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   Find out about the research areas within the Being Lean and Seen project, based in the Liverpool Business School.

2. Research areas – Being Lean and Seen

   Find out about the research areas within the Being Lean and Seen project, based in the Liverpool Business School.

3. Partners – Being Lean and Seen

   Find out who the partners are behind the Being Lean and Seen project. The project is based in the Liverpool Business School.

4. Elder Dempster Lines

   Elder Dempster Lines was one of the UK’s largest shipping companies. As part of the Homeward Bound project, we’ve spoken to a number of Elder Dempster’s former employees and passengers, recording their ‘real’ stories and experiences. You can listen to their Elder Dempster stories here.

5. Interviews and memoirs – Elder Dempster

   As part of the Homeward Bound project we’ve collected 25 oral testimonies from Elder Dempster Line’s seafaring and office staff. Listen to the interviews.

6. About the Elder Dempster project

   The Homeward Bound: A Liverpool-West Africa Heritage Project documents the lives and memories of Elder Dempster’s seafaring and office staff. As part of the project, we recorded 25 oral testimonies.

7. The history of Elder Dempster Lines

   Read more about the history of Elder Dempster Lines - the largest UK shipping group between Western Europe and West Africa from the late-nineteenth century to the 1980s.

8. Jim Forsey interview

   Jim was a Purser at Elder Dempster Lines. Listen to Jim's interview.

9. David Anson interview – Elder Dempster

   As Second Engineer at Elder Dempster Lines, David was responsible for: the care and maintenance of machinery, the power generation, the pumping system, the refrigeration and other electrical items. Listen to David's interview.

10. Alfred William Thomas interview – Elder Dempster

    Alfred William Thomas was an engineering with Elder Dempster in the early part of the twentieth century, read the account of his experiences with the company.