BOA 80
Fantastic 80th Anniversary events in Liverpool last weekend. James O’Hanlon captured the spirit of the weekend with these two fantastic videos.
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Lusitania Memorial Service 2018
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…
The Labrador Sea Map
Stan McNally tells the story of the Labrador Sea Map.
Tugboat Cathy
Cathy loves her life in the Albert Dock.
Merchant Navy Day 2016
Some photos we took at the Pier Head today at the Merchant Navy Day Memorial Service.
Radio Officers Reunion
Thursday 28th Jan was the day for the reunion of ex Radio Officers, which is held annually on the Bar Light Ship with a lovely spread put together by the Light Ship crew. Lot’s of memories and stories were shared, not all in morse code.
Canon Bob Evans – Part Two
Here’s the second part of our interview with Bob. Well-known to tens of thousands of Liverpool Seafarers over a period of almost fifty-five years, Canon Bob Evans is the most iconic figure in the Liverpool Shipping commiunity. Find out more about Bob here You can buy Bob’s book ‘A Dog-collar on the docks’ here.
Canon Bob Evans – Part One
Well-known to tens of thousands of Liverpool Seafarers over a period of almost fifty-five years, Canon Bob Evans is the most iconic figure in the Liverpool Shipping commiunity. Find out more about Bob here You can buy Bob’s book ‘A Dog-collar on the docks’ here.
A simple way to tie a lanyard knot
Brian demonstrates a simple way to tie a lanyard knot.
Liverpool Docks (1972)
British Pathe have recently put over 81,000 films from their collection onto Youtube. It really is amazing to go through them. Heres one we found from 1972 which looks like it was mainly shot in the Coburg Dock, classified as unissued and unused material, hence no audio. Beautiful footage.
The Queen on the Liverpool Duck Bus
Filmed by Russell a couple of years ago, here is the Queen on the Yellow Duck bus, before it sank.
The Jug Sling Knot
Brian demonstrates a quick way to tie a useful jug sling knot.
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