Things to do in Liverpool

[han]

Hi there mwgdrwg

Oh no, Quiggins closed?!

My g/f is from Liverpool, don't think she knows about Quiggins closing....there was a campaign to save the place and all, wasn't there. Fab place, where will the goths and pierced people of the north hang out now?

Hee hee - maybe we went to Garlands at the same time! Great innit Where else would you find trannies, old biddies, clubbers and lads in shell suits all loved up together in perfect harmony?

 

[mwgdrwg]

Yeah it wasn't open when I went there in October, but I don't know if it's being closed and knocked down like a few places near that area...

Garlands was great, though I haven't been since it was set on fire a few years ago. My memories of it are getting sweets off the nice trannies in the cue, swimming in the bogs, and a lots of hugging

 

[disco_dave_2000]

Quiggins is due for demolishion as part of the Paradise project - a massive retail and leisure development in the city centre. There has been loads of protests against this, but bankrolled by the Duke of Westminister and his Grosvenor Estates to the tune of £800 million it was always bound to go ahead.

I've heard that when the development is complete, one of the anchor stores will be Lewis's and it will leave their current building near the Adelphi free. It is planned that this will be divided into small units and be the "new" Quiggins. We wait to see the percentage hike on rent charges ...

 

[stereotypical]

Quiggins isnt shut yet but a lot of the shops have closed.

Even Heaven on Earth (the funky hippy/head shop on the second floor) has gone, which for me truly signifies the end of an era

 

[In Bloom]

Even Heaven on Earth (the funky hippy/head shop on the second floor) has gone, which for me truly signifies the end of an era

Its not gone, its just moved

 

[chio]

Is a date set for the end of Quiggins yet?

There are ads on the radio for some kind of "Camden market" effort elsewhere in Liverpool - but the fact they can afford to advertise on radio suggests big business involvement to me.

 

[In Bloom]

Is a date set for the end of Quiggins yet?

Not afaik

There are ads on the radio for some kind of "Camden market" effort elsewhere in Liverpool - but the fact they can afford to advertise on radio suggests big business involvement to me.

To be fair, Quiggins wasn't exactly staying in business by fishing pennies out of the sewer.

 

[chio]

Pete Tierney always looked like something the cat dragged in though

 

[poet]

check out the ticket hall at liverpool's lime street station, where you can purchase a ticket back to sanity.

I got the police called for the terrible offence of taking a photo of lime street.

Anyway, we've got some half decent museums and galleries. Quiggins is still hanging in there, but a long way from it's peak. The Palace is closed, been bought up by Urban cunting Splash. Garlands is still a top night apparently, I prefer a quiet half in the phil. In all honesty you're better off getting the train to Manchester, which is properly metropolitan - feels like a little bit of London rather than Liverpool which just feels like a small town but bigger.

In Bloom: where's heaven & earth moved to then?

 

[Bigdavalad]

Birkenhead... don't worry though, you don't actually have to get off, you can just go around and back again - takes about an hour, I think.

If he doesn't get off, he'll miss out on the cultural delights of the North End and the Woody though.

 

[Bigdavalad]

Depending what type of night out you're into - start at Concert Square or Baa-Baas, move round to Slaters (it's right round the corner from Concert Square) for the Quadruple Vodka and Red Bull (£2.50 a go), then the world's your oyster for clubs after that. Don't go in the One4 - it's full of 15 year old kids and smack heads. Most strip clubs are £5 or £10 to get in and dances are usually £5 a go - Dreamers, Pen & Whigg, X in the City and others are all pretty easy to find.

 

[stereotypical]

Its not gone, its just moved

Where too?? The new palace??

Edited to add: Its shut down and not moved anywhere

 

[anfield]

I was in Quiggins yesterday. A woman who owns one of the antiques shops said it's got about 6 months left and there's sweet fa they can do about it. Got a quality pair of jeans for a tenner tho.

Also worth checking out is the Heritage Market at Stanley Dock on a Sunday. Great industrial surroundings and bargains galore although they are trying to turn it into the 'Camden of the North'.

 

[chio]

Also worth checking out is the Heritage Market at Stanley Dock on a Sunday. Great industrial surroundings and bargains galore although they are trying to turn it into the 'Camden of the North'.

That's the one they were plugging on the radio. This southern bloke was going "I'm the man who made Camden what it is today, now I'm bringing Camden right here to Liverpool" or words to that effect.

Camden has some half-decent shops but otherwise is ghastly!

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Clearly the Duke of Westminster needs all that public money poured into his pocket. Spending it in such a way as to make the results become the property of local people would be communistic and would discourage private enterprise.

 

[boohoo]

Visit Princes Park and Sefton Park. Walk up Princes Avenue and check out all the terraces that will be bulldozed. I haven't heard much complaint about the exchange of nice terrace houses for barrat rabbit hutches. The road I use to live on is down for demolition and it seems that the whole street does not want to be moved and flattened. Some lady I spoke to said that they haven't done any structural survey on the houses, they just decided they should go. Anybody know anything more?

 

[stereotypical]

Its proper sad, innit.

Capital of Culture: demolish Quiggins

I dont get it?????????

 

[disco_dave_2000]

Visit Princes Park and Sefton Park. Walk up Princes Avenue and check out all the terraces that will be bulldozed. I haven't heard much complaint about the exchange of nice terrace houses for barrat rabbit hutches. The road I use to live on is down for demolition and it seems that the whole street does not want to be moved and flattened. Some lady I spoke to said that they haven't done any structural survey on the houses, they just decided they should go. Anybody know anything more?

not sure if you are talking about the "welsh houses" off Princes Rd & High Park Street - but there are several streets of terraced housing to be demolished

the properties are all quite small and a lot of them are suffering badly from damp, as there is some underground water course which has caused problems since they were built. however i agree they should be rennovated rather than demolished

afaik owners are only getting around £60k in compensation, while the new houses proposed will be around £120K. not fantastically expensive compared to other parts of the city, but almost impossible for current residents to remain there

i took some photographs of the doors and graffiti against the demolition plan recently - http://www.merseytribe.com/photos/welsh_houses/index.html

 

[boohoo]

Is this your website? I've looked at it before. I have about 200 hundred photos of Liverpool dereliction. some SLR and others on the digital. Some are from when I lived there in 1997. In fact I was gonna email your website!!! Spooky! I can email you some recent pictures if you like?

 

[disco_dave_2000]

Is this your website? I've looked at it before. I have about 200 hundred photos of Liverpool dereliction. some SLR and others on the digital. Some are from when I lived there in 1997. In fact I was gonna email your website!!! Spooky! I can email you some recent pictures if you like?

of course mate - not sure if i can cope with 200 - PM following

dave

 

[atomik]

Don't keep your wallet in your back pocket.

And when in Cornwall, watch out for six-fingered, inbred, racist locals

 

[Alf Klein]

The Antony Gormley thing on Crosby beach is worth seeing