Writer and Painter John Richardson kindly sent me a copy of the book he has written entitled ‘Victims of the Atlantis’ and he was happy for us to publish it on Liverpool Ships and Sailors as lots of Liverpool ships feature. So, here it is – thanks so much John. John has also written a book on the Cutty Sark,…
Here’s Pat Moran, interviewed by in 2010 for our Mapping & Memory project. We only used a small part of this interview in the film so it’s nice to be able to share the full interview here.
Here’s some footage from 2011 filmed in the Albert Dock for the Mapping & Memory project we were working on at the time. This is footage that wasn’t used in the project, but worth sharing. Sadly, Bill and Dave are no longer with us.
Thursday 28th Jan was the day for the reunion of ex Radio Officers, which is held annually on the Bar Light Ship with a lovely spread put together by the Light Ship crew. Lot’s of memories and stories were shared, not all in morse code.
A few tales from Eddie from the new memoir he’s just written ‘Ocean Nomad’, covering his 53 years at sea.
A tale of giant anacondas in the Gulf of Mexico following a hurricane in 2002.
Spotted this on the BFI Player this week – it’s a lovely piece on China Town in Liverpool made by the ‘Here and Now’ tv programme in 1981. Wishing you the very best for Christmas and the New Year.
Stan McNally takes a tour of the Liverpool Lightship.
Here’s the third and final part of our interview with Cannon Bob Evans which we did a few weeks back.
Bob from the Planeteers gives a tour of the light room on the Planter Light Ship.
Scenes from the Pier Head yesterday in Liverpool.
Here’s the second part of our interview with Bob. Well-known to tens of thousands of Liverpool Seafarers over a period of almost fifty-five years, Canon Bob Evans is the most iconic figure in the Liverpool Shipping commiunity. Find out more about Bob here You can buy Bob’s book ‘A Dog-collar on the docks’ here.