Before I left for Robs I said our planned airshow was unlikely to happen....I was right, I ended by saying we'd probably find something to point a camera at.....right again.After a great weekend with some stunning aircraft ( on the ground ) we drove back to Wallasey, via some more aircraft. Today we took a ferry to Liverpool to take in some of the sights. One I felt worth seeing was the above. The left hand and middle image I posted on April 11th 2012 as part of a series commemorating 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic....these were the accompanying notes.... Albion House was constructed between 1896 and 1898 and is positioned on the corner of James Street and the Strand across from the Pier Head Liverpool. Designed by architects Richard Norman Shaw and J.Francis Doyle,it was built for the Ismay,Imrie and Company Shipping Line,which later became the White Star Line. After White Star merged with the Cunard Line the headquarters remained at Albion House until 1927.The facade is constructed from white Portland stone and red brick and is better known in Liverpool as 'the streaky bacon building. In 1912, when news of the Titanic disaster reached the offices,the officials were too afraid to leave the building,which was besieged by a huge crowd and instead read the names of the deceased from the balcony above the main entrance. During World War II, the gable was damaged and was later rebuilt in the late 1940s. The design closely follows the architect's earlier work of 1887,the former New Scotland Yard building in London.In the 1980s the Offices in Albion House were noted for their exquisite Office desks of fine wood.The entrance to the building at James Street has a fine mosaic of South America set into the floor,also near the James Street entrance inside Albion House is a wooden war memorial listing the members of staff who "Gave their lives for their country" in the 1914-18 War...... From the images you will note, the building is a bit grubby and the For Sale sign on the ground floor corner. The right hand image was taken today...After standing empty for ten years,the building has been cleaned, the For Sale sign is gone, the flag of The White Star Line flies over the entrance and there's a new veranda up on the top floor. All I really wanted was for the front door to be open, if I could just get a picture of the mosaic entrance floor. Rob and I climbed the stairs, the doors were open, we were greeted by a very attractive young lady who ushered us in, eager to show us around, " and please feel free to take photographs....you can go to the seventh floor bar, have a drink, take pictures".... I should point out we passed here on our way to Liverpool Museum.....we never got there. For the original post Bill Mc and T-Rex commented " I'd love to see inside".... 2 years down the line and £5.5 million later....you can, stay tuned.