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Demolition of the Joseph Proudman Building

The Joseph Proudman Building was reduced to rubble during February, 2013. Read more about the demolition.

Here’s a time lapse video of the demolition, composed from still images captured by our Liverpool webcam, with thanks to wirralcam.org.

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21 Jun

Royal Sovereign Lighthouse - dismantling to commence in July. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/notice-to-mariners/17/2023-royal-sovereign-lighthouse

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8 Jun

Coincidentally, Robert Stevenson was also born #onthisday in 1772. Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. His biggest project, the Bell Rock lighthouse was inspired by the Eddystone lighthouse and developed Smeaton's methods further.

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8 Jun

The film is the culmination of a 9 year oral history project, in partnership with the School of Scottish Studies Archives @EU_SSSA. Find out more https://www.nlb.org.uk/news/lighthouse-lives/

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2 Jun

Walk Bidston Hill - in Cheshire Life. https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/23464661.wirral-walk-bidston-hill-birkenhead/

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