From what we saw, they were exactly the same as the Paddington brickwork. I've seen similar brickwork at the Albert Dock and indeed in the basement at Woodchester Mansion but these were a carbon copy.
In relation to Charles Hand:
"a 1925 newspaper article was discovered, describing the LCHS visit and illustrating it with two photographs. The article pinpointed the property above as No. 126 Paddington and reported that the historians "went for nearly a mile before giving up their search for a boundary".
A copy of which will be going in to the official book. (it was from the Liverpool Post).
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fortinian
Could they have looked the same because they were both brick arched cellars, Cad?
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Coupled with the fact that Charles Hand in 1926 toured the Paddington section and walked for 'over a mile' without finding a boundary, I would say that Williamson must have at one point, pick axe'd in to Liverpool from Edge Hill.
I cannot find any reference to Charles Hand saying he walked for over a mile. In his second article about Williamson for the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (4th November 1926) he does say 'We failed to discover a boundry' (p 90) but makes no reference to any distances.
I understand there was an accompanying newspaper article of this particular exploration but I do not have a copy of it or a reference of where to find it. Perhaps it is in this where he says he has walked for over a mile.[/QUOTE]
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