Ed Farrell
@edfarrell.bsky.social
Liverpool history enthusiast and artist
Fascinating. Ooh, there's a plaque! I'm inclined to agree Vrs.
A desultory sketch. Not that Im going to attempt this but couldn't resist a guess while in a caff. Be worth a build Vrs, especially interiors. Im refining the 1836ish scenario thanks to your expert research skills
A desultory sketch. Not that Im going to attempt this but couldn't resist a guess while in a caff. Be worth a build Vrs, especially interiors. Im refining the 1836ish scenario thanks to your expert research skills
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Fascinating. Ooh, there's a plaque! I'm inclined to agree Vrs.
A desultory sketch. Not that Im going to attempt this but couldn't resist a guess while in a caff. Be worth a build Vrs, especially interiors. Im refining the 1836ish scenario thanks to your expert research skills
A desultory sketch. Not that Im going to attempt this but couldn't resist a guess while in a caff. Be worth a build Vrs, especially interiors. Im refining the 1836ish scenario thanks to your expert research skills
Looking more carefully, there was a passageway from that left doorway with doors and windows presumably to the stores/stables and on the other side...
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Looking more carefully, there was a passageway from that left doorway with doors and windows presumably to the stores/stables and on the other side...
I have now Vrs, thanks so much. Though struggling to get decent clarity. Some views of the earlier scenario, including an interesting one by Shaw showing the same cluster of buildings but still an issue re identification
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have now Vrs, thanks so much. Though struggling to get decent clarity. Some views of the earlier scenario, including an interesting one by Shaw showing the same cluster of buildings but still an issue re identification
And presumably this residual facade was the entrance? Though then two storeys??
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And presumably this residual facade was the entrance? Though then two storeys??
At the Manchester end of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A sketch giving the context for the Liverpool Road terminus. Mid 1830s.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
At the Manchester end of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A sketch giving the context for the Liverpool Road terminus. Mid 1830s.
Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A description of how the rail-track or 'permanent way' developed.
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A description of how the rail-track or 'permanent way' developed.
@lmrailway.bsky.social .
A new project to illustrate all 31 miles of the L&MR with information panels along the way. First steps.All aboard..
A new project to illustrate all 31 miles of the L&MR with information panels along the way. First steps.All aboard..
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@lmrailway.bsky.social .
A new project to illustrate all 31 miles of the L&MR with information panels along the way. First steps.All aboard..
A new project to illustrate all 31 miles of the L&MR with information panels along the way. First steps.All aboard..
Continuing research into the Edge Hill engine station, an approximation of the rope winding mechanisms that operated through the Wapping tunnel for dock-bound goods wagons (gravity out/cable back).
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Continuing research into the Edge Hill engine station, an approximation of the rope winding mechanisms that operated through the Wapping tunnel for dock-bound goods wagons (gravity out/cable back).
Re: previous post. Edge Hill Engine Station - mid 1830s. How trains were detached from locomotives and rope-hauled to Crown Street station.
October 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Re: previous post. Edge Hill Engine Station - mid 1830s. How trains were detached from locomotives and rope-hauled to Crown Street station.
Continuing research into the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a new and more historically accurate version of the Edge Hill Engine station illustration - mid 1830s. Showing the connection between it and Crown Street Passenger station - top right - via a 290 yard tunnel.
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Continuing research into the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a new and more historically accurate version of the Edge Hill Engine station illustration - mid 1830s. Showing the connection between it and Crown Street Passenger station - top right - via a 290 yard tunnel.
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool waterfront area around Mann Island and the warehouses/pubs of 'Nova
Scotia'. 1890. Including docks, foreground buildings serving the cross-Mersey underground railway and - just in - George's dock (right) later filled in to build the 'three graces'.
Scotia'. 1890. Including docks, foreground buildings serving the cross-Mersey underground railway and - just in - George's dock (right) later filled in to build the 'three graces'.
December 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool waterfront area around Mann Island and the warehouses/pubs of 'Nova
Scotia'. 1890. Including docks, foreground buildings serving the cross-Mersey underground railway and - just in - George's dock (right) later filled in to build the 'three graces'.
Scotia'. 1890. Including docks, foreground buildings serving the cross-Mersey underground railway and - just in - George's dock (right) later filled in to build the 'three graces'.
Re: previous post - some annotated features.
December 7, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Re: previous post - some annotated features.
Hi Tara, thanks! This is more or less the same view today
December 7, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Hi Tara, thanks! This is more or less the same view today
Watercolour reconstruction; Liverpool 1823. . What existed before St. George's Hall? The first Liverpool Infirmary and asylum, the Seaman's Hospital, a cattle market pre Lime Street station, St John's church, and Shaw's Brow before the grandeur of William Brown Street. Nothing remains.
December 7, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Watercolour reconstruction; Liverpool 1823. . What existed before St. George's Hall? The first Liverpool Infirmary and asylum, the Seaman's Hospital, a cattle market pre Lime Street station, St John's church, and Shaw's Brow before the grandeur of William Brown Street. Nothing remains.
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Dale Street area/Commercial Quarter in the 1860s (cutting diagonally) with Tithebarn St clipping bottom left, Cavern Quarter top right and Municipal building under construction, top left. Orientation is rightwards to the waterfront.
November 27, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Dale Street area/Commercial Quarter in the 1860s (cutting diagonally) with Tithebarn St clipping bottom left, Cavern Quarter top right and Municipal building under construction, top left. Orientation is rightwards to the waterfront.
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool, 1769; the delta of Church Street and Hanover Street: featuring St. Peter's church (the 'pro-cathedral') and the Blue Coat School. Based on a contemporary map by John Perry. Left, the lengthy tree-lined rope walks that would become Bold Street.
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool, 1769; the delta of Church Street and Hanover Street: featuring St. Peter's church (the 'pro-cathedral') and the Blue Coat School. Based on a contemporary map by John Perry. Left, the lengthy tree-lined rope walks that would become Bold Street.
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Herculaneum pottery (c.1815) once located in Toxteth Park. Opened 1790s, closed 1841, replaced by Harrington and Herculaneum docks.
November 13, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Herculaneum pottery (c.1815) once located in Toxteth Park. Opened 1790s, closed 1841, replaced by Harrington and Herculaneum docks.
Reconstruction of 'Mulberry', the first ship to leave Liverpool's Old Dock in 1715. (Where Liverpool One is today). The ship was owned by Bryan Blundell. Master Mariner, slave trade participant and one time Mayor. He is famous for founding the Blue Coat school two years later
September 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Reconstruction of 'Mulberry', the first ship to leave Liverpool's Old Dock in 1715. (Where Liverpool One is today). The ship was owned by Bryan Blundell. Master Mariner, slave trade participant and one time Mayor. He is famous for founding the Blue Coat school two years later
Some 60 years later and Liverpool is unrecognisable from it's 1675 manifestation. The pool filled in to create the Old Dock, the castle gone and the town on the verge of commercial success: in part involving a - regrettably - growing part in transatlantic slavery
September 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Some 60 years later and Liverpool is unrecognisable from it's 1675 manifestation. The pool filled in to create the Old Dock, the castle gone and the town on the verge of commercial success: in part involving a - regrettably - growing part in transatlantic slavery
My watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool as it would have looked in 1675.
September 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool as it would have looked in 1675.