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Philip Gerken
@smithdownrd.bsky.social
Scouser, Toffee. Resident Nth Co. Dublin
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Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool waterfront area around Mann Island and the warehouses/pubs of 'Nova
Scotia'. 1890. Including docks, foreground buildings serving the cross-Mersey underground railway and - just in - George's dock (right) later filled in to build the 'three graces'.
December 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Watercolour reconstruction; Liverpool 1823. . What existed before St. George's Hall? The first Liverpool Infirmary and asylum, the Seaman's Hospital, a cattle market pre Lime Street station, St John's church, and Shaw's Brow before the grandeur of William Brown Street. Nothing remains.
December 7, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Dale Street area/Commercial Quarter in the 1860s (cutting diagonally) with Tithebarn St clipping bottom left, Cavern Quarter top right and Municipal building under construction, top left. Orientation is rightwards to the waterfront.
November 27, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool, 1769; the delta of Church Street and Hanover Street: featuring St. Peter's church (the 'pro-cathedral') and the Blue Coat School. Based on a contemporary map by John Perry. Left, the lengthy tree-lined rope walks that would become Bold Street.
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Our new account if we could get some retweets and follows would be much appreciated 🙂
November 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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I’m now officially one of the journalists on Bluesky telling people currently using Bluesky what a Bluesky is

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?
Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Nothing much to see yet, as I've just arrived!
The images below are just a quick taster of what I've been posting on Twitter since 2019.
If things 'take-off' I'll be posting here daily.
January 4, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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I’m posting two identical photos, one on here and one on Twitter.

I’ve been on Twitter for 16 years, I’ve been on Bluesky for 25 days.

Which ones gonna get more likes and interactions?
November 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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This won't get as many likes as my bunny photos do but here's some of my day job that's relevant... kind of mad that Bluesky topped the download charts on the Apple App Store. This place is getting busier every day!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's 'toxic' X
It has accused X of promoting
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM