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Some of our past visits have included the Mersey Tunnel, the Old Dock, the Nordic and Greek Orthodox Churches, Knowsley Recycling Centre, the Royal Court and Empire Theatres, the Liverpool Cathedrals, the Masonic Hall and Western Approaches Museum.

Pat & Mary would welcome any suggestions for future visits.

Our Interesting Building trip was on Friday 17th of April to Liverpool Town Hall.

 

A grand total of 40 members turned up, and our guide was James.

He was so informative, and  knew names and dates, making the tour so interesting.

In the entrance hall, James told us all about  the tile floor. There was an oak fireplace; James climbed onto a ledge and opened the doors on top of fireplace. He said even two hundred years ago they were thinking about television set's on the walls.

Going up the stairs there was a beautiful picture of Queen Elizabeth.

We went up the stairs into the ballroom and walked to the far end of the hall; the doors were open and we were allowed  to walk out onto the balcony and look down onto Castle Street.

At the other end of the ballroom there was a massive mirror which covered the whole wall. When you stood in front of it you saw all the chandeliers in a line going down the ball room.

We then went down to the Memorial room. There the walls had plaques with the names of fallen soldiers during the first world war.

Then we went into the Council Chambers, where all the big decisions are made.

It was an excellent experience.