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.
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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…
Albion House – White Star and Blue Star Line HQ
Today, I popped down to Albion House, or the White Star Building, which was open 10am – 1pm to the public, to allow people to have a look around the before refurbishment place takes place as it transforms into a new apartment hotel. You can read about that here. Access was limited to one room, and there were plenty of…
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
Adventure Under Sail
This is a short video from the Liverpool Stories website about the charity ‘Adventure Under Sail‘ who exist to further people’s education through sail training. Filmed on a lovely sunny day on board the T. S. Pelican when the ship was visiting Liverpool.
A new mosaic to commemorate the Merchant Navy
Thursday saw the unveiling of a new mosaic at the Eldonian Village Hall to commemorate the Merchant Navy. It was designed by Alan Murray and shows the links between the three cities, Liverpool, New York and Montreal.
The Chinese Seamen’s Plaque
A blue plaque was installed today on the premises of the New Capital restaurant in China Town that used to be Blue Funnel offices.
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.
The Jug Sling Knot
Brian demonstrates a quick way to tie a useful jug sling knot.
Merchant Navy Day 2013
Footage from today’s memorial service at the Pier Head.
How to tie a Turk’s Head Knot
Brian and Russell return to the Turk’s Head to demonstrate the variety of things that can be made from this simple knot.