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My Home Town
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The world famous Liver Buildings |
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A view from the top of Upper
Parliament Street looking towards the River Mersey. |
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One of Liverpool's oldest
churches - St Nicholas's Church - also known as the Sailor's
Church.
At one time the River mersey used to
lap the steps of this church at high tide.
A sad but interesting historic fact
is that slaves used to be sold from the churchyard and rings
were fixed into the walls to secure the slave's shackles.
A coffee shop also sat on this site where merchants would
meet to trade goods, and of course sell the slaves. |
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| Liverpool has
one of the oldest Chinese communities in Europe. Connected to
Liverpool's seafaring history chinese sailors eventually settled
in this area and it continued to grow. Sadly now I feel that
Liverpool's China Town is gradually diminishing in size if not
in spirit. |
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Liverpool Masonic Hall, Hope Street.
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Liverpool has a long history
of seafaring. One of the well known names associated with
shipping is Lamport and Holt. Here is the mansion house that
was once owned by George Holt and bequeathed to the city by
his daughter Emma. |
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The famous (locally at
least) Lighthouse at Hale. A claim is made that near to this
point a man was able to cross the Mersey on foot at low tide. |
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| Various views across the
City from the tower of the Anglican Cathedral. There are many
famous and historic land marks that can be seen in these photographs.
I wonder how many you can spot? |
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| John Lennon of Beatles fame
went to Quarry Bank School. Paul McCartney went to the Liverpool
Institute (now LIPA - Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts)
Directly over the road from the old entrance to the school is
this quaint row of houses. |
These photographs record the spectacular
transformation of a very old workers terrace off Duke Street
on the edge of China Town. Until recently the only access
to these houses was through the cellar of a larger house on
Duke Street itself.
A wealthy merchant has this terrace
built to house his workers and each night they had to make
their way through the cellar in his house and out into the
enclosed courtyard in order to gain access to their homes. |
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For many years Liverpool had a refuse
landfill site at Otterspool in the South of the City.
As more and more land was filled in
and reclaimed from the Mersey the area was put to public use.
Gradually over the years Otterspool Promenade was built. This
provides a pleasant walk along the bank of the Mersey and
affords some wonderful views of the Wirral on the opposite
bank.
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