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The Perch Light at Port Glasgow on the River Clyde on a misty morning. #perchlight #perchlighthouse #portglasgow #trinityhouse #lighthouse #lighthouses #lighthousesofinstagram #lighthouse_lovers #shipnavigation #ship #ships #shipping #mist #misty #mistymorning #riverclyde #clyderiver #inverclyde
Peaks or the coast, that was my dilemma yesterday. After driving around in circles for a while, the coast won, so I headed over to New Brighton. The light was very reasonable given the diffused cloud and I came away with a few shots that made it worth the trip out.
Mobile photograph Looking towards Liverpool
Up to the 19th century, the area had a reputation for smuggling and wrecking, and secret underground cellars and tunnels are still rumoured to exist. It also had a strategic position at the entrance to the Mersey Estuary.
The Perch Rock battery was completed in 1829. It mounted 18 guns, mostly 32 pounders, with 3 6-inch guns installed in 1899. Originally cut off at high tide, coastal reclamation has since made it fully accessible.
In 1830, a Liverpool merchant, James Atherton, purchased much of the land at Rock Point, which enjoyed views out to sea and across the Mersey and had a good beach. His aim was to develop it as a desirable residential and watering place for the gentry, in a similar way to Brighton, one of the most elegant seaside resorts of that Regency period – hence "New Brighton". Substantial development began soon afterwards, and housing began to spread up the hillside overlooking the estuary – a former gunpowder magazine being closed down in 1851.
During the latter half of the 19th century, New Brighton developed as a very popular seaside resort serving Liverpool and the Lancashire industrial towns, and many of the large houses were converted to inexpensive hotels. A pier was opened in the 1860s, and the promenade from Seacombe to New Brighton was built in the 1890s. This served both as a recreational amenity in its own right, and to link up the developments along the estuary, and was later extended westwards towards Leasowe.
The river Mersey and the resort were described by the diarist Francis Kilvert in 1872 as: "crowded with vessels of all sorts moving up and down the river, ships, barques, brigs, brigantines, schooners, cutters, colliers, tugs, steamboats, lighters, "flats", everything from the huge emigrant liner steamship with four masts to the tiny sailing and rowing boat … At New Brighton there are beautiful sands stretching for miles along the coast and the woods were green down to the salt water's edge. The sands were covered with middle class Liverpool folks and children out for a holiday."
The New Brighton Tower, the tallest in the country, was opened in 1900 but closed in 1919, largely due to lack of maintenance during World War I. Dismantling of the tower was complete by 1921.
After World War II, the popularity of New Brighton as a seaside resort declined dramatically. However, the Tower Ballroom continued as a major venue, hosting numerous concerts in the 1950s and 1960s by local Liverpool groups such as The Beatles as well as other international stars. The Tower Ballroom continued in use until it was destroyed by a fire in 1969.
A good start to a wet day and to 2025, my picture of the Perch Light at Port Glasgow has made it into another Herald review page of the years Pictures of the Day.
Congratulations to all, Happy New Year and thank you Herald 😀📷 #herald #heraldglasgow #glasgowherald #pictureoftheday #scottishnewspaper #perchlight #portglasgow #inverclyde #perchlighthouse
Mobile photograph Looking towards Liverpool
Up to the 19th century, the area had a reputation for smuggling and wrecking, and secret underground cellars and tunnels are still rumoured to exist. It also had a strategic position at the entrance to the Mersey Estuary.
The Perch Rock battery was completed in 1829. It mounted 18 guns, mostly 32 pounders, with 3 6-inch guns installed in 1899. Originally cut off at high tide, coastal reclamation has since made it fully accessible.
In 1830, a Liverpool merchant, James Atherton, purchased much of the land at Rock Point, which enjoyed views out to sea and across the Mersey and had a good beach. His aim was to develop it as a desirable residential and watering place for the gentry, in a similar way to Brighton, one of the most elegant seaside resorts of that Regency period – hence "New Brighton". Substantial development began soon afterwards, and housing began to spread up the hillside overlooking the estuary – a former gunpowder magazine being closed down in 1851.
During the latter half of the 19th century, New Brighton developed as a very popular seaside resort serving Liverpool and the Lancashire industrial towns, and many of the large houses were converted to inexpensive hotels. A pier was opened in the 1860s, and the promenade from Seacombe to New Brighton was built in the 1890s. This served both as a recreational amenity in its own right, and to link up the developments along the estuary, and was later extended westwards towards Leasowe.
The river Mersey and the resort were described by the diarist Francis Kilvert in 1872 as: "crowded with vessels of all sorts moving up and down the river, ships, barques, brigs, brigantines, schooners, cutters, colliers, tugs, steamboats, lighters, "flats", everything from the huge emigrant liner steamship with four masts to the tiny sailing and rowing boat … At New Brighton there are beautiful sands stretching for miles along the coast and the woods were green down to the salt water's edge. The sands were covered with middle class Liverpool folks and children out for a holiday."
The New Brighton Tower, the tallest in the country, was opened in 1900 but closed in 1919, largely due to lack of maintenance during World War I. Dismantling of the tower was complete by 1921.
After World War II, the popularity of New Brighton as a seaside resort declined dramatically. However, the Tower Ballroom continued as a major venue, hosting numerous concerts in the 1950s and 1960s by local Liverpool groups such as The Beatles as well as other international stars. The Tower Ballroom continued in use until it was destroyed by a fire in 1969.
Mobile photograph Looking towards Liverpool
Up to the 19th century, the area had a reputation for smuggling and wrecking, and secret underground cellars and tunnels are still rumoured to exist. It also had a strategic position at the entrance to the Mersey Estuary.
The Perch Rock battery was completed in 1829. It mounted 18 guns, mostly 32 pounders, with 3 6-inch guns installed in 1899. Originally cut off at high tide, coastal reclamation has since made it fully accessible.
In 1830, a Liverpool merchant, James Atherton, purchased much of the land at Rock Point, which enjoyed views out to sea and across the Mersey and had a good beach. His aim was to develop it as a desirable residential and watering place for the gentry, in a similar way to Brighton, one of the most elegant seaside resorts of that Regency period – hence "New Brighton". Substantial development began soon afterwards, and housing began to spread up the hillside overlooking the estuary – a former gunpowder magazine being closed down in 1851.
During the latter half of the 19th century, New Brighton developed as a very popular seaside resort serving Liverpool and the Lancashire industrial towns, and many of the large houses were converted to inexpensive hotels. A pier was opened in the 1860s, and the promenade from Seacombe to New Brighton was built in the 1890s. This served both as a recreational amenity in its own right, and to link up the developments along the estuary, and was later extended westwards towards Leasowe.
The river Mersey and the resort were described by the diarist Francis Kilvert in 1872 as: "crowded with vessels of all sorts moving up and down the river, ships, barques, brigs, brigantines, schooners, cutters, colliers, tugs, steamboats, lighters, "flats", everything from the huge emigrant liner steamship with four masts to the tiny sailing and rowing boat … At New Brighton there are beautiful sands stretching for miles along the coast and the woods were green down to the salt water's edge. The sands were covered with middle class Liverpool folks and children out for a holiday."
The New Brighton Tower, the tallest in the country, was opened in 1900 but closed in 1919, largely due to lack of maintenance during World War I. Dismantling of the tower was complete by 1921.
After World War II, the popularity of New Brighton as a seaside resort declined dramatically. However, the Tower Ballroom continued as a major venue, hosting numerous concerts in the 1950s and 1960s by local Liverpool groups such as The Beatles as well as other international stars. The Tower Ballroom continued in use until it was destroyed by a fire in 1969.
PORT SUNLIGHT SEA DOGS are back at the best, panoramic, Marine Promenade performance setting in the UK. John, Mal, Phil, John, Denis and Arthur have been performing as individuals in folk clubs, choirs and operatics for many years. Their different background interests in traditional folk music, Irish music and Liverpool's proud Maritime, Folk and Merseybeat roots, are all stirred up with a big panful of Scouse humour. They sing sea shanties and songs of the sea at maritime events & historical venues to celebrate Britain’s maritime history. Next month is the 75th ANNIVERSARY of the DUNKIRK EVACUATIONS when thousands of small boats rescued nearly 250,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk's beaches. In honour of that miraculous maritime war effort, Principals of Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (BOST) have agreed to perform 1940s songs from their show ‘When the Lights Go On Again’. PSSD will be dancing a hornpipe in delight to also be launching their NEW ALBUM, DRIFTWOOD.
FREE! 12 till 2pm. Licensed cafe/restaurant. Fantastic location, magnificent views of the Napoleonic Fort Perch Rock, and the Mersey ferries sailing to & fro. Bracing promenade, beach and riverside walks. Nearest rail station, New Brighton (Wirral Line). Plenty of FREE parking and disabled persons spaces. Very good mobility access. Come early! These maritime themed sessions are extremely popular.
The Floral Pavilion, Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside CH45 2JS
Wednesday 22 2015
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Perch Rock lighthouse is a wave washed tower similar in design to John Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse - it stands off of New Brighton on the opposite side of the River Mersey to Liverpool and is one of the area's most well known landmarks. The rock, known locally as Black Rock or Perch Rock gets its name from a Perch; a tripod structure which held a fire as an early form of beacon to mark the rock. The problem with this kind of light was that it was not very strong and was in constant need of repair or replacement, so the current lighthouse was built in 1830. The light marked the approach for liverpool-bound shipping such as the great White Star Line or Qunard liners that the city of Liverpool was famous for.
The iconic structure is a 28.5 meter high tapering tower which is built of local stone stands just behind the historic Perch Rock Fort; a napolionic defence guarding the River's mouth.
The lighthouse was withdrawn from service in october 1973 due to advances in navigation technology that rendered the lighthouse surplus. The lighting aparatus was removed and a fog bell that originally hung from the tower was presumably removed around the same time, although the bracket from which it hung still remains, as do many features that have been removed from most other Lighthouses. The whole tower was restored and painted in 2001 with millenium project funding; this included the placement of a decorative LED light inside the tower, which flashes morse code messages including the names of all who lost their lives in the titanic tragedy
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PORT SUNLIGHT SEA DOGS are back at the best, panoramic, Marine Promenade performance setting in the UK. John, Mal, Phil, John, Denis and Arthur have been performing as individuals in folk clubs, choirs and operatics for many years. Their different background interests in traditional folk music, Irish music and Liverpool's proud Maritime, Folk and Merseybeat roots, are all stirred up with a big panful of Scouse humour. They sing sea shanties and songs of the sea at maritime events & historical venues to celebrate Britain’s maritime history. Next month is the 75th ANNIVERSARY of the DUNKIRK EVACUATIONS when thousands of small boats rescued nearly 250,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk's beaches. In honour of that miraculous maritime war effort, Principals of Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (BOST) have agreed to perform 1940s songs from their show ‘When the Lights Go On Again’. PSSD will be dancing a hornpipe in delight to also be launching their NEW ALBUM, DRIFTWOOD.
FREE! 12 till 2pm. Licensed cafe/restaurant. Fantastic location, magnificent views of the Napoleonic Fort Perch Rock, and the Mersey ferries sailing to & fro. Bracing promenade, beach and riverside walks. Nearest rail station, New Brighton (Wirral Line). Plenty of FREE parking and disabled persons spaces. Very good mobility access. Come early! These maritime themed sessions are extremely popular.
The Floral Pavilion, Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside CH45 2JS
Wednesday 22 2015
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PORT SUNLIGHT SEA DOGS are back at the best, panoramic, Marine Promenade performance setting in the UK. John, Mal, Phil, John, Denis and Arthur have been performing as individuals in folk clubs, choirs and operatics for many years. Their different background interests in traditional folk music, Irish music and Liverpool's proud Maritime, Folk and Merseybeat roots, are all stirred up with a big panful of Scouse humour. They sing sea shanties and songs of the sea at maritime events & historical venues to celebrate Britain’s maritime history. Next month is the 75th ANNIVERSARY of the DUNKIRK EVACUATIONS when thousands of small boats rescued nearly 250,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk's beaches. In honour of that miraculous maritime war effort, Principals of Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (BOST) have agreed to perform 1940s songs from their show ‘When the Lights Go On Again’. PSSD will be dancing a hornpipe in delight to also be launching their NEW ALBUM, DRIFTWOOD.
FREE! 12 till 2pm. Licensed cafe/restaurant. Fantastic location, magnificent views of the Napoleonic Fort Perch Rock, and the Mersey ferries sailing to & fro. Bracing promenade, beach and riverside walks. Nearest rail station, New Brighton (Wirral Line). Plenty of FREE parking and disabled persons spaces. Very good mobility access. Come early! These maritime themed sessions are extremely popular.
The Floral Pavilion, Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside CH45 2JS
Wednesday 22 2015
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The Black Pearl built by Frank Lund and Major Mace
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this is really good
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In 1803 Liverpool merchants concerned about a possible invasion by the French during the Napoleonic wars put forward the idea of a fort at New Brighton. Naturally there were disputes about how it was to be financed and consequently construction didn’t get under way until 1826.
It was completed three years later. It was built out of red sandstone blocks on a base of sandstone rocks, confusingly known as the Black Rocks.
Designed by a Captain John Sikes Kitson of the Royal Engineers, it had room for 100 men plus officers with adequate provisions and armaments. It had 18 guns, sixteen of which were 32-pounders and they faced the Rock Channel that was the main entrance for shipping to the Mersey at that time. The ships passed 900 yards from the guns and the fort soon becameknown as the “Little Gibraltar of the Mersey”.
The cost of the construction was £27,000 but not everyone was happy with the arrival of the new fort. Prior to its construction the area around the fort was described as a sandy waste and used by wreckers to lure ships aground.
The guns at Fort Perch Rock were fired only twice in anger. The first occasion occurred during the First World War. A Norwegian sailing ship came up the Rock Channel that had been declared closed at the start of the war. Unfortunately the gunners had the wrong elevation on their gun and the shell flew over the ship and landed in Hightown on the other side of the Mersey. Apparently an irate householder collected the shell, put it in a bucket and took it to the Merseyside Defence HQ and demanded some kind of explanation! The captain of the Norwegian vessel when eventually challenged about his ship’s use of the closed channel replied that he did not know that a war had started!
The finder of the shell presented it to the resident Battery Commander and it was exhibited in the bar as “a present from New Brighton”.
The fort was decommissioned by the War Office 1956 and passed through various hands until it was sold to the Darroch family who are the current custodians.
Fort Perch Rock is home to a number of permanent maritime and aviation based museum displays
and frequent guest exhibitions and cultural events.
In 1803 Liverpool merchants concerned about a possible invasion by the French during the Napoleonic wars put forward the idea of a fort at New Brighton. Naturally there were disputes about how it was to be financed and consequently construction didn’t get under way until 1826.
It was completed three years later. It was built out of red sandstone blocks on a base of sandstone rocks, confusingly known as the Black Rocks.
Designed by a Captain John Sikes Kitson of the Royal Engineers, it had room for 100 men plus officers with adequate provisions and armaments. It had 18 guns, sixteen of which were 32-pounders and they faced the Rock Channel that was the main entrance for shipping to the Mersey at that time. The ships passed 900 yards from the guns and the fort soon becameknown as the “Little Gibraltar of the Mersey”.
The cost of the construction was £27,000 but not everyone was happy with the arrival of the new fort. Prior to its construction the area around the fort was described as a sandy waste and used by wreckers to lure ships aground.
The guns at Fort Perch Rock were fired only twice in anger. The first occasion occurred during the First World War. A Norwegian sailing ship came up the Rock Channel that had been declared closed at the start of the war. Unfortunately the gunners had the wrong elevation on their gun and the shell flew over the ship and landed in Hightown on the other side of the Mersey. Apparently an irate householder collected the shell, put it in a bucket and took it to the Merseyside Defence HQ and demanded some kind of explanation! The captain of the Norwegian vessel when eventually challenged about his ship’s use of the closed channel replied that he did not know that a war had started!
The finder of the shell presented it to the resident Battery Commander and it was exhibited in the bar as “a present from New Brighton”.
The fort was decommissioned by the War Office 1956 and passed through various hands until it was sold to the Darroch family who are the current custodians.
Fort Perch Rock is home to a number of permanent maritime and aviation based museum displays
and frequent guest exhibitions and cultural events.
The Black Pearl built by Frank Lund and Major Mace
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this is really good
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The Black Pearl built by Frank Lund and Major Mace
www.facebook.com/TheBlackPearlNewBrighton
this is really good
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirrals-black...
The Black Pearl built by Frank and Major
www.facebook.com/TheBlackPearlNewBrighton
this is really good
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirrals-black...
The Black Pearl built by Frank Lund and Major Mace
www.facebook.com/TheBlackPearlNewBrighton
this is really good
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirrals-black...
The Black Pearl built by Frank Lund and Major Mace
www.facebook.com/TheBlackPearlNewBrighton
this is really good
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirrals-black...
The Black Pearl built by Frank and Major
www.facebook.com/TheBlackPearlNewBrighton
this is really good
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirrals-black...
Alam Molek
Bulk carrier
IMO: 9717072
MMSI: 565070000
Call Sign: 9V2154
Flag: Singapore (SG)
AIS Type: Cargo
Gross Tonnage: 32725
Deadweight: 58074 t
Length × Breadth: 185.5m × 32m
Year Built: 2014
Status: Active