IT seems like yesterday but is several years ago, when the mighty atom himself Jim Graves walked into my life and we had a conversation which has led to hundreds of young people taking to the sea in tall ships. This 2018 May Bank Holiday weekend marks the start of the fifth annual Apprentice Ship …
IT is widely agreed that the ocean liner was invented in Liverpool, probably first emerging at White Star Line’s RMS Oceanic of 1870. Although the world’s first trans-ocean scheduled steamship had actually begun with the rival Cunard Line’s PS Britannia on 4 July, 1840 when she departed Liverpool for Boston, USA, with Samuel Cunard and …
WATCHING TV images of the bombing of Syrian cities such as Aleppo as innocent civilians run for their lives – often unsuccessfully – two main thoughts hit you. Firstly, deep sympathy for the situation they find themselves in through no fault of their own; then secondly a more selfish sense of being profoundly grateful this …
THE warmest of welcomes to the first blog on my new website which will cover all aspects of the maritime life of Merseyside, North West England and North Wales past, present and future: its people, issues, waterways, ships and boats – big and small. My hope is that the blog will stimulate discussions about this …
