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.
Stories
Maggie Ellen of Liverpool – A celebration of the life of David Owen
I was very sad to hear that David Owen, passed away on 20th April this year. I’ve been busy on a couple of work related projects and hadn’t made it down to the usual Wednesday afternoon at the Albert Dock to catch up with Dave, Pat, Brian, Russell and Roy. In the last few times I saw Dave, we were…
Remembering Bobby Wilson
Scenes from Bobby’s funeral held this Friday.
Moving the boats in the Albert Dock
Filmed last week as the boats were returned to the the sunny side of the Albert Dock.
Merchant Navy Day 2012
Footage from the remembrance service held in Liverpool on Sunday 2nd September 2012
A tour around Liverpool’s South Docks
Pat and Norman take a tour of the Liverpool South Dock area, including the Cast Iron Shore and Herculaneum Dock. Herculaneum Dock was part of the Port of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. It was situated at the southern end of the Liverpool dock system, on the River Mersey. To the north it was connected to Harrington Dock. The dock was…
Remembrance Service. The sinking of the Lusitania
Today, to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, a remembrance service was held in Liverpool, next to one of her salvaged propellers. RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania, which is part of present day Portugal. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August…
David Freeman – The Titanic
David talks about his father who worked on The Titanic before her final voyage.
The Pier Head Memorial “All Heroes of the Marine Engine Room”
Noon on Sunday 15th April saw a ceremony to dedicate a plaque to honour all members of the marine engine room who have lost there lives while doing their duty. This was organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, North West Branch. See more here.
The Blue Funnel Association
The Blue Funnel Association meet on the last Saturday of the month. It’s a chance for everyone who worked on the Blue Funnel line to get together and exchange stories. Alfred Holt and Company, marketed as the Blue Funnel Line, was founded by Alfred Holt on 16 January 1866. The main operating subsidiary was the Ocean Steam Ship Company, which…
The Indefatigable
Training Ship Indefatigable was a British training school for boys intending to join the Royal Navy or the Merchant Navy. Until the middle of the nineteenth century the British Merchant Navy had no recognized training schools for boys entering the service. Education consisted of boys about 15 years old going to sea “to be led, guided, bullied and socialized into…
The Launch of the Silverhawk
The Lord Mayor Councillor Frank Prendergast tells us about his experience at the Launch of the Silverhawk from Cammell Lairds in 1968. Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the…