Liverpool These photographs were taken during a few days break in the city at the end March 2007 | ||||||
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"The
Three Graces" - The Royal Liver Building, The Cunard Building and the Port
of Liverpool Building. | Albert
Dock with The Three Graces in the background | |||||
Inside
Albert Dock | Albert
Dock - Granada TV studios | The
Yellow Duckmarine. An authentic World War II amphibious landing vehicle - at the
Albert Dock | Liverpool
city centre is currently undergoing a multi million pound reconstruction. A skyline
of cranes is visible here with the Anglican Cathedral in the background. | |||
The
Royal Liver Building | The
Metropolitan Roman Catholic Cathedral which was opened in 1967. | Matthew
Street Cavern Quarter with statue of John Lennon. | ||||
The
Cavern Pub, Matthew Street directly opposite the site of the original Cavern Club
where The Beatles performed in the sixties. The original club was closed in 1973
and demolished to make way for improvements to the city's underground railway
Metro system. | The
Cavern Pub is a tribute to the original club and has a host of memorabilia featuring
instruments and signed photographs of many of the artists that appeared at the
famous club. | |||||
Anfield,
Liverpool Football Club. Entrance to the stadium. | Statue
of the great Bill Shankly, manager 1959-74 | This
is Anfield. Me, touching the famous sign for luck before visiting the pitch area. | ||||
The
Centenary Stand | View
in front of the famous Kop looking toward the Anfield Road Stand | Me,
close to the manager's area in the Main Stand. | In
the Anfield dressing room | |||
Inside
the Anfield Museum and the five European Cups. 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 & 2005 | Charity
(Comminity) Shield & F.A.Cup | Base
of F.A. Cup with engravings showing winners dating back to 1872 | 1980's
cartoon highlighting the clubs success. | |||
Liverpool
F. C. is also associated with two major football tragedies. In 1985, 39 football
fans died (38 Italians and one Belgian) and the museum pays its tribute. | 96
Liverpool fans died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. This is a floral mural
inside the museum. | There
are a colllection of shirts in the museum. These are the shirts of Brain Hall
from the 1974 F.A. Cup victory and an Emlyn Hughes England shirt from the same
similar era. | Mural
showing Bill Shankly and players from the 1960's. | |||