The Missing Part Of Horsfall Street & The Mysterious Tunnel Running Underneath - Dingle,Liverpool - 

I used to work in Brunswick business park and I often looked at that old ramp whilst waiting to turn in and wondered what it was used for and now I know 😊 thank u for enlightening me xx

When I was a kid we lived about a mile or so away on Dorrit st, and I used to ride my cousins bike all round here in those days, down Northumberland and back up Parliament st or along the dock road. So this brings back some memories of when I was only 8 or 9 in the very early sixties. It's a different world now and the poor kids these days just don't have the freedom to roam that we had back then. Thanks for the memories.😀

Very interesting video,have been fascinated by Liverpool's maritime and industrial history since childhood, since sailing back to Ireland from Liverpool from early 1970's onwards, always thought it was a big adventure! Shame the water front doesn't look as it did up to the 1980's ,the three graces now overshadowed by some truly architectural monstrosities in my humble opinion. Most of the cranes gone at Cammell Laird's shipyard, very sad. Worked with alot of lads from Liverpool over the years, great characters they are. Thanks for posting and have subscribed and shared.

Back in the 80’s we used to play right next to the railway tracks where Brunswick station is now. Sends a shiver down my spine just thinking of it now.

I walked past that strange old tunnel entrance for over 13 years to and from work wondering where it went. I have a feeling it doesn't go very far as I once saw the light of the sun shine down it and it seemed to reveal a dead end, but I could be wrong. Maybe it was flue for one of the factories or the gas works above it.

Just watched this again amazing ! The memories it evokes of a childhood priceless. Strange you can live in a place for years and know so little about it. I suspect the tunnel I mentioned understand Horsfall St in line with Grafton St was access from the various industrial sites pre dating the houses.

Thanks for the fascinating video. I didnt realise the bridge from Horsefall Street ever existed. I used to live in Caryl Street from 1949 to 1956. Where those flats are now, there used to be depot where lorries powered by coal were based. It was fascinating for us kids seeing the red hot coals being raked out of the lorries' boilers at the end of the day. When the lorries spilt any pieces of coal as they came along Carly Street, the residents rushed out to get them for their fires.

That drone footage is next level and the video was amazing great work

Only just got to watch this…..superb tour and info as usual…..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

15:23 that opening in the wall used to be a rather steep sloping footbridge which used to go to a blue brick set of stairs at the other side of the tracks. It was a scene in a 1960s film with Ringo Starr in it and there is a scene with him on the bridge… the bridge was removed at some point in the 70s but the staircase was still there until the early 80s I seem to remember ….

Awesome 👏 A monument to the horses.😂we have a horse trough in Blackpool on the front for the horses. I have done a video about the last stables in my area.

watched this again and wow what a vid really informative and that drone footage at the start is amazing george

The former dock behind was used as an ammunition store during both world wars on a massive scale.kept very quiet about right up to the 1970's

I used to work in that branded hotel on Brunswick dock there loads of history points round there George. from there to Wapping dock have remnants of the old overhead railway aswell, old pillars in walls an stuff like that but excellent video mate

Ah mate noticed this before and mistook it for the dingle southern extension tunnel of the overhead railway then i had a double take and was very confused finally gonna get my answer in 3 days.

I love these sort of videos… I’m a woolly but used to spend a lot of time mucking about in Liverpool in the 70s when I was a boy.

Thanks for doing this was very interesting but can I ask if the Brunswick ramp was in use both ways? or cut off one side like it is today.

Cool video, I remember walking over the original Herculanum bridge and walking through Dingle Tunnel to Shorefields, I think that tunnel was the connecting tunnel for the overhead to Dingle station (The underground part obviously) which came out at the bottom of Park Rd around the corner from the tram depot in Dingle Vale. The only thing, I always thought that tunnel was closer to the Dingle tunnel itself, so the one you show may have been the 'Dockers Umbrella' a cut out purely for storage area.

What's worse than places just being disused and then forgotten about, is when councils/ people make a commitment to restore and maintain something just to let it become run down after they spend money on the work at the start.

Love your knowledge and excellent presentation , HUGE THANKS 🙏🏼

Your such a tease with these Liverpool finds,!! Haha👍👍 3 days and counting

Was thinking that the storage areas by Kabers street, was for storing Kabers. Big log wooden poles used for construction????

Hi George. There was a short section of railway that used to terminate right outside the tunnel entrance you filmed. The tunnels joined together the three different yards that formed the iron works (so says Tatler's 1939 History of Liverpool).

I remember the Iron Bridge that used to cross the Cheshire Lines, as kids we were always playing down there. Underneath used to to be The old Brunswick Railway Goods Depot, which closed completely in the early 70s but I am not sure of the exact year. When I first started on The Railway in Garston, our Area Manager was an ex Brunswick Driver.

i love that wall at brunswick station but that forge works wall is a very nice find, thank you.

According to railmaponline overlays the tunnel ran up to Central Station (High level) George, that one had me stumped too for a minute.

If you visit Rail Map online and turn on historic and industry layers, it shows a short branch line turning off the Mersey Docks and Harbour railway, crossing Sefton Street right where that tunnel is 👍There were probably unloading tunnels and storage below ground. Loving your videos BTW.

Really enjoyed the video. I lived in Horsfall St in the 60s. It was cobbled then which ties in with the area on Sefton St. In all the years there and climbing on the wall at the end of Horsfall St and playing on the ledge I never realised that there used to be a bridge. Took a drive in Liverpool South last weekend missed the turn for Park St and passed the steps and horse trough and noticed them for the first time. Now I know what they were for. The footage in the new apartment complex showing the closed up archways these I believe are part of the support structure for the South side of Grafton St. In the corner and behind what looks like white electric substation there was another tunnel. This headed in the direction of the houses on Grafton St and probably pre dates the housed. It was collapsed and blocked about 15 foot under Horsfall St. There are other tunnels under Grafton St from what was the Gasworks to Dysons on the Southside of the Road. Again Great video made my day.

Hi George great drone footage, but I do remember the fish in the trough,but l never realised where the bridge was, l been to the location before and never knew this. It would be interesting to see inside the tunnel by the railway line love to investigate that one,great video really enjoyed watching old forgotten old Liverpool,but someone was missing where's Eric today,thanks George 👍

Fascinating, thanks for this, there’s a lot of history around Brunswick / Dingle. I’m not sure it’s a tunnel beneath the flats - there are arches further along, built into the cliffs behind the Subway on Sefton Street. I would guess that these arches were built all along to keep the cliff stable? Shame there isn’t much photographic evidence.

The Victorian architecture is amazing and the best of all time. It reminds me of Stanley park Blackpool not Liverpool.

George, just been looking at one of Frank Carlyle's video's and he mentioned that staircase with toilets, he said those stairs took you up to one of the Liverpool overhead railway stations !.

That tunnel looks to have had some frame around it. I wonder if it was, or lead to some kind of storage,or holding area?

Great vid . Thanks. fascinating. bristol boy here. Lots to see here .

Hi George, have you been on the Britain from above site , there are some great aerial photos of this area , if you log on you can zoom right in. You can see the bridge on some early photos but it:'s gone on one from 1949.

Haha 14:15 … that woman sounded like the bird that used to do the into to the Scouse Times channel… “Scouse Times coz de don’t talk like us down der doo de doh larr”

Excellence.! You have an eye for architectural history.

Brilliant I love all this history.

If you watch Our Day Out by Willy Russell they go past this on some scenes when they are on the bus.

BRILLIANT VIDEO MATE...LOOKING AT THE DIRECTION OF THAT TUNNEL ENTRANCE..WAS IT POSSIBLY A DEDICATED RAIL LINE FOR THE FLOUR MILL? THEY SEEM TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY IN LINE...MAYBE?..IT WOULD SEEM USEFUL FOR TRANSPORTING INGREDIENTS AND FINISHED ITEMS QUICKLY..

Never knew that was there and I used to work on Sefton Street in 1994 for Psygnosis (pre Sony). Possibly for access for the Mersey Forge, wonder if it was siding for trains to collect any deposit for/from the Forge? Doesn't appear on any old maps. Great vid!

Looking forward to this one George. 😀

i was awaiting the next G2E Media video and boom this sounds very interesting.....cant wait

Thanks George 👍

This just popped up in my feed George. I am almost certain me and a mate had a mooch in this tunnel probably over 20 years ago. If it's not this station it's one either side on the same line. I will have to check Google maps. We walked off the end of the platform and straight in. It wasn't as overgrown and I am almost sure there are in fact 2 tunnels side by side. Maybe one is hidden by the trees.I may be mistaken as it was so long ago now. I remember they were not deep so maybe they were for machinery. I remember it had a few chutes in the roof and on the back wall to the right was a smaller tunnel going off on a curve to the right. There was also another high up on the back wall dead centre but we couldn't reach that and had no torches to go any further. I do wonder where the smaller tunnels inside went

Really looking forward to this one.

I used to live in the kaber court flats back in 2010 to 2012, no idea there was a tunnel under there.

was it a tuneled area in which explosive type materials were stored ? were the docks at that point known for a special type of load to be loaded/unloaded ? lots of chemicals produced in the widnes/runcorn/warrington area as you know.

Another very interesting video George

Boss lad video went down there last year love the dingle

Very Interesting and Informative!

Nice one lad another great video.

Isnt that tunnel a continuation of the dangerous goods sheds from herculium Quay

I think the tunnel was used for the overhead railway G2E

Good on you..your like a dog with a bone....remind me on me years ago. As you said....liverpool loved destroying its history......very very sad.....that stunning Cheshire Lines building.

Wonder if the name has anything to do with horses falling off the bridge?? By the way...I lived over a shop in Wavertree Road (opp. Chatsworth St) from 1953 to 1965. Enjoyed the video.

22:14 hey these things seem familiar I am certain I saw a RU-vid video of what these were before this flats were built…. I’m pretty certain … I’ll try and find the video and if I can I will post the link …

Check out that link george about the lost mersey tunnel

Should send drones though tunnels what can't be reached to see whats there

you deserve way more subs

How good are you with the drone, could you fly it into the tunnel and have a shuffty? 🤔😂

Is it The Wapping Tunnel to Edge Hill first passenger station ?

Is that just possibly an archway ?

Nice one George, where's Eric?

The tunnel is the wapping line that runs from edge hill to the goods yard towards the wapping dock.

When you didn't know if they were tunnels they probably were , there was a lot of tunnels coming down from edge hill 🤔

And them stairs your going up and down lead to the train station

So very sad x

Goes to Aigburth

I've answered your question, rheres nothing down there it's just a dead end unfortunately..

lets goo

Yozza robbed all the goldfish