Architecture

Drakelow Tunnels

An organised trip for members of FoWT, to the historic Drakelow Tunnels, the former Top Secret subterranean complex near Kidderminster. The Drakelow complex was built in 1941/1942 as a Shadow Factory for the Rover car Company. Rover manufactured engines and…
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Porth Wen Brickworks, Anglesea

Whilst on the Isle of Anglesea, North Wales, I came across this fascinating disused Victorian Brickworks. Located on the coast in the spectacular scenery of Porth Wen (White Bay) near Cemaes Bay. Geologists discovered that the North Anglesey coastline had…
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British Institute of Professional Photography, ‘First Merit’ award winning image from 1985

Whilst studying photography, I was given an assignment to photograph the interior of a chapel within a convent in Mossley Hill, Liverpool. For this shoot, I used a 5×4 inch monorail camera, which was simply wonderful to use given that…
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Aerial view of the Pillar of Hercules and the Wapping Cutting

A short video, shot with the kind permission of St Anne’s school, Edge Hill, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The aim of which was to record and document the remains of the original ‘Pillar of Hercules’, a remnant…
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Wapping Tunnel Vent, from above

Aerial view of the Wapping Tunnel vent, in Crown Street park, where the original Crown Street Station was located. This is the first of a series of ventilation shafts, built throughout the length of the tunnel. The grass bank in…
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Standedge Canal Tunnel

The Standedge Tunnel is the longest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain, at 5,189m long, 194m below ground at its deepest point and 196m above sea level. The canal Tunnel took 17 years to construct, before finally opening in 1811.…
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360° VR – Williamson’s Tunnels

Wine-Bins | Sandstone Arch & Gash | Banqueting Hall | New Chamber Along Side The Banqueting Hall | Paddington Williamson’s Tunnels I become fascinated with 360°, Virtual Reality Equirectangular Images. So started to dabble with the process of creating these…
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Littlewoods, Edge Lane, Air Raid Shelter

Along side the famous Littlewoods building on Edge Lane, Liverpool, hidden beneath Wavertree Botanic Park, is a secret, long lost WWII Air Raid Shelter… During WWII, Liverpool suffered greatly from bombing raids, with Liverpool being one of the most heavily…
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Waterloo & Victoria Tunnels

Victoria Tunnel | Byrum Street Cutting | Waterloo Tunnel | Riverside Station | Maps Alongside Edge Hill Station is the former Waterloo Branch line. The line ran through the “Victoria Tunnel” (1mile 947yd) with it’s Grade II Listed portal, the…
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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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