If you happen to be in the midwest of the United Kingdom (perhaps traveling from Wales, Ireland, or Preston, England), Liverpool is a great place to think of the LDS pioneers who sailed from this country. A big, bustling city, the Albert Docks are vast and rather empty compared to their heyday. We were delighted to find the full-size Seatrek statue there (we have a small version in our living room from our 2001 Seatrek sailing voyage), commemorating these emigrants and their journey. (If you're so inclined, there is also a Beatles museum to pay homage to them there as well.)
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| our Seatrek statue |
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| the full-size one in Liverpool |
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| Albert Docks, Liverpool |
Driving nearly two hours south, you come to the metropolis of Birmingham. There Welch ancestor and pioneer
Rebecca Rogers worked as a servant girl and later ran a shop while raising her family as a single mother. I was intrigued to learn about the early canal system and see how prominent the canals were in both the Birmingham's geography and its history.
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| Birmingham canals |
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