Hidden Liverpool

09/10/2026

Remembering John Lennon today, born October 9, 1940, at Liverpool Maternity Hospital during a wartime air raid. He would have been 86 today.

From Newcastle Road to Mendips, the Quarrymen skiffle days to the Cavern, and out to the wider world - his raw honesty, sharp Scouse wit, and restless artistry transformed modern music and culture forever.

Whether it is the drive of 'In My Life' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever', or the fierce conviction of 'Working Class Hero' and 'Imagine', his songs remain as urgent and vital as ever.

As John himself put it: "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."
Happy Birthday, John. Still missed, still heard everywhere.

What is your go-to John Lennon track today?

01/10/2026

Out on the water tonight for the maiden run of the new Royal Daffodil, and she really is something else.

​The first thing that hits you is the sound - or the lack of it. None of that heavy, bone-shaking diesel rumble through the deck we've all grown up with over the decades; the engines barely whisper. Out on the river she turns on a sixpence, handling with a sharpness the old boats could only dream of.

​Yet leaning on the rail looking back at the waterfront lights, she still feels like a proper Mersey ferry through and through. Total next-generation engineering, but she hasn't forgotten where she came from.

It was a total privilege to be out on her tonight.

Thank you Mersey Ferries for the invite.

01/10/2026

Aren't I a lucky boy?!

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

This Sunday, September 13th, the British Music Experience in the Cunard Building will host a free talk by Tony Fletcher. Fletcher is a former presenter of The Tube and has collaborated with numerous renowned musicians throughout his career.

05/09/2026

During International Beatleweek last week, I ended up chatting to loads of fellow fans - as you'd expect

One bloke admitted that whenever he spots Beatles vinyl, whether online or crate-digging in shops, he just has to buy it.

I told him he really should try to get help.

He looked at me and said, "Mate, I've already got six or seven copies of it"

03/09/2026

Congratulations to Blue Badge Tourist Guides Sean McGregor and Chris Cannon! 🎉

The pair have been part of a small team guiding tours inside the Great Hall at St George's Hall Liverpool — during the rare reveal of its world-renowned Victorian Minton encaustic tiled floor.

Normally hidden beneath a protective covering, the floor is only unveiled for special exhibitions every few years. It's made up of 30,000 hand-crafted tiles by Minton, the firm founded by Thomas Minton in the 1790s in Stoke-on-Trent — the manufacturing base for its famous ceramics and encaustic tiles until 2002.

Throughout the event, Chris & Sean — two of — helped guide thousands of visitors through the neoclassical hall and onto the historic tiles themselves - protective shoe coverings all round, obviously!

The showing ended yesterday (2nd September). The last one was back in 2023, when an estimated 20,000 visitors came to see the floor — and this year's event generated even more buzz, though final visitor numbers aren't in yet.

Well done, chaps! 👏

📷 A nice selfie of Chris - Hidden Liverpool - & Sean - Mersey Moments - in St. George's Hall yesterday.

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01/09/2026

Impromptu piano performance by in The British Music Experience.

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24/08/2026

Herbie The Love Bug spotted on William Brown Street