January 19th 2010 -'The Four Seasons' Gates

An early start and a busy day today, so I took a quick morning walk through one of my favourite haunts, Calderstones Park. It was most certainly the best part of the day - the misty morning soon turned into another cold, grey afternoon. The grand wrought iron gates to the park, bearing the city's Liver Bird crest, are flanked by two giant figures of Atlas. The gates, and the stone statues representing the four seasons which stand on the boundary wall, originally belonged to a building near the town hall owned by John Bibby, an iron and copper merchant.