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great pics Kev sooo cute :PDT11
I'm getting all broody.Quote:
Originally Posted by robbo176
Must get another dog! :)
dogs are a lot cheaper:PDT11Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
I have noticed that the original victorian railings are in a very bad state and was wandering if anyone knew if they are going to be repaired anytime soon.
I ask this because I have noticed that the park on west derby road as you come out of town at the junction with everton road has recently had its railings repaired and repainted. Just a shame about the rest of the park which is completely bare.
Kev, blinkin' lovely !!
Great photos :handclap:
LOTTERY cash is needed to kickstart a £5m dream of turning a rundown park into one of Liverpool’s most popular attractions. more
THE finishing touches are being put to the £1.7m makeover of Liverpool’s Otterspool promenade and “sneak” visitors are already giving a thumbs-up to the dramatic transformation. more
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Pics please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
The riverside promenade, created out of what was the city’s biggest refuse tip, is now home to a children’s play area, a gym challenge course and an impressive Sitting Bull sculpture which was rescued from the former International Garden Festival site.
From Sefton Park today. The Sky was too cloudy and hazy for me so I did flower pics instead.:PDT_Aliboronz_11:
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Hi Kev & Max
Great pics, both. Also wonderful news about the renovation plans for Otterspool.
Chris
I went to see St Georges Hall today, which is amazing, but I was amazed to read on one of the information boards that the old hospital in newsham park was originally built as judges lodges in the mid 1800s, and during its last days of use Queen Victoria actually stayed there!
Spent the day at Otterspool. The kids play park is now open and the kids are enjoying it.
The day was spoilt by needing a toilet for the Lady. Not one to be found. It seems to be a city-wide problem:-
Sefton Park = None that I can find:disgust:
Newsham Park = again, none that I can find.:disgust:
Otterspool Prom = ? need I go on:disgust:
Stanley Park ???
and what about all the other parks ??
We now have to plan our days out on toilet locations.:disgust:
Leaves me wondering what the millions of visitors will do in 2008 if they visit a park in the city. (Incopads and Percy Payne bags on sale here):)
Phredd
Well said! I've got a mate who is diabetic and is on lots of tablets. When he has to take a leek, he has to take a leek and usually it can be by the nearest pub. However, if you are taken short in a public area and the police caught you watering the bushes, could you take the City Council to court to say that x amount of Facilities in Liverpool are locked up and therefore you had no-where to go. It would be interesting to see if there has ever been a legislation of every district in Liverpool having to have their own public toilets - Wavertree - locked up, Childwall - demolished, behind St George's hall - locked up......Quote:
Originally Posted by phredd
I'm going to play on the swings In otterspool then one night.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Sometimes I pay on the ones on Ullet Road by the Tower Blocks.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
I fell off one once and landed head first and didn't feel a thing!:eek:
Ta Max, that explains a lot. :)Quote:
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You beat me to it :lol: :lol:
phredd
Great minds Phredd. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by phredd
I'd be amazed to read that, too, because it's wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by AK1
They're two different buildings, at either side of the park.
Park Hospital was the Seamen's Orphanage which opened in 1864.
Queen Victoria stayed at the Judge's Lodgings in 1886 when she visited The International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Manufacturers. The house had been built in the late 18th century as Newsham House.
PhilipG, you are correct. As far as I understand it, Queen Victoria stayed in the judges' lodgings which you mention.Quote:
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I have read it somewhere or been told about it.
It only explains my head Is solid and the bone structure Is thick enough to withstand average falls and attacks.:PDT10Quote:
Originally Posted by shytalk
I am one of the smartest scousers ever.
My mistake!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Not that smart, yesterday you were denying being a scouser!Quote:
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I think that there are still public loos at the café in Sefton Park?
Yes, but they are entered through the cafe these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
^^^^^^^ As Phil says up there ^^^^^^^
Are they public for the use of the cafe or are they open to everyone >>
Phredd
They're for the public.Quote:
Originally Posted by phredd
I suppose it's a bit like McDonalds or a pub - if you need to go just walk right in as if you've every right to do so!
Legally you're not. To use a facility at a public house, you need to actually buy a drink at the bar before you can use their toilets.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Does anyone know if the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Sefton Park is going to be restored? Someone in another post mentioned that the Statue of Eros, which is now in the Conservation Centre, will not be returned to the fountain! Is this true?
I remember when the statue was taken down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ingo
I had the impression that a replacement was going to be put back.
Apparently a cast has been made:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/c...sculpture.aspx
Naturally, I'm disgusted that all that has happened is that the Conservation Centre have kept the original as the showpiece for their Eros cafe.
Was it ever a fountain?
I know it's called one, but I've never known it working, or even seen photos of it in use.
It's a copy of the one in Piccadilly Circus, London.
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According to someone from Huyton ringing in the Roger Phillips phone in some weeks back. Their public toilets were demolished and upon investigation to the council as to the whereabouts of the nearest public toilets, he was told to use McDonald's. Now whether they were privvy to that information, no-one knows.
Thanks for the link PhilipG. I can't believe I missed that page! Some interesting info there. I think the Conservation Centre does some great work, so lets hope the replica makes its way to the the park soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
RE: Court Hey Park
A VANDAL-plagued conservation centre has won two Merseyside tourism awards.
The National Wildflower Centre in Huyton warned it might have to close after yobs smashed windows in its specialist greenhouse.
But last night the six-year-old nature centre was named Small Tourism Business and Small Visitor Attraction of the year in The Mersey Partnership’s (TMP) annual tourism awards.
The centre in Court Hey Park, Roby Road, is dedicated to creative conservation and putting wildflowers back into Britain. continues....
Interesting to read about the national wildflower centre at Court Hey. It seems a similar attempt was made in the Dingle, Toxteth. Unfortunately, no one told the groundsman who promptly mowed the field !! Only few wild flowers left around the sign where he couldn't get his mower
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Originally Posted by taffy
I don't know who Steph is but her name is written all over St John's gardens.
I happened to walk through the other day and was sadenned to see the gardens in such a state. Vandals have defaced statues and walls and even the back of the hall itself. The flowerbeds are neglected and the area looks poor. I would have thought with the refurbishment of the hall that the gardens would have been restored. Steph and her likes should be punished for vandalism.
Agreed, this is totally unacceptable.
Peter Pan and The Palm House...
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The Bandstand at Sefton Park and a view of the park lake. Both taken in Summer 2000 by my friend Geoff Andrews.
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smashing photos Mark and Chris, I may go up to see the gardens in the next few weeks:handclap: