First stop today is Green Lane station, still in Birkenhead, where 42970 is seen in the carriage sidings in 1958.
To the south is Rock Ferry station, where the Mersey Railway EMUs terminated.
A Mersey Railway omnibus stands outside the station.
47439 has charge of the Royal Train at Rock Ferry in 1982.
No pint here! The Great Eastern at New Ferry has closed.
Time to scoot across the Mersey and leave the Wirral behind. You can see the route here. On the other side of the river was Brunswick loco shed, where this Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway 2-4-0, no. 152 is seen.
Into early LNER days at Brunswick.
Not far away is the Liverpool suburb of Dingle. Still no beer though. The Poets Corner has been converted into flats.
Onwards to Toxteth, once the scene of serious rioting. Here, one could find Higson's Brewery.
Higson's Brewery later became Cain's with its Brewery Tap (the Grapes) below.
On to Smithdown Road now, once served by Liverpool's trams.
The Willow Bank pub on Smithdown Road is still open. It's a Greene King house now.
The nearby Royal Hotel has been closed and converted into student flats. The suberb exterior has been restored.
The Edinburgh at nearby Wavertree is, these days, a fine community pub.
My friend Richard Huggins went to Wavertree in 1993 and photographed a few passing buses.
Heading towards Liverpool city centre, we pass Edge Hill loco sheds, where LMS 6931 is seen.
Preserved SR 850 Lord Nelson visited Edge Hill depot in 1981.
To the city's great shame, it allowed the nearby Mount Vernon pub to be demolished.
To conclude today's tour, we'll finish at Liverpool's two cathedrals. Furthest out of the city is the C of E version, seen under construction and, in 1989, more or less complete.
Within sight is the RC cathedral.
Next time, an in depth look at Liverpool city centre.
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