Great Video Thankyou. I lived there when I was a Single Dad & the Local people were Very kind I must say. Slave Chains Manacles were found in the Cellars when those 1700's Warehouses were Revamped & Sandblasted.
As a teenager in the 1960s,Liverpool seemed the music centre of the world! But now as an old git,I love the comedy that was born there! None more so than Doddy!! And they love him too!!!
Thank you for showing us around the docks - I’ve never been to Liverpool but they spent a lot of money when it became the city of culture and it’s great to see the docks being used and not derelict (although I know what you mean about the sterile nature of it...)
Worked as an office boy for WH Rhodes and Son.. Stevedores. And had the run of all those buildings delivering letters. The lifts and staircases in them fascinated me. Always went to the top floors by lift for the views then called at various shipping offices on the way down.
Still ploughing through the back vlogs Richard,haven’t watched any normal tv/programs other than yours the last three weeks totally hooked,fantastic contents,companions etc now into two years ago How you never made regular tv is beyond me it really is!
Terrific! Your general ignorance about your location added to the enjoyment - better still was when the locals interacted with you. The 'Three Graces' (the collective name for those three iconic waterfront buildings) looked fabulous, as did the Fab Four who have sprung up since I last visited.
I was in Liverpool in 2017. One of those buildings adjacent to the Liver Building was P&O's headquarters back in the day. I did a great Beatles' tour when visiting the city, including going down Penny Lane. A part of England's cultural heritage!
That Big White One I think is Admiralty House that Organised the USA Canada Convoys. My Mum worked there all through WW2. Walker is on The Johnny Walker Whiskey Bottles.
Thank you Richard. I visited Liverpool on business a few years back and stayed in a hotel at Albert Dock. On that occasion I was too busy to look round the area and so this video is interesting. They have made it into quite a tourist attraction.
Hi! I just wanted to thank you for this video. I am a fanfiction writer, and I found this very useful, having never been there myself, to have the tools to describe a romantic walking scene in one of my stories that takes place in Liverpool. That chapter will be published (hopefully) today, and I am giving you credit in my author's mote for inspiring me to include talk about the Beatles and the love padlocks. So thank you for the inspiration and God bless.
Richard Vobes . You don't know who captain Walker was. Disappointed!!!!. Now the lancastria I will give you that .she was a liner that was being used to evacuate troop's from France after Dunkirk. It was one of the many evacuationsthat were Still being undertaken in front of the German advance across France. well she was anchored off the port as she was to deep a draught to get in .so troops were being ferried out to her when she was attacked by two Ju88 bombers. well she sank with terrible loss of life. However for some reason other than all the bad news that was already getting back to England at the time. Churchill slapped a official secret tag along with a d notice and locked all information about the sinking under a 150 year secret tag .That means that the truth shall not be realest until some time well after you and I will have passed on. ?????????? Big Big Secret. ??????? What can the sinking of a liner that was just evacuating troops . Also doing to require such a dire notice.?????
I am sorry - I am not up on war ships and WW2 so am indebted to you for putting me right. Curious about the secret tag - it doesn't make you wonder, doesn't it?
Richard Vobes . Sorry I am a armchair historian , who's area is the history of the WW2 with particular interest in the battle of the Atlantic. Captain Walker is credited with being the creater of the modern anti submarine warfare because of his hard won and painstakingly effort to combat the uboat threat. It cost him his life during the war because of the way he pushed himself . and his crews. but his teachings are still in use although modernized for today's weapon's. I'm grateful for the teachers back when I was at school in England . I like many of us griped about it, but having been to many countries around the world. believe me we had it good then . We were told the truth good or bad. !!!!! Not like now where it's all about the teachers own adjender. and what THEY think history should have been. Sorry for prattling on, love your vids looking forward to the next one keep up the good work Sir. be safe.
Very true about teachers agenda. Thanks for the information about Captain Walker - when you pass a statue in the street, very often you know no more than what is written on a plaque, so it is great to have further info given. Thanks for comments and watching. :)
Hi Peter, you seem to know something about the dock, I wonder if you've ever seen how they activate the barrier under the swing bridge, at 6.20 secs, Canning Dock I think it is, to let ships/boats in and out of the Albert Dock. I was there with a friend last weekend and we were trying to work out how it opens. The giant pistons suggest it might raise but we weren't sure and can't find much info about it.
I think the colourful ferry was designed by the artist Peter Blake, who is famous for the Sgt Pepper album cover. I've only been to Liverpool once, but what struck me was that hardly anyone seemed to have the traditional Scouse accent. Maybe that was all invented for the media!
Randomly there is a U Boat musuem on other side of the Mersey at the ferry terminal. Highly recommend Western Approaches museum, a bunker under Liverpool from which battle of Atlantic was "fought". In recent time times Liverpool marketed as City of Culture, but history defined by slavery, trade, migration, empire, war, political strife, sport, decline, rebirth. I'm slightly evangelical about the place.
the home of Jeanie Mole.she has a blue plaque on Liver house in Bold st...Early socialist Harriet Fisher Mole, known as Jeannie, b.1841,d.1912. was a, trade union organiser, credited with bringing socialism to Liverpool. she set up food vans, organised women unions ,an activist for black and Chinese workers rights...as well as a campaigner against the corset,..Through the LWIC Liverpools Women Industrial Council which she helped set up. unions for women started springing up all over Liverpool. She also encouraged the successful women ropeworkers strike....very important figure in Liverpools Workers and Trades Unions History...I saw the plaque whilst in Liverpool for a conference ..oddly its not on the house where she lived in bold st....she lived at 46 and plaque is on 96.why this I don't know.
the worker conditions in Liverpool during in the Victorian period of the industrial revolution would have been quite horrendous.which the death rate reflects .. Engels wrote on this in his masterpiece The Conditions of the Working Class in England .." Manchester and Liverpool mortality from disease (such as small pox, scarlet fever and whooping cough) was four times that in the surrounding countryside, and mortality from convulsions was ten times as high. The overall death-rate in Manchester and Liverpool was significantly higher than the national average (1 in 32.72, 1 in 31.90 and even 1 in 29.90, compared with 1 in 45 or 46)."...Engels was utterly shocked by the houses being severely overcrowded when he visited in Liverpool in 1840.he wrote. Liverpool, with all its commerce, wealth, and grandeur yet treats its workers with the same barbarity. A full fifth of the population, more than 45,000 human beings, live in narrow, dark, damp, badly ventilated cellar dwellings, of which there are 7,862 in the city. Besides these cellar dwellings there are 2,270 courts, small spaces built up on all four sides and having but one entrance, a narrow-covered passage-way, the whole ordinarily very dirty and inhabited exclusively by proletarians....as for conditions in the work place one can conclude....they was .quite grim
some was quite respectable....and those in poorer areas not so..for example southside of the thames...the more enterprising madams ran multiple brothels and invested in real estate...I cant remember which it was..but one began as a highwaywomen..then retired herself from that to purse being a madam and branched out into real estate and became quite well off mixing with upper classes...some of the very expensive houses in central London was built or owned by her...I did think at first it was Mary firth also known as molly cutpurse..but im not that sure..or Katherine Ferrers (the wicked lady)...but both are earlier than the Victorian but interesting none the less....
Well done, I do love Liverpool its very interesting. There is certainly some amazing architecture there.
Always astonished when people say they've never been to Liverpool. It's the greatest city on earth. Absolutely unique.
Lovely to see the old buildings, a great video, thank you Richard.
My pleasure Ann - Happy birthday, by the way!
Great Video Thankyou. I lived there when I was a Single Dad & the Local people were Very kind I must say. Slave Chains Manacles were found in the Cellars when those 1700's Warehouses were Revamped & Sandblasted.
Liverpool is amazing.
As a teenager in the 1960s,Liverpool seemed the music centre of the world! But now as an old git,I love the comedy that was born there! None more so than Doddy!! And they love him too!!!
That all seems a long time ago now! Sadly!
Never visited Liverpool but as cities go it looks like a good place to spend a few days.
Worth a look if you are ever in the area.
Thank you for showing us around the docks - I’ve never been to Liverpool but they spent a lot of money when it became the city of culture and it’s great to see the docks being used and not derelict (although I know what you mean about the sterile nature of it...)
Thanks Matthew - it made a nice hour wondering around. :)
Interesting walk around the docks, thank you Richard.
Glad you liked it Micky - cheers.
I was at Liverpool and you brought back so many memories thank you!
Oh great stuff - I am thrilled.
Awesome
Worked as an office boy for WH Rhodes and Son.. Stevedores. And had the run of all those buildings delivering letters. The lifts and staircases in them fascinated me. Always went to the top floors by lift for the views then called at various shipping offices on the way down.
Golly - what fun!
Still ploughing through the back vlogs Richard,haven’t watched any normal tv/programs other than yours the last three weeks totally hooked,fantastic contents,companions etc now into two years ago
How you never made regular tv is beyond me it really is!
You are so kind. Thank you very much.
Wonderful video Sir Richard, thank you. Looks a great City to visit. Thank you!
Thanks Chris. Cheers for watching!
Terrific! Your general ignorance about your location added to the enjoyment - better still was when the locals interacted with you. The 'Three Graces' (the collective name for those three iconic waterfront buildings) looked fabulous, as did the Fab Four who have sprung up since I last visited.
Ah that's handy - my ignorance follows me around all the time!
@@RichardVobesyou're right about the ferry ticket office
I was in Liverpool in 2017. One of those buildings adjacent to the Liver Building was P&O's headquarters back in the day. I did a great Beatles' tour when visiting the city, including going down Penny Lane. A part of England's cultural heritage!
Not somewhere I've ever had the urge to visit. Saying that, I did enjoy seeing this part of Liverpool.
I was up there on business but it was great to see the historic dockyard.
That Big White One I think is Admiralty House that Organised the USA Canada Convoys. My Mum worked there all through WW2. Walker is on The Johnny Walker Whiskey Bottles.
Like you I’ve never been to Liverpool. Another place you’ve steered me towards.
I haven't seen much of Liverpool, but the Albert Dock was fascinating.
Very interesting, never been to Liverpool myself.
First time for me too!
Thank you Richard. I visited Liverpool on business a few years back and stayed in a hotel at Albert Dock. On that occasion I was too busy to look round the area and so this video is interesting. They have made it into quite a tourist attraction.
Yes, is good for tourists. A lot of building work is going up there by the looks of things.
Hi! I just wanted to thank you for this video. I am a fanfiction writer, and I found this very useful, having never been there myself, to have the tools to describe a romantic walking scene in one of my stories that takes place in Liverpool. That chapter will be published (hopefully) today, and I am giving you credit in my author's mote for inspiring me to include talk about the Beatles and the love padlocks. So thank you for the inspiration and God bless.
I am thrilled to have been your inspiration.
Very nice, thanks that was great
So pleased you enjoyed it.
Most interesting as i used to work a stones throw away, just behind the town hall at exchange flags ( 45 years ago before moving to nz)
Has it changed much?
@@RichardVobes Very big changes in terms of conversion of old working premises to the tourist type places now. Much more agreeable.
What's your favourite attraction?
Richard Vobes - that’s a difficult one! Currently I really like Bodiam Castle...
Richard Vobes . You don't know who captain Walker was. Disappointed!!!!. Now the lancastria I will give you that .she was a liner that was being used to evacuate troop's from France after Dunkirk. It was one of the many evacuationsthat were Still being undertaken in front of the German advance across France. well she was anchored off the port as she was to deep a draught to get in .so troops were being ferried out to her when she was attacked by two Ju88 bombers. well she sank with terrible loss of life.
However for some reason other than all the bad news that was already getting back to England at the time. Churchill slapped a official secret tag along with a d notice and locked all information about the sinking under a 150 year secret tag .That means that the truth shall not be realest until some time well after you and I will have passed on. ?????????? Big Big Secret. ??????? What can the sinking of a liner that was just evacuating troops . Also doing to require such a dire notice.?????
I am sorry - I am not up on war ships and WW2 so am indebted to you for putting me right. Curious about the secret tag - it doesn't make you wonder, doesn't it?
Richard Vobes . Sorry I am a armchair historian , who's area is the history of the WW2 with particular interest in the battle of the Atlantic. Captain Walker is credited with being the creater of the modern anti submarine warfare because of his hard won and painstakingly effort to combat the uboat threat. It cost him his life during the war because of the way he pushed himself . and his crews. but his teachings are still in use although modernized for today's weapon's. I'm grateful for the teachers back when I was at school in England . I like many of us griped about it, but having been to many countries around the world. believe me we had it good then . We were told the truth good or bad. !!!!! Not like now where it's all about the teachers own adjender. and what THEY think history should have been.
Sorry for prattling on, love your vids looking forward to the next one keep up the good work Sir. be safe.
Very true about teachers agenda. Thanks for the information about Captain Walker - when you pass a statue in the street, very often you know no more than what is written on a plaque, so it is great to have further info given. Thanks for comments and watching. :)
Bolt cutters, Mr.Vobes. Bolt cutters.
Nice walk 👍🏻!
Thanks
those latin numerals carved into the stonework show the depth of water contained in the dock
Oh right. Thank you. That makes good sense. ;)
Hi Peter, you seem to know something about the dock, I wonder if you've ever seen how they activate the barrier under the swing bridge, at 6.20 secs, Canning Dock I think it is, to let ships/boats in and out of the Albert Dock. I was there with a friend last weekend and we were trying to work out how it opens. The giant pistons suggest it might raise but we weren't sure and can't find much info about it.
hacksaw Richard for breaking up should work a treat lol
I think the colourful ferry was designed by the artist Peter Blake, who is famous for the Sgt Pepper album cover.
I've only been to Liverpool once, but what struck me was that hardly anyone seemed to have the traditional Scouse accent. Maybe that was all invented for the media!
Ah yes - that makes sense about the ferry - I wasn't quick enough to get a photo. Looks cool.
Did you just claim you were one of the Beatles? You never cease to surprise me!
Er ... did I? :)
theres a musuem there
Go to Mathews street
:)
It's pronounced Shrooosbury, Dick. Also, you've missed out the Flax Mill..
And the column!
Randomly there is a U Boat musuem on other side of the Mersey at the ferry terminal. Highly recommend Western Approaches museum, a bunker under Liverpool from which battle of Atlantic was "fought". In recent time times Liverpool marketed as City of Culture, but history defined by slavery, trade, migration, empire, war, political strife, sport, decline, rebirth. I'm slightly evangelical about the place.
Good for you - sounds great. It encapsulates our history in one place.
the home of Jeanie Mole.she has a blue plaque on Liver house in Bold st...Early socialist Harriet Fisher Mole, known as Jeannie, b.1841,d.1912. was a, trade union organiser, credited with bringing socialism to Liverpool. she set up food vans, organised women unions ,an activist for black and Chinese workers rights...as well as a campaigner against the corset,..Through the LWIC Liverpools Women Industrial Council which she helped set up. unions for women started springing up all over Liverpool. She also encouraged the successful women ropeworkers strike....very important figure in Liverpools Workers and Trades Unions History...I saw the plaque whilst in Liverpool for a conference ..oddly its not on the house where she lived in bold st....she lived at 46 and plaque is on 96.why this I don't know.
How annoying for her to have the plaque on the wrong house!
Socialism ruined Liverpool
the worker conditions in Liverpool during in the Victorian period of the industrial revolution would have been quite horrendous.which the death rate reflects .. Engels wrote on this in his masterpiece The Conditions of the Working Class in England .." Manchester and Liverpool mortality from disease (such as small pox, scarlet fever and whooping cough) was four times that in the surrounding countryside, and mortality from convulsions was ten times as high. The overall death-rate in Manchester and Liverpool was significantly higher than the national average (1 in 32.72, 1 in 31.90 and even 1 in 29.90, compared with 1 in 45 or 46)."...Engels was utterly shocked by the houses being severely overcrowded when he visited in Liverpool in 1840.he wrote. Liverpool, with all its commerce, wealth, and grandeur yet treats its workers with the same barbarity. A full fifth of the population, more than 45,000 human beings, live in narrow, dark, damp, badly ventilated cellar dwellings, of which there are 7,862 in the city. Besides these cellar dwellings there are 2,270 courts, small spaces built up on all four sides and having but one entrance, a narrow-covered passage-way, the whole ordinarily very dirty and inhabited exclusively by proletarians....as for conditions in the work place one can conclude....they was .quite grim
some was quite respectable....and those in poorer areas not so..for example southside of the thames...the more enterprising madams ran multiple brothels and invested in real estate...I cant remember which it was..but one began as a highwaywomen..then retired herself from that to purse being a madam and branched out into real estate and became quite well off mixing with upper classes...some of the very expensive houses in central London was built or owned by her...I did think at first it was Mary firth also known as molly cutpurse..but im not that sure..or Katherine Ferrers (the wicked lady)...but both are earlier than the Victorian but interesting none the less....
Heavens! We are in the best time there has ever been - we do not know how lucky we are.
Golly!