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Stan McNally tells the story of the Labrador Sea Map.
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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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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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Brian answers some of your Youtube questions.
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Footage from Armed Forces Day in Liverpool, filmed on 24th June 2017.
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This was before you’d get a certificate for learning how to climb a ladder. it was bombed in WW2 in 1941 and later restored to its original condition.
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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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Brian and Russell demonstrate a simple way to make a large Turk’s Head knot using a home made board.
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Cathy loves her life in the Albert Dock.
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Some photos we took at the Pier Head today at the Merchant Navy Day Memorial Service.
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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,…
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