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Two Lime St ladies on the frontage of the Great Western hotel one holds a laurel sheaf and a classic head at her base, while the other has a small crocodile on her leg.
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Two Lime St ladies on the frontage of the Great Western hotel one holds a laurel sheaf and a classic head at her base, while the other has a small crocodile on her leg.
Thanks GD. It's amazing what you can see when it is pointed out :)
finally got to see the Liverpool Heroes memorial today. after seeing Mark and DPs pics I was determined to make the effort to go and photograph this magnificent piece of work
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A couple of old friends have appeared again,
The clock in Church St on Keys Court and the golden eagle is back on its nest in Paradise St.
Fantastic images :handclap:
Thanks Kev
No probs GD. Yours and others pics are what makes Yo! Liverpool such a great place to be :)
Lovely. I'm just hoping the cross (for St Peter's Church) in the pavement is reinstated. That church was part of my heritage.
I'll second that. Well said and great pics as usual GD & Quincy.:PDT11Quote:
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This is at the foot of the 16th earl of derby`s tombstone in Liverpool Cathedral. Anybody know the story of the eagle and child,all I know is there are a few pubs by the name in various parts of the country including the Liverpool one which has been demolished.
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Can't speak for the rest of the country but the local one usually refers to the symbol of the Earls of Derby, or the Stanleys as they were then.The legend has it, that one Lord Stanley, having no legitimate son with his wife but an illegitimate one with a village girl, decided to take advantage both of his wife's naiveness and the reputation for child stealing which the eagle (sea eagle?) resident in these parts then, enjoyed. He placed his illegitimate off-spring on the ground underneath the nest of an eagle and then invited his wife to stroll in that direction. On finding the child, a thieving eagle was blamed and the child was adopted! Another version of the legend says that the son never inherited as the father had a fit of guilt and left everything to his (legitimate) daughter who adopted the symbol to crow over her half-brother. Various versions exist but that's roughly it.Quote:
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In Mawdesley out in Lancs, there's an eagle and child pub also named for the Stanleys/Derbys who owned nearby Lathom. The locals call it the bird and the *******!
Whoops! I've been censored! The last word is a common word for an illegitimate child beginning with b.
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just wondered if you had any info' on Key's court's previous incarnations, and also,is that it's new name, or a revived old one? I know it was H.M.V.,Woolworth's,previously, but looking at the frontage now, makes me think it was some sort of gallery/arcade, at one time? :)
I thought it was to be called Church alley or yard or something like that .
What is the significance of keys ?
Yes, that's right Lindylou. I heard it was to be called Church Yard.Quote:
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it did have a different name when the project started, I'm trying to find the page online that gave the original names.Quote:
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as for the keys; at the very top of the building, way above the clock is this...
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Well spotted Quincy :handclap:
Thanks Quincy. :)
As for the Keys I have a theory.
The site was that of St. Peters Church (the Liverpool pro-cathedral) and St Peter in traditional Christian symbolgy is indicated by a set of 'crossed keys'. The reason for the Keys is that St Peter traditionaly guards the gates into Heaven and so they keys to the gates became his symbol.
I'm guessing that Keys Court is so named as a reminder of St Peters Church and the keys that St Peter held.
St Peter was also the first pope and as such the emblem of the papacy includes the crossed keys;
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Well done Fortinian, I suspect you may well be right there.
Thanks for posting info.
This is a fantastic photo (and door!)Quote:
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Nelson
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Queen Victoria's horse & Wellington
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Blitz Memorial
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Eros Statue
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(ignore the copyrights, I just took the photos from my website)
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Excellent pics annajane :)
Welcome btw :PDT11
I'll second that :handclap:
lovely photos AnnaJane, brilliant website too:PDT_Piratz_26:
I will third it if possible.:PDT11Quote:
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:D Thanks guys.
ANNAJANE, those photos were really good, thank you for sharing them with us.
I happened to be in the Women's Hospital on Saturday visiting and couldn't wait to ask a friend to take a photo of the statue outside. I think it is very moving as a piece of art especially where it is, gives it a double award from me. See what others make of it.
lovely photo Potter :PDT_Piratz_26:
I visited the Womens myself recently & was disappointed that I never took my camera with me to take a picture of the statue
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I'll second that :handclap:
A very beautiful sculpture, well done for spotting it Potter :)
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The yellow submarine at it`s old berth before Liverpool 1 was concieved
Nice pics everyone:PDT11
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A new monument in Liverpool 1 by Paradiase St
Paul Ds pic at No 8, the War Monument in Kings Park Bootle is, I think, the most underrated war monument in the City. Its beautiful, sad and moving
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Great photograph. Thanks, Joe!
Chris
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Did you know it was reported on local radio over the holiday period that this was smashed up and dismantled by the pondlife trying to weigh it in as scrap (apparently) but they gave up on trying to move it as it was too heavy. A local campaigner had applied for railings around the park as youths were using it for drinking and anti social behaviour.
Agreed, thanks, Partsky. Ged, I am sorry to hear about the vandalism and anti-social behavior around the monument. Ugh.Quote:
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An apple a day for Mr Disraeli