A good Premier Hotel breakfast sets us up for that day, well until lunchtime that is, and we head off along the sea front passing the many beautiful old buildings including the famous Liver Building. We also pass a tribute in flowers to somebody who must have died recently on the spot but apart from the flowers there were also tins and bottles of beer as part of the tribute, strange.
We see that a considerable amount of money has been spent by the City Council on redeveloping the large open area along by the sea and of course they have one of the best old building for themselves, no obvious shortage of government/council money here.
We passed an advert for Wallace and Gromet with their little car, see main photos on Phanfare, before arriving at a Church where there appeared to be an important occasion taking place what with the Mayor and several other high local dignitaries being present. It would appear that HMS Liverpool and Royal Naval Ship is being scrapped following the defence review and the crew will do a parade through the streets following the Church service. We watched the parade lead by horses and then the ships band and crew march past, not really in time though and they are in dire need of practise. Most Boy Scout troops would parade better than this lot.
We then visited the building where Noels ex company had an office in one of the old buildings which he used to visit and it had been recently spruced up and it looks really good.
We found a sandwich shop in an area called Liverpool One which is a modern outdoor shopping area with cinemas, major shopping brands and places for kids to play. There was also a recently erected tribute to John Lennon and some nice words from his son Julian, again see main photos, but photographically it was not to good as the council had left a large scissor lift partly in front of it, great.
We continued walking all afternoon and visited the China Town area and then dinner in Wagamama Asian food and then went to the cinema to see ‘True Grit’ a film by the Cohen Brothers and yet again it was excellent. These guys really produce some good films.
Then back to the Hotel as we have an early morning tomorrow to join the ferry to Belfast and we have heard that the main tunnel under the Mersey is closed.
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