As the weather gets hotter and we edge closer to summer, many from Merseyside will be reminiscing about our lost lidos, favourite swimming pools and the days of running through the Liverpool city centre fountains.
Located in Williamson Square, the fountain, complete with an inscribed poem, was installed in 2004. At the time, £1.1m water feature was the first public fountain to be created in Liverpool in 30 years and was part of a £5.75m transformation of the square.
Made up of a double arch of water that rose out of the pavement at variable heights of up to 12ft, at night, the fountain was also turned on with a a blaze of changing colours. In 2004, the ECHO reported how Mersey poet Roger McGough - who provided the verse which surrounds the feature - was on hand to witness the switching-on of the 20 jets of water that made up the fountain.
