Wasnt sure if this was a religious site report or an industrial one.
The History
The history of Birkenhead priory goes back beyond Victorian years. The oldest standing building on Merseyside, Founded in 1150, the monks of this Benedictine monastery looked after travellers for nearly 400 years and supervised the first regulated 'Ferry 'cross the Mersey'.
The tower of St Mary's, the first parish church of the town, shares the site which is now dedicated as a memorial to those lost in the 1939 disaster aboard the Laird's built submarine Thetis.
I made two visits here as the scaffold got higher, the first visit was made alone and the second visit was made with Deviant, I was also grateful to Ojay for the advice and offer of lending me a harness because I am a scaredy cat.
Ok, so the real appeal was the fact that this priory is situated in an elevated position overlooking a ship yard and the idea was to get some pictures of the ships in dry dock but the anticipation was decidedly laclustre, anyway on with the pictures
firstly a shot from google showing the dry docks that got me so enthused, you can see the Priory right next to the shipyard
The priory and St marys tower Merseysides OLDEST building all scaffed out on my first visit
and on my second visit topped off to the spire. it dont look high but shitty death when you get up there it is brown troos time especially in the wind.
One of the St Marys clocks minus its hands
On my first visit here there was a Manx ferry in dry dock getting some sonar dome work done.
On my second visit there was a naval ship in the same dry dock and also looks like a sonar dome job it was so large that I couldnt even fit it in using my 10mm
But it looked like a sonar dome job too
The smaller dry dock was empty on my first visit but in the background you can see Liverpool and the Anglican Cathedral
On my second visit I was pleased to see a tall ship and a tug in the smaller dry dock
One of the monster cranes in the shipyard
Close up of the Bridge of the manx ferry
Birkenhead tunnel entrance from the priory and the end of the large dry dock
and a crop of the small dry dock
Grupo shot...moi et Deviant
It is so good to see Cammell Lairds Busy again
thanks for looking
The History
The history of Birkenhead priory goes back beyond Victorian years. The oldest standing building on Merseyside, Founded in 1150, the monks of this Benedictine monastery looked after travellers for nearly 400 years and supervised the first regulated 'Ferry 'cross the Mersey'.
The tower of St Mary's, the first parish church of the town, shares the site which is now dedicated as a memorial to those lost in the 1939 disaster aboard the Laird's built submarine Thetis.
I made two visits here as the scaffold got higher, the first visit was made alone and the second visit was made with Deviant, I was also grateful to Ojay for the advice and offer of lending me a harness because I am a scaredy cat.
Ok, so the real appeal was the fact that this priory is situated in an elevated position overlooking a ship yard and the idea was to get some pictures of the ships in dry dock but the anticipation was decidedly laclustre, anyway on with the pictures
firstly a shot from google showing the dry docks that got me so enthused, you can see the Priory right next to the shipyard
The priory and St marys tower Merseysides OLDEST building all scaffed out on my first visit
and on my second visit topped off to the spire. it dont look high but shitty death when you get up there it is brown troos time especially in the wind.
One of the St Marys clocks minus its hands
On my first visit here there was a Manx ferry in dry dock getting some sonar dome work done.
On my second visit there was a naval ship in the same dry dock and also looks like a sonar dome job it was so large that I couldnt even fit it in using my 10mm
But it looked like a sonar dome job too
The smaller dry dock was empty on my first visit but in the background you can see Liverpool and the Anglican Cathedral
On my second visit I was pleased to see a tall ship and a tug in the smaller dry dock
One of the monster cranes in the shipyard
Close up of the Bridge of the manx ferry
Birkenhead tunnel entrance from the priory and the end of the large dry dock
and a crop of the small dry dock
Grupo shot...moi et Deviant
It is so good to see Cammell Lairds Busy again
thanks for looking
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