Memories

The Seamen’s Orphanage

The Seamen’s Orphanage

Here’s a short video featuring some aerial shots of the orphanage at Newsham Park. As you can see the building is in a poor state of repair but there is a team of volunteers who are hoping to do some restoration work on the building. You can find out more about this and the history of the orphanage here.

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St Nicholas / Pat Moran

St Nicholas / Pat Moran

I came across this on the internet the other day. It’s a really nice sound piece made a couple of years ago, by the excellent Sound Artist Dan Fox as part of the Mythophones project. This is where ‘The public were invited to discover Liverpool’s ‘secret gardens’ and share their unknown secrets, fantastical facts, tall tales, myths and poems through…

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A Tour of the Liverpool Docks

A Tour of the Liverpool Docks

We filmed this a little while ago with the intention of doing some experimental animation, but actually it works quite well on it’s own. It’s slightly longer than our normal films but Pat, as usual is a fountain of knowledge on the area, so just sit back and enjoy the ride. This video is also dedicated to Tony Rainford who…

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The 30th Indefatigable Old Boys Annual Reunion

The 30th Indefatigable Old Boys Annual Reunion

I was invited down to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch last weekend to some filming at the 30th Indefatigable Old Boys Annual Reunion. The weather was amazing and it was really great to see how connected the Old Boys are by their experience at The Indefatigable. Here’s a link to a piece we did earlier with Bill Smith talking about his time at the…

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Gerry Myles

Gerry Myles

Gerry talks about being part of the Merchant Navy Parade on Saturday 25th May 2013, part of the Battle of The Atlantic 70th anniversary commemorations.

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BOA70 – BBC Coverage

BOA70 – BBC Coverage

bbc news from Tim Brunsden on Vimeo. Here is a piece the BBC passed on, a brief summary of the Battle of The Atlantic featuring some memories from Frank Holding and Jack Brotheridge.

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Mr San

Mr San

The legend that is Mr San has had a Chinese restaurant on the dock road for the last 40 years. He used to be a ships cook on the Blue Funnel Line. He has some amazing stories to tell and he’s a good singer too.  

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