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.
Ensign Flags is one of the oldest flag companies in the country and it was really good of Albie to give me a tour of his premises to see how they make the flags. Notice, no computers or screen printing. Find out more here
Here’s a few minutes from a filmed called ‘Clowded Yellow’ shot in Liverpool in the 1950s, It shows parts of Liverpool, Toxteth, China Town, Liverpool docks, and the Overhead Railway. You can view it from here. Thanks to JassBaron for posting.
Side one of a recording made in the 1970’s of various whistles and sirens from ships that sailed in the River Mersey.
I found this on the Ships Nostalgia website today. The Bootle Lighthouse on the Mersey was first built in 1877 to serve the Port of Liverpool and the fog siren was situated – on the north wall of Gladstone Dock in Liverpool. The fog siren was called the Bootle Bull because the sound could be heard for miles around, it…
Filmed in London last year on 8th September 2013. You might recognise Tony Snelling who featured in our BOA70 film that we recently posted.
Battle of the Atlantic Memories is a specially commissioned film to document the 70th anniversary commemorations in Liverpool, with surviving Royal Navy and Merchant Navy veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic campaign. The film is a unique project documenting the reunions, the ceremonial and the personal. Liverpool plays host to an emotional, poignant and timely record of a historic…
1950, Film starring Robert Newton, Richard Burton and Kathleen Harrison,in which there are street scenes of both Liverpool and Bootle, shots of the LOHR, St Martins Cottages, G.H.Lee’s and Owen Owen’sand Brown Brothers, plus dock locations and the Pier Head. No scouse accents though.
In the 1990’s Alex Owens and his friend Dave made a serious of video recordings documenting the memories and stories of their friends and local ex seamen. Here is part 5 from the series.
In the 1990’s Alex Owens and his friend Dave made a serious of video recordings documenting the memories and stories of their friends and local ex seamen. Here is part 4 from the series.
British Pathe have recently put over 81,000 films from their collection onto Youtube. It really is amazing to go through them. Heres one we found from 1972 which looks like it was mainly shot in the Coburg Dock, classified as unissued and unused material, hence no audio. Beautiful footage.
Footage from this weekend’s special celebrations in Anglesey.