For the discerning amongst you it is noticeable that the site has been in hibernation since in the summer of 2009. The plans of mice and men…. Basically my degree took, if not too much time, too much energy, the idea of writing for the site as well as my degree was just a page too far.

But time moves on and the wheel of life returns to the beginning … and all that stuff. So what now?

Since starting this project what is the (relevant) news? In the summer of 2010 I helped the local TA battalion (Liverpool Scottish) with their archive, which explains what happened to the site that summer. During the autumn and over Christmas I wrote my dissertation on the early adoption of radio in the Royal Navy. Following that, as part of the degree, I did a work placement at the Fusilier Museum in Bury in their archive (there is a pattern here). Being awarded my degree in May and being in the fortunate position of not needing to work for a living, I have been wondering what to do with my life.

So here we are, I have joined the Liverpool Nautical Research Society and started a project for the Maritime Museum cataloging the Mersey Docks & Harbourboard’s records of the wrecks of Liverpool Bay. The goal is, apart from producing a traditional finder’s aid, to plot the locations of the wrecks (sorry no treasure galleons) on googlemaps using the same interface as you use to find your nearest Tescos (Americans substitute “Starbucks”). I have also re-contacted the Liverpool Scottish and started helping them again.

How will this effect this site? Well the original aim was to explore how the internet can help develop academic understanding of History and I think the Google project is right up that street so over the coming months I will attempt to record the development of the project.

So as they say watch this space and hopefully it won’t be two years before the next post!