Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal

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Originally Posted by PhilipG

Thanks. :PDT_Aliboronz_11:
I whittled it down to about a dozen.

The tugs were alongside like this for about an hour.
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7.15, and she's moving.
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Starting to turn round.
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Unfortunately, it was raining by now.
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Great pictures Philip!

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Originally Posted by Samp

Great pictures Philip!

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Thank you, but they're a bit darker than I'd like.
I blame the rain! :eek:

Absolute brilliant pics everyone.Some fine photographers on here:handclap:
Excellent stuff:PDT_Piratz_26:

heres a couple of supersized photos, or of Ark Royal while moored (taken from Seacombe) and a second of the Grand Princess a it passed by Egremonnt Ferry on the way out of Liverpool. Hope these are in the correct section.

You can see the joins if you look, but the Grand Princess one was VERY difficult to stitch due to it moving, and affecting the light. But it looks OK...:D

The photos here are just smaller 'thumbnails', for the full sizes click the links..

Grand Princess:

http://wirrallive.co.uk/files/GrandPrincesPano.jpg (9440x2050 Pixels!)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/corky100/GP.jpg



Ark Royal:

http://wirrallive.co.uk/files/ArkPano2.jpg (4930x2140 Pixels!)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0/DSCF1131.jpg

Good pictures, Corky.

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Originally Posted by gregs dad

No it was one of my rare days without him as he went to school for the first
time on an introduction half day. He starts school after the summer holidays.
This brings to an end 11 years of grandchildren minding as we had 2 more before him. They have started school knowing all about all the wildlife and nature in the country and the sea, they are able to name all the fishes in the sea,and how tides work and at 2 years they could name all the stations from Kirkby to Liverpool and Southport.
We have 24 grandchildren but only started to mind the last 3 when I retired
from work. So now I can really retire.

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a few more than us then...we have 18...but 6 gtgt grandkids. you've given them a great start and I bet they know more than a lot of the kids they'll be mixing with. so well done :handclap:

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Originally Posted by gregs dad

Anyone know where Captain Johnnie Walker has gone to I took this on sunday
but on wednesday he had disappeared,maybe he`s walked into the river

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I photographed him on Monday. they keep shifting things about. I'm still waiting to hear back from the council on what they've done with the Great Escape horse statue from Church St

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Originally Posted by Gnomie

I heard the Qe2 is coming on 3rd October, anyone know if this is true, it will be the last chance to see her as its her farewell tour.

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yes I've got October 3rd in my diary. that was the date listed on the cunard site at the beginning of the year.

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Originally Posted by Ged

And as you were saying bye to her as she disappeared around that corner, Quincyg was saying hello on Crosby beach.

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and bloody cold it was too lol. well worth seeing her sailing out, but I spent the following day stuck in the house ill.

The US Training Ship Empire State is to visit Liverpool tomorrow. She leaves next tuesday. Further details at http://www.sunymaritime.edu/.

Empire State

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Good pictures, Marky.

I believe the Empire State is leaving tomorrow morning at 0800hrs.

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The Captain is back on station again in front of the new Liverpool Life museum. He now looks across the river to Birkenhead where he can see his old enemy the German U-boat 534 at Woodside.

It looks like a WW2 Liberty ship.

Good to see Captain Walker back where he belongs. Anybody read a book called Walker, R.N. by Terence Robertson? Printed in 1956 it's a right cracking read.

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The Empire State was built in 1962. No wonder it looks like a WW2 Liberty Ship.

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The tug Trafalgar moving about on the river,they all seem to be owned by Mr Smit these days as all the names are prefixed with his name.