'Air raid' siren in South Liverpool?

I must confess I've not really thought much about Eastham until today. First of all a house of commons debate about it on my theyworkforyou alerts and now this.

"I've always thought it was from the Stanlow Oil Refinary!"

This confirms it!

http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:6gZxD1C0mukJ:www.merseydocks.co.uk/assets/pdf/Instruction_to_Vessels-MSC.pdf+'queen%2Belizabeth'+eastham+siren&hl=en&ct =clnk&cd=3&gl=uk

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Originally Posted by Devo

This confirms it!

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and so does this reply to an email to http://www.merseydocks.co.uk


> Can you supply any information about the 8.45am siren. There are a
> lot of people in Liverpool who are trying to find out where it comes from and
> why it sounds.
>
> The latest theory is that it is associated with the QEII dock.

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Yes it is the siren at QEII dock, it is tested daily as part of our
emergency procedures and is linked to an emergency call centre.

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At last! Well found Devo by the way.

Nice work Devo! Finally some evidence.

I could never believe that the sound would travel that far across the water. Then I mentioned it to my work colleague who lives in Ellesmere Port and she said that she could hear it too. I had a hunch that it was to do with the ship canal...

According to my mum, it also sounds every New Years Eve at midnight.

She's gutted that for the last few decades she has believed that it has sounded in Garston, havent we all eh?!

And so this thread rumbles on LOL

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Originally Posted by gorgeous

Guess what ?




I think we've managed with some help from Yvonne & Neil to locate the mystery of the siren , they're 99% certain of the location .:handclap: ( Hello & welcome to you both if your looking in )

Do you all want to carry on guessing ? or putting out of your misery ?
It's not from over the water

Luv Karen xx

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Well if its coming from the Docks its not where Gorgous has been told it is.

Now Gorgous will have to come and stirr it up especially as it was her investigative work.

When I stayed at Cressington I never heard it.:ninja:

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Originally Posted by Paddy

When I stayed at Cressington I never heard it.:ninja:

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Really I could not hear anything there... Weird siren, Hmmm maybe it comes from Heaven, no Neverland ... lol :PDT_Xtremez_42:

I'm from Woolton, and I've also heard it also, but not recently !!!

There is one on the training tower at allerton road fire station I think that the one in south Liverpool

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Originally Posted by Aunty J

There's a siren that sounds at 8.45am (every day - Sunday, bank holidays, Christms day.. the lot) in south Liverpool and it's driving me nuts trying to find out where it comes form. I've been told it could be Garston Tannery but that could be too far away but not impossilel with the wind in the right direction etc.

PLEASE does anybody know where it come from!

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There is a siren that sounds every day over the river at the old airport in Hooton at 08.45 am, it's possible that this is the siren that you can hear, it's only about five to six miles as the crow flies.

Neither the folk in the link below or the HP Trust admit to disturbing the peace...

http://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Hooton_Park.htm