I got a cracking book recently: East a Half South by John Curry, who was (like his father before him) a longtime Liverpool pilot. The Currys were family friends of my wife, too, so they had seen all of the photos in the book first-hand, too. Well worth a read if you can lay your hands on it.

Thanks Mark. I’ll look out for it. I know a couple of retired pilots and a current one plus a crew member on the pilot boat. Their stories are fascinating.