Catalogue

	ONCE UPON A TIME IN LIVERPOOL The true story of one man's life in Liverpool and the well known city character that was his stepfather - Hughie Smith was a local strongman and escapologist who did his act around the streets of the city in the 1950's and 60's. Do YOU remember him?	New !
	CHILDREN OF THE BENARES - A WAR CRIME AND ITS VICTIMS The incredible story of one of the blackest days of the Second World War - when the beautiful Ellerman's passenger liner City of Benares was torpedoed along with her precious cargo of child evacuees. This is the true account of loss, survival and cover up! '… the Benares incident caused a mental wound to the nation that has never properly healed.’ ................. This England	New !
	BLUE FUNNEL - VOYAGE EAST by Award Winning Author Richard Woodman What was life like aboard a British vessel in the last great days of the Merchant Navy? This wonderful book takes us in one of the Holt Line's 'China Boats' on a typical trip out of the Mersey, to the Far East and back again by way of Suez. 'Life at Sea - Warts and All.' .......Sea Breezes	New !
	THE ALABAMA AFFAIR - The British Shipyards Conspiracy in the American Civil War. One of the very few books to deal with the involvement of Britain in the American civil war. A book that reads like the most exciting of novels, but it remains historical fact.
	THE LIVERPOOL LIFEBOAT DISASTER OF 1892 - The true story of one man's search for a missing piece of history.. to find a member of his family who had been lost in a long forgotten Lifeboat tragedy.
	FORGOTTEN EMPRESS - the detailed story of 'Liverpool's Lost Empress', The Empress of Ireland, and the disaster that befell her in the St.Lawrence Seaway in May 1914... in more ways than one a forgotten tragedy... includes fascinating information on the connection to the infamous Dr. Crippen and never previously published comprehensive crew and passenger listings.
	FROM BATTLEFIELD TO BLIGHTY - The Frodsham Auxiliary Military Hospital 1915-1919 - The account of one of the largest auxiliary military hospitals in the country that was established at Frodsham in Cheshire during the First World War. Contains a remarkable collection of previously unpublished photographs.
	THE GOLDEN WRECK - the Tragedy of the Royal Charter - The worst shipwreck in Welsh History...tells of the terrible loss of life in a hurricane, and the quest for the Royal Charter's cargo... GOLD !
	JUST NUISANCE - the amazing but true story of the only dog that was officially enlisted into the British Royal Navy.
	THETIS - THE ADMIRALTY REGRETS - the submarine disaster in Liverpool Bay.The worst submarine tragedy in British History. Did the Admiralty really regret?
	HMS THETIS - SECRETS & SCANDAL - aftermath of a disaster. The truth about what really happened to cover-up the responsibility for the loss of HMS THETIS and how those left behind were treated.
	LUSITANIA - THE definitive work on the real story surrounding the sinking of this still mysterious ship... an event that changed the course of history.
	SCHOONER PORT - Two Centuries of Upper Mersey Sail. The definitive work on the schooner trades in the Upper Mersey and hundreds of other fascinating details of Mersey shipping over the last two centuries.
	LIFE AT LAIRDS - memories of working shipyard men and their lives at the Birkenhead shipyard of Cammell Laird.
	CAMMELL LAIRD - THE GOLDEN YEARS - A look at the social and commercial history of this world-famous shipbuilders with particular reference to the 1960's and the Polaris Building Projects.