Liverpool, Heysham, Shrewsbury • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

there’s not much to see in Heysham. It just happened to be where the ferry from the Manx Isle of Man comes in on certain days. But Liverpool is well known for a number of things, not only the Beatles but also for the port where many people left to go to Canada, the US Australia and New Zealand. Many of those people were from Ireland and Scotland. Scotland had the clearance and Ireland had the attempt to eliminate The Catholic population. But of all the three cities I found Shrewsbury to be the most intricate and interesting because of the buildings, the history and the beauty. You might spend a day or two in Liverpool but in Shrewsbury it would be nice to stay for three days and just wander around and enjoy the environment. It’s a good walking city and very charming.

Liverpool

Old main entrance Liverpool Heysham Shrewsbury — The old main entrance when the Beatles were playing

Mini pizza Liverpool Heysham Shrewsbury — I ordered some mini pizza type food with something like Jamon On it. The waiter forgot to put the cured ham on so I took it back, microwaved the cured ham and put it on top. It was OK

Inside the cavern Bill Smale — Inside the cavern an old favorite plays

Donated guitars Bill Smale — They have guitars donated by many famous musicians

Playing Beatles songs Bill Smale — In another part of the cavern this guy was doing some Beatles songs and people were joining in

Local houses bs — Just some local houses

Heysham

A play on words Bill Smale — This is funny if you know the term for those who supported Bonnie Prince Charlie and his father James who claimed to be the rightful heir to the throne of England. They were called Jacobites Since the name James is a derivative of Jacob Which I guess is what they use in France.

Old post box — So for the past 80 years they didn’t feel the name to change this post box

Beautiful view — The most interesting scenery in this town

Shrewsbury

this is a very cute and interesting town where you should spend a couple days, maybe three. It’s very walkable, very pretty and quiet and it’s a great place to just calm down and enjoy the river and scenery and hopefully a Guinness

Tutor style buildings — Many old tutor style buildings

Old buildings — These old buildings are still standing

Three fishes pub — Three fishes is an interesting name for a pub. I didn’t check to see if they serve fish but I’m sure it is deep-fried

Preparing for the tourist — There is a lot of work going on to prepare for the tourist season

Beautiful window windows — Beautiful Stained glass windows In the cathedral

I wanted to eat some more Thai food. Unfortunately there wasn’t much flavor to the LAAB

Shrewsbury Castle — The old castle is still there. It is filled with military items which I was not really interested in seeing since I have seen many places with the same kind of uniforms and armory

Old building. Rowley house — I couldn’t go in since it was being restored but it’s a very beautiful old building

It seems everybody from China, Vietnam and Taiwan want to prepare Japanese food. If you have been to Japan for an extended period of time then you won’t find very much interesting Japanese food in Europe. Of course, if you’re just interested in having good food whether it takes you back to Japan or not then these places I guess are OK

Japanese restaurant — It seems everybody who comes from a country east of India wants to open a sushi restaurant in Europe. There is only one restaurant in Europe that I saw which was “Japanese“ and was actually managed by someone from Japan. I’m sure there are more but they are most likely very upscale and not for the average daily meal

Leaning building — This building is really leaning. But it is very old

Old station house — An old house near the station

Interesting designs — This is an interesting combination of design designs

St chad’s. I still don’t know who this guy was

Semi circular church — I don’t recall ever saying a church in this semi circular Layout

The loopy shrew — This is where I stayed and it was kind of a nice place, right above the pub restaurant

Strange board — Maybe you can figure this out

A joke about a song — Do you get the joke? I’ll give you a hint. It’s a song

This is where Charles Darwin lived and studied so they have a statue devoted to him At the town council

Scottish Highlands train — This is a very beautiful train and not for boarding here. It’s a first class train to go into the Scottish Highlands. It might be nice to ride this sometime

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