Parkgate Ice Cream Shop with the retro look 2CV, shot with a Nikkormat and HP5 film #Parkgate #ParkgateIceCream #Wirral #2CV #Nikkormat #HP5

great tonal depth, like these

The Royal Daffodil out on the Mersey this morning for sea trials @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @merseyferries.bsky.social #RoyalDaffodil #MerseyFerries #Liverpool

The new Royal Daffodil on the river today for sea trials and meets The Snowdrop for the first time @daveyph.bsky.social @yoliverpool.bsky.social @merseyferries.bsky.social #RoyalDaffodil #Merseyferries #Liverpool

Water canon salute for The Royal Iris from Millgarth Tug this morning at the Pier Head @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @merseyferries.bsky.social #Merseyferries #RoyalIris #Liverpool

An iconic view of The Royal Iris against the skyline of Liverpool's Cathedrals shot from Rock Ferry, framed and canvas prints available from Photo4me shop.photo4me.com/1006203/fram...

I think 1991, now rotting away in a London dock

Was that perhaps on the previous Royal Iris, the Fish'n'Chip Boat

Great photography David, not easy to shoot

The Royal Iris of The Mersey final sailings this weekend before retirement after 67 years of service, images from my archives including from 1973 as The Mountwood, famous for the film with Gerry Marsden, Ferry Cross The Mersey @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @merseyferries.bsky.social

Liverpool "looking up" interior architecture, Central Library, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral under the bell tower, Port of Liverpool dome, LCVS Building stairwell in Dale Street @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

Thank you, I shot a few more of this but the close view is the most dramatic.

It was a 6x9 shot witha Mamiya Press and 65mm lens, I think the film was Plus-X, have corrected uprights a bit with the scan

From 1973, The Last House Standing at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, from one of my photographic projects at Myrtle Street Art College, I was working then as a black & white printer at the commercial photographers, Elsam, Mann and Cooper in Princes Road @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

A couple of aspects of The Moon in Chester Cathedral created by the artist Luke Jerram @lukejerram.bsky.social @chestercathedral.bsky.social @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social #Chester #ChesterCathedral #LukeJerram

Photography by Michael Ward, the statutes at the Pier Head inspired by this photoshoot

A lot of people came together late 50's early 60's that where part of the Mersey sound, my dad was in the mix as a clubland comedian, sadly lost him a couple of years ago, he played the uke so shot this "5th" Beatle image for him at the Pier Head, also 60's some publicity photos of him

I shot a series of photos during the 80's of the dredging of the Albert Dock complex, don't have access to the negatives now from where I worked back then, only have these to examples, one of the dredger in Canning Dock & a grabber bucket in the dock @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

A 1959 program from my dad's (Ken Rose) archives during his times as a comedian. The Royal Iris for The Jim Gretty Show, on the bill is Gerry Marsden, just before he formed his group The Pacemakers, Al Caldwell & The Texans was Rory Storm and their drummer was Ringo @mikehaskins.bsky.social

Probably the most photographed statues in #Liverpool The Beatles by the sculptor Andy Edwards inspired by a 1963 photo shoot by Michael Ward at the Pier Head #Beatles @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

well a story to tell over coffee

A 1972 photo of 7 Water Street in Liverpool showing the National Westminster Bank originally The National and Provincial plus recent detail shots of the Lions on the doors, this is now the Gaucho Restaurant @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

just for you, view from Castle Street @daveyph.bsky.social

Architectural view from India Building in Water Street of The Royal Liver, shot with #Rolleiflex and #Kentmere100 #Liverpool #RoyalLiverBuilding @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

Yes, it was 1973 that the Liver Buildings was cleaned

A few more from 70's Liverpool archives all from 1972...Ferry Cross The Mersey on the Royal Daffodil, Bluecoat Saturday Artists, The Pigeon Lady at Pier Head #Liverpool @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

Street Photography from 50 years ago, Church Street in Liverpool 1976...included the alternative negatives, the 35mm shoot with Nikon F and 135mm Tamron lens using HP5 film and the roll film was a Mamiya C330 & a 180mm lens #Liverpool #streetphotography @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

Picton Reading room at Liverpool Central Library #Liverpool #PictonReadingRoom #LiverpoolCentralLibrary @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

The former Royal Insurance Building in North John Street in Liverpool now the Aloft Hotel, the black and white is a 1982 5x4 Sinar shot from the Dale Street viewpoint @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social

View of St Lukes the bombed out Church and the Anglican Cathedral along Renshaw Street in Liverpool @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social