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03-24-2009, 01:04 PM
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The swan-scots in Liverpool and Chester
We had a great holiday away last week. We took a trip to the south side of the Mersey estuary across the water from Liverpool to a town called Birkenhead. Here we rode on a newly created tram line to the transport museum.
 We enjoyed a river cruise on the World famous "Ferry Cross the Mersey". This gave us great views of the skyline of Liverpool including the Liver building with the famous Liver birds on the roof. ('Liver' in the city names is pronounced liver to rhyme with river, but in the Liver building and Liver birds is pronounced liver to rhyme with diver.)     The Emigrants, Albert Dock, Liverpool A bronze sculpture by Mark De Graffenried, 2001. This statue of a young family commemorates migration from Liverpool to the new world. It was given to the people of Liverpool as a tribute to the many families from all over Europe who embarked on a brave and pioneering voyage from Liverpool to start a new life in America.
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03-24-2009, 01:19 PM
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During the two days DH was at the conference I walked miles and miles up and down streets all over Liverpool. I visited the Cavern Club where the Beatles and hundreds of other stars have played and snapped the statues of the Fab Four, Eleanor Rigby and John Lennon.    I wandered around the old docks at Liverpool, once one of the busiest trading ports in the world. Unfortunately this accolade is not all positive as Liverpool served as a major hub in the slave trade and this dark aspect of the city's history is remembered at the Slavery Museum.   I made two visits to the main museum in the city as they have a wonderful natural history collection and interesting displays - too much to take in on one visit. By very good luck, The Vagina Monolgues was playing at the Empire Theatre all week, and I managed to get a ticket for my first evening in the city when DH had an evening do at his conference. I really enjoyed the show and was laughing out loud so much as were all the women around me. One of the 3 women actors spoke with a broad Scouse accent and I missed one or two of the jokes, but it was still great fun. More photos on Flickr
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03-24-2009, 09:07 PM
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Wow - and I haven't even gone to your Flickr account, yet. Sooo, you visited the home of the famous Twish1999 on YouTube.
 She gives us tours of her area.The statue of the emigrants was quite fascinating, since the USA has statues of the immigrants. A new tram line - cool!! We tend to think of tram lines as old technology, so it's especially cool that at least one line is not only still thriving, but expanding.
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03-24-2009, 10:05 PM
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A few pics from Chester
The River Dee  Warning sign on the river bank  (Part of the city is over the border in Wales, hence the bilingual warning sign)  Chester Roman amphitheatre  The ruins currently exposed are those of a large stone amphitheatre, similar to those found in Continental Europe, although a smaller wooden amphitheatre may have existed on the site beforehand. Today, only the northern half of the structure is exposed; the southern half is covered by buildings, some of which are listed. The amphitheatre is the largest so far uncovered in Britain, and dates from the first century, when the Roman fort of Deva Victrix was founded. The amphitheatre would have been primarily for military training and drill, but would also have been used for cock fighting, bull baiting and combat sports, including classical boxing, wrestling and gladiatorial combat. In use through much of the Roman occupation of Britain, the amphitheatre fell into disuse around the year 350. The amphitheatre was only rediscovered in 1929, when one of the pit walls was discovered during construction work. Between 2007 and 2009, excavation of the amphitheatre is taking place for Chester City Council and English Heritage. A clock over one of the gates in the city walls 
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03-24-2009, 10:09 PM
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The Chester city walls are system of largely intact defensive walls surrounding Chester. The city has been defended with walls since the foundation of the Deva Victrix fort on the site in AD 79. The current walls are mainly medieval and Victorian, although the earliest surviving sections date back to at least AD 120, and the most recent section was constructed as recently as 1966. The walls are a Grade I listed building, and are the most complete city walls in the United Kingdom.
 Tudor buildings in the city centre 
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03-24-2009, 10:18 PM
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Sorry, should have said the tram is run as a 'project' by enthusiasts . However other cities in UK have re-introduced modern trams - including Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh is currently in the middle of a huge re-introduction project.
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03-24-2009, 10:39 PM
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Ooooh,Sheila,that clock is simply stunning! So many gorgeous and quaint places to visit in the U.K. From what I've read about Chester,I *knew* I would just love the architecture,and your photos are just brilliant. I think my next travels will be fossicking around the countryside of the U.K. 
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03-25-2009, 01:12 AM
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Oh thanx Swan..the oikkies are terrific....so brilliantly clear...glad you enjoyed the VM performances...some great stuff...tx for the connection (())
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03-25-2009, 11:59 AM
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Doesn't she always make you feel like you want to climb in her suitcase and go on every trip with her??!!!
You are such an artist..you always seem to capture where ever you are and bring it home, then give it unselfishly to all of us stay at homes, who live percariously through you, LOL Thank you...and I am so glad you had a great time! HUGGS Nancie
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03-25-2009, 09:06 PM
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 Especially 'percarious' when she's teetering on a razor edge of loose phucking rock too far up in the air for any species without wings!  I love typos.
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03-25-2009, 10:54 PM
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LOL! W-T, I missed that. Mind you I can't spell vicariously either  (relying on getting enough letters in here for spellcheck to work)
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03-26-2009, 12:14 AM
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 I've taken to using my google searchbox as a spellcheck. If I can get a few letters typed in, google gives me multiple possibilities. A dictionary is actually more challenging since there is nothing in it that asks, "did you mean to say.....?"
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