A Mersey ferry was recorded in the Domesday Book & for around a thousand years they have plied between Birkenhead & Wallasey on the Wirral & Liverpool. The sail & man-powered craft gave way to steam ferries in 1815. In this book Ian Collard tells the story of the Mersey ferries concentrating on the steam & diesel powered eras from 1815 to the present day & including such famous ferries as Iris & Daffodil which were involved in the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918. The Mersey ferries have been immortalized in song & even today with the various tunnels under the Mersey the three survivors of today Snowdrop Royal Iris of the Mersey & Royal Daffodil are still being used by locals & tourists alike. Using around 160 old & new images he tells the story of the Ferries across the Mersey showing a river that was once teeming with ships but is now much quieter.