University of Liverpool

It was The University of Liverpool's open day recently and my daughter wanted to go and look around the university as its on her list of 5 to see so off we went to check out its English Lit course, facilities and Liverpool's wider offering. We travelled up the M6 on an early Saturday morning and punched in the suggested postcode for the nearest car park to the university. With the carpark located and the car safely parked up the first photo captured was the one of the bikes. A sight which will be seen more and more throughout Britain over the coming years.

On Yer bike 

Things were buzzing around the university and registration was taken care of very quickly. Plenty of stalls offering food and help on uni life. 

Liverpool Guild of Students

 Below is the beautiful Abercromby Square right in the centre of the university. You can imagine relaxing with a book and a latte here.

Abercromby Square

A very moving statue commemorating Captain Noel Chavasse Read about it here.

Chavasse Statue in Abercromby Square.

A little bit of student life perhaps below.

The magnificent Victoria Gallery & Museum housed in the Victoria Building which is run by the university. It's a gorgeous redbrick building which is apparently where the term redbrick university originated from.

 Right by the University of Liverpool sits the very modern and impressive Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral which opened in 1967, although modern its a very impressive piece of architecture.

Having been to and done everything we needed to do at the university we had plenty of time to spare and so headed into Liverpool City centre. The university really is only a stones throw from the City. An impressive bit of sand art on our way in and although we never actually saw the sculpting it was still pretty cool.

 A shoppers delight?

Hair for a night out??

 As we made our way through the City we were getting close to The dock area and the Mersey.

Museum of Liverpool

The Albert Dock

Spotted.......A couple University of Birmingham students having a wander around the Waterfront area.

The Tate - Liverpool

 A quick scout around the Albert Dock and we soon found a Costa Coffee for a quick Latte and some Millionaires shortbread.

Billy Fury

Yellow Submarine

 It was a great day out in Liverpool, the University was excellent and Liverpool was very welcoming. Thanks for stopping by.

Birmingham City of Colours

September 6th 2014 saw the City of Colours festival in Digbeth, Birmingham, arrive in style. Centered around The Custard Factory in Gibb Street this was a true spectacle for all Street art fans. The Sun was shining and thousands of people flocked to the Digbeth area ready to witness the creative works of Gent 48, C3, Jimmy C, Inkie, Setdebelleza, Golden Boy, N4T4, Miss Wah........ the list seemed endless, check the link for a full list.

With the car parked up in one of the side streets, it was time to go and check out some incredible artistic talent. The first person I saw was this chap below... Liskbot, a local lad from Birmingham who does these crazy fantastic brilliant Robot murals. 

Liskbot

Liskbot taking a minute to have a chat with a fan.

Work in progress by Inkie.

James Cochran (Jimmy C) at work at The Custard Factory Jimmy C.

 

 Some stunning work below by Dan Kitchener at The Custard Factory.

 Dan Kitchener

Dan Kitchener

Dan Kitchener

The work by C3 below looks fantastic on the old 1965 Financial Times newspaper.

C3

Liskbot

D7606

Even the waste bins were treated to a special paint job.




The very colourful Golden Boy & Setdebelleza below.

Setdebelleza

Setdebelleza

Goldenboy

N4T4 

 The Stencil Shed

Even a wedding party turned up.

Zabou

Apologies for any of the artists not named.... if you know their work please leave a comment.

An absolutely brilliant day and roll on 2015 for the next City of Colours.