
						
						
						Switch Media Press
						ISBN 978-0-9563955-0-4
						Available 1st December 2009
						Hardback 196 pages
						
						Letterpool celebrates the typography and architecture of
						Liverpool through the names, signs, signals and street art
						that form the visual fabric of our city, exploring its colourful
						heritage and evolving cityscape through the words that give
						us language, meaning and identity.
						
																		
						
						
						For a preview of the book see below.
						
						
Fabrication
					
					By — William Fallows
					Location — L3
Leaf
					
					By — William Fallows
					Location — L1
Open Eye
					
					By — Neil Richards
					Location — L1
Manuscript
					
					By — William Fallows
					
Hope Street
					
					By — William Fallows
					Location — L5

						Fabrication
						
						
						By — William Fallows 
						Location — L3
						
						located on Bickerstaffe Street.
						

						Leaf
						
						
						By — William Fallows s
						Location — L1
						
						The Leaf tea shop stands out against the dusky evening at its former home in the Static Gallery on Roscoe Lane. 
						

						Open Eye
						
						
						By — Neil Richards
						Location — L1
						
						Wood Street's much vaunted Open Eye photography gallery on Wood Street, L1, before a 2010 move to the Pier Head.
						

						Manuscript
						
						
						By — William Fallows
						
						

						Hope Street
						
						
						By — William Fallows
						Location — L5
						
						The oxodised copper Hope Street sign turns green.
						
Untitled
					
					By — William Fallows
					
52 Roscoe Street
					
					By — David Ellison
					
Singularly Ambivalent
					
					By — Tom Faircloughs
					
Dock Road
					
					By — David Ellison
					
Castle Street
					
					By — Chris Donbavand
					Location — L2

						Untitled
						
						
						By — William Fallows
						
						

						52 Roscoe Street
						
						
						By — David Ellison
						
						
						

						Singularly Ambivalent
						
						
						By — Tom Faircloughs
						
						

						Dock Road
						
						
						By — David Ellison
						
						

						Castle Street
						
						
						By — Chris Donbavand
						Location — L2
						
						The large numbers boldly stand out on the busy street.
						
Doctor On Call
					
					By — Neil Richards
					Location — L1
Visible Viral
					
					By — Pete Carr
					Location — L1
Collegiate
					
					By — Lee Oakley 
					Location — L6
Exchange Flags
					
					By — Chris Donbavand
					Location — L2
Princes Dock
					
					By — David Ellison 
					

						Doctor On Call
						
						
						By — Neil Richards
						Location — L1
						
						Pilgrim St
						

						Visible Viral
						
						
						By — Pete Carr
						Location — L1
						
						

						Collegiate
						
						
						By — Lee Oakley 
						Location — L6
						
						The Collegiate, Ut olim ingenii necnon virtutis cultores; when you have knowledge also cultivate wisdom. The Collegiate; Shaw St,
						 
						

						Exchange Flags
						
						
						By — Chris Donbavand
						Location — L2
						
						England Expects... Nelson's Trafalgar rallying cry punctuates the Nelson monument; Exchange Flags. 
						

						Princes Dock
						
						
						By — David Ellison 
						
Iceberg
					
					By — William
					Location — L3
Steam Packet Co.
					
					By — Chris Donbavand
					Location — L3
Matchworks
					
					By — Aaron Bimpson 
					Location — L24
Asbos
					
					By — Neil Richards
					
Billy
					
					By — David Colbran 
					

						Iceberg
						
						
						By — William Fallows
						Location — L3
						
						

						Steam Packet Co.
						
						
						By — Chris Donbavand
						Location — L3
                        The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's boarding stage at night.
						
						

						Matchworks
						
						
						By — Aaron Bimpson 
						Location — L24
						
						As part of the regeneration of the Speke/Garston area in the late 1990s, Urban Splash sensitively transformed the art deco former match factory into office space and commercial units.  The Byrant and May factory closed in 1994, lying dormant until Urban Splash rescued the iconic structure on Liverpool's southern approach, reopening it in 2001.
						 
						

						Asbos
						
						
						By — Neil Richards
						Location — Unknown
						
						

						Billy
						
						
						By — David Colbran
                        Location — The Albert Dock
                        Billy Fury's statue arrived to overlook the river Mersey at the Albert Dock in 2003.  Fury had worked as a deck hand on the Mersey tugboat Formby before finding fame.
						
Brodie Tower
					
					By — Charlotte Corries
					Location — L3
Probe
					
					By — Pete Carr
					Location — L1
Lark 13
					
					By — Pete Carr 
					Location — L17
The Old Station
					
					By — Pete Carr 
					Location — L17
The Picket
					
					By — Pete Carr 
					

						Brodie Tower
						
						
						By — Charlotte Corries
						Location — L3
                        The University of Liverpool's Brodie Tower is home to the engineering department on Great Newton Street, L3.  The stylised 1956 building features the names of famous engineers on its eastern facade.
						
						

						Probe
						
						
						By — Pete Carr
						Location — L1
                        Slater Street's iconic Probe Records.
						
						

						Lark 13
						
						
						By — Pete Carr 
						Location — L17
						
						The Gallery on Lark Lane - a quirky, kitschy gift boutique.
						 
						

						The Old Station
						
						
						By — Pete Carr
						Location — L17
                        The Old Police Station on Lark Lane, L17.  Home to a youth club, records fair and drumming group - amongst others, and hub of the local community.
						
						

						The Picket
						
						
						By — Pete Carr
                        Location — L1
                        The Picket on Jordan Street, in the new Independent District around Jamaica Street, L1.  Bands and musicians from the Happy Mondays and Billy Bragg to Joss Stone and Deaf School have graced the stage of the much-loved music venue.
						
No Parking
					
					By — William Fallows
					
Camden 2
					
					By — Tom Fairclough
					Location — Heritage Dock, L3
Hard City
					
					By — Mark Peachey
					Location — L1
Great Day
					
					By — Neil Richards
					
Visible Viral 2
					
					By — Pete Carr 
					

						No Parking
						
						
						By — William Fallows
						Location — L3
					
						

						Camden 2
						
						
						By — Tom Fairclough
						Location — Heritage Market, L3
                        The Camden-esque colours of the Heritage Market brighten up the Tobacco Warehouse at Stanley Dock, L3.			
						

						Hard City
						
						
						By — Mark Peachey
						Location — L1
						 
						

						Great Day
						
						
						By — Neil Richards
						
						
						

						Visible Viral 2
						
						
						By — Pete Carr
                        Location — L1
                        Another example of a-ape's Visible virals - one of photographer Pete Carr's favourite subjects.  Newtington Bridge, L1.