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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 18h

Well it looks as though the sun is going to come up this morning …

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This things you find in a bin ... like this photograph of England cricketer Bill Edrich in the nets at Stafford Boys Secondary Modern School in October 1952 for example.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Well … the Sun is coming up … so far so good I guess.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My latest charity shop find … when it was opened in 1911 the Liver Building was the tallest building in Europe.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Carvings in Lark Lane Liverpool

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I’m sorry but I like clouds.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well … a cloud thing again earlier.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Two more photos of beautiful Sefton Park in Liverpool. Not my images but taken by my pal Peter Lloyd multi award winning garden designer.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A new Moon this morning but you do have to look a bit to find it. I suppose the other one has been around for a time so perhaps we were due this new one?

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is a bit of a cloud thing going on this afternoon.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I do like the day when my copy of Private Eye drops through the letterbox!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Members of the Liverpool Consular Corps in 1938

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In 1938 Martins Bank was the only English based bank not to have its Head Office in London. Between 1918 and 1928 it was the Bank of Liverpool and Martins.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here is an interesting list of trade bodies in Liverpool in 1938. Okay it’s not interesting to 99,99% of people but I find it interesting. I’ll get my coat.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On 26th November 1878 during thick fog in the River Mersey the Wallasey ferry The Gem collided with the Bowfell, a sailing ship of the Brocklebank Line. The bowsprit of the Bowfell swept the deck of The Gem demolishing the superstructure. Between 8 and 20 died. Many bodies were not recovered.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A souvenir “medallion” which dates from the day that Prince Arthur opened Liverpool’s Sefton Park.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Decorated post box topper at ASDA in Liscard, Wallasey. Not at all sure what they are supposed to be but I don’t want to make a boob suggesting something that they may not be!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These tiny mushrooms, fungi, not sure of the correct term, are growing in the gap between two paving stones.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A few years ago Merseyrail put in this construction at Wallasey Grove Road station - it appears that nature is having a go at starting to reclaim the structure.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More images of the Grade I Listed Magical Kingdom that is Sefton Park in Liverpool - images by by friend Peter Lloyd multi award winning garden designer.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nine images of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral - the biggest place of worship in the UK, the 8th biggest church in the world. The biggest organ in the UK. The highest and heaviest peel of bells in the UK.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some serious kit here in Wallasey Village … after special drainage work they are building a small park … perhaps the word “plant” has been wrongly interpreted by someone?!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Four original photographs from my collection - the foundry at Harland & Woolf in Liverpool.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

RMS Mauritania - following her launch from Lairds Birkenhead in 1938. Owned by the Liverpool based Cunard White Star Line. Original photograph in my collection.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ship No 534 at John Browns Clydebank - better known as RMS Queen Mary - built for the Liverpool based Cunard Line. The ship since 1967 has been at City of Long Beach, Los Angeles, California. Two original photographs in my collection.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Liverpool ship of the Booth Line - RMS Hildebrand - launched 1911 - armed merchant cruiser in WWI - left the Mersey 1932 - broken up 1934.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1st October 1971 - construction of Royal Seaforth Dock Liverpool. Original Robson & Baxter photo in my collection.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here is a well known photo - Princess Laundry in Lark Lane Liverpool following an air raid on 30/09/1940. The address is sometimes given as nos 94 and 96 - original building now gone HOWEVER the building opposite looks original but not like the building visible through the ruins.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The “K” Garage in Lark Lane Liverpool is now part of Maranto’s restaurant.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Loving the way this building has two “eyes” and a “nose” … and a “mouth” for that matter.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The off-licence in High Park St Liverpool next to the Empress pub “then and now”

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Empress pub in High Park St Liverpool “then and now”

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It really is worthwhile having a look in charity shops - as well as helping a really good cause you can get some real treasures - these are from my visit to the St John’s Hospice shop in New Brighton this morning.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yet another New Brighton art work ... yet again ... read the words ... "I'll stop painting when our people stop ending their lives"

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

More New Brighton art work - again - read the words ... "due to what she was wearing"

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New art work in New Brighton. This is NOT graffiti ... look beyond and read the words: "They kick off about a wall but not about rape!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The beautifully decorated kebab shop in Victoria Road New Brighton.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WOW! The side of the James Atherton in New Brighton.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The doorway of the James Atherton in New Brighton.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Victoria Road New Brighton - I really think that trees add something to a street.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s often said that we know how to party in Liverpool and I think this photo illustrates that perfectly!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s a beautiful morning. There was a red sky and you know what they say about red sky in the morning … it must be dawn.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Does anyone remember the queues to get into the Queensway “Birkenhead” Mersey Tunnel before the Kingsway “Wallasey” Mersey Tunnel was opened? Photos from 1968, 1967 and 1965.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today’s schedule demanded grab a sandwich from Morrisons but what a tragic specimen of a sandwich this is! Cheap white bread with barely any butter/margarine on it, cheese cut so thinly you can see through it. Today is my last ever visit to Morrisons - I would rather skip lunch than eat this!

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To be honest I think that with a little bit more effort this crow could have found a taller tree to perch in.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some lovely clouds and a lot of aircraft activity over Wallasey this morning.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was in the Magazine Conservation Area in New Brighton this morning trying to locate an old address for a pal. It is lovely and I took some photos.

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