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The number of people from England alone who have visited the Mersey shanty festival in the past warrants more comment than jack has received.
There have been so many people who have voiced their disbelief in conversation at the decisions of the policy makers to allow this situation to dissappear.
Just consider, where would the massive sea trade associated with the mersey docks have been without shanties