Liverpool. Britain's Great Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is the Church of England's newest cathedral and the largest in Britain. It was designed in the Gothic style by Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed the red telephone box. It took 74 years to build and was paid for with money donated by the people of Liverpool. National tragedies such as the sinking of the Titanic - many of whose crew came from Liverpool - and the Hillsborough football disaster is remembered within its walls. It is also where Paul McCartney composed and performed his first classical piece of music, the Liverpool Oratorio.

[@johncodling9805]

I was born in Liverpool in 1946 about half a mile from this cathedral site in the diocese of The Sacred Heart. Coming from an Irish catholic family my religion was a major part of my early upbringing, I was expected to become an altar boy, and my grandmother, mother and aunt worked in the convent or the Sisters Of Mercy so I got more of an ear bashing about Catholasisim than most, maybe that has something to do with my atheism now. I could never get my head around being told I was never to set foot in the cathedral and I never did. Working outside the UK most of my working life, I was home on leave back in the 1990s and was boosing in town when I came upon the cathedral and decided to go inside and see it. This day blew me away I now go every time I am in Liverpool, for me It is the most beautiful building in the country, I stand in awe of the magnificence of this edifice but look at it more from a superb piece of engineering rather than a church although I treat it with all the reverence it is due.

[@andybb]

Very true John so proud of both are Cathedrals

[@jerrybootneck1736]

I was born in Wavertree but left in the late 60's as a young boy. My late wife always wanted to visit the Cathedral and I mentioned this on the Cathedrals Facebook page as I wanted to surprise my wife with a visit of a life time for our 40th wedding anniversary, the Cathedral in boxed me on Facebook and asked if I would like my wedding anniversary blessed in the Cathedral, I Jumped at this opportunity but I never told my wife until after the evening service and we were called into a side room and had our wedding blessed, the look on my wife's face was totally unforgettable, so thank you to those involved at Liverpool Cathedral.

[@andybb]

So for your loss really nice memories for you to have

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I was born in *FAZAKERLEY HOSPITAL* but got bought up in KIRKBY & TOXTETH but left LIVERPOOL when i was 17 yo in the 1980's because I'm just being honest the place was an absolute dump with zero employment opportunities so thrre was no otherchoicebut to leave.And i went off to LONDON and made my wealth znd retired when i was 43 yo and now live in a *500+ year old *THATCHED COTTAGE* in *THE COTSWOLDS* when i first purchased the building over the Internet and only seen a couple of pictures of it i didnt go and view it.And it was an old dilapidated FARM BUILDING what we had to restore which was bloody expensive especially the hoops we had to jump through go please the commitee with the BUILDING being a GRADE 2 LISTED but never ever do it again though.But saying that if we sold it today we'd make a humongous profit but I'm never going to sell it and I've had some mind boggling offers from foreigners but hopefully this will be the family home for many decades to come even when I'm gone..

[@angelabamber7451]

Love this cathedral my happy space

[@peterwhitaker4038]

i hope more watch this amazing video, sadly people are brainwashed into thinking all is in London like St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey. this is the largest Cathedral in United Kingdom if not Europe itself and is one of the biggest in the world.

[@andybb]

Very true

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

By gross volume in square metres, Liverpool Cathedral is the eighth largest in the world. Milan has the largest in Europe after St Peter's in Rome. The world's biggest cathedral is in Brazil.

[@johncodling9805]

@@neiljosephbennett9119 St Peter"s in Rome is not a cathedral, It's a Basilica apparently there's a difference

[@wmr9019]

I was born in woolton were the sandstone was quarried, in 2015 i met a lady from wirral who's great grandfather was a stone mason and laid the first stone when it was built ❤

[@stephaniekent8483]

great video thank you, I left in 78 for NZ went back in 96 and sang a solo, amazing grace in the lady chapel, then we went on a tour of the roof roof, a tiny lift took us up the bell tower wow... what an amazing Cathedral!

[@andybb]

Its is

[@noteverton]

On the now rare occasions that I get to go home, I always visit the Anglican. It really is fantastic.

[@thedevilsreject23]

Largest organ in the uk - it’s a pleasure to play - you can’t describe the sound and echo - gives you goosebumps- prof tracey is one lucky guy 👏🏻🥃🍻

[@andybb]

Do you know Dave Nicholas Resident Cinema Organist at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

[@BaronFlyingClub]

Liverpool cathedral tower was base jumped in august 1991.

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

41:52 - "EARWORMS", Prof Tracey! Not "EARWIGS"! 😁😁😁

[@AshleyMonck69]

Durham Cathedral’s bells at the beginning

[@rich8761]

The first country in the world to abolish Slavery Tony.