Sunny Easter Saturday

Today started a bit dull but as we headed off on our day out the clouds turned white and parted and the sun came shining through.


Remember this post? well we decided we had some unfinished business there.

Hubby was very disappointed when we visited the cathedral a couple of weeks ago that we never made it up the tower.
This time we walked to the cathedral through St James' gardens.

We went straight to the tower. Up two very slow lifts and up 108 steps to the very top. You pass the bells on the way, the large one in the centre is called Great George and it weighs 14.5 tons.

The views were spectacular!

The above is looking west. Can you see the mouth of the Mersey River leading out to sea? The Liver Building? The new Museum of Liverpool Life?

This is looking north. You can see the Catholic Cathedral, affectionately known locally as 'Paddy's Wigwam' We could see Blackpool Tower on the horizon.

Looking east with the beautiful Georgian area of Liverpool and the Mersey heading off to Warrington.

Then it's south towards the hills of North Wales across the Mersey.
The above photo is looking down onto St James' Gardens.

On the way down we stopped off at the 3rd floor.

From the Cathedral's Triphorium you get some great views of the inside of the church and a close up view of the Benedicite window.

There is also the Elizabeth Hoare Embroidery Gallery.

Elizabeth Hoare was the niece of the Cathedral's architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It shows some beautiful examples of Victorian and Edwardian Church Embroidery.

The photos were taken without a flash so are a bit blurred and they don't show how intricate the stitches are.

Then after a lovely lunch at The Quarter we headed off to the city centre.

1st stop St Georges Hall. The hall opened to the public in 1854 and is a grade 1 listed building. It combined the Civil and Crown Courts with an entertainment area to hold concerts and have balls. You can wander around the cells below the courtroom then walk up the stone steps to the dock and face the judge.

You can walk along the balcony in the Great Hall.

There is a huge organ at one end and the beautiful stained glass window of St George and the Dragon at the other. The beautiful tiled floor was covered with boards at the moment.

Next stop The Walker Art Gallery.

We walked around the gallery and the special exhibition 'The Rise of Women Artists' Then it was home time.
We relaxed in front of the TV and watched Dr Who and Over the Rainbow.
The request I mentioned the other day....

...please pop over to my New Blog! If you like a bit of history it might interest you, it is actually a project I am working on at the moment but I thought some people might be interested in reading about it.