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The Cotton Exchange building from Bixteth Street in 1963.
I have to go to a Freight Forwarding Agents here now and then to lodge papers. Yes, it's still like the olden days in some cases.
This hangs on the wall of one of the corridors.
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I'm not that familiar with the building,but it looks totally different from that angle! Was this part "added" on,at a later date,Ged?
Good time to post this picture taken last July in Memphis.
It's the floor of "the other Cotton Exchange" which is now a museum, situated on the Mississippi river front, right next to the area where the bales were taken off the boats.
The guys up the ladders are dummies (as in "one of Lewis's"), and the stuff in the foreground are display cases with large old photos on them, but this is the actual trading floor.
As you can see on the left, the futures prices from the Liverpool Cotton Exchange floor in the building above are prominently displayed. This floor closed in 1978, done in by computer trading - when did the Liverpool one stop trading cotton?
My pic from July -
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A stock picture of the outside of the building/museum - looks like very few changes from original, which was built in 1874 --
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The Liverpool building dates to 1906 and does look a little more modern.
Cotton was a major part of the growth of both cities in the 1800's, two cities built on cotton....
Hiya az_gila, the info you need's in here...http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a...380cot&cid=0#0
I've some fairly recent recollection, of some type of international, cotton trade meeting,in Liverpool! The article,in the "Echo" stated that though many thought Liverpool's cotton trade was a thing of the past, it was in fact, still quite robust,so I can only assume there is still some connection with "King Cotton",even now!?
Sounds like it was this last week...Quote:
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http://www.ccstrade.com/futures-news...ton-800090462/
International Cotton Association meetings for 2010 - Liverpool and Memphis both turn up...
http://www.ica-ltd.org/events
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It`s good to see the old art decor Co-op building in London Road in use again as a B &M store.
The upper floors have been let for student flats for some time now
Good shot. :thumbsup: I like this building.
Sorry to be school marmish about it, but you mean Art Deco. :002:Quote:
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Can`t tell my rrrrr`s from my elbow Chris
Actually Chris...its short for Art Decoratifs. :)
/blows on fingers.
I've just has a "decko" on Wikipedia and see that you are absolutely correct, Georgie. Specifically:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
"The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts) was a World's fair held in Paris, France from April to October 1925. The term Art Deco was derived by shortening the words Arts Décoratifs in the title of this exposition."
Now I've "larned" something. So thanks, George, mate.
Cheers
Chris :PDT11
Basically I know about Art Deco because I did me homework on it many moons ago, I liked the style and had a few ornaments of that period too,but I'm more into Victorian era now.
You can't beat these eras forhome decor,providiingyou have the expensive wallpaper toboot...not like that Fagans cheap tat. :)
Serene lilac now George. Regency mouldings too as I like Georgian. ;)
You two are just a couple of old Georgians. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/...765722b4_o.gifQuote:
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Chris
I copied this design cos its bootiful and Victorian.
Iwanted it in Purple&Gold instead of Beige&Gold and she told me to pi$$ off,it'll be too dark.
Anyone intereted in period coving? fo the home these are the beenees in the stuff.
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/Li...ations/Coving/
Just dust gatherers
I don't know if yer know Joe...but your supposed to clean the house at the very least 3 times a week. :)Quote:
Just dust gatherers
No I`m not George, the wife does that
Our house is Victorian, so we have kept the large hallway in that style to keep the character of the house.
We have 1920s/30s art deco in our front room because I love that period and our large rooms can carry it off.
Our other rooms are modern. We have a very modern bathroom - all mirrors and chrome.
Although we have 3 different styles there, we have mixed the styles well in a way so they don't clash.
ps, no dust is allowed to settle where I am !! :)
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Brougham Terrace looking a bit worse for wear
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The old Grafton Rooms, Looks like no more "Grab a granny nights" as its up for sale.
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The Olympia,the old Locarno still open
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Jone`s Buildings on Kensington in good shape considering it was built in 1853
Great pic's Joe! That first one was Britain's first mosque,and is in the process of being renovated!(you can just make out the memorial plaque,to the left of the door)
The Olympia is a very nice building.
Brougham Terrace........The building was closed up and then left for I'm not sure how long. The decision was made to open up the building and use the space and City Council started to move in staff. My department moved in there and apart from one other team, we were there only people in the building for ages. The building is fantastic with its wall and floor tiles; massive big wooden fire surrounds; wooden staircases. I was there two years, and loved the building. The house next door are not owned by City Council, and have been this way for years (at the very least 12). I think that the first house was rented to City Council during the time when the registry offices were there. Anyways when we first moved in there was access to the first house and it was like going back in time. The staircases were intact (wrought iron) the fire places/surrounds intact; the cornises and ceiling roses all intact. The basement was were the first Mosque is - it's just a wooden ceiling very small and is contained with an old stationery storeroom.
My dad was the Council Foreman in Brougham Terrace in 1976/77. I got to see lots of off bounds places around the back. There are passageways with victorian lean to/conservatory type roofs which link the buildings.
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Entrance to Kensington Library
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Top of Kensington Library
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Rear view of Kensington library
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The hoardings posters around the Central library are now complete. They denote the various events in Liverpool`s history from the 1200`s to the present day.
I think well worth a visit by school parties with good clear graphics and words
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Demolishing of the libraryfrom Churchill Way
I got very similar pics on Saturday of the Central library Joe, well done. That back part my bro tells me was what they called the Clayton Stack when he worked there in the 70s. Of course, Clayton Street then ran down the back of it and he said there was a grassed area at the back where some of the livlier staff on Sunday duties would play football at dinner time.
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Cedar House on Pemboke Place and Ashton Sreet which became the school of medical education in 2004
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The old Royal Liverpoool Infirmary now part of the University campus
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Plaque to Robert P Noonan who as Robert Tressell wrote "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"
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The School of Tropical Medicine old and new on Pembroke place
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Galkoff`s old shop with some history of the Liverpool Jewish community on the hoardings
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All the people who put their empties cans, bottles and rubbish through the grills on the bottom of Nelsons monument this is where it goes. the grills were used as ventilation shafts for the tobacco that was stored below the Flags many years ago.
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This is 1956 when they were making the underground car parks
Very interesting pics GD.
In The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 12, No. 338, Saturday, November 1, 1828, available on Project Gutenberg, this early engraving of Nelson's Monument. This was before they invented Coke cans.
Chris :PDT_Xtremez_42:
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"The White House" in William Brown St
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Who remembers the "Sea Circle" work of art by Charlotte Mayer in 1984,by Brownlow Hill it`s still there
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Frieze on the walls of the Walker Art Gallery
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The old Great Western Hotel on Lime Street
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The Cenotaph
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View down Lime St to Renshaw St
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Sculpture outside the side entrance of St George`s Hall
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Bit of a barrel distortion there on the Cenotaph and the Sculpture ones,Joseph....prolly down to you being too close to the columns and sculpture?
It`s called lense curvature Georgie,usally more pronounced on wide angle lens.