Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008

People and Statues and Ships.

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Ringo Starr house, 10 Admiral Grove. Ringo had his 21st birthday party here, and was here on his wedding day. 

liver5.jpg (14858 bytes) George Harrison was born at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, on 25th February 1943. No.12 Arnold Grove was built in the 1890s as a two-up, two-down terraced house, just off Wavertree High Street.
liver6.jpg (21484 bytes) Paul McCartney lived in 20 Forthlin Road until 1963. Paul's room was above the front door.  liver17.jpg (30444 bytes) John Lennon 251 Menlove Avenue was John's home with Aunt Mimi from 1945 to 1963. It was here that John was positively discouraged from playing the guitar, with Aunt Mimi stating,"The guitar's all very well John, but you'll never make a living out of it!" When John became famous, he had the words framed and gave them to his Aunt.( stolen from the BBC website)
ringocover.jpg (32607 bytes) This is the cover of Sentimental Journey by Ringo, the row of houses to the right of the pub is where Ringo grew up.  liver7.jpg (22650 bytes) William Ewart Gladstone, the fourth son of Sir John Gladstone, was born in here on 29th December, 1809. more on Gladstone
liver26.jpg (29761 bytes) Chinese Arch liver28.jpg (24561 bytes) Iron horse
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Liverpool's China town is the home of the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
bliver1.jpg (42711 bytes) Charles Dickens was a special constable here in this former police station. 
liver34.jpg (43460 bytes) Rigby's Building Dated 1726, its facade dates from the mid-19th Century. has several grotesques, each holding something different, a dog, rabbit, chicken etc Its a pub.  
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 explanation & detail of the statue, close up photos 

Admiral Lord Nelson

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aliver1.jpg (18989 bytes) HMS Mersey
River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) used for fishery protection duties around UK waters and was launched at Southampton. She was commissioned into the Fleet on the 28th November 2003. 
ship1.jpg (21547 bytes) HMS Richmond
Royal Navy
HMS Richmond is the tenth of the Type 23 Duke Class Anti Submarine Warfare Frigates in service with the Royal Navy and the eighth warship to bear the name. Based in Portsmouth when in the UK, the Ship has completed deployments to the Far East, America, the South Atlantic and the Arabian Gulf. Her most recent deployment including participation in Operation TELIC, the campaign to remove Saddam Hussein's regime from Iraq.
ship2.jpg (24980 bytes) RFA Sir Tristram
RFA Sir Tristram (L3505) is a Landing Ship Logistics (LSL) of the Round Table class.Launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967. As with others of its class, it was taken over by the Royal Navy in 1970. The ship saw service in the Falklands War, and was badly damaged at Fitzroy on June 8.

Following a major rebuild, Tristram reentered active service in 1985, and has since seen service in the Gulf War, and also against Iraq in 2003.
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