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Bill F . Feelings !!! Brings back the ghosts of seafarers of long ago standing with chests pushed out proud of the modern mode of seagoing traffic from "the Pool" .

dawn great show jim , my great grandfather and his sons all worked for white star.

Jim But before we leave the Queen Victoria I wanted to include a photo that gave a better aspect of her length - and found this picture taken from across the river.

Jim Thanks Chris, I think I will go local and do one of Upholland - one of my favourite places and I have a great story to tell about it's local legend George Lyon the highwayman, hanged at Lancaster in 1815.

Chris n Norman Thanks for sharing, Jim. What a shame about the weather. Excellent slide show, nevertheless. Where to next?

Margaret Grundy Another brilliant show Jim. Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Si and Christine Spain Thanks Jim, For sharing your photos and your day with us

j cannell thanks jim, brought a tear to my eye, remembering what a great city liverpool is

Jim Hi Jacqui, Amazing how people connect with this great city.

Jacqui Great to see liners on the Mersey again.My Mum worked for Elder Dempster in the late forties and my Dad was a supplier of ship's medical and pharmaceutical needs from Canning Place in the sixties before they pulled it all down !

Jim Thanks Sheila, My dad too was a seaman sailing out of Liverpool for 18 years with the merchant Navy.

sheila x looks like you had a great if not wet day jim, the pier head holds lots of memories, coming from liverpool i spent a fair bit of my child hood ferrying across the mersey, and watching for my dad coming home from sea at the princess dock when he was in the navy, thanks for sharing

Jim In the background the Liver Buildings whose clock face at 25 feet diameter is larger than Big Ben's in London. They were designed for ships to see passing along the river. They are the UKs largest.

Jim She carries 2000 passengers pampered by a crew of 1007.

Jim Queen Victoria visits Liverpool on her British Isles cruise.

Jim Queen Victoria. Came in service Dec. 2007 Number of decks 12 Tonnage 90.000 Length 964.5 feet Width 106 feet Draft 26.2 feet Speed 23.7 knots Launched by Camilla, HRH Princess of Cornwall.

Jim As sleek as an arrow - the bow of the Victoria.

Jim The shore end of the ship to shore bridge.

Jim All the bustle of the river.

Jim The Cunard Building proudly flies the Cunard flag along with the Union Jack.

Jim One last look back.

Jim The Liverpool Liner Terminal.

Jim A city tour bus - on a nicer day I can vouch this is a great way to see and learn about this great maritime city.

Jim We pass the entrance to the Cunard Building though no longer Cunard's HQ - Liverpool is regarded as its spiritual home.

Jim In a Liverpool pub hangs a framed New York Times, reporting the loss of the Titanic, who's White Star Line was in Liverpool. We were just glad to get out of the rain and have a drink.

Jim The rain sodden exterior of the St. George's Hall belies the grandeur hidden inside.

Jim Rain glistens on the cobbles in front of it.

Jim The Victorian exterior of Lime Street station, the teminus for thousands of transatlantic passengers and migrants heading for America and Canada. My rain soaked camera fogs up - time for home. Bye.

Jim The servicing area.

Jim A Mersey ferry is dwarfed by the sheer size of the Victoria.

Jim An iconic Mersey ferry - some even had trips down river to greet the ship when she entered the Mersey.

Jim The ship's bridge.

Jim From stem to stern.

Jim The first Cunard ship was the Brittania, it sailed out of Liverpool in 1840 carrying transatlantic mail, a big gamble for Mr. Cunard that paid off. Behind we see the red pilot boat.

Jim Sightseers, having viewed the ship, hurry away to escape the driving rain.

Jim We pass a monument to captain of the Titanic F. W. Walker and his engine room engineers, who stayed at their posts as the Titanic sank.

Jim Ahead we see the huge bulk of the Queen Victoria..

Jim ..rising above the tunnel to the landing stage.

Jim Pity we couldn't go aboard.

Jim Here she is, this 12 deck, 90,000 ton of cruise ship on a British Isles Cruise.

Jim We start at the stern end as she has been turned around in the river ready for her departure down river at 11pm.

Jim She is so big - and so long - 964.5 feet in fact.

Jim Police outrider motor bikes parked prior to HRH's The Duchess of Cornwall's departure.

Jim Her name plate and funnel.

Jim Leaving the ship after an official visit Camilla Duchess of Cornwall leaves the ship beneath a sheltering umbrella.

Jim Followed by her entourage.

Jim Walking down to the waiting limos.

Jim We think this is the captain going back on board - probably heaving a sigh of relief that the Royal visit went off OK.

Jim The cars depart, Camilla launched the ship in 2007 and is now it's godmother - yes! seems anyone who launches a ship becomes its godfather or godmother for the life of the ship.

Jim The ship to shore bridge.

Jim We arrive at Liverpool's famous Lime Street station.

Jim And despite the gloom and heavy rain set out for the Pier Head liner terminal.

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