Thought I'd start this one off.....
November 1st
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Thought I'd start this one off.....
November 1st
Cheers corky!
Totally forgot :)
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Pier head reflection
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The top of the Birkenhead Magistrate`s court and Hamilton Square station
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Abrace of Austins
come on folks send some pics in had to get out of bed to send this
Thank you Greggs Dad for your wonderful photos - living away from Liverpool I really look forward to these photos! Although we are in Liverpool for a few days next week mainly working with a little bit of pleasure thown in!
Thanks Liz
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Kirkby firework
5TH NOVEMBER
Liz says it all for me too Joe! Many thanks for all the photo's, It's much appreciated. Cheers:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
:handclap: erutcip lufituaebQuote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Edge Hill Station at 10pm.
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Bit late for trainspotting Leon
I know. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
I have a little earlier shots, but they are not that interesting. :sad:
7 NOV 2010
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date that 7th or 8th Leon
Leon's pic, it will have to be for the 7th :nod:
.. and here's one for the 8th.
the empty bed at the ' Bed in' The Bluecoat.
Lindy, I think the blank TV screen steals the show. ;)
:)
Scraping the barrel here for pics !! :) we are lagging behind.
.. .. and I never usually give Christmas a mention until December :) - but liked the way these Christmas decs catch the light. St John's Precinct.
L'pool 1.
red Xmas decs.
They sure go to town, although all that iron-work seems a little over engineered to me. A wire rope is all they use down here. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
Lindy, u got shares in Rapid and Dune ? :p
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Tom Murphy`s "Good old Mr Wilson`s" statue in Huyton town centre
11TH NOVEMBER
Is he not a little low in the beam? The statue reminds me of a ventriloquist's dummy sat on a lap.
Yes, it does somehow look a bit strange in proportions. The torso is thickset and the legs look too scrawny to support it ! :)
Shallwe say itsjust a bad sculpture overall,my vision of Wilson was slightly roundish balding hair and a always seen smoking his pipe.
The sculptor needs shooting. :ninja:
I suppose it may not be Harold, but some other 'good guy' called Wilson. There must be one or two somewhere? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GeorgePorgie
The head(the important bit) looks pretty recognisable,but the build,stance,and posture.........reminds me of Quentin Crisp!!!:unibrow:
I popped over to here...
http://liverpoolpreservationtrust.bl...lpture-on.html
To learn this...
"One sculpture that I used to like was the Boy with the Horse at the bottom of Bold Street opposite the Lyceum. It was said to have cost £150,000 and I used to love the way the public interacted with it. Though one day I saw a mother drag her child away in horror who was polishing a part of it that it should have been. It has now been turned into a....wheelie bin. Who robbed it? why was it moved? why didn't anyone at the Daily Ghost, er David Charters even notice?
So Liverpool European Capital of Bad Sculpture where we dump our good art to replace it with, Tom Murphy Turkey's....clever, the people who run our city, so cultured for sure. "
Does anybody have a picture of this boy & horse?
No it is Harold M P for HuytonQuote:
Originally Posted by Oudeis
UNCLE!Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Yes, dear Joe. I am fully aware of who the statue is supposed to represent. Alas it is half way between allegory and realism. It may be trying to 'say' that Harold had little behind him Politically. Who knows. It is undoubtedly a crude representation of the HW I remember. I checked out the other offerings that TM has had dumped around your town. Again, maybe this is his, TM's stamp. Like Lowery has match-stick men and match-stick cats and dogs Murphy has ape-armed arse-lessness as his peculiarity? Or schtick I think it's called. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/schtick) :)
Talking of statues; I think the Ken Dodd statue in Lime st station is awful :eek:
The Bessie Braddock one isn't too bad, at least it looks a bit like her.
(pics from artinliverpool.com
and citylife.co.uk)
Tom Murphy, icono-plast
notable characters cast
with Liverpool's wildlife he is a hit
gives the pigeons somewhere to...sit
I haven't... and I can assure you it's not worth looking for: it was a total abomination and deserved to be spirited away, IMO! Someone's having a laugh... and if you really want to do some research I think you may find that the so-called Liverpool Preservation Trust is a bit of a joke in itself. Almost anything by Tom Murphy is superb by comparison ( though I agree with the comments on Harold, NOT one of his better pieces.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Oudeis
Ha,ha, arselessness.............good description,now you've pointed it out!!:smirk: Had a look for some pic's of the boy, and horse statue,but no luck so far??? (Talking about things going missing....does anyone know when the circular platform,at the top of Church st went?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Oudeis
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Originally Posted by Oudeis
:lol:
:PDT11
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Big wheel
Perhaps a bit of playfulness on TM's part - a shtik played by him to suggest that HW was known for playing shtiks on us himself... ( A slightly different meaning of shtik, but one that is supported by your dictionary link)... Anyway, why the Yiddish... or have I missed something else allegorical or otherwise?
What's the band,Leon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
Former members from Edge Hill’s British Rail Brass Band met at Edge Hill Station on Saturday 13th November for a one-off performance which began a whole evening of festivities.Quote:
Originally Posted by wsteve55
http://www.metalculture.com/
"Any journey is quicker by tuba." ;)