Picture Of The Day April 2010

Since no-one posted a pic yesterday, this will do.

17th April

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/...7f35799576.jpg

Smurf. is that one for the 17th ? (not the 12th) :)

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Originally Posted by lindylou

Smurf. is that one for the 17th ? (not the 12th) :)

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it says the 17th !!! I didn't edit it, honest ;)

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very good pic Smurf :PDT11

Thanks, Lindy. Have u seen the statue that was outside the lewis's that used to be in stoke ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/st-photos/2775375331/

I often wonderd what Dickie was looking at , and why would he be looking for it naked ?

Dunno if this will be of interest

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0...urgent&f=false

Thanks Smurf, I hadn't seen the statue in Stoke.

Someone commented on my pic on flickr and gave me the link to it. Says below it was part of john lewis's but wikipedia says it's part of the lewis's chain.

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1st April 2010
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Harland and Wolf on Regent Road. This was were the Titanic was built and taken over to Belfast for fabrication. It was taken over in barges.

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This is where the concept was born. At a dinner in Broughton Hall, West Derby in 1869 , William Imrie and Thomas Ismay decided they would form a partnership, which would lead to the creation of the famous White Star Shipping Line.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/...eb65233e_o.jpg

Around the bend

Nice pictures guys. I've run out of Liverpool pictures for the time being. Have to have a drive around.

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Nice pictures guys. I've run out of Liverpool pictures for the time being. Have to have a drive around.

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So have I. Got no spare ones to post.

I've got a few more but they're all of the same things...

19th April

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Originally Posted by lindylou

So have I. Got no spare ones to post.

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Lindy, you put 'em all up in one go. I was gonna go to town today, but just gonna go to Liscard now.

Nice one SS. Just keep 'em coming..

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Raindrops keep falling on my head

I do enjoy what the digital camera has done for you all, there does seem to be beauty in most things. Has spring yet sprung?

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Originally Posted by Oudeis

I do enjoy what the digital camera has done for you all, there does seem to be beauty in most things. Has spring yet sprung?

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Yes, it has, well in Princes Park at least...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/...2711e987_o.jpg
Tower Buildings with a shadow of the Liver just starting to show

Great pics :PDT11

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View across the Mersey with the Albert Dock in the foreground and the Birkenhead Floats in the distance
best viewed large

Excellent pic, GD. Where's it taken from ?

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Excellent pic, GD. Where's it taken from ?

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LIverpool. :smirk::slywink:

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Originally Posted by scouse smurf

Excellent pic, GD. Where's it taken from ?

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the cathedral Smurf

Had a feeling it was. How windy was it up there ?

24 April Vale Park, Wallasey....

25 April

Taken in Chester this week. Just sat there and posed for ages!

That's a lovley little Robin , have you noticed that their little breasts seem very red , the Robins in my garden seem very red latley .

I was just surprised to see a Robin :)

26 April
Sorry for 3 consecutive days but seeing as no-one else has posted.... :)

The great Stained glass windows as seen from above, from the balcony by the Tapestry room......

Views from the Big Wheel

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The Huskisson Mausoleum in St Jame`s cemetry

Just thought I'd add a pic' of this statue of Huskisson himself,in memory of another local first,the world's first rail casualty!! This used to be in the vicinity of the customs house,then was moved to ? anyone know?

Dukes Terrace.

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
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NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

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Originally Posted by dazza

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
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NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

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Nice one Dazza:handclap:

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Originally Posted by gregs dad

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/...a669efaa_o.jpg
The Huskisson Mausoleum in St Jame`s cemetry

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Another fine pic GD.:handclap:

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Originally Posted by dazza

The Huskisson memorial*

The statue was unveiled 15 Oct. 1847 outside the Customs House.
After the war it was moved to the boulevard separating Prince's Ave from Prince's Road, on 25 Sept 1954.
In 1982 the statue was pulled off it's pedestal because it was wrongly believed that Huskisson was a slave trader. The statueless pedestal remains.
It was then moved to the Oratory, St James's Mount Gardens.
In 2005 it was moved to Duke's Terrace, which is shown in wsteve's photo above.


SOURCE: Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool (L'pool, 1997) 150-3
__________________________


NOTES: Also from English Heritage text quoted in full here.

* "A public subscription for a memorial raised £3,000 and a competition was agreed. Subsequently John Gibson, a celebrated local sculptor who had trained under Antonio Canova, was awarded the commission without recourse to a competition. A marble statue of 1833 was placed in Huskisson's mausoleum (q.v.), designed by John Foster Jnr in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool. A large number of subscribers complained that the statue could not be properly seen. Huskisson's wife paid for a second marble version to be made for the Customs House. It was instead placed at the Royal Exchange, London, now in Pimlico Gardens. Mrs Huskisson then paid for the third, bronze version. It was unveiled in 1847 in front of the Customs House."

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Some interesting stuff on the statue(s) Dazza,and considering how many times it was moved,a wonder it survived!

The Adelphi Hotel.