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The Sailors’ Home

The Sailors’ Home

Most visitors to the Liverpool One Shopping area will no doubt have come across an odd but striking feature. At the southern end of Paradise Street stands an elaborate structure made of wrought iron and vividly painted in green and gold. As many by now know, these are in fact the original gates to what was once a grand and…

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Volunteers sought.

Volunteers sought.

Liverpool Ships and Sailors is looking for volunteers to help support our website and community. If you, or you know of anyone who might be interested in writing blog posts, documenting events, helping record interviews and oral histories, or just assisting us with queries, then please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you. Support and training…

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Dutch – Chinese Sailors Re-Dedication Ceremony

Dutch – Chinese Sailors Re-Dedication Ceremony

Some footage from a ceremony on Monday 27th November to re-dedicate 31 Dutch Chinese graves in Anfield Cemetery. The Chinese sailors who worked for Dutch Shipping Companies and perished at sea or in Liverpool during or after WWII and were buried in Anfield without headstones. Find out more here www.soundagents.blogspot.com

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Armistice Day 2017

Armistice Day 2017

A great turn out part from the council allowing a fairground to be constructed 3 metres away from the Merchant Navy Memorial.

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SIX DAY WAR CREW SOUGHT

SIX DAY WAR CREW SOUGHT

Merseyside Museum commemorates Suez Canal anniversary Merseyside Maritime Museum is looking for former seafarers who were on a stranded ship on the Suez Canal between June 1967 and June 1975 to attend a special 50th anniversary reunion at Merseyside Maritime Museum on Thursday 1 June.   14 merchant ships were stranded in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal…

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