The Alex Owen’s Interviews – Part Three
Here’s part three from our series of interviews that Alex Owens did in Liverpool in the 1990’s. Again, if anyone knows any of the participants, please do let me know.
Memories
The Alex Owens Recordings – Part Two
Part Two in our series of VHS recordings of Liverpool Seafarers made by Alex Owens in the 1990’s. Some really interesting stories here and strange to see people smoking inside a pub! Mike Feltham has recognised some of the people featured in the video, who were members of the Anchorage Club. From Left to Right Ron Graves Les Dobbing…
The Alex Owens Recordings – Part One
In the 1990’s Alex Owen’s made a series of VHS recordings of Liverpool Seafarers talking about their memories and seafaring stories. We’ve digitised them and will be publishing them here as part of a series of archive interviews. This is part one. Please let us know if you recognise any of the interviewees. Mike Feltham has recognised the people in…
Archive Newsletters
Here’s one of our archive newsletters. We’ve slightly re-styled our website to make it easier to use and there is more archive newsletters on the dedicated newsletter page. There is still a few adjustments to be done but hopefully an improvement.
Visit to The National Memorial Arboretum.
On Wednesday last week, I was lucky enough to be invited by Captain Mike Feltham to document a trip by the North West Russian Convoy Club to the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford. Seven veterans in all, plus family and friends made the trip. It was great to meet them, hear their stories and film the veterans at the new…
Liverpool – The Singing City
We found this classic BBC documentary from 1965 on youtube the other day. If you’ve not seen it, it’s well worth a look.
The Blue Funnel Association – Revisited. Part Three
Here’s the final episode from our visit to the Blue Funnel Association last month, featuring Jimmy Roberts and John Fitzgerald.
Ships of the Mersey
Read the full article…‘; A short sample from some audio recordings we think were made in the late 1960’s, early 70’s. I’m trying to find out about the man who made them. Does anyone know?
HMS Birkenhead Memorial
Today, a memorial was unveiled to commemorate 400 men who drowned when the HMS Birkenhead sank off the coast of South Africa 162 years ago.
The Blue Funnel Association – Revisited. Part Two
Here’s the second video from my visit to the Blue Funnel Association last month. Apologies, for some reason I failed to get the name of the first man featured, the second I know is Tommy Owens. If anyone knows his name, please let me know and I’ll add it to the credits. There’s the final video from this night to…
The Blue Funnel Association – Revisited. Part 1
The Blue Funnel Association meet up in Liverpool on the last Saturday of every month. I paid a visit last Saturday and talked to a few people about their time with the Blue Funnel and I’ll post them in a series of short videos. This is the first one. There’s an interesting video here from Michael Harrison featuring some of…
HMS Liverpool
Another short video from Liverpool Stories here. This time from 2012 and Liverpool’s namesake warship, HMS Liverpool as she arrives in the city for her last visit to the city before she is de-commissioned. Here’s some more information from Wikipedia