Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
WE RETURNED to Cardiff yesterday, after a five-day stay in Liverpool. We spent Friday and Sunday at Royal Birkdale, and Saturday on the Anfield Tour, and then visiting Wellington Dock to see the Tall ships. On Monday, we went to New Brighton to see the Tall Ships sail up the Mersey.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
WE RETURNED to Cardiff yesterday, after a five-day stay in Liverpool. We spent Friday and Sunday at Royal Birkdale, and Saturday on the Anfield Tour, and then visiting Wellington Dock to see the Tall ships. On Monday, we went to New Brighton to see the Tall Ships sail up the Mersey.
National Museums Liverpool Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
You may well have seen that the Tall Ships visited Liverpool over the weekend. I paid a visit to Wellington Dock on Friday evening while there was still room to swing a cat, but missed the Parade of Sail on Monday as I was here in work (boo!) Luckily (and lucky) other staff saw it though and took plenty of fab snaps. There's a selection on our flickr page ( the slide show is here ),...
Liverpool Art and Culture (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Spent the day at the Albert Dock (for the short & medium sized Tall Ships) and then Wellington Dock for the really tall Tall Ships. A rain free day thank goodness but really windy - apparently if its this...
Stuff by Sarah (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... around 3pm and the place was just swarming with people. After a short walk in the area of Albert Dock we headed over to Wellington Dock, where most of the ships were along with various stalls and food/drink stalls. It was a nice couple of hours wandering around looking at the ships. After this we went back to the centre of Liverpool and after a quick drink break we took a walk...
The Tall Ships Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... transport worked well, with shuttle buses constantly on the go to move people from the Albert Dock site to the Wellington Dock. The Liaison Officer system worked extremely well with a couple of notable problem solving highlights. When Jens Krogh broke her bowsprit on arrival a 30 ft piece of wood was found to replace it, shipped in and replaced in time for the vessel to take...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Lines of people stretched back along the waterfront, and queues surrounded the Liver Building as people waited for shuttle buses to take them to the Class A ships based at the Wellington Docks where they also waited patiently in snaking queues.
IC Liverpool (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
ICE creams and all things nautical were the order of the weekend as thousands of people enjoyed the Tall Ships’ visit to Liverpool.Estimated crowds of more than 300,000 people visited the vessels while in dock over the last three days – almost half the 800,000 visitors expected to have flocked to the region by the end of today.Yesterday drew the largest crowds as people headed to the Albert...
IC Liverpool (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Liver Building as people waited for shuttle buses to take them to the Class A ships based at the Wellington Docks where they also waited patiently in snaking queues.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Lines of people stretched back along the waterfront, and queues surrounded the Liver Building as people waited for shuttle buses to take them to the Class A ships based at the Wellington Docks where they also waited patiently in snaking queues.
The Tall Ships Blog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Huge crowds have been waiting patiently in line for a chance to look at The Tall Ships’ Races fleet in the Albert, Canning Half Tide and Wellington Docks. Despite the numbers of people, everyone seemed happy and content to walk in line past the ships. Queues for getting on some of the ships were long, but [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
"Ahoy there!" - sailors onboard one of the tall ships in Wellington Dock wave to Eric and Linda Lucas. Send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. For terms and conditions see right.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
THOUSANDS of people descended on Liverpool’s docks for the opening day of the Tall Ships Races weekend.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
THOUSANDS of people descended on Liverpool’s docks for the opening day of the Tall Ships Races weekend.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... around 75,000 people to Royal Birkdale over the four days of the event.Meanwhile, the Albert and Wellington docks has witnessed the largest fleet of Tall Ships ever to assemble in the city, while today’s Parade of Sail will see the ships leaving for the start of the first Tall Ships race leg to Norway.Crowds are expected on Wirral to watch the ships pass, with Birkenhead, Wallasey...
