AnglOrony

  Like so many tourists' attractions around the world, Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool looked eerie with no tourists and visitors around - at the start of the Summer season. The pavement was already equipped with information signs to keep 2 metres apart.  The lockdown measures had been softened a bit and the end of April but during May and June only essential shops, garden centres and some major stores could re-open. The rest remained closed.  People had been allowed to go outside more and had been hungry to experience some folks around, even in a long queue in front of B&Q store. Everything in Albert Dock was closed, so no point going there. For us, it was quite a fun - to have Royal Albert Dock, normally packed with crowds - entirely to ourselves! We could look at the place from a different angle, to notice things that we could not while with many diners and passers-by around. The stillness was disturbing to our senses - on one hand, on the other - we felt like kids in a new

The sheer number of pubs that used to thrive throughout 'the town' has been phenomenal. There had been a pub on every corner. Liverpool city centre is still brimming with bars and pubs, and it's impossible to keep up with them all. Here we have some of the past and present. The abundance of pubs comes from the port influence. The needs of sailors had to be accommodated and it simply meant the public houses and lodgings could prosper in an around the city centre. To this day enjoying the taste of an old traditional Liverpool pub is never far away. Bridewell 1 Campbell Square, Liverpool L1 5FB The Bridewell bar opened its doors in 2019 replacing Furnival’s Well, considered one of Liverpool’s hidden gems. The premises are in a former Victorian lock up. Charles Dickens spent here a day or two doing research for his books. It was also used by the US military in World War II. There is a walled courtyard, the interior has many of its original features. The old prison

As opposed to Living the Dream. Known locally as ' Crocky ', Croxteth - believed to be a Viking name - is a suburb of Liverpool with relatively modern but already derelict housing estate around a haunted Stately Home . It was after the war when re-housing was implemented, clearing out the city centre 'slums' and relocating its residents. Together with Norris Green , it is supposedly one of the largest residential estates in Europe . It was built with very few local amenities such as shops or even proper roads and very few are yet to be seen around. The area had suffered a bad reputation with increased anti-social behaviour, gangs and violence. In this rather tough conditions, a young Everton player, later starship of Manchester United, Wayne Rooney , was born and brought up here, as well as his wife, Coleen. So, there we go.  Croxteth used to be a hunting ground to the Croxteth Hall and its owners, the Molyneux family. Their aristocratic title - Earls of Sefton