I started the "other" thread...(what's there to be guilty about?).
I don't mind if my thread is merged with another if it makes it easier for people to access St. Lukes pics.
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I started the "other" thread...(what's there to be guilty about?).
I don't mind if my thread is merged with another if it makes it easier for people to access St. Lukes pics.
Hi KlaatuQuote:
Originally Posted by Klaatu
No problem at all, Klaatu. I just thought it interesting that there were two threads that were started at the same time asking for photos of St. Luke's. For your information, there has been on occasions a single individual who would start several threads asking for the same thing. I am pleased to know the requests from you and Liverpool_Poet (Justine Tennant) were separate. Since Justine would like her thread not to be merged with the one you started, we will keep it that way.
All the best
Chris
I did find the sketch.
It's in the 'Churches of Liverpool' thread.
I'm a firm believer in keeping things in order.
(If only I was so organised at home, away from the computer!)
Church rises from ashes
Sep 10 2007
by Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post
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ASK for directions to St Luke’s in Liverpool, and you might be met with a blank stare. Ask where you can find the bombed-out church, and you could expect to be immediately directed to the top of Bold Street.
For years an overgrown, abandoned relic, the church, which was damaged beyond all use in a World War II fire attack, is now being opened to the public in continually more inventive ways.
It’s all thanks to the love and attention of a music, art and community collective dedicated to the upkeep of the historic war-torn building.
That collective, Urban Strawberry Lunch, was set up by Ambrose Reynolds 20 years ago.
It is first and foremost a band, currently a three-piece with contributions from other musicians and artists, making music with instruments made out of unwanted, and often unusual objects.
Guitars made from broom handles and mannequin’s legs, and drums made from car wheels are among some of the things they have used.
They perform a unique mix of ambient, jazz, dance and rock ‘n’ roll all over the world, and have an educational programme which they take around schools.
The bombed-out church has been open to the public between 12pm and 2pm (weather dependant) in the week since May, as part of their “Lunch @ St Luke’s”.
“We have to be quite spontaneous,” says Mr Reynolds.
Urban Strawberry Lunch holds the performance licence for St Luke’s until 2009, with the option to extend it until 2012.
The church was occasionally opened up to visitors in the 1960s, but it is thought this is the first time it has been open on a regular basis.
St Luke’s – or “the bombdy” as Urban Strawberry Lunch affectionately called it, had more than 5,000 visitors this weekend.
“It seems to have that mass appeal,” said Mr Reynolds. “We have people coming in with tears in their eyes who remember it on fire.
“This is one of the few places where you can actually see the effect the Blitz had on Liverpool.”
Urban Strawberry Lunch became involved in St Luke’s as a result of their ongoing Finest Hour Sound Archive project, in which they have interviewed local people to hear their experiences of the Blitz with a view to eventually make them available to Liverpool’s records office, the Museum of Liverpool, and the National and North West’s Sound Archives.
The project was a continuation of Ambrose Reynolds’s lifelong obsession with the significance of the building.
In 2005, they hosted a VE day garden party in the grounds, and a year later staged a play there.
For the 2006 Biennial, Slovenian artist Matej Andraz Vogrincic filled the nave with upturned green boats.
Band member Liz Carlisle said: “There’s two stories we’ve heard about St Luke’s – one is that, because the whole city was on fire, there was no water and they had to let it burn. The other is that fire fighters were at the scene and it was under control, but then a munitions factory nearby got hit and they had to make that a priority. We’re not quite sure which one’s right.”
They celebrated the space this weekend with the two-day Churchstock festival, in which unsigned bands, including Urban Strawberry Lunch, played.
Organiser Paul McDowell, who runs independent record label MiMaMo, said: “We had to turn acts away – everybody was really excited to be playing in such a unique venue.”
Mr Reynolds added: “Our aim is to set up a conservation trust and we have asked a very high-profile patron to come on board.
“Over the next three years, we want to be an engine for change and protect what’s here.”
From Tuesday, there will be a two- week exhibition of work by the artist Emily Johns.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
I have been doing more extensive research on St Luke's and have found that the 'new' clock that was put in by the City Council after the war came from the clock tower of the Hydraulic Pumping Station at Toxteth Dock in the Dingle. Does anyone have any pictures or information on the station?
Toxteth Dock Hydraulic Station is still there...and a Grade II Listed Building (together with the Customs Depot...source: Liverpool Council list).
It's the Red Cross building (Sefton Street). It's by the large anchor in the middle of Sefton Street, near Park Street junction. I pass it quite often, but I've only taken about 2 pics...I'll have to get more myself.
It appears on the Councils' list with an L3 postcode...which makes me laugh.
Edit: just incase It's the other end of the dock you want, there is of course the clock tower at Century Building (Brunswick Business park). Everything inbetween the two buildings I mentioned was Toxteth Dock, despite what any new signs might say.
I'm trying to picture the area. I used to work back there in 1994 for a Games Company next to the Jaguar Showroom. Do you mean by the roundabout by the Renault garage?Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
The extent of Toxteth Dock runs from the main (Sefton Street) entrance to Brunswick Business Park...Northwards to where Harry Ramsdens used to be (by the Renault roundabout).
In the picture below, everything in view until you reach the very end of the dock sheds at the Red Cross building (it used to be a Fiat car-dealership many years ago)
South of Century Building until you reach the Jaguar showroom would be the extent of Harrington Dock. It's confusing because both 'proper' names (Harrington and Toxteth docks) have been replaced with the title Brunswick Business park. To recap...North in the pic is Toxteth Dock, and South would be Harrington Dock, with the entrance gate right in the middle.
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English Heritage has a pic of the Hydraulic Station.
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.o...imageUID=15990
Spot on. I know the one now as I used to park next to it when I didn't notice buildings like this!Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
A strange place to transport the clock from there and install it in St Luke's!
Nov 29 2008 by Mark Johnson, Liverpool Daily Post
A LIVERPOOL based community group unveiled a makeover at the city centre?s St Luke?s Church.
Urban Strawberry Lunch (USL), which is dedicated to the upkeep of the war-torn building, carried out the work after the church scooped ?1,800 of goods and services.
The funding came from B&Q?s One Planet Living Awards, which aims to help reduce the ecological footprint and enhance the local community.
In the late evening of Monday May 5 1941 the church at the corner of Leece Street and Berry street was hit by an incendiary bomb during the blitz.
But the church stood and represents a vital chapter in city's history and holds a special place in the hearts of Liverpudlians.
Scores turned out to see the transformation, including Riverside MP Louise Ellman.
LIVERPOOL?S bombed-out church is being turned into a cinema. Read
Thats interesting.. but, doesn't seem large enough to accomodate the people ... Sort of strange to show pics in a reverant place.. My thoughts are that Williamson square would probably be a better choice ... hemmm..
Merry Christmas
ps,, Isn't St.Lukes suppose to be haunted?
BTW, the clock in the church was taken from the Toxteth Dock hydraulic station in the 1970s, when they cleaned up the church stone, which was bible black. The dock had recently closed down and it was thought all the dock buildings would be demolished. They were later put under preservation orders.
The original clock was burnt out and the clock hands stuck at 5:25, the time the fire from the bombing reached the clock. The face had gone but the hands still there. They should have left the old clock alone at 5:25. I was astounded that anyone could take the old clock away - replacing it was a real dumb thing to do.
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Not a very good day for a service in there!
Not sure where you got that information from - I have a photograph from a lady who lived in Bold Place. She said that between Midnight and 3:30am, St Luke's was given a direct hit. The photo's show the clock stopped at 3:36am - which may have been over an hour after the bomb was dropped - mainly because of the fire taking hold and burning through the tower at a slow pace. The only part of the tower that remained (internally) was the steel bell frame, everything else including the original clock and movement crashed to the ground.Quote:
The original clock was burnt out and the clock hands stuck at 5:25, the time the fire from the bombing reached the clock. The face had gone but the hands still there. They should have left the old clock alone at 5:25. I was astounded that anyone could take the old clock away - replacing it was a real dumb thing to do.
I got the information by looking at the clock. I'm pretty sure it was 5:25. It may have been different depending on the face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cadfael