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.
Archive for May, 2013
Stranded – Photographs in Williamson Square
Walking through Williamson Square this week, you can’t help but notice the amazing photographs under the banner ‘Stranded’ which explore the poignant stories and lives of retired Merchant and Royal Navy seamen and Wrens who served in the Battle of the Atlantic operations during the second world war. The photographs are really striking and I recognised a few faces passing…
BOA70 Merchant Navy Parade
Filmed on Saturday 25th May 2013, part of the Battle of The Atlantic 70th anniversary memorial.
Navy Moose Milk Drink Recipe
As part of BOA70 We were invited onto the Canadian Ship Iroquois on Sunday evening, it was a very posh do, with cocktails and even a chocolate fountain. We sampled the Navy moose milk which is apparently a Canadian Navy tradition and it was so good, we thought we would share the recipe. It might be a good idea to…
BOA 70 Veterans / Royal Navy & Merchant Navy Parade
BOA 70 Veterans / Royal Navy & Merchant Navy Parade from Tim Brunsden on Vimeo. As a separate project to Liverpool Ships and Sailors, I’ve been documenting the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic commemorations for Liverpool City Council. We’ve made a website to document our process which is www.battleoftheatlanticmemories.com On Sunday, we went to film the Veterans…
A View From The Pier Head
A view from the Pier Head from Mr Pat Moran.
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.
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…