Liverpool painting No. 89. Stanley Park

Acrylic on canvas board. 21cm x 14cm. £90.

Liverpool painting No. 88. Mersey shore

I went in search of Oglet and followed Brunswick Street to the footpath that led to the Mersey shore. Talk about follow the path less travelled, the place was empty except for a few startled rabbits and the curlews that lifted from the bank in panic at my approach. Here on a small hill was the graveyard of boats, propellers and engines. I would love to have found this place when I was a kid, hours of fun. No doubt it will soon come to the attention of someone in a suit who will order it to be cleared up or fenced off as dangerous.

Liverpool painting No. 87. King Street.

Acrylic on canvas board. 21cm x 14cm

Took a few hours around the Garston area today. It never ceases to amaze me how many places I've never been to or seen before. I was in search of Oglet shore...I've never heard of it, so I had to root it out. I found this scene just down the road. There are lots north shore locations that look quiet and deserve a visit so I think I'll be going back in the future. More on Oglet next post.

http://www.merseyestuary.org.uk/index_files/NorthShore.html

Liverpool painting No. 86. Edge Lane .

Acrylic on board. 21cm x 14cm

The corner of Durning road. Companion piece for painting No. 85

Liverpool painting No 85. Gladstone Road

Oil on board 21cm x 14cm

Goodbye number 63. The demolition of Edge Lane and the surrounding area continues. As one old guy I spoke to remarked, they're doing a better job than the Luftwaffe.

Liverpool painting No. 84. Northway allotments.

21cm x 14cm Acrylic on canvas board

The allotments at the back of my house coming to life first thing this morning. These particular plots back onto the railway and always remind me of a of a time gone by…dig for victory etc.

During the First World War Germany's blockade caused food shortages which increased the demand for allotments. One source of land suitable for allotments but not large enough for general agricultural use was the land owned by railway companies. These parcels of land were often allotted to the railway workers and this is the reason that you will often see allotments by railway lines today.

http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Allotment-History.php

Liverpool painting No. 83. Anfield Road.

Originally known as Walton-on-the-Hill Board School - up until the first part of the 20th century.

This school is famous for its Bell Tower - inevitably believed to be haunted. Originally listed as a single school, it is currently separate infant and junior schools located within the same building. Bessie Braddock is one of the school’s most famous pupils. The school was evacuated to the Ysgol Llangynfelyn ('Taliesin School') during the second world war, most of the children living in the main villages of Tre-Taliesin and Tre'r-ddôl. There were also Anfield Road children at Ysgol Tal-y-bont, a little over a mile further south on the Aberystwyth-Machynlleth road.
http://liverpool-schools.co.uk/html/anfield_rd.html