“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence” -- Paul Simon

Liverpool Life Another great Liverpool landmark is closed. The pedestrian subway next to Lime Street Station which runs under the dual carriageway appearing again under St George's Hall is partially being filled in for reasons related to it being not particularly safe at night and possibly the building work which is soon to begin in the general area (demolition of the shops included). There's a perfectly adequate crossing in place across the road so functionally its become a bit redundant, but I do have a few memories of using the tunnel. Along with Liverpool Cathedral it always seemed to be one of the few places in the city with a perfect echo, but unlike the big church, with the traffic running overhead, people chatter in the distance and the distant underground trains this was a place filled with alien sounds and reverberations. I don't know how this effects access to the underground station but I do hope there will still be the place for a hopeful busker, knocking out Beatles tunes to the city's visitors.

I'm also going to embarrass Peter Carr by linking again to him for the second day running to congratulate him his thousandth posted photo. Another spectacular picture from last Friday night, of the fireworks this time. The Artfinder blog posts Ringo's lyrics. Even though I missed it, the general impression I've been hearing is that the crowd would have been happier if he'd followed it up with something they could sing along to.