Exploring Hidden Liverpool

Located in north-western England, Liverpool is a city with bold architecture, a profound industrial history, a thriving music scene and, above all, really friendly people!

In this video, I'd like to take you on a tour around Liverpool and show you a number of interesting sites related to the Titanic, Britain's railway history, war and much, much more (and yes, that does include The Beatles!)

Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:28 The Royal Liver Building
01:59 St John's Beacon Observation Tower (Radio City)
02:59 Albion House (Former White Star Line HQ)
04:13 The Titanic Memorial
04:44 Merseyside Maritime Museum- Titanic Artefacts
05:32 The RMS Lusitania
06:23 Liverpool's Chinatown
07:07 Where does the word 'Scouse' come from?
07:48 Anfield Stadium & the SS Great Eastern Flagpole
08:37 Everton & Prince Rupert's Tower
09:36 The Liverpool & Manchester Railway
11:12 William Mackenzie's Pyramid Tomb
12:05 Liverpool Overhead Railway
12:54 Brunswick Ramp
13:37 Liverpool's Underground Railway
15:58 The Queensway Road Tunnel
16:41 Oriel Chambers
17:23 St Martin's Bank & Britain's Wartime Gold Reserve
17:44 WWII 'Dragon's Teeth' Vehicle Traps
18:14 Liverpool & The North Atlantic Convoys
18:52 The Western Approaches Bunker
20:17 The Liverpool Blitz & St Luke's Church
21:00 Edward VIII Postbox
21:37 The Beatles
24:36 The Robin Hood Stone
25:26 The Allerton Oak
26:21 Sefton Park
27:14 Outro

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Links for this video:

St Johns Beacon

Liverpool Museums

Ma Egerton's Stage Door Pub

Ma Boyle's Alehouse

St Luke's Bombed Out Church

The Beatle's Childhood Homes

Sefton Park

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Credits

Images:

Overhead Railway Footage: Pathe News

Merseyrail Map: David Arthur (Creative Commons)

St Martin’s Bank Plaque: John Bradley (Creative Commons)

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Sound Effects:

Ship Steam Engine: derplayer

Explosion: Opensystem

Electric Trains Slow: Klankbeeld

Two Horse Carriages: dobroide

Stem Train Audio (XYZsoundscapes)

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Music:

Letter to Natalie (The Great North Sound Society)

AnaCaptainslogue (Noir Et Blanc Vie)

Melancholia (Godmode)

In the Temple Garden (Aaron Kenny)

Drunken Sailor (Cooper Cannell)

No. 1 A Minor Watz (Esther Abrami)

No. 4 Piano Journey (Esther Abrami)

Anitmatter (The Westerlies)

Blue Mood (Robert Munzinger)

Nature Nurture (Quincas Moreira)

Cocktail Hour (Aaron Kenny)

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[SingingBadgers]

I did a double take when I saw Liverpool on your thumbnail. You’ve shown off Liverpool, my home city, as well as any Liverpudlian would. Thank you and you’re welcome back anytime… Lad. 🙂

[FlorentPlacide]

Beautifully done ! I'm a tour guide lecturer in the glorious city of Rouen, Normandy, and I find this video comes as close as it can get to a real tour, with an added value in the sounds and visuals. It was a nice walk in Liverpool and you managed to show its many faces and lives. Thank you for your many labours and efforts :)

[bernadettecrawford]

As a 75 yr old scouser now living in Perth, Australia, I am so happy to see all my old streets and parks. Thank you x Also I worked amongst other places around city, at the Albert Dock x

[sandrahughes]

I absolutely love this video! Thank you. I’m a 58 year old scouser and I really enjoyed your guided tour of the city. I’ll be sure to visit a couple of sites that I hadn’t known about like the bronze aged Robin Hood stone.. fascinating! Huge gratitude for showing our city with love and respect. ❤

[joycemichelin]

I adore that you put clopping horses sound effect at the Brunswick Ramp. Gave me an instant smile and a real vision. Those touches are just one reason why I so love your channel! Bravo.

[johndavies]

Thank you Rob. I've enjoyed your London episodes so very much but as a "Scouser" I was delighted with your take on Liverpool. Very comprehensive and caught the flavour of the city. A couple of buildings that would have been worth adding would include the Philharmonic Hall, Philharmonic Pub and Bluecoat Chambers. All are interesting architecturally but I appreciate that you cannot cover everything. We'll done, I loved it.

[annereidy]

Rob, that was absolutely amazing! I really think you have outdone yourself this time. With all these fascinating facts, stories and connections and fabulous buildings. And of course, The Beatles! Loved this trip around Liverpool, thank you.

[thewrecker]

A first class documentary. I cannot comprehend why your views are not up into the hundreds of thousands. Your work is always consistently of the highest calibre and one of the very best channels on youtube. Hopefully like me more of your subscribers will share your content and get your channel more noticed.

[NetCafeCat]

I appreciate this. Thank you.
I'm born and raised in liverpool, but lived in london over 20 years. Good to see on this channel.

[ianthomas]

Came across this by mistake, and lucky me. Liverpool is my home city and you have really gone into detail with your research and information. Great vid.

[letnimedved]

Beautifully done! Amazing tour of Liverpool, thank you!

[Joe-uvjo]

As a scouser myself this was interesting to watch. Learnt quite a lot about the little random artifacts found around the city.

[merseydave]

As I am from Liverpool born and bred, you have encapsulated our City very well ... Well Done!.

[KellieVV]

Thank you for the enchanting tour of Liverpool! I am amazed at all of the charming corners of the city. I think the World War II history is my favorite part. Thank you again Rob! I always look forward to your videos!🤗

[MarshalTriumph-ph]

What a 1st class video. The Liverpool Tourists Board should pay you for producing this very informative tour of the city.
Thanks for posting.

[karengillett]

Round of applause sir, that was absolutely fantastic. Depending what day you were there I may have passed you at Lime St Station, I work there. I never tire of coming through the cuttings each day, probably my favourite approach to any railway station. The Liver birds are called Bertie and Bella…Bella looks out to sea. Keep up the good work and I’ll be donating when pay day comes.

[wirralsquirrel]

Thank you Rob for an excellent video on my local city Liverpool. I love visiting London & I find your videos on our capital city very interesting & well researched. Thank you for showing what a great city Liverpool is, it has had very negative press & stereotypical views over the decades. Liverpool & the local area has so much to offer visitors. I’m pleased & proud of the city & local area, it’s friendly people & caring community spirit ❤️🇬🇧

[snapperduck]

Great work Rob! My wife and I recently spent a few days in Liverpool and loved it - the Cavern and Liverpool Cathedral especially. So much more to

[stevewells]

A remarkably clever look at my home city. Of course it covers some of the most known points but also much more with sensitivity and understanding. Great work

[davidemmott]

Excellent. As an adopted Scouser who has also lived In London I appreciate seeing. the city from a different perspective. There is much more to Liverpool than the Beatles and football, as you show well.