Liverpool’s Third Cathedral
It may not be a religious building, but Lime Street station in Liverpool, has all the columns, roof and space you’d want for a cathedral.
It is a proper destination station like St. Pancras, where you could meet someone for business, pleasure or whatever. It is also very close to some of the major attractions of Liverpool. Unlike many stations, which seemed to have been built wherever they could get the land.
Where We Bought Our Wedding Rings
Over forty years ago, C and I bought our wedding rings at Pykes in Liverpool.
Pykes Jewellers in Liverpool
The shop has now moved from Exchange Street East to Whitechapel.
Since the day I got married, the white gold ring has stayed on my finger.
Liverpool Parish Church
Liverpool parish church is St. Nick’s by the Pierhead or the Church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas to name it correctly.
The pictures show the church and the surrounding gardens.
Like St. Luke’s church, it was seriously damaged in the Second World War.
Liverpool’s Commercial District
Most people forget that Liverpool was and still is in many ways, a prosperous commercial city.
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- Oriel Chambers
I took these pictures as I walked round the city on Saturday morning, before I departed for Blackpool to see Ipswich.
Some of the buildings in the pictures like Liverpool Town Hall and Oriel Chambers are by any standard, some of the best commercial or civic buildings in the country.
Smokers At The Adelphi
This picture reminds me of something, that you’d perhaps see in Amsterdam.
The Adelphi Hotel with Added Smokers
I also smile at the thought of my twenty-first birthday dinner with C in this hotel. She wore a purple dress from Through The Looking Glass. To say it was short would be an overstatement.
It’s a pity that the dress was thrown out years ago. It might be worth a few bob, as I suspect none from this boutique exist now.
The Liverpool School of English
I passed this place on Mount Pleasant
The Liverpool School of English
I’m not going to make the obvious joke, but I suspect they’ll give their students a rather different grounding to those schools in places like Bournemouth or Cambridge.
I’m reminded of the time, when flying down to the South of France, when the air traffic controller at Lyon, had a distinct Brummie sound. It turned out that as the French at the time were worried about the English of their controllers, he ‘d done part of his training in Birmingham.
I do suspect though that the Liverpool School of English has suffered in the acts of many Liverpudlian comedians.
Through The Looking Glass
I was in Liverpool in the 1960s and met C there. Obviously, she wore as trendy clothes as she could afford and Liverpool’s trendiest boutique was Through The Looking Glass on Mount Pleasant.
Was Through The Looking Glass Here?
I think it was here in this basement. I think it was owned by one of The Scaffold.
The Magical Church of St. Luke
I am not a religious person, but I like some places of worship.
St. Luke in Liverpool or the bombed-out church, is one such place for many reasons. It stands proudly at the end of Bold Street, and its state due to a Nazi firebomb, says to many, that times may get bad, but I’ll still be here to cheer you on your way.
On Friday night, as I passed it was open. It was C’s favourite church and she’d always wanted to enter, but it was always locked. So I went in to see the party and auction that was going on.
Long after we’re all gone, St. Luke will still be there, putting two fingers up to the despots, oligarchs, stupid politicians, religious bigots and cruel people of this world.
But St. Luke is winning. Type bombed-out church into Google and you find it immediately. It really is a unique place in the world. And it appears in cyberspace too!
Narrowboats in Liverpool City Centre
Who’d have thought it?
Narrowboats in Liverpool City Centre
But they are here within walking distance of the Pierhead and the new shopping of Liverpool One.
Billy Fury
History has forgotten Billy Fury, who was one of the first real pop stars to come out of Liverpool.
It was good to see this statue at the Albert Dock, by the Tate Liverpool.
The Anonymous Widower 