March 2024
Our March 2024 meeting was an exceptional meeting. For the first half we welcomed once again Keith Hick from Southport who gave us a wonderful presentation entitled The Dockers Umbrella featuring the much loved Liverpool Overhead Railway. Keith showed us many images of its life from 1893 to 1956. The Overhead was unique and was modelled on a similar system in New York. It enabled workers and visitors alike to travel to work or view the expanse of docks and River Mersey for some six miles from Seaforth Sands in the North of the City to Dingle in the South. Keith talked about its operation, its people and history showing us many fantastic images of all the stations along the route. After the interval our own Philip Parker kept the evening’s theme by discussing the Liverpool Dock Road after the Overhead Railway showing us examples of steam and diesel locomotives belonging to the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board plus many modes of traffic that were around after the closure of the Overhead. A very good evening was had by all that attended and we thank Keith and Philip for two amazing presentations.