SS Minden

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nicolas
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Ex Mersey Ferry, both photo's pre 1938.

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BOBHAMO
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Location: BIG CITY

Like it nick :D :D :D :D
bobhamo
bootle born altcar road
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jddry
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Location: bootle most of my life

I like it to nick super.
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Matt
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Great photo Nicolas,my wifes dad RIP would have loved it.He spent 67 years
working on the Mersey the last 30 as the crane operator on one of the dredgers.
Matt
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BOBHAMO
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Some info of my mate Dave :D :D
when fist built 1903 and was a birkenhead ferry it was called the bidson
sold to blackpool pleasure steamers and used for trips to liverpool and fleetwood and morcambe and renamed minden
scrapped 1938
bobhamo
bootle born altcar road
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graham01
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wonder why it was called ss minden? lived in minden(then in west germany) 1989/91.graham,,
origin waterloo.present and future bootle.
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nicolas
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Spot on Bob!
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Matt
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:oops: :oops: :oops: I meant to say my father in law worked 57 years on the Mersey.
Sorry!!!
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