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DINNER SERVED ON LIVER BUILDING CLOCKS

May 19, 2014 By Steven Horton

DINNER SERVED ON LIVER BUILDING CLOCKS

The clocks in the famous Royal Liver Building are the biggest in the United Kingdom, despite being over 100 years old. They also contain some other superlatives, firsts and oddities, including being used as a dining table. With over 6,000 employees, the Royal Liver Assurance Company were in need of larger premises and commissioned the […]

CUNARD’S PALACE

May 7, 2014 By Steven Horton

CUNARD’S PALACE

The last of the Three Graces was completed in 1916 when the Cunard Line’s new offices opened between the Liver and Port of Liverpool buildings. The palatial new building, which was a fitting home for the company, contained many subtle features in the detail of the architecture. Cunard’s first sailing from Liverpool to Halifax and […]

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