Must learn to read things fully before making comment.

I've just been looking again on the blog site that Jack has set up and saw the link showing what events have actually received funding.

Although many, and some would argue all, of the events have their own merit I still find it hard to believe that some funding, out of the £360,000 pounds worth that I quickly totted up, could not be afforded to the singing of traditional, home based you might say, songs. Especially when there are a number of groups who are very good at explaining the use and origins of these songs and indeed the labours and dangers of the journeys that were embarked upon.

There are a number of story telling events which have received funding, surely something could have been wound in to tell of the days of sail interspersed with the singing of the songs to bring the stories alive!

Again, looking at the events funded, many emphasise learning and understanding, maybe the event organisers, oblivious to the shanty scene, could not see how shanty & maritime signing could exploit this desire.

However, regardless of what you think you can learn from a shanty or not, it is part of Liverpools history and should not, can not, be ignored.