FoWT receive certificate of excelence from Trip Advisor.
The Friends only joined Trip Advisor in early 2018, but in that relatively short time we are delighted to have received 100 – 4 & 5 Star reviews for tours with FoWT. As a result of these good reviews, we have reached the wonderful position of “#2 out of 249 Things to do in Liverpool” […]
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Williamson’s Kitchen empty & New Chamber open for visitors…
We have been working hard over the last few months to empty the Basement area of Joseph Williamson’s house. Well the good news is that we have finally finished digging out this area. The kitchen is completely empty, clear of all rubble and is now looking great. You really can get the feeling of how […]
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New Photographs of the Triple Decker from the Railway Cutting.
We have always known the fact that whilst Williamson was digging his Triple Decker Tunnel under the streets below Edge Hill, Stephenson and his men were also digging a second Tunnel in the other direction. This tunnel was to be the brand new railway down into Liverpool Lime Street. Neither Williamson’s nor Stephenson’s men knew […]
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Joseph Williamson’s Kitchen continues to reveal its secrets…
Part of the work that has been taking place on Mason Street since starting our dig on this site, has been above ground. This work has been gradually exposing the basement of Williamson’s House, which includes the back wall and Bay Window of his house. In the last few weeks, we also uncovered a large […]
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Williamson’s Tunnels reach Australia…
The full Chanel 7 News Video is here for you to watch. Or you can view the full Channel 7 News Sydney Facebook post Or you can view the full Channel 7 News Melboure Facebook post We were delighted to be contacted by Laurel Irving, Europe Correspondent for Channel 7 News Australia with a request to […]
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Banqueting Hall & Gash finally Empty! Progress in the New Tunnel…
Banqueting Hall & Gash finally Empty Amazing progress has been made in the Banqueting Hall as you will have read. We first started digging out this subterranean chamber under Joseph Williamson’s house in June 2017. We were delighted, but once again strangely saddened just as we were when we finished Paddington, to finally finish digging out […]
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Map of the Williamson’s Tunnels Updated…
The Map first produced by the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels in Feb 2016 to show the Known and Suspected Williamson’s Tunnels in Edge Hill has now been updated. You will probably have read about our exciting new find in the Banqueting Hall. Where we have uncovered a Rock Cut tunnel down within a […]
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Newly discovered Rock Cut Tunnel found in the Banqueting Hall
To view the video in full screen, view directly on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7TbZG-ucD_g Last month in our Banqueting Hall update we said about the discovery of a deep trench that we thought would go across the Banqueting Hall towards the opposite wall. We have always suspected that on the other side of the Banqueting Hall wall, there […]
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FoWT feature on ITN News at Ten
We were delighted to be contacted by ITN, who had been following the progress of our BigDig in the Banqueting Hall. They wanted to report on our progress, filming our volunteers in action digging out the many tons of infill from within Williamson’s Chamber for the National News at Ten. On Wed 4th April a […]
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The Amazing Views of the Williamson’s Tunnels…
FoWT have two equally impressive and grand chambers, Paddington and the Banqueting Hall. Both of these chambers contained many Tons of Infill which has been painstakingly removed by hand by our volunteers. Now that the Banqueting Hall is almost empty, we can view these two great chambers side by side. These photographs, were taken at a […]
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