Talk:Williamson Tunnels

message: It is now also the headquarters of the Liverpool Stagecoach Company who keep two of their horses in stable here throughout the year. looks very much like a troll.  In modern times Stagecoach Group is a bus and rail company that is not known for its horse-drawn buses!  Unless anyone with better local knowledge knows otherwise?--JBellis 22:19, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The majority of the population of Liverpool don't care about the tunnels existence and any attempts to raise awareness and interest are largely met with indifference.  
The occasional small article on the tunnels will appear in the local paper, the Liverpool Echo, once or twice a year and fail to have any impact at all.
It seems that the tunnels will remain a curiosity for now.
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The above was re-instated by user 195.188.216.131 Please note that Wikipedea is an encyclopedea containing fact not opinion David Humphreys 13:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (How could it be possible to generate apathy?!)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.157.200 (talk) 21:45, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Public Opinion

message: "Plates from 1830s onwards are a small proportion of artefacts from many contributing factors that led to much rubbish accumulating in the tunnels after Williamson's death" is clearly an awful caption. I am going to "be bold" and change it.
138.243.195.136 10:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awful photo caption 

message: I cut the following because it doesn't seem to be on topic.
:The stableyard came into the possession of Liverpool Corporation in 1858 and in 1867, with
:the appointment of a veterinary surgeon and shire horse enthusiast, Richard Reynolds became 
:one of several 'stud' stables owned by the Corporation, Reynolds having persuaded the city fathers that keeping and breeding their own horses was cheaper and more efficient than 
:relying on private contractors. 
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:The Central Stables at one time accommodated upwards of 50 horses, ranging from ponies to the magnificent shires for which the City Of Liverpool was justly famous in the early years 
:of the 20th century. The duties of these horses covered everything from transporting mail and Corporation personnel around the city to moving the heaviest of loads.
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:In 1924 two horses belonging to Liverpool Corporation, 'Vesuvius' and 'Umber' appeared at the British Empire exhibition at Wembley and from a standing start pulled a load estimated 
:at 50 tons. This record has never been equaled or beaten and the two geldings received a heroes welcome when they returned to Liverpool.
:(Edward N. Clark, The Cart Horse on the Quay. Countryside Publications. )
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:The Central Stables was home to some of Liverpool's mightiest horses until 1960 when the last of the working horses were 'phased out'. From this time onwards the yard was home to the 
:motorised bin wagons of the Corporation Cleansing department and just a few reminders of the past - the proud horses which were retained to haul the City of Liverpool State Coach on 
:grand civic occasions.
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:The Central Stables were finally closed in 1993 and put on the market as a prime development opportunity but they had not seen their last horse - in late April 2000 they were used 
:briefly to house overnighting horses from around Britain for the Millennium Liverpool May Horse Parade.
Sweavo 21:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Williamson's Tunnels, not the Corporation's stables!

message: I have expanded and reformatted the article, adding citations and thus removing the "citations needed" banner.  As Joseph Williamson is in my opinion sufficiently notable to merit an article of his own I have created one here. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 15:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations and Joseph Williamson

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Have added a great deal of new info and photos! A number of things needed updating and there wasn't much detail on the modern efforts to open the tunnels to visitors etc. 
My experience is mostly with the FoWT; I've tried to flesh out the Heritage Centre's section a little too but I don't have any pics or detailed info, if anyone fancies updating that then ace!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainBiscuitbeard (talk • contribs) 03:03, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fairly substantial rewrite 

message: not sure they really belong here anyway 62.49.45.11 (talk) 09:48, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The opening hours have changed