Award-winning journalist covering maritime, rail, heritage and general features - available for city tours and historic talks.
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Jun 9
Enjoy an evening of humour, history and global flavours – it’s Fizz & Ships as wine expert Jane Clare and nautical historian Peter Elson host their maritime themed wine tasting at The Grand, Southport, Friday 21 August 7pm. Tel: 01794 532578 @SouthportGrand @onefootinthegrapes
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Jun 2
As an avid teenage @NME ‘70s reader never thought I’d be in THE pop and rock bible saving the @thebeatles Salvor ship’s mast seen in Ringo’s first official pic with the #FabFour in #Liverpool nme.com/news/music/piece-of-… #thebeatles @ringostarrmusic @PaulMcCartney @max_pilley
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Jun 1
Amazing Grace Kelly and two lesser graces wine expert Jane Clare and shipping writer Peter Elson film a promo video for their new Fizz & Ships maritime themed wine tasting at The Grand Southport on Fri 21 Aug at 7pm. Tel: 01794 532578; thegrand.co.uk @SouthportGrand
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May 18
Wine expert Jane Clare and ship historian Peter Elson do vital research for Fizz & Ships maritime themed wine tasting at Grand Hotel, Southport, Fri 21 Aug, 7pm. Tipple top wines on an imaginary luxury liner world cruise! Tel: 01794 532578 thegrand.co.uk @SouthportGrand
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May 11
What a pleasure to take 41 enthusiastic US and Dutch guests from @HALcruises round Britain regular MS Nieuw Statendam on an @experiencenorthtours guided coach tour of #Liverpool Highlights in brilliant sunshine. #RiverMersey #cruise #cruiseliner
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May 8
Exactly 111 years ago today @cunardline’s RMS #Lusitania should have berthed in #Liverpool from #NewYork but was sunk off #Ireland. Her only part to reach here was a propeller retrieved from her wreck by Dr Robert Ballard who also found #Titanic’s wreck.
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May 7
Last lifeboat away from @cunardline RMS #Lusitania after being torpedoed 111 years ago today off #Ireland en route from #NewYork to #Liverpool as painted by the amazing Ken Marshal. RIP the 1200 innocent souls lost in this tragedy.
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May 5
Thanks to #BBCRadio Merseyside @bbcmerseyside Breakfast Show host Kevin Duala @kevduala for a great interview this morning for my Help! SOS Save Our Beatles Salvor Mast campaign to stop this major Fab Four asset being scrapped. Here's the boys by MV #Salvor in 1962 at #Liverpool
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May 4
Big thanks to Marc Waddington @waddingtonpost of BBC North West @bbc_nwtp for his story on my campaign to save the Beatles Salvor mast from being scrapped. The Fab Four on #Mersey salvage ship Salvor with the mast at #Liverpool Pier Head 1962 the first pics with Ringo in the band
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Apr 27
Let's restore the #Beatles Salvor ship's mast behind the #Fab 4 to celebrate #Liverpool #European Capital of Culture in 2028 after it was pointlessly chopped down by #LiverpoolCityCouncil and dumped for scrap. See my campaign elsonshippinglines.com/sos-b…
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Apr 23
Great news all 4 #Cunard Queens will visit #Liverpool in 2028 but I recall the 3 Queens 2015 event & sailing to #Guernsey with colleague Tony McDonough @tonymc39 and dropping my phone overboard from a tender. A sweet Thai stewardess said ask the man steering to go and find it!
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Apr 23
The Unsinkable Molly Brown of the sinkable #Titanic presented a silver cup to Capt Arthur Rostron whose #Cunard ship #Carpathia rescued all 712 souls from the #WhiteStarLine tragedy. His descendants of Crosby #Liverpool told me instead of one keeping it they’d sell, raising £129k
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Apr 19
The 13 lifeboats from #Titanic’s sinking after hitting an iceberg brought to #NewYork by #Cunard’s Carpathia were put aboard #WhiteStarLine sister ship #Olympic to be scrapped in the UK. Take maritime expert Peter Elson’s Titanic in #Liverpool Tour email peterelson01@gmail.com
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Apr 18
Commanded by Capt Arthur ‘Electric Spark’ Rostron, of Crosby #Liverpool, #Cunard liner Carpathia raced through ice fields 114 years ago on 15 April 1912 to rescue all 712 survivors of #Titanic’s sinking after hitting an #iceberg just 32% of those onboard. #WhiteStarLine #NewYork
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Apr 15
Believed to be the last photo of #Titanic afloat as she leaves #Queenstown (Cobh) to meet her destiny 114 years ago today colliding with the #iceberg. Taken by 1st class passenger Kate Odell who disembarked after Titanic’s maiden voyage first leg from #Southampton #WhiteStarLine
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Apr 14
High up in RMS #Titanic’s crow’s nest young #Liverpool born lookout Frederick Fleet 114 years ago tonight enjoyed ‘the beautifullest night I’d ever seen. The stars were like lamps.’ He was first to spot the iceberg turning that magic night into tragedy. #WhiteStarLine #iceberg
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Apr 13
Dedication to #WhiteStarLine Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde of #Titanic, killed in the sinking, on his wife’s grave in Kirkdale Cemetery #Liverpool. Allegedly he wrote from #Queenstown to his sister ‘I have a queer feeling about this ship’. His body wasn’t recovered. #iceberg
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Apr 11
Exactly 114 years ago today while RMS #Titanic was anchored here at Queenstown (Cobh), her final port call ever, superstitious passengers claimed the ‘Angel of Death’ appeared on her aft dummy funnel. Actually it was a stoker enjoying the view. And yet… #WhiteStarLine #Liverpool
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