Today was our visit to Liverpool. It is a short report as Amanda was feeling ill most of the day.
Speke Hall
Speke Hall garden
We visited Old Rufford Hall in the morning, drove to Liverpool, and visited the Anglican Cathedral and Albert Docks.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – highest and heaviest peal in the world
Inside Liverpool Anglican
We also took a series of photos from the top of the bell tower:
Liverpool Anglican to the southwest
Liverpool Anglican to the west – Birkenhead
Liverpool Anglican to the northwest – Liverpool, Vauxhall, Bootle – across the Mersey my first area, Seacombe, Liscard, and New Brighton
Liverpool Anglican up the Mersey to the Irish Sea
Liverpool Anglican looking at Liverpool Catholic Metropolitian Cathedral
Liverpool Anglican looking east
Liverpool Anglican looking south
We had to stop at Albert Dock. Amanda and I both had many family lines that came through Liverpool docks, very likely through Albert Dock.
Inside Albert Dock in Liverpool
Paul Ross at Albert Dock
Liver Building, Cunard Building, and Port of Liverpool Building from Albert Dock
Albert Dock looking at my first missionary area across the Mersey, Seacombe and Liscard
Albert Dock Promenade along Mersey River
Beatles Museum at Albert Dock
Afterward, we drove back to Wigan through Upholland so Amanda could see the church where one of her family lines lived.
Upholland Church – St. Thomas the Martyr
Paul Ross at St. Thomas Church in Upholland
Upholland St Thomas graveyard
Tonight we had curry for dinner. That was definitely a treat.
Brenda Millington, Paul Ross, Jack Millington
Brenda Millington, Paul and Amanda Ross in Howe Bridge
And lastly, we stopped at my sacred grove location. It is somewhere between Roby Mill and Skelmersdale. I tried to locate it on a map, but it has changed enough I cannot locate it. But here are some photos. I located it on that trip in 2008. Amanda did not want to hike to it, so I went by myself.
My Sacred Quarry
View at the top of the hill from the quarry
Out building remnants not far from the quarry
Just for fun, a picture at some of the same remnants with Elders Gavin Wright and Joseph Hulse in 2000
Here is a photo from the mission log that I still find humorous and I thought I would share here. There are not many photos that I can absolutely pin down its location, but this is one of them (with obvious assistance within the photo). The shop is located in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England. I just looked it up on Google Maps and the shop is still there although zooming in on Google you can see they have changed the advertising in the window. Which is probably likely to happen in the 13 years since this photo was taken. However, I hope the photo is clear on why it was comical to Americans. I will not comment on how many questions this window provides to my mind. The photo was taken in the fall of 2000.
Most of you are likely already aware, but I try and post something each week. Some weeks you can tell I have less time and these types of photos although not really historically important to me provide great fodder for filling weeks when necessary.
Sagacity 