On the day of my visit into the Futurist Cinema, we were also treated to a visit into the second rather special building on Lime Street, the Grade II Listed, former ABC Cinema. The cinema opened in 1931 as the…
The Cars | Tunnel, Pre Collapse | Tunnel, Days after the Collapse | Tunnel, after Completed Repairs | Maps One of my favourite tunnels in Liverpool, has to be the only underground section of the historic Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR),…
Once a train had passed over the Waterloo branch line, via the Victoria and Waterloo Tunnels, enroute to the former Riverside Station, trains would pass beneath the Grand Arch and Great Howard Street Bridge. A view from the Historic Edge Hill…
I transferred from Warrington Arpley to Birkenhead Central depot on the Merseyrail network, for promotion to Train Driver in early 1988. Whilst at Merseyrail, doing my British Rail MP12 driver training course, I enjoyed the daily adventure of driving trains…
Wapping Cutting | Wapping Tunnel | 1829 Crown Street Tunnel | 1846 Crown Street Tunnel | Crown Street Station/Park | Wapping Crows Foot | Maps I have been lucky to have visited this astonishing place many times over the years.…
The Red Star express parcel delivery service was launched by British Rail in April 1963. Red Star utilised the many Inter City, passenger train services that served the major cities throughout the UK. However in May 2001, Red Star ceased…
A fascinating look at the long abandoned Cheshire Lines Railway Tunnels between the former Walton-on-the-Hill station and Kirkdale. The (CLC) Cheshire Lines Committee, commenced the building of Walton-on-the-Hill tunnels in September 1875. Built by contractors, Messrs Kirk and Parry, architectural…
Lime Street Station | Edge Hill Station | Lime Street to Edge Hill Cutting | Maps Liverpool Lime Street Station Liverpool’s original terminus station on the 1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), was Crown Street Station in Edge Hill. However,…
One of my favourite forms of photography has always been Infra-Red, not only for the resulting images, but also for the interesting process necessary to achieve your finished photograph. In the good old days of film, Infra-Red wasn’t the easiest…
360° Virtual Reality | Flying through Mason Street | Paddington and Mason Street Tunnels images I first joined the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels as a member in early 1999, becoming a Trustee in September that same year. It has been…
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