This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the centre of Liverpool has changed and developed over the last century.
From William Makepeace Thackeray's first cruise to Egypt on a P&O, vessel to the advent of World War Two, cruising had been a staple of the British shipping industry.
The busy River Mersey and its two ports, Liverpool and Birkenhead, have seen great changes in recent years. In "Mersey Ports: Liverpool & Birkenhead, " Ian Collard charts the developments that have taken place in maritime life on the Mersey, from the 1950s and 1960s through to the present day.
Over the course of 100 years, the Isle of Man developed from a collection of fishing villages into one of the main holiday destinations for people working in the Lancashire mills and coal mines.
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mersey tugs have changed and developed since the late nineteenth century.
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the world's oldest steamship company has changed and developed over the last century. A photographic history of the Steam Packet, from its foundation to the present day.