Merry Christmas From Liverpool

I was surprised with the lack of shoppers in Liverpool city centre on Thursday and Friday - perhaps people are doing most of their shopping online this year. Or it was due to the cold and the incessant  rain . The rain can be a friend for the photographer by providing great reflections in the pavement and roads, but can also be a right pain by fogging up the lens. It was quite tricky trying to take photos whilst holding an umbrella in one hand and with a rucksack which kept slipping off my shoulder. Anyway, I got some shots that i was quite pleased with.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Berry Street At Night

A rainy Berry Street at night makes for some atmospheric pictures as the car headlights are reflected in the wet tarmac.

Sefton Park In September

Looking back at some photos of Sefton Park that I took in September reminds me how amazing it can look under the right conditions.

Blue Funnel Plaque In Liverpool Chinatown

A plaque remembering the Chinese seamen who sailed on Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel line was put up outside the New Capital restaurant on Nelson street,Liverpool last week, November 18, 2013.

Liverpool's Chinatown is the oldest in Europe. There were around 20,000 Chinese seamen based in Liverpool at the beginning of WWII. Many lost their lives during the Atlantic and Pacific convoys.
After the war, over 15,000 Chinese seamen were forcefully repatriated back to China with some seamen leaving behind wives and children they would never see again.

Former Blue Funnel Line seamen attended the ceremony together with councillor Steve Munby and members of Liverpool Chinese community. The event was organised by The Soundagents who are carrying out an oral history project in Liverpool's Chinatown funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund.

Tall Ship At The Albert Dock

I spotted this wonderful reflection at the Albert Dock last Friday as it was getting dark. The tall ship is the Stavros S Niarchos, named after a Greek shipping magnate.