The lost tunnels of Liverpool

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Post by williamhpark » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 10:11 AM UTC

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 11:51 AM UTC

Alexei Sayle mentioned these tunnels in his autobiography "Stalin Ate My Homework" - I wasn't sure he was being completely serious.

[NB I strongly recommend the audio version of the book as Alexei narrates it]

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Post by concerto » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

Parts of them are open to visitors. Well worth a visit.

http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/

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Post by barking » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 1:43 PM UTC

I am pretty certain I've heard Williamson referred to as the 'mole' of edge hill rather than the 'king' as this story says

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Post by anEasternGoat » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 1:48 PM UTC

Well that is some H.P. Lovecraft material right there...

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Post by soylentcola » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 2:09 PM UTC

anEasternGoat wrote: post #5

Well that is some H.P. Lovecraft material right there...

My thoughts as well. Let's hope they don't finish excavating the tunnels and accidentally walk the path in the wrong pattern. Who knows what hidden realm you'd end up in.

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Post by smcl » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

barking wrote: post #4

I am pretty certain I've heard Williamson referred to as the 'mole' of edge hill rather than the 'king' as this story says

GoogleFight would overwhelmingly tend to agree with you: http://www.googlefight.com/%22king+of+edge+hill%22-vs-%22mol...

:)

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Post by barking » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 3:34 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #7

barking wrote: post #4

I am pretty certain I've heard Williamson referred to as the 'mole' of edge hill rather than the 'king' as this story says

GoogleFight would overwhelmingly tend to agree with you: http://www.googlefight.com/%22king+of+edge+hill%22-vs-%22mol... :)

I feel validated!

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Post by 4bpp » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 5:41 PM UTC

This reminds me of a story I saw a while back about people apparently becoming obsessed with tunnel-digging for its own sake. I can't seem to be able to dig up the story itself, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burro_Schmidt_Tunnel was one of the cases mentioned in it.

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Post by thornofmight » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 7:36 PM UTC

4bpp wrote: post #9

This reminds me of a story I saw a while back about people apparently becoming obsessed with tunnel-digging for its own sake. I can't seem to be able to dig up the story itself, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burro_Schmidt_Tunnel was one of the cases mentioned in it.

This sounds fascinating. If you or anybody else can find the article please post it!