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.....News added on 30th April 2000.....

· Grinfield Street development
Flats nearing completion at Grinfield St.
The new Grinfield Street flats at the south end of the tunnels site are now built, with internal finishing work in progress. We have heard that, in a surprising move, the flats are no longer to be used as student accomodation, but rather for asylum seekers. We wait to hear official confirmation of this. Work has still not started on the tunnels underneath.

· History Fair
On 5th March, a local history fair took place at St. George's Hall in Liverpool city centre. The event was a huge sucess, with thousands of visitors enjoying the stalls and displays. One of these was our own FoWT display and people queued to find out more about the tunnels from our experts. Many of those we met on the day subsequently joined FoWT and we are delighted to welcome our new Friends. FoWT team at St. George's Hall

· Paddington Update

We are making good progress in our arrangements with Williamson Student Village Ltd. regarding formal access to the tunnels beneath that site. Once these are complete, excavation work will begin.

· International Visit
In early March, we were delighted to play host to a delegation from the United World College of The Atlantic. The UWCA, patronised by the Queen and presided over by Nelson Mandela and Queen Noor of Jordan, sent a group from Africa to Liverpool to investigate the city's role in Britain's slave trade. As part of their visit, they came on a tour of the tunnels and the group's leader, Dr. Matthew Thompson, expressed his and the group's enjoyment of this unique experience. UCWA visitors in Banqueting Hall

· BBC Radio 4 play

A radio play called 'The King of Edge Hill', written by Karen Brown, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 21st March. Karen kindly posted some news about the play in our Guestbook. It was a thoroughly entertaining piece, which highlighted the storminess of the Williamson household but reflected on the motives behind the man and gave an insight into the way that Elizabeth Williamson understood, but was frustrated by, her husband's dedication to his cause.

· Publicity

Following the broadcast of the play (above) the BBC Information Line received a lot of calls from listeners wanting to know more and our details were given to all of them. In addition, BBC Radio Merseyside recently recommended our web site as part of a feature on underground Liverpool. The web site was also featured in the Liverpool Echo shortly after its move to williamsontunnels.com in late February. On April 26th, Granada T.V.'s evening news programme carried an item on the tunnels.