Thursday, March 31, 2022 (continued)
Our motorcoach tour of Liverpool continued:
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Chinatown Gateway Arch (2000, from Shanghai,
Liverpool's sister city), the largest arch of its kind outside
of China, leads to the oldest Chinese community in Europe |
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Former Great George Street Congregational
Church (1840-1841, by Joseph Franklin,
in Neoclassical style) is now a
contemporary arts and communty center |
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L8 sculpture (2015, by Brian Dawe, the L was added
in 2020) represents the number 8 Liverpool postcode,
of which there are 65 in the metropolitan area |
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| Princes Avenue terraced housing |
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| Garden allotments (KSS) |
Our next stop was Penny Lane.
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| Waiting in the sleet to have our photo taken |
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Our tour guide placed Kent's finger at the end of
Paul McCartney's signature on the Penny Lane sign,
but she missed photographing the 'Paul' |
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| Kent & Tamiko in Penny Lane of the Beatles song |
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| Oakdale Road off Penny Lane with terraced housing |
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| The Penny Lane Hotel |
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| "The shelter in the middle of the roundabout" on Penny Lane |
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| "There is a barber" in Penny Lane (KSS) |
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| The United Kingdom has Aldi and Lidl shops |
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The Wheel of Liverpool (2010, dismantled 2020 for
refurbishment, reopened in 2021) |
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Drive-by of Royal Albert Dock that now houses several
museums including Tate Liverpool |
Woo-hoo, another stop! Even though we were here this morning, this time the sun is in the right position to photograph the Three Graces!
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Port of Liverpool Building (1903-1907, by Sir Arnold
Thornely and F B Hobbs, in Edwardian Baroque style) |
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The Cunard Building (1914-1917, by William Edward Willink
and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse, in Italian Renaissance style) |
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Royal Liver Building (1908-1911, by
Walter Aubrey Thomas, with references to
Baroque and Byzantine styles) |
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Tamiko & Kent with the Pier Head Beatles
(by our photographer guide) |
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Paul McCartney carries a cinematic camera,
perhaps as a tribute to his wife, Linda |
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George Harrison has a belt with a Sanskrit inscription,
due to his embracing the Hare Krishna tradition |
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You cannot see the "L8" on Ringo Starr's heel,
indicating the postcode where he grew up |
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John Lennon hold acorns that he and Yoko sent to world
leaders in 1969, asking them to plant them as a symbol of peace |
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| The Three Graces from the Viking Venus |
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| Royal Albert Dock from the Viking Venus |
Next: Belfast, Northern Ireland I.
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