Friends of Williamson's Tunnels
est. 1996
We hope that everyone is coping with staying at home during these hard and very strange times. As the Tunnels are currently closed, we don’t have any updates or real news to report, so let’s have a look back at some views of the Tunnels in those early days, long before we started our BigContinue reading Early views of the tunnels
On Wednesday 19th Feb, we were honoured to welcome Anna Rothery, Liverpool Lord Mayor and David Steer, the High Sheriff of Merseyside along with Mrs. Steer and their son Oliver on a tour of the Williamson’s Tunnels. They started at Williamson’s House, descending down into the Wine Bins, Sandstone Arch, Gash and the Banqueting HallContinue reading Lord Mayor & High Sheriff pay us a visit
Several years ago, we made our Journey of a Bucket video. In it, we filmed the progress of one of our hundreds of buckets, from being filled down in the depths of Paddington’s Level 4 through its journey to the skip. We decided to do a similar video but this time in the Subterranean chambersContinue reading A new Journey of a Bucket
A very strange thing has happened. On opening the Mason Street gate onto the house site for the first dig of 2020, we received quite a shock. Up on the wall of Joseph Williamson’s house façade is a new blue plaque, not one of the official English Heritage Plaques, but never the less a niceContinue reading Mysterious Blue Plaque appears at Williamson’s house
A few weeks ago, we announced that we had changed the location of our monthly members meetings to give easier access for our members attending our meetings. We agreed with the owners of Grand Central Hall on Renshaw Street, Liverpool to hold our meetings in Bar Racine. Sadly, we have been contacted by the owners,Continue reading Members meetings 2020 – Important Announcement