The Docker's Umbrella - underground in Liverpool's disused railway

It turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year when Gill Torres (DownSouth Liverpool magazine) and I met our tour guides for our planned afternooon 'Ghost Hunting' in Dingle disused railway terminus. It was the last station of the Old Overhead railway or as the scousers know it 'The Docker's Umbrella'.

Totally and utterly fascinating. There are loads of vintage cars down there just left to rot, like and old Liverpool corporation van, there is rope everywhere (some made and some not) this would all have been used on the docks – the roper maker died and all his stuff was just left there. The actual station platform is now a car mechanics garage. There was a fire here in early 1901 when a train caught fire and as it entered tunnel it met with lots of flammable stuff – 8 people died so it’s abit eerie being down there thinking of that.


Well worth going on I'd say but take your wellies and a woolly hat as it's freeezing down there! xxx