The Mersey Wreckers

The Mersey Wreckers get their name from the gangs of land based smugglers who, in the 16th and 17th century, lured ships onto the rocks and sandbanks at the mouth of the Mersey using lanterns on donkeys and beacons. The ships wrecked off Wallasey and New Brighton were then plundered and their cargoes stolen. Often sailors were drowned or murdered but that did not deter the wreckers.

The plunder was taken through secret paths over Bidston Moss to Samuel Walker's pub and either sold or traded for food and drink. The wreckers also used tunnels, many still in existence, which run from the Red Noses Rocks in New Brighton to the site of Old Mother Redcap's Caf?in Egremont.

The Mersey Wreckers, originally formed in 1964 as The Wreckers Folk Group, perform a mixture of traditional and modern folk songs and ‘middle of the road?music blended together with a great helping of Scouse humour.
After many successful years ‘on the road? playing at folk clubs, theatres, festivals and private functions across the UK, Lol, Dave Steve and Trevor decided to record an album of some of their favourite and most popular Liverpool songs. The result is ‘Echoes from Liverpool? telling of life and times past and present, in the great port city.

Tragically, before completion of recording, Trevor Burke
(seen opposite playing the banjo) died of acute myeloid leukaemia. However Lol, Dave and Steve determined to complete the ‘Echoes?project, not only as a tribute to their friend but also as a means of supporting both the national charity, Leukaemia Research and local children’s hospice, Claire House, from sales of the album.

‘Echoes from Liverpool?is available for purchase from our Mersey Wreckers Music Shop page in both MP3 and Compact Disc format. In addition, it has been decided to release some of the tracks from ‘Echoes from Liverpool?together with a selection of tracks from the latest Mersey Wreckers recordings, as individual MP3 downloads and details of these can also be found on our Music Shop page.

nike air foamposite one cheap bikinis nike air max 95 mbt masai shoes Cheap Lacoste Shoes Herve Leger Dresses Herve Leger Dresses