tarboat's photos with the keyword: merseyside

Hulme Hall at Port Sunlight was designed by William Owen and his son, Segar. Built in 1901 as a women's dining hall, it became an art gallery from 1911, housing some of the collection of William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, prior to its removal to the Lady Lever Art Gallery around 1922. During World War I, the artworks were packed away and the building housed refugees from Belgium. The Beatles gave four performances at Hulme Hall, the first on 7 July 1962. On 18 August 1962, Hulme Hall served as the venue for Ringo Starr's first official performance as a Beatle following the sacking of Pete Best; the band's first performance as the Fab Four. It has been used as a community centre and now contains a cafe with the rest used as a conference, banqueting and wedding centre. The building is listed Grade II.

I went for a day riding the the Merseyrail trains across the entire 75 mile network. This included taking one of the new Class 777 units to the new terminus at Headbolt Lane, Kirkby. The station is the terminus of the current Merseyrail service to Kirkby, having opened on 5 October 2023. It also has a third platform that is the terminus of Northern services towrds Wigan. There is an 80 space secure cycle area, a bus interchange and a 270 space car park. The new trains operate between Fazakerley and Headbolt using battery power and elsewhere on the Merseyrail network using the third rail to supply electricity.