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Gallery: seeing Liverpool in black and white

October 25, 2025 / 47 Comments

So fare thee well my own true love

When I return united we will be

It’s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me

But my darling when I think of thee

The Leaving of Liverpool, English folk song

Last week I paid a brief visit to Liverpool. I stayed only one night and left having seen only a fraction of what the city has to offer. But it didn’t matter, as I’ve been before and will be back again next May.

The reason for my flying visit was to meet up with some Virtual Tourist friends, including Colin who will host our annual meeting there next year. We spent some of our time checking some possible dinner venues and activities for the group, but there was also time to enjoy a few sights of the city.

The weather was dull and grey, best suited to monochrome photography. I’ve pulled together a selection of the photos I took over those two days for this week’s theme-free Monochrome Madness. I’ve also included a few from my previous visit there in 2021. The majority, though not all, were taken in the city’s iconic waterfront area on the banks of the River Mersey.

My feature photo was taken from the ‘ferry ‘cross the Mersey’. It shows the famous waterfront buildings known as the ‘Three Graces’: the Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building (with the newer Museum of Liverpool in front) and the Port of Liverpool Building.

So ferry ‘cross the Mersey

‘Cause this land’s the place I love

And here I’ll stay

Gerrard Marsden

The waterfront from the Mersey, with the Metropolitan (RC) and Anglican cathedrals

The Royal Liver Building and Cunard Building

Royal Liver Building

Royal Liver Building from the ferry

One of the Liver birds which watch over the city and the sea from the Royal Liver Building

Legend has it that if the two birds were to turn to face each other or were to fly away, they would cause the River Mersey to burst its banks and flood the city, which would then cease to exist

Salthouse Dock

Detail on the Port of Liverpool Building

Port of Liverpool Building reflection in Mann Island Buildings

[with a touch of selective colourisation on the autumn leaves]

Mann Island Buildings

Captain ‘Johnnie’ Walker, a memorial to a WWII hero

Statue of Billy Fury

Beatles statues at Pier Head: Paul, George, Ringo and John

Monument to King Edward VII

The Truce, St. Luke’s Bombed Out Church, which commemorates the WWI Christmas Day truce of 1914 when British and German soldiers stopped fighting and played football

Staircase in the Museum of Liverpool

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

I’ve visited Liverpool several times; these photos were taken in August 2021 and October 2025

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