Category: Digital Photography

  • ABC Cinema, Lime Street

    ABC Cinema, Lime Street

    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…

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  • Liverpool Overhead Railway Tunnel, Dingle

    Liverpool Overhead Railway Tunnel, Dingle

    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),…

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  • Great Howard Street Bridge & Grand Arch

    Great Howard Street Bridge & Grand Arch

    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…

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  • Liverpool Loop Line

    Liverpool Loop Line

    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…

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  • Red Star Tunnel, Liverpool Lime Street

    Red Star Tunnel, Liverpool Lime Street

    The Red Star express parcel delivery service was launched by British Rail in April 1963. Red Star made use of the many Inter City, passenger services, serving the major cities throughout the UK. Utilising these fast and frequent passenger trains…

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  • Walton CLC Railway Tunnels

    Walton CLC Railway Tunnels

    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…

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  • Liverpool Lime Street to Edge Hill Railway Cutting

    Liverpool Lime Street to Edge Hill Railway Cutting

    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,…

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  • Infra-Red Photography

    Infra-Red Photography

    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…

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  • Williamson’s Tunnels

    Williamson’s Tunnels

    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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  • Futurist Cinema, Lime Street

    Futurist Cinema, Lime Street

    The former Futurist Cinema stood on Lime Street in Liverpool City Centre. Sadly this beautiful building became a memory after being demolished in 2016, despite a campaign by Heritage Organisations to save it. The former Cinema opened its doors on…

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