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Sometimes a place needs more than one visit to fully explore the possibilities and potentials inherent for photography. The area around Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is one such location, which I have already visited on this blog, but which still needed more time devoted to exploration. On this occasion, I made the trip to the top of the cathedral tower, as well as investigating the grounds. Designed by Charles Gilbert Scott of red telephone box fame, it was built between 1908 and 1978. The cathedral is 331 feet high and the tower itself is accessible by two separate lifts and 108 steps, snaking their way up the inside of the upper stories of the hollow tower. The lifts are tiny and just big enough to accommodate two people, even so, there was a regular stream of people visiting the tower, despite the accessibility issues. Despite being described as a ‘tour’, the experience is self-led and you find yourself in narrow corridors, punctuated by the odd tiny leaded window or secu...