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...In the 1950s Merseyside was a Mecca for steam enthusiasts; over 400 locomotives were allocated to the seven depots that serviced Liverpool & Birkenhead. Shed Side on Merseyside" provides a nostalgic look back over the steam locomotive depots of the area from the post-war years to the end of steam when it was the centre of commercial & maritime business. For the enthusiast these sheds were places of magic where giants of steam could be viewed at close range; for those who worked there the experience was somewhat different as poor equipment & long shifts were commonplace. Kenn Pearce spent his youth in Liverpool & nearby Widnes where a gift of an " Observers Book of Locomotives" aroused untapped interest in British Railways in the late 1950s. Together with like-minded schoolmates he explored the grimy sulphurous but enchanting steam sheds that serviced locomotives in & around Merseyside. In this book he combines first-hand accounts & contemporary photographs to evoke the grimy metal-clattering smoke-filled industry forever etched in our industrial heritage."