St Lukes, Berry Street: I heard the sound of bells when I went past this church today, which I thought was unusual. There are old photographs around the railings and an 'open' sign outside.
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St Lukes, Berry Street: I heard the sound of bells when I went past this church today, which I thought was unusual. There are old photographs around the railings and an 'open' sign outside.
The church is open for all to wonder around in until September I think (could be wrong) but I think this is the one chance you'll get to have a good nose inside the building.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
I may head up there tomorrow with the camera. The bells are probably from a recording and are not the original sound of the bells - these were recorded once before WW2 by the BBC and they lost the recording :rolleyes:
From the Liverpool Heritage Forum Newsletter for May.
An interesting collection of photos of Liverpool during the World War II blitz is attached to the fence around St Luke’s Church. Liverpool suffered more bomb damage than any city in England apart from London but this was hushed up by the government of the time because Liverpool was the only port open throughout the war and the government did not wish it to appear to be greatly damaged. One of the panels of this exhibition says that the people of Liverpool suffered greatly (true) but that they did not know what they were suffering for! Relatives of those who strove (and died) to maintain public services in extremely difficult circumstances at the time would say that their ancestors had the clearest possible idea of what the war was about - stopping Nazi brutality taking over our country! Political correctness should respect some limits!
This is the site from which the above newsletter comes.
http://www.liverpoolheritageforum.org.uk/
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Originally Posted by Ged
And this is how one of the well-written, well-researched pieces start:
Royal Court Theatre
Rob Ainsworth 2 March 2007
Built in the 12th Century in 1826
I'm still trying to figure out what that means! :PDT10
If a date is given, there's no point in saying what century it was.
It can't be a typo, because '2' is nowhere near '9'.
Ha ha. I didn't know Rob Ainsworth built the Royal Court or that it was that old.
Do these posts appear as you're typing them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Ged managed to have his answer up at the same time as I submitted the piece.
The previous Royal Court was built in 1826, so he got that right!
I have a feeling these blocks are from St Thomas, Park Lane. They are within a compound near to Joseph Williamsons vault.
Spot on - all the graves are still there and all the gravestones are still there too, but they were part of the church that were taken up when they put the road through.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
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Originally Posted by PhilipG
I think you mean 18th century not 19th. The 19th century started in 1850 not 1800. Never mind education is free to those you require it.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/5...a26fc18bc4.jpg
St Anthony Of Padua, Queens Drive Mossley Hill.
Ah, i've read about this in Tom Slemen 101 - the invisible church. What's that writing across the missle of it though ? :unibrow:
Thank you, but I know what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roscoe
If you think the 19th century started in 1850 not 1800, why should I argue?
So we're still in the 20th century now in 2007, according to you, or was it just the 19th century that started 50 years late?
You'll have to translate your last sentence because I don't understand it.
The Church I posted?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Yeah, check it out, I can't see it?
I can if I click on flickr but I thought the pic was just supposed to appear here without clicking. Sorry if it's my mistake.
There's a plan afoot to try and re-open this building as a working church. see:
http://www.liverpoolpioneerministry.org.uk/
Are you able to help?
For the church's history, see
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html
Can you help?
It's been posted to "Old Liverpool" and the poster thinks it might be south Liverpool, perhaps Woolton.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/4...16ba5cb2_b.jpg
Interesting photo Philip. I cannot place it for the moment. It may of course have been demolished. The clue is in the distant spire. I thought it might be St Andrews, Toxteth Park with the distant spire Christchurch, Linnet Lane. But on reflection perhaps not.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Thanks Taffy.
I think the spire is part of the church, not a distant one.
It's very distinctive.
I also think we're looking at the back of the church, which makes identification a bit harder.
I meant the spire in the middle distance of the photo. Yes the photo is looking at the chancel and the east end of the churchQuote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Walton Church Tower is open to the public every Sunday afternoon in August, between 3pm and 5pm.
There is a charge (about £2).
Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Thanks Phil for letting us know :PDT_Piratz_26:
Many of my childhood memories surround St Chrysostoms Church - corner of Queens Road and Aubrey Street, Everton - the 19 tram used to turn around there. It was going to be the centerpiece of the redevelopment from the 1960's. It became the butt of vandalls in about the late 1960's or early 70's, and was burned down. I often talk to my wife about this church but have no photographs. I have plenty of the activities and other things that were important to the people who lived around that diocese - such as The Rose Queen. Does anyone out there have any photographs or even memories of this church? It was a beautiful structure in the Gothic style.
I couldn't find a photoQuote:
Originally Posted by WilliamBrown
picture taken from Lancashire Online Parish Clerks
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/Everton/index.html
Thanks Robbo 176. Really good sketch of St Chrysostoms. Would like someone to provide a photo though. I will have to dig around to see if I have one (don't think I do) if so it will be black and white. Ta so much for the sketch though.
Hey all
Does anyone know of any pics of St Pauls church which was on the bottom of Belvedere Road up until the 70's?
Here you go DaisyChainsQuote:
Originally Posted by DaisyChains
http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverp...st%20pauls.htm
It took its name from St Paul's, St Paul's Square, near Exchange Station.
Along with the Cunard Building, it was one of the few major buildings in Liverpool where building work was allowed to continue during the First World War.
(For instance work on St Philip Neri in Catharine Street was delayed so much that it didn't open until 1920.)
St Paul's opened in 1916 and had been designed by Giles Gilbert Scott while he was working on his masterpiece, the Anglican Cathedral.
I like St Paul's, especially for its very unusual design, which looks quite Continental to me.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/...cea93b21_o.jpg
Nice photo Philip. Unfortunately the functionality of this church's design left a lot to be desired and it suffered from damp penetration for many years. Hopefully the recent renovation work has solved this problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
http://www.saintpaulstoneycroft.co.uk/restoration.html
When new.
Showing Berry Street before it was widened at the turn at the 20th century.
The other tower belonged to St Mark's Church in Upper Duke Street, which was the largest church in Liverpool.
Picture source: LRO, Central Library. (Photocopy)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1334/...c49afe2d_o.jpg
This old church is on Sandown Lane Wavertree. I believe it's due for renovation. It was replaced by a new church in Victoria Park which itself was taken over by the Church of England in the early 1950s and redicated as St Mary's. For a time the Sandown lane building was a Methodist Sunday school.
Hello everyone, I just registered today but have been a browser for ages, and this thread got me in :PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by MissInformed
I used to go to St Nics before it moved to Brownlow Hill when it was at the back of the Adelphi, and I can't find ANY picture of either the Church ( St Nicholas Pro Cathederal Hawke Street) or the old School.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Not of the church but....
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/w...liam_white.asp
Have a look atQuote:
Originally Posted by Asbo
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix...gory_sakey=249
Good photo of St Nicholas Pro cathedral
It was known as the German Church.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Dotn know if there's any truth in it at all but somebody told me about 10 years ago that St Pauls was built as a sort of test run for a much bigger version that was ging to be built somewhere else, 8 times the size.
Wow Thank you so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by taffy
St Columbas church, Anfield. photos taken Dec 20th 07.
St Michael in the Hamlet:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/...3ca87398_o.jpg