Author: Ian Collard Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445623676 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 168
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Liverpool's docks have changed and developed over the last century
Author: David John Douglass Publisher: ISBN: 9781781550618 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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A History of the Liverpool Waterfront 1850-1890: The Struggle for Organisation is a comprehensive portrait of labor relations at the port of Liverpool in the second half of the nineteenth century. After a short introductory background to nascent labor organizations from earlier times, it details the history of dockland labor and the persistent efforts of Merseyside workers to achieve union organization. In the times when the waterfront was packed with a 'forest of masts', before steam finally ousted the wind jammer, this book documents the struggles of the workers and the changes that took place; including detailed descriptions of the increased use of mechanization in loading and unloading goods. Based on the experience of Liverpool workers of the marine and waterfront-a high proportion of whom were of Irish descent-this book challenges long established labor history theories of 'New Unionism' and the alleged inability of unskilled laboring classes to organize themselves. It breaks new ground in understanding the way in which workers organized and built self-reliance. Many of these workers united in a common cause whether temporarily, or as we see in some examples, surviving from the mid-nineteenth Century until their absorption into the modern unions in existence today. As well as being a powerful study of labor relations, David Douglass vividly recreates the hustle and bustle of life on the docks in Victorian Liverpool, where at its height eighteen thousand men earned their living in at the dockside
Author: Hugh Hollinghurst Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445645165 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 193
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Liverpool’s railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Author: David Paul Publisher: ISBN: 9781781555187 Category : Docks Languages : en Pages : 208
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The book is about Liverpool docks and the dockland area its history, strategic importance in times of peace and war; the kinds of cargoes carried into the docks including slaves! The book provides a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the modern time a time when a new and even larger container dock is being built and the advent of the new cruise liner terminal this terminal having been at the center of a political and economic argument between Southampton, Liverpool and the EU. The book also speculates as to the future of Liverpool docks, and also, to a lesser extent, the city itself."
Author: Daniel K. Longman Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445653273 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 190
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Liverpool has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Ian Collard Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445654113 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 153
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mersey tugs have changed and developed since the late nineteenth century.
Author: Lorraine Sanders Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 172
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It was once called 'the humour of despair'! Thousands of men worked at the 'Liverpool Docks', stretching for seven miles from the 'Gladstone Dock' to the 'Herculaneum'. Dockers endured many long, poorly-paid, and soul-destroying hours, in what were often dreadful working conditions, but their humour helped them through. This book brings to life the 'fantastic characters', their terrific sense of humour, and wonderful expressions peculiar to themselves, in a collection of true stories that took place on the Liverpool Docks during the early1960s. The book is based on co-author Tony's memories of being a young Liverpool docker during the early 1960s. It is packed full of funny true stories, dockers' nicknames, phraseology, working practices and enlightening facts; but also contains some tragic stories to highlight the dangerous working conditions and practices that the dockers faced daily. It is a social document enveloped in humour! 'The humour of despair'. The book will enlighten, enthrall and educate but most of all entertain, and leave you with a greater understanding about a part of Liverpool's history that has now gone forever. It is the only access you will have into the working lives of fantastically funny characters who worked at the Liverpool docks. There isn't a book quite like it! About the authors: The authors are father and daughter, Tony and Lorraine Sanders. Tony is an ex-Bootle Grammar School boy and ex-Liverpool docker. Lorraine is a graduate from The University of Liverpool. In a totally unique style, they have encapsulated the magic of the 'laugh a minute' spirit, present, in what was once a premier seafaring port.
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