The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
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The Merchant Taylors’ Schools
Designed and stitched by staff and pupils
of the Merchant Taylors’ Schools
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We have the joy of being the oldest school in the
Liverpool area still in its original building from 1620.
Not many Jacobean buildings survive so we wanted to
share its beauty with a wider audience – although all the
many of the thousands of old boys and old girls who
have passed through it may be surprised – to them it was
just school!
A team of experienced stitchers from the staff initiated
the sewing and girls from different years all contributed
a stitch or two, for many it was their first experience of
tapestry work. It made us appreciate the architecture
around us and has inspired us to do a similar one for our
own school entrance with each department represented
in a patchwork of tapestry.
Without the advertisement on the bus stop in Bold
Street we would never have had the confidence to
embark on such an ambitious project. The buzz and
the fun surrounding the Liverpool 08 Tapestry were
truly contagious and carried all the way to the northern
suburb of Crosby.”
Anita Barry
Archivist
Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School