one of the old red brick dock buildings near the new museum. The other side looks out onto Mann Island.
20th Aug.
In the new museum. The model of what would have been the beautiful Lutyens Cathedral.
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That would have kept unemployment down in Liverpool if it was built...:)
Do you think there was a bit of "My cathederal is bigger than yours" going on?
Hi AZ
The proposed Lutyens cathedral was due to be built on the grand scale very much like the Westminster Cathedral in London, which itself was based on ancient models as the website for that important London R.C. church shows. I do think there is a case to be made that the feeling was something should be built to rival the scale of the Anglican Cathedral, especially since Liverpool had such a large Catholic population, it only made sense to do so.
In the end, I am glad that a more modern and sleek building was built instead of the city having two behomeths that in a way would have only bolstered the sectarian rivalry that existed in Liverpool back when both cathedrals, the interrupted Lutyens one and the Gilbert Scott Anglican one, were begun. Liverpool, thank goodness, has never experienced the sectarian violence of, say, Belfast but an in-your-face challenge of mine is bigger than yours would not have helped. Good point, AZ.
All the best
Chris
"Thanks a lot" Ged, your reply is much appreciated.:PDT11
21st Aug.
Wavertree lock up.
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This does not look quite like the Toffee's one and with regard to the other posts above. Does Liverpool need two of everything? ;)
Early morning snack.
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St John's Tower/ St John's Beacon, Radio City tower - - whatever you choose call it :)
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I think the intent was more than to "rival the scale" the Anglican cathedral. It would have been ginourmous...:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
The cathedral, seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool, would have been a massive 530 ft long, larger than any other cathedral in England. The ceiling of the nave would reach 138 ft from the floor, while a great dome, 168 ft in diameter and 300 ft high would crown the church. Aside from the high altar, which would be twelve feet above the floor of the nave, fifty-three side altars would be located down the nave, along the aisles, and in the transepts and apse. The cathedral’s dome would have been larger than St. Peter’s. The entrance arch on the west portal would have been able to contain the tower of Liverpool University. At 520 ft, the cathedral’s height would overpower the nearby Anglican cathedral, itself 330 ft tall. Somewhat ironically, the design of Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral was by Lutyens, an Anglican, while the modern gothic of the city’s contemporary Anglican cathedral, was designed by Gilbert Scott, a Catholic.
Look at the heights mentioned and consider the "visual mass" of both cathederals. Talk about overwhelming.
from here -
http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/01/...g-never-built/
I scaled two pictures so you can see the "visual mass" of the buildings...
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Hey AZ mateQuote:
Originally Posted by az_gila
You were the one that said, "Do you think there was a bit of 'My cathederal is bigger than yours' going on?"
I do think to some extent there was something of that going on, in that the Catholic hierarchy could have had the idea of not letting Anglicans be seen as having such a dominating cathedral in a city that they regarded as being "theirs."
Cheers
Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Salt House Tapas, corner of Paradise & Hanover Street, L1
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Liver bird inside the new museum.
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The Nook pub, Nelson st, China town.
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Nice picture, Lindy! :handclap:
Fab pics Linda and all ;)
Great pic, Smurf. There was dramatic fork lightning the other night while I was riding home on the Marc train from Washington, D.C.Quote:
Originally Posted by scouse smurf
Thanks Chris, not a patch on this photo though. Brian has said I can post it here, go check out the others he took too
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Zzap! by briancdfisher, on Flickr
27th Aug 2011
Tiltshift effect from the top of the cathedral