I visited the Museum of Liverpool on Friday to see the newly opened 1st and ground floor galleries. The Great Port, Liverpool Overhead Railway, History Detectives, and City Soldiers are officially open. Just like the rest of the museum these new galleries are simply fantastic. The show stopper really is the train carriage from the Overhead Railway. It’s set at the height it would originally have ran at. The whole area is setup like part of the original track. It is brilliant and really is a centrepiece for that section of the museum. Below that is the locomotive the Lion. You may remember it from such films as Victoria the Great, The Lady with the Lamp and The Titfield Thunderbolt. The locomotive has been beautifully restored with loving care and attention. Unfortunately the man who worked to restore the train, David Letsch, died recently and never saw his restoration in the museum. He died of cancer but I’m sure his work will be appreciated by many for years to come.

The Museum of Liverpool is now fully open. Go get a coffee from the cafe then sit outside and enjoy the morning winter light shine on the building and 3 graces. Don’t forget to enjoy my photo of the skyline in the cafe *ahem*. Go sit on the train, take in the view from the 2nd floor and most of all spend some time looking and learning about Liverpool. It’s a rich city and this museum really shows that. Well done to everyone who put it together.

Married for 58 years Peter and Doris Owen used to ride on the Overhead Railway in Liverpool. They had fond memories of it and enjoyed being on the carriage at the Musem of Liverpool. Doris used to take the tram to work which ran under the overhead railway. Peter used to ride the overhead to work and loved the beautiful sweep of the railway as it went round the Albert Dock.

1st Nov 2011. The modern Liverpool waterfront with the Museum of Liverpool on the left, the 3 Graces in the middle and the new black granite buildings at Mann Island on the right. Things sure have changed.

8th Dec 2006.

Last weekend was the Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Tiger. This weekend sees Chinatown in Liverpool light up with celebrations. This is the largest Chinese arch outside of China and was brought here from China 10 years ago.

One wheel goes and another rolls into town. This is the new one by the Echo Arena. I went on on Sunday but annoyingly the weather was so bad we could barely see the next carriage. Still, it goes round and has aircon. I’ve posted a video on Flickr of my experience on the new wheel. I’m hoping to get up there on a nicer day for better photos.

The Liverpool One wheel closed on Sunday. According to the Echo a new one is set to open shortly near to the Echo Arena. The wheel changed the landscape of Liverpool while it was here. Every time I drove down the Strand at night I’d see it reflected in One Park West in a sort of broken mirror style. I really do like it when something you take for granted is changed allowing a fresh take on the world. As you can see in this image of the classic Liverpool skyline its different now due to the wheel.

The Bluecoat is the oldest building in central Liverpool and home to ever changing art installations. It was recently renovated and re-opened in 2008. Annoyingly the sun never really shines on it so its hard getting a nice shot but I’m happy with this.

Had a bit of snow here today. Just a bit. Its so rare so I grabbed my gear and headed out to bank a load of shots before it was gone. I prefer it when it snows to hours after. I love seeing the snow fall and the way the world changes in a matter of hours.

Ok so it was freezing cold but can you think of a more amazing cinema in town right now? During the summer its a brilliant venue. Urban Strawberry Lunch (USL) play classic B-movie scifi and horror films like ‘The Day the Earth stood still’ and ‘Nosferatu’. Theres nothing quite like sitting there watching b-movie scifi. Here’s to 2010 and I hope they continue playing such awesome movies.

Just so you know I’ve got a few of these shots. I’ll get back to the aerial ones soon but as the light was a bit flat I’m going with the dusk/night time photos. I really wish it was here all week so I could bank all the photos I wanted. I had a selection of angles planned but the rain and overcast sky essentially reduced it to 2 key angles. The good thing is that you’ll get to see something different. I’m still riding a high from it. It was something else, some day and some view.

It really is some view.