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1. 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.

2. Barry Groombridge interview – Elder Dempster

   Barry Groombridge joined Elder Dempster Lines aged 16. Barry’s first voyage was from London to the United States, via West Africa. The voyage lasted nine months. Listen to Barry’s interview to hear about the Christmas he spent with nuns in Madeira and what life was like as a purser at Elder Dempster Lines.

3. New finds and related archives – Elder Dempster

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

4. 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.

5. Funding for research students

   Discover the funding options available for postgraduate research students at Liverpool John Moores University and whether you are eligible to apply.

6. Alumni events

   Throughout the year LJMU hosts a range of events that alumni are invited to attend from networking evenings and seminars to the Roscoe Lectures and the Liverpool Universities Pub Quiz.

7. Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Public Sector

   You'll find policies related to Freedom of Information.

8. Free IT software and services

   As a student at Liverpool John Moores University you are entitled to lots of free IT related stuff, see what's available to you.

9. Barry Fowler interview – Elder Dempster

   Barry Fowler joined King Edward the Seventh Nautical College, London in May 1952. Barry spent four years as an apprentice and eventually rose to the position of captain at Elder Dempster Lines.

10. 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.