Trees at Thurstaston Common, Wirral. Taken in the early 1980's. Photographed on #InfraRed #35mm film #NikonFA #B&W
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mastodon 4.6.8Retired #BritishRail & #VirginTrains, Train Driver (38yrs). Photography, Trustee "Friends of Williamson's Tunnels" #FoWT & "Liverpool & Manchester Railway Trust" #LMRailway, Nikon, LandRover, RangeRover, RealAle, SingleMalt, Proud Dad
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Friends of Williamson's Tunnels:
Littlewoods, Air Raid Shelter, Edge Lane
The Secret, long abandoned, WWII Air Raid shelter, along side the Littlewoods building. I've shown the 280m (approx) bunker on a map, showing its location and entrances from 1940, along with Google Earth today
https://chrisiles.co.uk/2018/09/21/littlewoods-edge-lane-air-raid-shelter
Early 1980's views from Oglet Shore, looking out across the River Mersey
#BronicaSQ-A #B&W
Sefton Park's iconic Victorian, Grade II* listed, Palm House. Originally shot on #NikonD200, converted to #InfraRed
During construction of the new Garston Way bypass around 1982, an old stone culvert was discovered...
Thought to be the original Watercourse of the Old Garston Brook, one of Liverpool’s ancient lost rivers. Sadly, the stone arch is buried once again, within the foundations of the bridge
#RicohXR7
Whilst visiting Berlin, I explored the Berlin Wall, days after it's collapse (Nov 1989). I even helped with it's destruction, by breaking off fragments of Wall as souvenirs...
A section of Wall, former 'Kunsthaus Tacheles' arts centre, Berlin-Mitte, the East Side & framed Berlin Wall...
#NikonFA
Watching the Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, takes me back to an unforgettable road trip I did through the Dolomite Mountains and Cortina in the early 1990s. What a spectacular place...
A nostalgic view along Canning Dockside with an unobstructed view of the three graces in the early 1980's
Nice to get a little glimpse of the Aurora Borealis from Sefton Park, Aigburth tonight.
📷 Galaxy S25 Ultra
Harland & Wolff, Liverpool
It was around 1913 when Harland & Wolff Ltd, expanded their existing shipbuilding business into Liverpool. Opening a further engineering Works and foundry on Strand Road, along with a new head quarters on Regent Road...
The 'Star of Hope' and 'Atlantic' Shipwrecks
Two of the many shipwrecks that have foundered on the Sefton Coast, which occasionally becoming visible. The 'Star of Hope' and the 'Atlantic', as shifting sand had briefly uncovered their skeletons, which normally sit submerged for long periods of time
Just been watching "Canal Boat Diaries" with #RobbieCumming taking his "Naughty Lass" through the Standedge Canal Tunnel. This tunnel is an amazing feat of engineering, quite an experience to navigate through such a long and deep tunnel...
Delighted to have contributed in a small way, to the exhibition by Miriam Flüchter, 'Childhood is a Garden', part of 'The Flowers Still Grow' instalation the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
My #MemoriesShared of early life in #Garston and my images of the #GarstonHotel in its last days...
@vrsimility@vrsimility.masto.host cheers 😀👍
Liverpool's Lost Cinemas
National Museums Liverpool
#Futurist #Cinema #Lime #Street
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/liverpools-lost-cinemas
Liverpool Lime Street Stn and the Lime Street to Edge Hill Cutting is closed for engineering this weekend
During the last scheduled closure in 2018, I had the opportunity to walk the length of the Lime Street Cutting. An amazing experience & feat of engineering...
https://chrisiles.co.uk/2018/08/12/liverpool-lime-street-to-edge-hill-railway-cutting/
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