My mum came up to Liverpool on Thursday and we went out and did some touristy things that I wouldn’t have done if she wasn’t there. St Georges Hall,
and the Walker Art Gallery,
St George’s Hall was particularly good, the last time I went was for a Freshers Fair in my first year of uni and nothing will spoil the ambiance of a place more than obnoxious students.
It’s kind of a sad story but the man who made the hall killed himself not long after it had been completed. You see, what happened was, they built it the wrong way round. On day one of construction someonehad the plan, looked at it, and placed the first stone. Then the second and the third and well, you get the idea, without realising that it was facing the opposite direction to what it should be. So what you have now is the most amazing building, a total testament to Liverpool as an economic and social force, that has it’s back to it’s own ornamental tiered gardens and instead chooses to face a busy main road.
I live in Glasgow and they tell the same story about the man who designed Kelvingrove Museum, with the added dramatic touch that his method of suicide was to throw himself off the top of the building. I wonder if they are both true? Your blog is my newest regular distraction, by the way!
Maybe it was the thing to do a when something went wrong at that time?! I do hope they’re both true otherwise whoever designed them that way really shouldn’t have been an architect! And thank you! x
That’s a really interesting story. Sad, but quite fascinating. I love weird history, it’s so human.
I’m the same, give me a story about a person with foibles and faults and I’ll remember it forever…
Hi!
your embroidery is so sweet..
and i absolutely LOVE the top you made.. that flowery fabric is too cute!