'Turning the place over', the former Yates's Wine Lodge building, opposite Moorfields Railway Station, Liverpool. The derelict building is set a strange "artwork", the brainchild of sculptor Richard Wilson, who cut an egg-shaped section out of the building, fixing the eight metre diameter piece on a pivot. It is reported to have cost £450,000 - money well spent?

August Bank Holiday saw The Mathew Street Festival, which allowed for a very pleasant couple of days in a mainly traffic-free Liverpool - and we also found time for a trip across the water to Birkenhead to see the views across the Mersey from Woodside

A Bank Holiday weekend visit started with a look at the old Dock Road (Regent Road and Waterloo Road), towards the City as far as Princes Dock and the new developments

This is a collection of photos taken on a leisurely morning's walk, starting in the newly opened Liverpool One, down to the Waterfront and along by the Arena, then back via the Baltic Fleet, into the centre through Whitechapel and Williamson Square, along Lime Street, down Ranelagh Street and Hanover Street, finally returning to Liverpool One - an interesting mix of old, new and not yet completed

I remembered that at home I had an old photo showing Church Street, taken from the corner of Hanover Street and looking towards Clayton Lane and Parker Street, and knowing that many of the shop-fronts still remain, I was interested in comparing the picture in 1927 with that of today

A further look at part of the regeneration of the City Centre, photos taken on a dark and damp day walking down Hanover Street to the new Bus Interchange

A walk from the city centre to Paradise Street Bus Interchange, showing more views of the regeneration around Hanover Street and Paradise Street areas

A selection of photos taken in Liverpool on a Saturday morning - including a Charity Abseiling event off the top of The Royal Liver Building

Prior to the Barcelona Champions League match at Anfield, I headed for Albert Dock to view the Billy Fury statue which had been relocated a few days earlier. Then I ventured towards the former Exchange Station - here are a selection of my photos

A visit to Albert Dock and The Waterfront was quite an experience - very foggy and still, eerily quiet (apart from the sound of a foghorn controlling the River Mersey) - and the promised sunshine and blue skies failed to materialise over this part of Liverpool

Further images of redevelopment and regeneration work being carried out in the centre of Liverpool

These four chaps were entertaining the folks of Liverpool with their strange antics and get-up - it appears from the clipboard that they were actually promoting the BBC3 Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool from 3 to 5 Nov 2006

Following on from my visits to the two Liverpool Cathedrals, I still had some time left for a selection of photographs in and around the centre of the city

A selection of photographs taken in and around the two cathedrals of Liverpool, the Anglican Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

Redevelopment of the City of Liverpool continues apace ahead of 2008, when it becomes the Capital City of Culture - meanwhile, there are cranes everywhere!

Two more images of Liverpool, one showing part of the enormous amount of regeneration work taking place in the City Centre, and the other of St John's Tower

On 2 March 2006, the Landing Stage at Pierhead sank into the River Mersey after being hit by extreme weather and low tides, sending it plunging into the icy waters - two days later, this is the scene which we found

Further views of some of the impressive buildings at Liverpool's Pierhead, including the famous Liver Building

En route for Anfield, I took these images of the River Mersey and Fort Perch Rock at New Brighton

There are many famous landmarks in Liverpool, and here are images of some of them, including St George's Hall, the Mersey Tunnel and St John's Tower

A collection of images showing the Albert Dock and Pierhead areas of Liverpool, all of which have their roots with the massive Port of Liverpool from years gone by

Final preparations are almost completed by the crews for the start of the 2005/6 Clipper Round the World Race, which starts and ends on the River Mersey at Liverpool

I managed a couple of photos approaching that wellknown traffic bottleneck, the famous Jubilee Bridge, which crosses the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey at Runcorn

Views of the John Lennon statue in Mathew Street - near to the site of the original Cavern Club - and Tommy Steele's sculpture of Eleanor Rigby

Two photos of the busy shopping centre of Liverpool - one shows what used to be Owen Owen, Clayton Square (now a Tesco Metro) and the other is of Lord Street, with the market traders who will soon be banned from trading along this main thoroughfare

During a break in Liverpool, we stopped at Blundellsands, where storm clouds were gathering across the Wirral and the sea was getting quite choppy - not that some people seemed to mind!

We spent a couple of days in Liverpool, and here are a selection of images - including the Billy Fury Statue and also some of the buildings used in that wonderful Alan Bleasdale work "Boys from the Blackstuff"