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- I took the bus across the Wirral and back under the Mersey Tunnel into Liverpool. I did a walking tour down the main street including the Town Hall. The street ends at Liver Building and Cunard Building on the waterfront. Then past the new museum being constructed to the Albert Dock.
- Not so impressive Albert Dock The 200 year old Albert dock is like a square island of old bonded warehouses with a big square dock in the middle. This was an innovation as previous wooden warehouses burnt down and the island like location allowed the customs to stop tax avoidance.
- To be honest cos there are no boats in any of the docks these days, the rennovation seems not so good. It would be a lot better if there were boats instead of empty dock space.
- I spent a few hours in the Maritime Museum .. which has a large slavery section of course and much of Liverpool's wealth originates from the triangular trade where boats took finished goods to Africa then loaded up with slaves to America before heading back with raw materials.
- A good short play in the museum showed how later the industry was millions of immigrants heading to America. Inevitably they had to spend a few nights at Liverpool hotels so many Liverpool people profited from rip off prices. Eventually later boats left out of Southampton, after overland transport improved.
- I got on a bus to go to meet Peter at a mall near Chester. We saw an old John Wayne film. They slaughtered hundreds of Red Indians to rescue one kidnapped white girl, the when they found her they wanted to kill her, because she had become like an Indian -- not exactly politically correct these days.
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