On Wednesday last week, I was lucky enough to be invited by Captain Mike Feltham to document a trip by the North West Russian Convoy Club to the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford. Seven veterans in all, plus family and friends made the trip. It was great to meet them, hear their stories and film the veterans at the new…
Today, I popped down to Albion House, or the White Star Building, which was open 10am – 1pm to the public, to allow people to have a look around the before refurbishment place takes place as it transforms into a new apartment hotel. You can read about that here. Access was limited to one room, and there were plenty of…
The Blue Funnel Association meet up in Liverpool on the last Saturday of every month. I paid a visit last Saturday and talked to a few people about their time with the Blue Funnel and I’ll post them in a series of short videos. This is the first one. There’s an interesting video here from Michael Harrison featuring some of…
Here’s a short video featuring some aerial shots of the orphanage at Newsham Park. As you can see the building is in a poor state of repair but there is a team of volunteers who are hoping to do some restoration work on the building. You can find out more about this and the history of the orphanage here.
Brian demonstrates a quick way to tie a useful jug sling knot.
Brian and Russell return to the Turk’s Head to demonstrate the variety of things that can be made from this simple knot.
Here is part 2 from the Mythophone project from Dan Fox. This one also features Bernie Davis in good song.
I came across this on the internet the other day. It’s a really nice sound piece made a couple of years ago, by the excellent Sound Artist Dan Fox as part of the Mythophones project. This is where ‘The public were invited to discover Liverpool’s ‘secret gardens’ and share their unknown secrets, fantastical facts, tall tales, myths and poems through…
I found this on youtube the other day, it’s a scene from the 1950’s Ealing film ‘The Magnet’ and features a train journey on the overhead railway with Liverpool Docks in the background. I haven’t seen the full film, but I’ve just ordered it – looks interesting, particularly as it was filmed in Liverpool.
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…
Filmed on Saturday 25th May 2013, part of the Battle of The Atlantic 70th anniversary memorial.
A view from the Pier Head from Mr Pat Moran.