Posts Tagged "mersey"

A Tour of the Liverpool Docks

A Tour of the Liverpool Docks

We filmed this a little while ago with the intention of doing some experimental animation, but actually it works quite well on it’s own. It’s slightly longer than our normal films but Pat, as usual is a fountain of knowledge on the area, so just sit back and enjoy the ride. This video is also dedicated to Tony Rainford who…

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The Indefatigable

The Indefatigable

Training Ship Indefatigable was a British training school for boys intending to join the Royal Navy or the Merchant Navy. Until the middle of the nineteenth century the British Merchant Navy had no recognized training schools for boys entering the service. Education consisted of boys about 15 years old going to sea “to be led, guided, bullied and socialized into…

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Mapping Memory on the Liverpool Waterfront – 1950s – 1970s

Mapping Memory on the Liverpool Waterfront – 1950s – 1970s

This was the project that really initiated this site. It was a collaboration between National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool University and Re-Dock, looking at particular place and time – the south-central Liverpool waterfront from to the 1950s to the 1970s. It is also about Liverpool in the twenty-first century. The project involved a year of research and development, the results of…

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Bill Smith – HMS Thetis (N25)

Bill Smith – HMS Thetis (N25)

Following on from Ronnie’s description of seeing the Thetis from land – Bill recounts his memories of seeing the Thetis from the River Mersey.

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Ronnie Swain – HMS Thetis (N25)

Ronnie Swain – HMS Thetis (N25)

Ronnie talks to us about seeing the HMS Thetis in the River Mersey. HMS Thetis (N25) was a Group 1 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which served under two names. Under her first identity, HMS Thetis, she commenced sea trials on 4 March 1939. She sank during trials on 1 June 1939 with the loss of 99 lives. She…

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