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The Ben Johnson mural of Liverpool being painted in the Walker`s Art Gallery
being raised off the floor, Mr Johnson is in the left hand corner of the photo
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The Ben Johnson mural of Liverpool being painted in the Walker`s Art Gallery
being raised off the floor, Mr Johnson is in the left hand corner of the photo
Splendid:handclap::handclap:
The mind boggles at the detail they are putting into that painting.
Fantastic. I love that kind of detailed work :handclap:
Fab pic, Kev! Thanks! :handclap:
Chris
That must have taken a long time to paint. Some detail and what patience.
Sea Wall defences at Leasowe, Wirral
Thanks for posting that mural picture. Wonderful
great pic, how do those defences work, are they against tanks, landing craft , infantry or what, they look like they would give good cover to gunfireQuote:
Originally Posted by taffy
Thanks for the comments. I've always assumed the sea defences at Leasowe were designed to break up waves but I suppose they could have had other uses like stopping tanks landing. Never thought of that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by shoney
Great photo, Taffy. I would also tend to think that what you photographed is a measure to protect the coast rather than a wartime defense.
Chris
yeah i realise that now, why would the germans land on the wirral, you can't even get a bag of decent chips............my mistakeQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
Once upon a time, (long long ago,) you could walk from New Brighton Baths to West Kirby and not see any concrete for the whole walk.
The present defences are there as a defence agains the sea and land erosion.
They are doing a great job but alas, spoilt a nice sand-dune coast line.
During the summer? we spend a lot of time on Leasowe Common.
Phredd
Spent a lot of our weekends at Morton Common when I was a kid. We had
a family tent which we left in a shed in someones back garden to save us carrying it backwards and forwards to Kirkdale,the cost was sixpence a week.
Every sunday would see us carrying bags of cockles on the ferry going home.
The sea defences weren`t put there till after the war years
Yes I remember Morton was the costa brava to us kids back in the 50/60s not that I ever went very often but when someone did take me ,the tents were all over the sands and it looked like another country to me. Now it would probably look like a refugee camp.
Those Sea defences >>>>>
The lady on the left with back to us is my wife.
Phredd
a blue sky. Not often there over Liverpool, isn't it?
No atany, we don't see blue sky very often :(
3rd Feb 2008
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The statue of John on the Central building
Excellent view cheers. Don't forget to add the date above, I've done it for you :PDT11
Very well lit.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
The two fingers the Beatles gave always amused me because it could be taken two completely ways, although this photo makes it look like 'the finger'.
Upper Frederick Street.
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Great Picture Philip. Are those railings painted in the colours of the African flag ?
red yellow and green is for africa, the blue is for everton as we have more africans than liverpool, before you start with a list just ignore me H-asbo, i'm just having a laughQuote:
Originally Posted by Steven
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I wondered always why the Brits love these bright colours. Strong red, yellow and so on. For instance also at the window frames or doors of the houses. The phone boxes too. And now at this fence. In Germany nobody uses such colours.
But there is always a cloudy sky in Britain. And maybe the people seek for such colours to do something against the grey of the sky. That's it, isn't it?
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When Winter comes can Spring be far behind.
ST Chad`s churchyard Kirkby
Bit of a sweeping statement. We have a great variation of weather here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Atany
Well said Chris48 :handclap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris48
The Red, Gold and Green Colours are symbolic of the Rastafarian faith. In this case yellow seems to have been substituted for gold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven
See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religi...e/glance.shtml
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Originally Posted by gregs dad
nice pic, looks like something out of a steven king movie, has no-one got a bubble in a spirit level in kirkby anymore
:handclap:good pics all.:handclap:
gregs dad
You're having already crocuses? In Germany only the snowdrops begin to show their heads. Whose grave is it?
maybe the weather is sometimes not so bad.
Very fine pics! :handclap:
Chris
This beautiful picture has inspired me to write a few words about Saint Chad's that I posted in the traditional creativity threads. I hope you don't mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Saint Chad's Sad Stone's
(Inspired by Greg's Dad's beautiful picture)
There they stood twisted and gnarled
Their faces weathered and beaten
Algae growing on bare sand stone
The carefully carved writing eaten
Devoured by generations of pollution
The acid in the rain eating stone
Did the man who chipped that stone
Ever think that rain would destroy it
Family of the dead long dead themselves
No one left to come and mourn
Cut the grass and clean the stone
Complain to council about litter
Look at what Spring has sprung
The carpet of purples and whites
Reaching for the rays energies
Life goes on, Life still goes on
By Gerry Temple
Copyright February 2008
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Nice photograph Gregs Dad, and a beautiful verse Gerry well done.:handclap:
The Dingle looking down at the Mersey
Wednesday 6th February
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Thanks Gerry
Falkner Sq Liverpool L8.