Amazing artwork currently at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral until Thursday 31st May. Artist Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon fuses lunar imaginary, moonlight and surround soundscape and has been programmed to tie in with the Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta and the ever changing tides.
Two 3rd Generation ACL (Atlantic Container Line) vessels passing in Seaforth Dock. These vessels have been superseded by the 4th Generation vessels which are slightly longer (296m v 292m), rather fatter (38.4m beam v 32.3m) and can carry 3,800 teu vs 2900 teu. The new vessels began servicing Liverpool in 2016 and all five vessels are now in operation. Atlantic…
A very hot bank holiday in Liverpool was also marked by the annual memorial of the sinking of the Lusitania, 103 years ago today. I went along to attend the service and took a few photographs which you can see below. The area around the propeller will be opened up in the new future to make the memorial more accessible…
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Stan McNally tells the story of the Labrador Sea Map.
Some footage from a ceremony on Monday 27th November to re-dedicate 31 Dutch Chinese graves in Anfield Cemetery. The Chinese sailors who worked for Dutch Shipping Companies and perished at sea or in Liverpool during or after WWII and were buried in Anfield without headstones. Find out more here www.soundagents.blogspot.com
A great turn out part from the council allowing a fairground to be constructed 3 metres away from the Merchant Navy Memorial.
Brian answers some of your Youtube questions.
Footage from Armed Forces Day in Liverpool, filmed on 24th June 2017.
This was before you’d get a certificate for learning how to climb a ladder. it was bombed in WW2 in 1941 and later restored to its original condition.
Merseyside Museum commemorates Suez Canal anniversary Merseyside Maritime Museum is looking for former seafarers who were on a stranded ship on the Suez Canal between June 1967 and June 1975 to attend a special 50th anniversary reunion at Merseyside Maritime Museum on Thursday 1 June. 14 merchant ships were stranded in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal…
Brian and Russell demonstrate a simple way to make a large Turk’s Head knot using a home made board.