Places I knew so well but haven't seen in decades... As a keen birder, I spent hours wandering around the freshwater lagoon and the patch of mud and spoil that is now the nature reserve. Later on, as an Immigration Officer from 1969 to 1975, I visited ships in virtually every dock from Garston to Seaforth and from Runcorn to Bidston on the other side. This included regular passenger services from Canada, Nigeria and the Canaries. Then it changed - almost overnight it seems now...

Fascinating. Whilst I could work out quite a lot of the purposes of each quay and the structures on them, I was surprised how many seemed 'unfocused' (not in a camera sense, but an activity sense). I was curious as to what the crushed recycled material being exported/imported actually was. Now I'm interested in seeing actual ship movements, I'll have to search back in your library, it seems. I think you were wise to keep some distance from the RN Auxiliary ships.

@alanrichards5659

26 күн бұрын

The crushed materials are scrap metals of different types loaded onto ships at Canada Dock and Langton Dock Activities on the grain berths are weather dependent and the largest container ships that enter the dock system can only berth at certain states of tide on the river depending on the ship’s draft and Gladstone and Langton Locks need a certain amount of water in the river to float the lock gates.

Great shot of the 2 Royal Navy supply ships,

Brilliant footage Paul. Before Seaforth Container Docks opened, circa 1970, there was a public open day and I've always wanted to see what it's like now. Each train load of containers takes about 50 odd lorries off the roads and all the congestion and pollution which goes with that but the rail link is woefully inadequate and desperately needs upgrading from the docks to Tuebrook sidings.

@veryhighguy

26 күн бұрын

i agree they need to take advantage of that railway

@alanrichards5659

26 күн бұрын

Royal Seaforth actually put more lorries on the road. The train is mainly used for the transport of coal from Gladstone

@williamwatson228

26 күн бұрын

@@alanrichards5659 There's a container train at least once a day.

@alanrichards5659

26 күн бұрын

@@williamwatson228 I said the majority is coal not all

@williamwatson228

26 күн бұрын

@@alanrichards5659 ; yes, I know.

Thank you! Would be nice to see one of those big ships going in or out of the dock system 😊

@veryhighguy

27 күн бұрын

If you look on my Chanel there are a number of ships going in lairds, Birkenhead and Liverpool docks.

@davidParkes-ef9pn

27 күн бұрын

Great Paul brought back a few memories spent nearly 30 years at Seaforth looking after ships 😂

Hi bud, the mill at Seaforth is a Flour mill not a flower mill

@veryhighguy

27 күн бұрын

@@geoffgolson2258 hahaha oh sh!t. Can’t do nothing now. Maybe one day they will start selling daffodils or something