What to do in Liverpool on a Saturday afternoon?

[mark st1]

ooohhhhhh

Stevie G's boot bag.

 

[Gromit]

The Magical Mystery Tour and the Beatles museum.

 

[Archie_tect]

Is that all there is? ...and this is the city that beat Newcastle/Gateshead to City of Culture after the Sage was complete...

 

[Crackle]

Otterspool Prom and the old garden festival site now re-opened, Speke Hall bit of a trip out from the centre that one, arrange a tour of the Radio City tower for great view over the city, Sefton beach for the Antony Gormley statues, go and stand under the statue at what used to be Lewis's, so you can be said to have been standing there like one of Lewis's (meet under a statue exceedingly bare), etc... I did say etc the first time.


.....And only a few stereotypical jokes on a thread about Liverpool. Considering there's so many numpties on the forum, I expected more.

 

[Archie_tect]

It's maybe because people have to make an effort to get to Liverpool- it's at the end of the line, not like York or even, cough, Manchester [sorry].

 

[martint235]

As mentioned the Albert Dock, Pier Head and 3 Graces (will be done as part of getting to the ferry). Otterspool Prom used to be good 20 odd years ago, don't know what it's like now. The Walker is worth a visit as is Liverpool One, lunch at Thomas Rigby's on Dale Street and don't forget a visit to the Philarmonic Bar.

 

[martint235]

It's maybe because people have to make an effort to get to Liverpool- it's at the end of the line, not like York or even, cough, Manchester [sorry].

Errrm, Manchester is the end of the line if you live in London. Heaven's if that's the criteria you use, you'll be recommending Preston as a place to visit!!

 

[Crackle]

As mentioned the Albert Dock, Pier Head and 3 Graces (will be done as part of getting to the ferry). Otterspool Prom used to be good 20 odd years ago, don't know what it's like now. The Walker is worth a visit as is Liverpool One, lunch at Thomas Rigby's on Dale Street and don't forget a visit to the Philarmonic Bar.

And the Phil's gentleman's urinals. It's not an unusual sight to see women being ushered in to have a look. No one bats an eye at it.

 

[Archie_tect]

Now you're being silly, has anyone ever got off a train at Preston?

 

[Crackle]

Now you're being silly, has anyone ever got off a train at Preston?

Me and a bus. The nice thing about Preston is it's only small and takes just a few minutes to get out of.

 

[Archie_tect]

London is the ultimate dead-end.... unless you're trying to get to Gatwick.

Sorry TVC, got distracted... so you could go to the beach for the day.

 

[martint235]

Now you're being silly, has anyone ever got off a train at Preston?

I frequently have to change trains there. The good thing about it is the bar staff are friendly and they sell mind bleach relatively cheaply.

 

[RedRider]

*More public sculptures than any place outside of Westminster
*2,500 listed buildings including more listed Georgian houses than Bath. 'England's finest Victorian city' according to English heritage.
*The Palm House in Sefton Park.
*six areas throughout the city centre designated UNESCO world heritage sites.
* Ye Cracke and Roscoe Head pubs for characters and character but there's loads of other goodies.

 

[RedRider]

@The Velvet Curtain
Do you like subterrania? If so this might float your boat...

"Opened in 2002 the Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre has welcomed over 100,000 visitors into the fascinating underground world created beneath the streets of the Edge Hill district of Liverpool by Joseph Williamson, a wealthy tobacco merchant who employed many hundreds of men in the construction of a huge and elaborate underground labyrinth of tunnels, chambers and passageways.
Visitors to the Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre can take a guided tour through a section of the network of tunnels and view exhibits and displays which depict the life and times of one of Liverpool's most eccentric characters."

 

[TVC]

http://www.theyellowduckmarine.co.uk/

Famous from the Ross Noble show.