Mersey: The river that changed the world - what's that when it's at home? Well, this time next year it's bound to be the first item on your Christmas list. MTRTCTW, as people are calling it (which people?) is a book that's being produced by the Mersey Basin Campaign, in conjunction with Bluecoat Press, photographer Colin McPherson, United Utilities and a selection of the Northwest's finest journalistic minds. The book will be published in 2007 to coincide with Liverpool's Capital of Culture year in 2008.
So why am I telling you this now? Well, I've been out and about in the last few months interviewing a fascinating collection of people who work, play or live on the Mersey, for a section of the book known as the Mersey People. I've been having some interesting adventures, and it struck me that I should record them for posterity. Maybe we'll all learn a little something about the process of putting a book together.
My task for last week was to edit the transcripts of the interviews I've done so far, and by the end of it I was suffering from a severe case of square eyes. Thankfully this week I'll be on the road again (as Willie Nelson would have it). I'm heading over to Liverpool to interview Louise and Kelsey from the Sefton Sea Anglers. Meanwhile, Colin, our intrepid photographer will be sailing off into the sunset aboard the Merseyside & Cheshire police divers' boat. Simon, the diver who's featuring in the book, is going to model his finest wetsuit / aqualungs, and no doubt Colin will be bringing back some stunning images as usual. Shall we demand documentary evidence from beneath the surface of the river? Or shall we let Colin keep his feet dry for once?
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