The Stanley Tobacco warehouse was said to have contained 30 million bricks in its walls. The rounded top structure next to United Molasses was Tate & Lyles giant sugar silo. Having walked most of this route back in about 1970 I was really surprised how few of the old pubs remain along the dock road.

The Tobacco Warehouse is a grade 11 listed building and the largest warehouse in the world. It covers 36 acres. The tobacco would be shipped on and processed in nearby factories and shipped around the world again. The whole road would have been filled with large brick warehouses but a lot were bombed during world war 2. Liverpool was once one of the largest ports in the world. My first job was an office junior at a ships supply store and that whole area was bustling with life. The docks were filled with huge ships. My company faced The Canada Dock. The ships towered over the dock walls. Thanks for bringing back happy memories. The trailer boats are tug boats that guide the ships

I know the areas you walked through, they’re not really on the tourist map. BTW Crosby is pronounced Crosbee. I recommend Sefton park and Lark Lane. Speke Hall (Tudor House) is also worth a look at, though its probably not open due to COVID. Take a train ride to West Kirby, that’s nice, you can walk to Hilbre island, and see some seals it has lovely views over to Wales. Chester is also a beautiful place to visit.

Thank-you for the Liverpool tour's. This was my Liverpool in the 1930's, we had an Overhead Railway running the length of the Dock road then with the Clydesdale horse's pulling cargo discharged from those busy Dock's. ❤.

While I'm at job - you can still interact with each other as on the livestream 🤗

@yvonneroberts1047

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Foss. 🙂

@justyawping

3 жыл бұрын

I/we were chatting away like it was a Livestream ;)!

The Tobacco warehouse looks amazing!! Love this walk of old Liverpool so much history i love it. easy to find the way to the beach is to follow the harbour along. but well done. I am so glad you featured Anthony Gormley statues, i so wanted to see them when i was in Liverpool bit didn't get the chance. Anthony Gormley has these life sized statues of himself all over and there are a few here in Edinburgh Scotland, he is an amazing sculptor and artist!!

Another side of Liverpool I had not been. I knew and can see that large Tobacco Warehouse from the ferry but to see this building up close was so cool. Thanks for taking us on that journey really enjoyed that !

Just for more information some of the strange smells when you first saw the big tanks , the ones with UM on them belonged to United Molasses bringing in sugar from the Caribbean and refining into molasses. The park with the carriage tunnel, Gladstone the future Prime Minister had a large house built not far from there. In the 1700s and early 1800s the Ship owners had large houses around Faulkner Square in the City but with the Irish famine and the overcrowding from people fleeing the famine typhoid and cholera broke out in the city so a lot of the Merchants and Ships Captains moved to Crosby pronounced Crosbee because it was healthier and built these large houses. They could also see their ships coming down the Mersey from the Irish Sea. Captain Smith of The Titanic lived on Marine Terrace and Joseph Bruce Ismay the Managing Director of White Star Line. The chap said that the bombed houses and warehouses from the war had the bricks removed and placed in the beach. Some have writing on them. I’m still watching a couple of hours in. 👍

@JohnsysChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I was just filming Ismays and Smiths houses the other day. Charles Lightholler lived further into Crosby on Victoria Road I think? either that or Cambridge Road. Sir Arthur Rostron captain of the Carpathia also lived in the area for a while. His family still do. The last person to walk off the Titanic alive Charles Joughin lived in Birkenhead. He was a baker aboard the ship. His story is absolutely incredible of how he managed to survive. His family members again still live in the area.

@bernadettefarrell8161

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnsysChannel I knew about the baker but not the rest. One of the Titanic Stokers Charles Rice was married to a family member and he survived and was in charge of one of the Life Boats he was from Liverpool. I love the Maritime history of Liverpool. My great aunt was a chief stewardess for Cunard, White Star, Ellerman Lines. I know she was on the Mauritania among others and was torpedoed 3 times. Thanks for the information.👍🏻

@JohnsysChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernadettefarrell8161 We did an exhibition about the Titanic on the centenary of the sinking. We focused on the area of Waterloo and Crosby and looked at the people who were involved and where they all lived. I can't remember who lived on Victoria Road, but it's not far from the Crows Nest pub. Lightholler lived in Cambridge Road, I know the guy who lives in the house. We actually had Captain Rostrons ceremonial sword and uniform for our exhibition, which the family kindly allowed us to borrow. I've never felt so nervous of looking after something in my whole life. This was totally irreplaceable. The family donated his medals he received to one of the Museums, and I believe they had it insured for quite a lot of money!! It's brilliant to hear all the stories and connections to the City. Have you written or recorded anything about your Aunt and Charles Rice? There's plenty of people out there who are interested in hearing the stories about the people involved in White Star/Cunard

Next time you go to Liverpool go South, Sefton Park, Calderstones and Woolton it's beautiful in those areas

Wow the quality is so awesome!! 🥰

This was a very intetesting video. After walking thru the boring bits you found this great beach! This is what makes life fun.....the unexpected! Thank you.

It’s amazing opportunity to travel with your beautiful videos Thanks for taking us there

Nice walk! That TobaccoWarehouse and surrounding area can be pretty amazing once it's all done. But yeah, that's gonna be another 5 years.

Amazing tour! Thank you for sharing 🙂

Hiya👋😊Our friend Gaz Riley sent me here.I LOVE this.I live here, in Waterloo .This is Waterloo Beach 2:41:57 👍🌊💦The "Another Place" statues are amazing.I'm glad you enjoyed this walk.Gaz has also walked from our BRILLIANT City of Liverpool,to Crosby(which is just past Waterloo)👍🌊💦.Enjoy your weekend.👏Thank you for sharing this.😊☀

@LADmob

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sharon 😊

Good walk. I used to drive on that route between the City and Bootle and my friend's house in Ainsdale. I was always fascinated by the old warehouses. Lots of good memories for me on this latest trip.

Thumbs up

Great video. Thanks.

Very intersting video thankyou for posting

@LADmob

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

We where one of the biggest makers and transportation of tobacco back in the days when our ports where busy and the titanic used to be old rum warehouse it is a beautiful hotel now and the hotel actually has and sells over 60+ different rums worth a look inside When open

The bridge you crossed by the "Titanic" was a feature set of the "Captain America The First Avenger" film where Steve Rogers doges bullets with the hydra agent

@leekb5187

3 жыл бұрын

That same Tobbaco warehouse used in the film Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Junior. You also get a glimpse of it on the train ride back, just after Sandhills station.

@JohnsysChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@leekb5187 I did a music video in there the week after they finished filming that. The security guard was saying, We had Madonna in here last week with Guy Ritchie. oh and Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law. We were just going yeah right as if lol. The building hasn't even got electricity or a roof haha.

I've done this walk myself!

@sharoncarlisle7011

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing me this Gaz.👏👍😊

@gazriley624

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharoncarlisle7011 check them all Sharon so many good ones

@sharoncarlisle7011

3 жыл бұрын

@@gazriley624 Thanks Gaz.👍😊

@gazriley624

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharoncarlisle7011 love his Nightlife ones of Mathew st and Concert sq

@sharoncarlisle7011

3 жыл бұрын

@@gazriley624 I looked at the Mathew Street one,briefly,but I will definitely look properly soon.👍😊Thanks Gaz.👏☀

Great video but you need a bike! I can recommend taking the Ferry to Woodside, nipping up to see Hamilton Square then back to do the coastal path around the Wirral to say, West Kirby via New Brighton.

@LADmob

3 жыл бұрын

I will , but not with a bike haghaha ... walking my friend

slightly misleading title, considering you're already half way down james street by the start of the video.. which isn't in the albert dock technically, but it is a pretty fun background watch

What are they doing to the Pier Head again, more road works !

You should do FORMBY BEACH to CROSBY BEACH and cover as much BEACH as legally possible man

i love Scousers

Bramley socks is gonna be the new home of Everton football club one off our local football teams

@thisismexx214

3 жыл бұрын

Docks *

Is this your Passion or do you do this for the tourist trade to tell us whats reooening

That's older than me lol

a large part of the first half of your walk followed the route of this....which served the docks and the districts behind the waterfront kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpefzrt_k8m0cto.html The whole area suffered massive damage during WWII, but even more when containerisation (1970s) made most of those miles of docks obsolete and most of the massive warehouse and housing infrastructure that survived the war was demolished too

02:14:48 Exactly where my motorbike broke down in my latest video :(

Where are all the people? If his was London it would be very busy

@gazriley624

3 жыл бұрын

it usually is very busy but not up the dock road much anymore it all depends where about you are in Liverpool the city centre gets rammed

Hey was thinking of moving to Liverpool do u like it ? How does it compare to London ?

@san8524

3 жыл бұрын

The bricks on the beach are from the bombed out buildings of the city centre of Liverpool. The statues are an art instillation by Antony Gormley.

@robanks3895

3 жыл бұрын

Liverpool is miles friendlier than London, I should know, I lived in London for nearly 30 years, shop workers for example would never strike up a conversation with you

@2:30:00 he said, during World War II, when houses were bombed that's where they dumped all the bricks, that's why some of them have writing on.