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The British Seafarer

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A history in 26 parts, in the words of those who have made the history.
14: Paradise Street and Ratcliffe Highway
The ' sailortowns ' of the great industrial ports of the 19th century and the early 20th were two-faced; havens of boozy, bawdy bliss and disaster areas where hordes of greedy parasites fleeced the sailor in days of what he earned in years.
Readers: MICHAEI. GOLDIE, HENRY KNOWLES , DOUGLAS BLACKWELL , RONALD HERD-MAN, ROBERT TROTTER , DAVID CASEY , ANTHONY HALL , ROBERT LANG , CAROLE BOYD , JOE DUNLOP , BILL MONKS, ANTHONY NEWLANDS
Programme consultant and presenter
Michael Stammers , Keeper of Maritime History, Merseyside County Museums. ' Stormalong John ' produced by STAN AMBROSE , BBC Radio Merseyside Composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON
Book, same title, is published by BBC Publications and Hutchinson at £5.95, paperback, and £9.95, hardback

Contributors

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Henry Knowles
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Douglas Blackwell
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Robert Trotter
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David Casey
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Anthony Hall
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Robert Lang
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Carole Boyd
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Joe Dunlop
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Anthony Newlands
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Michael Stammers
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Stormalong John
Duced By:
Stan Ambrose
Directed By:
Michael Mason
Source: Radio Times

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