Liverpool - Wow oh wow Liverpool is amazing, we arrived on a Sunday to a town exploding with people everywhere, frocks in every colour shapes and sizes even the dudes looked snazzy it felt like West Berlin before the wall came down, 6000 plus open air concert, the fuzz on most corners. It took us almost 4 hours to work out that Monday was a bank holiday.
We loved the old and new architecture, The Cunard and Royal Liver buildings were lovely. They have fabulous wide pedestrian malls that stretched for miles. Our hotel room at the Dixie Dean was interesting the room slept 6 with a large spa bath and two additional baths - weird. It appears their target market is hens and bucks parties. It wasn't brilliant but the location was good. That 1st evening we went to Ivy restaurant, reminds me a little of Sydney Ivy. Terrific food and amazing ambience.
The Beatles - probably the highlight of Bradley trip so far the museum was informative and ticked all Bradleys boxes. I don't believe he learnt anything new but it was memorable we finished our sightseeing with a ferry ride on the Mersey River and he walked away with a t-shirt. (Bradley - "Actually, I did learn something new - The Beatles first performance was at the Jacaranda Club in Liverpool in 1960, not the Cavern, even though they ended up playing there over 300 times")
Wrexham - having seen the doco and as an official Wrexham AFC supporter this detour was a must. Unfortunately we didn't get to see a game but we were fortunate to be let into the racecourse for a stickybeak and I scored a cap. We also had a bevvy at The Turf. The town was quaint and it was great to see all the retail stores occupied. 11th century Wrexham St Giles Parish had lovely volunteers that made the visit memorable including honouring the Royal Welch Fusiliers colours (pennants) and roll of honour.
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Chester - A stunning town defined by its extensive and well preserved Roman and medieval city walls, the oldest in Brittan began with the Roman legionary fortress Deva in AD 76, apparently a crucial military and Admin centre. The Normans conquered it in 1066 until the river silted up. Then during the English Civil War another two year siege. It developed into a Georgian county Town and a Victorian centre hence all the various architecture styles which seem to blend well together.
Our Roman Guide Julius was terrific, I actually feel I learnt something. I think the best part of the tour is when he led us through Costa Coffee passed the dunny and into the basement where the original Roman columns were retained.
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| East clock tower |
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| Squirrel - just because he looks awesome |
Newcastle Upon Tyne - sort of reminds me of Brissy with boardwalks along the Tyne and lots of bridges. We spent most of it in bars and restaurants and took advantage of the weather to explore the city. Charles Earl Grey a massive monument overlooks Grey Street and the Royal theatre a stunning part of the city. A morning stroll along the boardwalk had a very South Bank of Brisbane feel to it.
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| Sculpture against the civic centre |
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| Gray St |
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| Bradley looking Roman |
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| Eleanor Rigby |
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| The Ivy |
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| The Ivy |
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Dixie Dean hotel room
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The Beatles - probably the highlight of Bradley trip so far the museum was informative and ticked all Bradleys boxes. I don't believe he learnt anything new but it was memorable we finished our sightseeing with a ferry ride on the Mersey River and he walked away with a t-shirt. (Bradley - "Actually, I did learn something new - The Beatles first performance was at the Jacaranda Club in Liverpool in 1960, not the Cavern, even though they ended up playing there over 300 times")
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Chester - A stunning town defined by its extensive and well preserved Roman and medieval city walls, the oldest in Brittan began with the Roman legionary fortress Deva in AD 76, apparently a crucial military and Admin centre. The Normans conquered it in 1066 until the river silted up. Then during the English Civil War another two year siege. It developed into a Georgian county Town and a Victorian centre hence all the various architecture styles which seem to blend well together. 
Our Roman Guide Julius was terrific, I actually feel I learnt something. I think the best part of the tour is when he led us through Costa Coffee passed the dunny and into the basement where the original Roman columns were retained. 
Looks amazing! I think all the big northern towns have had quite a resurgence in the last decades. Apart from the weird bedroom set up 😂
ReplyDeleteDiscovered years ago I’m descended from the Romans (I expect half of Britain is) my Dad was known as Billious Attakus
Lotsa love JJ xxx
Bruce said Chester is still beautiful because he thinks the Germans didn’t bomb it in WW2. We are enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeleteLoving the photos Christine!
ReplyDeleteWhoops didn’t mean to post anonymously- Kayla Brown
DeleteJust catching up on the blog and loving the posts and photos. What a trip! Super jealous as I read this and really should be working. Love Kath xx
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